Joe Strummer

Joe can be seen here playing his famous Tele. According to this article from Premier Guitar "Strummer’s main Tele—the subject of a recent Fender signature reissue—was a ’66 model with a sunburst finish and a rosewood fretboard."

From a Premier Guitar article titled "The Gear of the Original Punks," detailing Joe Strummer's use of a Music Man HD-150 212 amplifier:

"Strummer’s tone could be summed up in one word—clean. After dabbling with a number of heads and combos, everything from a Vox AC30 to a Marshall SLP, Strummer settled on a silverface 1970s Fender Twin Reverb. He used this until the end of 1979, when he switched to a Music Man HD-150 212. His famous quote on the subject, from a 1981 Musician magazine interview, was, “I don’t have time to search for those old Fender tube amps. The Music Man is the closest thing to that sound I’ve found…that plastic motif on the front is repulsive. Those little guys in bell-bottoms. Ugh!.” Strummer found the Music Man to be durable enough to withstand the Clash’s rigorous touring, and powerful enough to provide loads of clean volume, even when driving a 2x12 extension cab. His clean tone was a singular contrast to Jones’ saturated, effects-laden onslaught. Strummer’s Music Man came up for sale a few years ago and was purchased by Strummer fan and friend, Eddie Vedder. He wanted to use the amp onstage but, alas, found it too loud and too clean. Some horses can only be ridden by one rider."

Original source article here.

This photo shows Joe playing a Gretsch White Falcon live with the Clash, at the Roxy in 1977.

Strummer’s tone could be summed up in one word—clean. After dabbling with a number of heads and combos, everything from a Vox AC30 to a Marshall SLP

Joe Strummer (left) playing a red Gibson SG ‘61 Maestro Vibrato. This is the only photo I’ve seen with Joe playing this guitar - it may belong to Brian James from The Damned, as its an unusual model for this era. Like James’ guitar, the vibrato bar (tremolo arm) has been removed.

As the Clash only toured with The Damned on the Sex Pistols' 1976 ‘Anarchy Tour’ this photo may be from one of those shows. From the billing on the poster, it seems that the Damned may well have headlined as the Pistols weren’t allowed to play many of the shows. Can’t confirm it, but the figure off-stage far right looks like John Lydon.

Joe Strummer's back up guitar during touring with The Clash was a 1959 Fender Esquire. The guitar had a rosewood fret board and was Arctic white with a black gaffer tape stripe over the body. Later adding a second strip that ran over the pickguard and under the bridge and control plate. Sticker varied over the years.

For a better look at the guitar watch this clip of Strummer perfomring with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gp6lYQrqSE

At 0:06 and through out the video you can see joe strummer with a fender stratocaster

Correction: Strummer's guitar in the Vienna '81 show isn't a traditional Stratocaster as suggested in the product photo. My best guess is that its an MIJ Fender Contemporary Stratocaster body (single pickup, two control knobs), but the neck is clearly a US Fender, with the large headstock - the lack of skunk stripe, single string tree and large logo date this (I think) to '69 or '70. The pickup appears to be a non-Fender humbucker on an LP-style mount (possibly an uncovered Gibson mini humbucker?), and mounted at an angle on the pickguard. This must have been a custom build or prototype, likely from Fender, given to Joe along with the maple-neck tele that he used as a backup.

Strat Central Japan website has an image of a similar guitar (with smaller, post-CBS headstock) from around '84. https://www.strat-central.com/pics/strats/japanese/fender1.jpg https://www.strat-central.com/japan.htm

Strummer’s tone could be summed up in one word—clean. After dabbling with a number of heads and combos, everything from a Vox AC30 to a Marshall SLP

Strummer’s tone could be summed up in one word—clean. After dabbling with a number of heads and combos, everything from a Vox AC30 to a Marshall SLP, Strummer settled on a silverface 1970s Fender Twin Reverb. He used this until the end of 1979, when he switched to a Music Man HD-150 212.

In this image, Strummer can be seen playing a Fender Precision Bass.