Joe Walsh
Eagles/James Gang
Joe Walsh's Gear
Joe Walsh used a Maestro Echoplex during the recording of "Hotel California," as confirmed by Bill Worrell on reverb.com in the article "The Gear of The Eagles' Guitarists."
Joe Walsh used the Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive during the Hell Freezes Over tour, as noted by Bill Worrell in his article "The Gear of The Eagles' Guitarists" on reverb.com.
In this Instagram post from Joe Walsh in 2022, his pedalboard shows a DigiTech WH-5 Whammy V next to his right foot.
Joe Walsh is seen using a Fender Custom Shop Rosewood Telecaster while performing "Funk #49" on The Voice, as evidenced by the image from Equipboard.
A 2001 Gibson Les Paul Classic 1960 Reissue electric guitar, serial #013110, in tobacco sunburst finish. Owned and played by Joe Walsh of Eagles.
A 24.75 inch scale length mahogany neck with a bound 22 fret rosewood fretboard with aged trapezoid inlays. On the open-book headstock are six Kluson-style tuners with plastic tulip buttons and a mother of pearl Gibson logo. A mahogany body with a bound maple top finished in tobacco sunburst with a natural back (neck joint is bursted), cream plastics, and nickel stop tailpiece and ABR-1 bridge. Two uncovered ceramic Gibson pickups, a 500T in the bridge and a 496R in the neck, with a three-way toggle switch and individual volume and tone controls for each pickup.
Joe Walsh can be seen using two Marshall Plexi Super PA Amp Heads during the performance of "Walk Away" on Beat Club in 1971, as documented by the video provided by Beat-Club on YouTube.
Joe Walsh began using a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe as his main guitar around 1971, which is evident from numerous recorded performances from that year. He modified the guitar by installing Les Paul Custom pickups and a pickguard, replacing the original mini factory ones. According to Sweetwater, which currently owns the guitar after receiving it as a gift from Joe Walsh, he used this specific instrument to compose "Rocky Mountain Way." The inspiration reportedly came while he was mowing his lawn and admiring the view of the mountains from his home in Colorado.
Joe played this guitar on the 1977 video release Eagles: Live at the Capital Centre. It appears to be a 70s Telecaster, based on the Fender logo design and double string tree on the headstock.
Joe used an ebony Les Paul Custom for his live performance of Rocky Mountain Way.
Joe Walsh plays what looks to be a Strat Plus on the Howard Stern Show to play Funk #49.
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Discography
Barnstorm
1972
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
1973
So What (Reissue)
1974
You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind
1976
But Seriously, Folks...
1978
There Goes the Neighborhood
1981
You Bought It - You Name It
1983
The Confessor
1985
Rocky Mountain Way
1985
Got Any Gum?
1987
Ordinary Average Guy
1991
Songs for a Dying Planet
1992
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The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Joe Walsh · 1973
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