Joey Santiago

At 3:18 in this rig rundown he begins talking about this guitar by saying, "I call this the equal opportunity guitar. It's an ES-345 1965. I think George Harrison played this same kind of year. I'm obsessed with... Now I'm going to start collecting whatever he played. It's a Gibson with a Fender strap, which says a lot about me. It's got another Bigsby, which is great. I picked the right one. So it kinda goes a half step down, automatically. I picked it up at the vintage store I got it at."

"He shows it at 1:00."

Joey Santiago of The Pixies is associated with the PRS Starla 2008 Bigsby electric guitar, as seen in a PRS Guitar Sale advertisement.

It's shown at 2:00.

In a user-uploaded photo on Imgur, Joey Santiago praises the PRS Starla, stating, "The Starla is great." This quote highlights his use and appreciation of the guitar.

In this Pixies' performance of "I've been tired" Joey can be seen using Ovation Viper. You can tell it's the particular guitar because of the word "Viper" on its pickguard (about 2:05 in the linked video). The guitar is black and it has two large single coil pickups, distinctive for Vipers.

Santiago used a Duesenberg Starplayer Ltd Mike Campbell live in Berlin in July 2016.

Joey Santiago used a Reissue 2021 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe 70s, fitted with an aftermarket Bigsby tremolo on tour in 2022, which can be distinguished from his other Goldtop by the mini-humbuckers.