John Flansburgh

In this photo, John Flansburgh can be seen playing a Fender Telecaster.

John Flansburgh can be seen with a red Fender Jazzmaster in this photo.

In this video, at 0:43, Flansburgh can be seen playing a Gibson ES-335.

Flansburgh also owned a right-handed model restrung for left-handed players, but it was stolen from his apartment early in the band's career.

In this video, at 3:33, one can see Flansburgh playing Fender American Deluxe Tele.

In this photo, Flansburgh is seen with Gretsch G6118T Anniversary model.

JF (shortened for John Flansburgh) wrote this on TMBG's Facebook profile.

"JF: celebrating with my new Airline bighorn guitar--just in time for International Left-Handed Day! Sinistrophobes take cover, lefties unite and take over!"

This photo shows Flansburgh with Danelectro Coral Longhorn. In this photo, pickguard was likely added to the guitar. He was seen with this guitar only once, and this could be Thinline model of it - althogh I cannot find the photo for it.

This guitar was custom-built by Chris Cush of the now-defunct Mojo Guitar Shop in New York at the request of John Flansburgh. Its first public appearance was in the music video for "The Statue Got Me High" and was used in many recordings since then. It is painted in a golden color on the front and a black color on the back, has a rosewood Telecaster-like neck as well as a vintage Telecaster bridge, a Gretsch Filtertron pickup near the neck, and a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup on the bridge. An unusual feature of the guitar is that it has a working VU meter near the control knobs. One promotional photo suggests that it had a black pickguard at one point. It was built for left-handed players.

Its only known usage by Flansburgh was in a live performance of the early TMBG song "Everything Right Is Wrong Again". It's a burgundy mist metallic right-handed model re-strung for left-handed players. The tone knob cover for the middle pickup is missing.

Flansburgh posted a photo of his Danelectro on Instagram with the caption "When it really comes down to it, this is where I'm always at."

Mr. Flansburgh can be seem playing the guitar here.

Behind Flansburgh in this video, we can see a Matchless Chieftain, most notably at :48s.

John Flansburgh is seen using a Fender Vibrolux Reverb amplifier (blackface version) during a recording session for their lead single "Can't Keep Johnny Down" off of their 2007 album "Join Us."

I recently got the Boss VB-2W Vibrato Waza Craft which I am in love with. I had one through the 90s but lost it when our whole truck of gear was stolen. The pedal had been discontinued so quickly, I never could find a replacement. On its own, it’s really a dumb pitch wiggling “gawah-ah-wah-ah” sound, but when everything is really cranked up it adds a certain kind of mania that I really love. It’s like driving a car, smashing into one side of the guard rails, and then crossing the road to hit the other side of guard rails.

I have a small set of pedals that I leave on all the time, set to extremely low settings just to sweeten things. A Strymon Flint reverb and tremolo, a Walrus Audio Julia chorus, and a ZVex Effects Box of Rock as a boost. I happily endorse all of them as reliable, even on stages with the dirtiest power.

I have a small set of pedals that I leave on all the time, set to extremely low settings just to sweeten things. A Strymon Flint reverb and tremolo, a Walrus Audio Julia chorus, and a ZVex Effects Box of Rock as a boost.

I have a small set of pedals that I leave on all the time, set to extremely low settings just to sweeten things. A Strymon Flint reverb and tremolo, a Walrus Audio Julia chorus, and a ZVex Effects Box of Rock as a boost.

Flansburgh’s footpedal gear includes the Radial SGI TX and SGI RX, Boss Noise Suppressor NS-2, Electro-Harmonix micro POG, MXR micro flanger and Semaphore tremolo.

Flansburgh’s footpedal gear includes the Radial SGI TX and SGI RX, Boss Noise Suppressor NS-2, Electro-Harmonix micro POG, MXR micro flanger and Semaphore tremolo.

Flansburgh’s footpedal gear includes the Radial SGI TX and SGI RX, Boss Noise Suppressor NS-2, Electro-Harmonix micro POG, MXR micro flanger and Semaphore tremolo.

Flansburgh’s footpedal gear includes the Radial SGI TX and SGI RX, Boss Noise Suppressor NS-2, Electro-Harmonix micro POG, MXR micro flanger and Semaphore tremolo.

In the 33 1/3 publication They Might Be Giants' Flood, on page 74, John Linnell reports that he and Flansburgh each acquired a Casio FZ-1 for the writing and recording sessions for that album.

Flansburgh’s footpedal gear includes the Radial SGI TX and SGI RX, Boss Noise Suppressor NS-2, Electro-Harmonix micro POG, MXR micro flanger and Semaphore tremolo.

At 2:03 in this video of They Might Be Giants covering Chumbawamba, one can see John Flansburgh singing into a Sehnheiser E945.

In this fantastic cover, at 1:30, we can see Flansburgh singing into Shure SM57.

Flansburgh posted a photo of his Casio MT-65 on Instagram with the caption "When it really comes down to it, this is where I'm always at."