John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin show his equipment on his website www.johnmclaughlin.com. He wrote on the page equipment of his website : "The New York Skyline Guitar built by Paul Reed Smith This instrument is a true work of art in every sense of the term."

"A great guitar played in many concerts and recordings. Excellent midi." - via John's personal website

"A great guitar that I played with the group ‘The Free Spirits’ in the early 1990’s."

"A white Strat, reminding me of the 1968 white Strat I gave to Jeff Beck in the mid-1970?s, which was stolen…"

"Perhaps the greatest steel string acoustic guitar ever built: on condition you like that Gibson sound, Martin Guitar players will no doubt disagree with me…" - via John's personal website

"This is one of my all time favorite guitars that I bought in 1978.This instrument has been modified with a scalloped fingerboard and of course the Bigsby. I played this guitar in the One Truth Band."

"A large part of m y career has been dedicated to the acoustic guitar. With this instrument, again recently acquired, I want to experiment with the nylon string tone which I love, coupled with the Synth access, and last but not least, it’s ‘FRETLESS !!!!!."

John McLaughlin used a Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Guitar in the early 1970s, as shown in a user-uploaded photo.

In this video you can see John McLaughlin using a Godin LGXT guitar.

"A similar Guitar to this one is featured on the Lifetime Recording ‘Emergency’ and also the first Mahavishnu Orchestra Album ‘The Inner Mounting Flame’. I’ve always loved this guitar."

On John's personal website, he mentions this guitar on his 'equipment' page. He says: "This guitar has an old Johnny Smith Humbucker with Richard McClish hardware and midi pickup. A great traveling guitar with a wonderful sound."

"Paul built me this guitar for my US Farewell Tour in 2017. I no longer have this magnificent instrument as it was auctioned directly after the tour and all proceeds were donated to Al-Mada, a non-profit organisation healing traumatized children through music therapy."

In a discussion on thegearpage.net, it is confirmed through images that guitarist John McLaughlin uses a 1966 Fender Duo-Sonic II Electric Guitar. The thread also highlights that the instrument played by McLaughlin is the shorter scale version.