John Oates

Oates also brings this TV Jones Model 10 in Lake Placid Blue on the road. It features TV Jones pickups, Sperzel tuners, and a Bigsby B5 with Vibramate Spoiler.

[In this article,] John Oates’ [discusses his] Prized Guild F-30

"I use my vintage 58 [Fender] Stratocaster. I played a couple of songs on Daryls old [Fender] Telecaster that we had around the studio."

"I used many different acoustic guitars some belonging to me. I used the Martin D-28, a baby Taylor, and my regular Taylor that I use live onstage. I [also] used a lot of guitars that belong to Jamie Rosenberg, the engineer who did the guitars and vocals in Aspen. He has an extensive guitar collection. I didn't use a lot of effects. I used a Marshall amp on the lead guitar solo in the heavy part of Color of Love."

"Sonically, we did it in my older studio before I had Pro Tools on an [Akai] MPC-60. We came up with a really cool drumbeat, and it all started with that. Jed was doing all the keyboard parts, and it was a very keyboard-oriented song. Then Jed came up with that quirky trumpet. We were talking about Miles Davis, and he actually played that with a trumpet sample. It was just so cool, it sounded like the night. It kind of had that feel. So that's what we went for."

"I use my vintage 58 [Fender] Stratocaster. I played a couple of songs on Daryls old [Fender] Telecaster that we had around the studio."

Used for "I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)" and songwriting, as stated by Oates in this April 2006 Mix Online "Classic Tracks" interview.

“Remember the old Roland CompuRhythm box?” he asks. “I turned to the Rock and Roll 1 preset, sat down at a Korg organ that happened to be lying there and started to play this bass line that was coming to me. It’s the old recording studio story: The engineer heard what I was doing and turned on the tape machine. Good thing, because I’m the kind of person who will come up with an idea and forget it. The chords came together in about 10 minutes, and then I heard a guitar riff, which I asked John, who was sitting in the booth, to play.”

“I remember that moment clearly,” says Oates. (...) “The old Compurhythm had four presets: Rock 1, Rock 2, cha cha/samba and some other stupid beat. We both had them in our houses, and one was sitting in the studio.

“We cut everything live back then, but sometimes used the Roland box to come up with a tempo,” Oates continues. “Anyway, Daryl came up with this great bass line, using whatever sound happened to be on the organ, and Neil miked it and the drum machine.

“Daryl came up with the ‘B’ section chords, and then I plugged my 1958 Strat directly into the board, which was either an early SSL or a Trident. We were beginning to experiment with digital samplers — the Fairlight and Synclavier in particular — but were still recording analog. At any rate, Daryl sang a guitar part idea, I started to experiment with a muting thing and the part evolved on the spot.”

"I used some vintage amps, a Fender VibroKing. A CryBaby wah-wah a lot, obviously. I even used some Line 6 equipment with the electronic wah-wah."

In this video John Oates uses an Ear Trumpet Labs Delphina microphone for recording vocals and guitar.

"I used some vintage amps, a Fender VibroKing. A CryBaby wah-wah a lot, obviously. I even used some Line 6 equipment with the electronic wah-wah."

If you scroll down the website it says John Oates plays D'addario strings

Per D'addario website John Oates uses this product

In the film you can see him using the red duo sonic obviously 60s

In this interview, John Oates confirms using the 1967 Gibson ES-125.

“Dreaming About Brazil” is bossa nova translated through Philadelphia R&B! I played that on a ’67 Gibson ES-125 with a P-90.

In this interview, John Oates confirms using a custom Martin 00-18 Acoustic Guitar.

In this interview, John Oates confirms that he uses the Taylor GTe.

The Taylor GTe has been my go-to for live shows.

In this interview, John Oates confirms that he uses the 1958 Fender Stratocaster

The ’58 Strat I’ve been using since the ’70s.

In an interview with Vintage Guitar® magazine, John Oates confirms using the Suhr Classic S HSS electric guitar.