John Squire

This is the type of tuner Squire used throughout the Stone Roses. A Boss TU-12 chromatic tuner.

Used for the recording and in the video of "Time Changes Everything"

These are the type of cabs John used along with the rack from the same period. They are half back angled cabinets which means that the bottom two speakers are sealed off by a panel but the top two are open/accessible and also that the top half of the cabinet is angled back the way. This is all to do with the type of sound produced and in what direction etc. In fact, this is actually one of John's old cabs.

A pair of Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus units can be seen on John Squire's pedalboard.

In the image titled "spikecabs4.jpg," John Squire is seen using a Mesa/Boogie 2x12 Cabinet during the Spike Island sound check. The photo shows Squire's setup, which includes both 4x12 and 2x12 cabinets, with the latter positioned on his far left. This setup was likely used for significant events, possibly including Glasgow Green, suggesting a substantial investment in his live equipment.

From The Stone Roses reunion tour at Sydney Opera house. You can see that he use MXR M107 Phase 100, the orange one at the left

During The Stone Roses reunion tour at the Sydney Opera House, John Squire can be seen using a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power AC. It is positioned in the middle of his three power supplies.

John Squire of The Stone Roses is associated with the Gibson ES-355 Electric Guitar, specifically a 1959 Cherry Sunburst model. The guitar can be identified by its distinctive split-diamond headstock inlay and block inlays on the fretboard, as highlighted in a listing by Denmark Street Guitars on Vintageandrare.

Mr. Squire is rockin’ a 345 (Varitone selector and parallelogram inlays are clearly visible) in this picture taken circa mid ‘90s.

Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

John Squire MB/DG/CS/WL

Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

John Squire MB/DG/CS/WL

Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

John Squire MB/DG/CS/WL

Listed on the official Lovetone "Clients" page.

John Squire MB/DG/CS/WL

Used for the guitar on Second Coming, as mentioned by producer Simon Dawson in the January 14, 1995 Melody Maker interview "Diary of an LP: the Stone Roses' Second Coming, Part One" by Tom Doyle.

John Squire opted for a tried and tested combination of guitars, amps and effects that he's used for years.

"Most of the lead stuff on the record he did on a lovely old 1959 Les Paul, although he's got another Les Paul which is newer and he uses that for slide. Other than that he's got a pink Strat that we used for quite a lot of things. He's got a whole load of pedals as well — obviously the wah-wahs, but also Echoplex and a lot of the old Roger Mayer and Electro-Harmonix ones.

"He plays mainly through an old Fender Twin which has been hotwired — you can buy this hotwire kit from California, it's an amazing little thing that only costs about $50 and you get your technical guy to wire it in for you, and I dunno, it bypasses something or other and it just makes it sound great. I don't think it just works on Fender Twins, I think you can hotwire any amp, but it sounds great on his old Twin. John's got a newer Fender Twin as well, but mainly he uses the old one and sometimes an old Orange amp and cab. In front of the Twin — it was the most amazing thing — I just stuck up an SM57 and a 41, straight up the channels on the desk through a bog-standard DBX 160 compressor, and he got the most amazing sound. And that's it. That's the guitar sound on most of the record. We'd sometimes try different combinations of guitars and amps but we always ended up coming back to that. If you've got a great guitar and amp, it'll always sound great, as long as you can play of course."

Used for the guitar on Second Coming, as mentioned by producer Simon Dawson in the January 14, 1995 Melody Maker interview "Diary of an LP: the Stone Roses' Second Coming, Part One" by Tom Doyle.

John Squire opted for a tried and tested combination of guitars, amps and effects that he's used for years.

"Most of the lead stuff on the record he did on a lovely old 1959 Les Paul, although he's got another Les Paul which is newer and he uses that for slide. Other than that he's got a pink Strat that we used for quite a lot of things. He's got a whole load of pedals as well — obviously the wah-wahs, but also Echoplex and a lot of the old Roger Mayer and Electro-Harmonix ones.

"He plays mainly through an old Fender Twin which has been hotwired — you can buy this hotwire kit from California, it's an amazing little thing that only costs about $50 and you get your technical guy to wire it in for you, and I dunno, it bypasses something or other and it just makes it sound great. I don't think it just works on Fender Twins, I think you can hotwire any amp, but it sounds great on his old Twin. John's got a newer Fender Twin as well, but mainly he uses the old one and sometimes an old Orange amp and cab. In front of the Twin — it was the most amazing thing — I just stuck up an SM57 and a 41, straight up the channels on the desk through a bog-standard DBX 160 compressor, and he got the most amazing sound. And that's it. That's the guitar sound on most of the record. We'd sometimes try different combinations of guitars and amps but we always ended up coming back to that. If you've got a great guitar and amp, it'll always sound great, as long as you can play of course."

In this live performance of "Fool's Gold" on their 2012-13 reunion tour, John Squire of The Stone Roses is playing through a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo. He can be seen using the controls starting at 7:50 until 7:55.

John Squire used the T-Rex Engineering Room-Mate reverb pedal on tour with The Stone Roses. The pedal was verified by Squire's guitar tech and went on sale online at Denmark Street Guitars.

John Squire used the Demeter Amplification COMP-1 Compulator pedal on tour with The Stone Roses. The pedal was verified by Squire's guitar tech and went on sale online at Denmark Street Guitars.

John Squire used the Boomerang III Phrase Sampler pedal on tour with The Stone Roses, specifically for live looping on the song "Begging You". The pedal was verified by Squire's guitar tech and went on sale online at Denmark Street Guitars.

John Squire used the EHX Micro Synth XO pedal on tour with The Stone Roses. The pedal was verified by Squire's guitar tech and went on sale online at Denmark Street Guitars.

John Squire used the EHX POG 2 Octave Generator pedal on tour with The Stone Roses. The pedal was verified by Squire's guitar tech and went on sale online at Denmark Street Guitars.

In this live performance from The Stone Roses, two Catalinbread Echorecs can be seen on John Squire's pedalboard. The pedals are visible on the very right from 4:42 to 4:46 into the video.

According to this gear posting on Reverb from Denmark Street Guitars, John Squire used a Gibson Custom Shop "Beano" Les Paul during The Stone Roses' reunion tour in 2012. The guitar's use was confirmed by both Squire and his guitar technician Martin Herbert.

https://reverb.com/item/96608023-gibson-custom-shop-beano-les-paul-ex-john-squire-the-stone-roses-sunburst-2011

According to this posting from Denmark Street Guitars, John Squire owned and played a 1958 Fender Stratocaster. The guitar was used both live and in the studio with The Stone Roses and The Seahorses. The sale of this guitar is verified by Squire himself.

According to his artist page on the official MESA/Boogie® website, guitarist John Squire uses the Mesa/Boogie Lone Star 2x12 Combo Amp.