Johnny A.

Elsewhere in the studio space are a recent-vintage Rickenbacker 360-12, a Jersey Girl electric with distinctive maple control knobs, a purple sparkle–finish Washburn acoustic/electric allegedly built for Prince to use on the 1984 Purple Rain tour, a 1993 Martin D-28 (“That guitar’s a cannon”), a rare three-pickup Silvertone from the Sixties, and a 1984 Bond Electraglide.

Elsewhere in the studio space are a recent-vintage Rickenbacker 360-12, a Jersey Girl electric with distinctive maple control knobs, a purple sparkle–finish Washburn acoustic/electric allegedly built for Prince to use on the 1984 Purple Rain tour, a 1993 Martin D-28 (“That guitar’s a cannon”), a rare three-pickup Silvertone from the Sixties, and a 1984 Bond Electraglide. That last guitar is a rare and bizarre Scottish-made electric model with a carbon-fiber body, graphite neck, digital controls, active electronics (which require an external power supply), and fingerboard that has no frets and resembles a staircase.

Among Johnny’s many other notable Gibsons are a 1936 L-00 (a Christmas present from his wife and daughter), a 1966 EB-0 bass, a custom Johnny A. Montana Advanced Jumbo with breathtaking woodwork, and a pink-and-white 1960 Skylark lap steel.

But his collection doesn’t revolve around just Gibsons. He also has a few Fenders, including a 1997 Telecaster Bajo Sexto and a James Burton Tele that he picked up during a 2005 appearance at Burton’s first International Guitar Festival in Shreveport, Louisiana.

But his collection doesn’t revolve around just Gibsons. He also has a few Fenders, including a 1997 Telecaster Bajo Sexto and a James Burton Tele that he picked up during a 2005 appearance at Burton’s first International Guitar Festival in Shreveport, Louisiana.

That pickup can be found in A's Gibsons and Epiphones.

He uses two Klon KTR pedals.

For processing, the [Fractal Audio] Axe-Fx III works best for this situation. I use three parallel amp paths: one guitar amp with a typical signal chain; a bass amp path with an octave-divider effect, its own amp/cab and compressor, and no guitar effects; and the third path with sounds similar to string effects. Also, the Axe-Fx III has an effects loop, where I have an SSL XLogic G Series bus compressor on the main outputs. The three signal paths combine and go into the looper pre-compressor, and then into the PA.

In this video from Epiphone, Johnny A. discusses his signature guitar from Epiphone, saying at 2:53:

Yeah, so I'm really excited about this guitar. It's the Epiphone version of my signature model. It's been a while coming. Jim Rosenberg and myself had started talking about doing this guitar about 3 years ago or so and it's taken this long to finally make it happen, and it's exciting because it puts the guitar at a price point where a lot of working class guys can buy it, you know. It's only been out with Gibson custom and it's very expensive, but to get this at a price point where it is now and with the quality being what it is, it's awesome.

I mean the construction internally is the same as the custom and it's multi-ply binding and it's real ebony on the board and it has real the real same classic '57 pickups that I use in the other guitar, so I'm pretty excited by it. They did a great job on it. The fit and finish looks really good. It plays great, you know.

A couple minor things that are different from the custom, like I think the truss rod configuration is a little bit different. But all in all, really, really great job.

In this YouTube video's description, it is confirmed that Johnny A. used the Mesa/Boogie Royal Atlantic RA-100 100-Watt Tube Head.

In this YouTube video's description, it is confirmed that Johnny A. used the Mesa/Boogie CabClone Cabinet Simulator.

In this YouTube video's description, it is confirmed that Johnny A. used the Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Recto Traditional Slant cabinet.

In this YouTube video's description, it is confirmed that Johnny A. used the Jetter GS 124 pedal.

In this YouTube video's description, it is confirmed that Johnny A. used the Jetter Traindrive.