Johnny Marr's Gear

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A Euphonix MC Mix can be seen in Johnny Marr's studio.

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In this picture Johnny Marr can be seen playing this guitar.

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On the Carl Martin website's Artists page, Johnny is listed as a user of the single-channel AC-Tone pedal.

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On the Carl Martin website's Artists page, Johnny is listed as a user of the Two Faze pedal.

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On the Carl Martin website's Artists page, Johnny is listed as a user of the Hydra Boost pedal.

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Johnny Marr is listed on the Carl Martin website as a user of the Carl Martin 3 Band Parametric Pre-Amp, highlighting his use of this equalizer effects pedal in his music setup.

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On the Carl Martin website's Artists page, Johnny is listed as a user of the Buff Deluxe pedal.

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "'[Marr] adjusts setting along with the music, essentially playing the effects to the beat, building the rhythm track dynamically as the song develops,' explains James Doviak, Marr’s co-producer on Call the Comet, as well as his longtime engineer, Pro Tools expert and touring guitarist. 'On "New Dominions," the rhythm track is a Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 through guitar distortion and delay pedals and a flange, with the Ring Stinger making a great odd, nasty sound on the second verse.'"

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "'There is hardly any processing on the guitars, maybe a little cut if too bright or boost if too dull, and a highpass filter,' says Doviak. 'Sometimes the guitar sound is thickened with an Eventide H3000 or Lexicon PCM81 guitar doubler effect, which I run as an insert or auxiliary channel in Pro Tools. But nearly all the guitar sounds and effects on Call the Comet come straight from the pedals and amps. The instant feedback and imperfections can be more difficult and slower to reproduce in the plug-in world.'" (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "The Shure SM58 is the preferred microphone for his vocals for its grittiness, run through the 1081 into a Tube-Tech CL 1B with low compression ratios to even everything out." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "The Shure SM58 is the preferred microphone for his vocals for its grittiness, run through the 1081 into a Tube-Tech CL 1B with low compression ratios to even everything out." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "'We used some Lexicon PCM91 outboard reverb and some EchoBoy, not necessarily timed to the track so it could bounce around a bit and fill space,' says [engineer] Doviak." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "'“We used some Lexicon PCM91 outboard reverb and some EchoBoy, not necessarily timed to the track so it could bounce around a bit and fill space,' says [engineer] Doviak. 'I usually go for something slightly degraded, like a cheap Tape Echo--something with character that sits in the background, not distracting, but has some integrity. MicroShift Soundtoys is great for vocal doubling and widening effects. I’d often use Decapitator or Radiator for some dirt.'" (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "The Beyer is mainly placed outside drummer Jack Mitchell’s kick drum. An SM57 is placed at the top of the snare, with Coles 4038 and Neumann KM 184 as overheads, equidistant from the snare. These might have some compression through a UREI 1178, all going through the Neve 1081 preamp, with a few of the microphones going into a UA 2-610." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "The Beyer is mainly placed outside drummer Jack Mitchell’s kick drum. An SM57 is placed at the top of the snare, with Coles 4038 and Neumann KM 184 as overheads, equidistant from the snare. These might have some compression through a UREI 1178, all going through the Neve 1081 preamp, with a few of the microphones going into a UA 2-610." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "The Beyer is mainly placed outside drummer Jack Mitchell’s kick drum. An SM57 is placed at the top of the snare, with Coles 4038 and Neumann KM 184 as overheads, equidistant from the snare. These might have some compression through a UREI 1178, all going through the Neve 1081 preamp, with a few of the microphones going into a UA 2-610." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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This article on the making of Marr's 2018 Call the Comet album by MixOnline.com touches on some of the gear used during the recording process. "An SM58 is pointing away from the kit toward the opposite wall, where there are some big windows. This is the only thing that gets squashed and distorted with a Soundtoys Devil-Loc or Decapitator. Slate SSL or Neve plug-ins or Fairchild is used to level off the drums." (While the engineer is providing this feedback, the gear is housed in Marr's own Crazy Face studios, which contains gear he's collected over his decades in the music industry.)

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A Fender Level Set Buffer can be seen in this photo of Johnny's pedalboard which was taken when he was interviewed by Radio X on June 14, 2018.

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Albeit rather vague, we can work out that the keyboard under the desk is an S61. Firstly it is definitely a Native Instruments due to its recognisable lights. Secondly, we know it isn't an S88 sue to the construction of the keys, they are not like the piano keys seen on the S88. This leaves us with the S25, S49 and S61 but it has to be the latter due to its length- the others are too small.

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As seen in this photo of Johnny Marr's pedalboard.

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“Amps: ‘60s Fender Bassman, ‘60s Fender Concert, late-‘60s Fender Deluxe , Matchless DC-30.”

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in this youtube video Johnny plays a black series chester spruce full body 12-string Auden guitar to play There is a light that never goes out in 2021.

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In an Instagram post by Johnny Marr (@johnnymarrgram), the Boss GT-1000CORE Guitar Effects Processor is visible on his pedalboard, highlighting its use in his setup.

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From his instagran post. You can see Johnny use the Purple Moon on his board

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In this Instagram post by Johnny Marr from August 2023, can be seeing using the Yamaha THR30II Wireless Desktop Amp with his signature model Fender Jaguar in Metallic KO. Although only partially in the photo, the THR30II is easily identifiable from its distinct grill markings which are different than the other Yamaha portable modeling amps.

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In a photograph from Johnny Marr's official book, his Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal is visible among his collection of The Smiths' pedals. Although the original pedalboard, a BCB-6, has since broken, the pedals remain the same.

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As seen in his new book, the smiths pedalboard. Ge7 clearly present

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This is a community-built gear list for Johnny Marr.

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