Johnny Nicholas

Johnny Nicholas on his Kay Value Leader triple-pickup model: "I used my 1962 Kay Value Leader, three-pickup guitar, which I love. There's a great story behind that guitar. My kids wanted to get me something for Christmas, so they talked to Uncle Jimmie Vaughan, who is a dear friend of the family. He got together with them and found this Kay guitar on eBay, so Jimmie went ahead and bought it and they picked it up and paid him. ... That's what I use on tour; it’s the same guitar Jimmy Reed played." From a Guitar World interview.

Johnny Nicholas mentions using a Danelectro Convertible when recording his Future Blues album in this Guitar World article.

In an interview with Guitar World, Johnny Nicholas says about the Gibson J-50 "And my sweetheart guitar, the Gibson J50, that was given to me in high school. The J50 and I have been all over the country. I've hopped freight trains, hitchhiked and played all over the world with that guitar."

Johnny Nicholas said he used this guitar on his Future Blues album.

Johnny Nicholas recalled in an interview that he played his first guitar - a Guild Starfire IV - through a through a "Fender bandmaster piggy back amplifier".

And I can confirm personally he played a Melody Maker as back stage in edinburgh he handed it to a scottish 17yr old to jam with Snooky Pryor... I was the 17yr old