Josh Farro

In this photo from a performance for the 2007 Van's Warp tour, you can clearly see his guitar which is a Fender 72 Telecaster Deluxe in black.

Josh speaks at length about his two custom Fender Telecaster Deluxe. His main one is this 'Goldtop'-finish with a fake f-hole. His other is a heavily 'aged' sunburst finish. By looking carefully at the bare wood of the 'aged' one we can see that they have alder bodies. Their fretboards are rosewood. Their necks are most likely maple with 'vintage' amber finishes, although he does not point this out specifically. The pickups are a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat at the neck and an unnamed Seymour Duncan humbucker in the bridge; most likely an Alnico II Pro as Taylor York, the other guitarist of Paramore at this time, used a Phat Cat & Alnico II Pro combination in his own custom Fender guitars. There is no regular production guitar by Fender which matches this specification. There are no stock photos of these two guitars; the image used as an example of this guitar is a Chris Shiflet signature Telecaster Deluxe in Shoreline Gold, which is the closest model Fender makes to Josh's unique custom guitar. These guitars, especially his main Goldtop one, are entirely unique to Josh.

Josh Farro can be seen playing a Les Paul Standard in this photo.

At 1:29 in this video, a close up shot of Josh Farro's sunburst Telecaster, with a maple fretboard, can be seen.

"I love Taylor acoustics because they have a thick full sound and they play really well," Josh Farro says, at 0:20 in this gear walkthrough.

You can see this at 2:04 and throughout. Josh has said this was one of the first guitars he ever bought, a Gibson Les Paul Classic. He has switched the pickups at some point, some videos he has uncovered cream coloured humbuckers whereas others he has nickel covered humbuckers. This was his main guitar used in the All We Know Is Falling studio tracks and live shows, he used it for some parts of Riot but stopped using it live. He used a different Les Paul (Standard) later on in the studio for Careful from Brand New Eyes.

In an Instagram post captioned "Snowed in with stuff ????," Josh Farro is pictured with a Gibson SG Standard, indicating his use of this guitar.

In an Instagram post, Josh Farro expresses gratitude to Fender for gifting him a new American Elite Stratocaster. He has also been seen playing this guitar in recent posts, alongside his signature Telecaster.

In this picture, Josh Farro is playing a Les Paul Goldtop.

In the live performance of "For A Pessimist" on TRL dated October 11, 2007, Josh Farro can be seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar.

In the background we can see this blue jaguar next to Josh's white one.

Josh Farro plays a fender stratocaster guitar in this video. It can be seen at 3:00

Josh uses an Epiphone Sheraton II guitar in this video.