Josh Ramsay

Josh posted this customized Les Paul Junior to his instagram with the following caption:

Daily guitar: this is my other les Paul junior. I retrofitted a vintage p90 original pickup and added a mute switch, and refinished in surf green. The color palette has always led to dave genn calling it the mint chocolate chip. It has been on every record since masterpiece. Sounds like American idiot, looks like dessert.

On his Instagram, Ramsay posts:

This is my gorgeous Gibson 137. A very deep hollow body. I acquired this through our endorsement just before starting our second album. I replaced all the hardware and put vintage gretsch pickups in it. The neck sounds amazing for picking parts, while the bridge sounds like Malcolm when you fire it up. Plus it's hard to photograph, but it matches how my hair used to look at the time I bought it. Perfect accessory for the guitarist on the go

Ramsay owns two of this guitar in different pickup configurations, used across Ever After and Astoria.

Ramsay posted the guitar to instagram referring to it's use in demos multiple times, one such example included here:

This is an early 60s Gretsch Astrojet, purchased while on tour in Seattle last year, at emerald city guitars. The magic in this guitar is the neck pickup, and it turned out to be broken In half, but it sounded so sick, I never fixed it. Making this a very one of a kind and already very rare guitar. I haven't used it on a record yet, but this next one will get a heavy dose.

Ramsay is quite a fan of the Jazzmaster model, owning and using several. The one pictured is used on tour for the band's "Cross My Heart."

Custom Gretsch Billy Bo at 7:24. Really cool smashed mirror model, and eventually shows a checkered model.

Another part of Ramsay's guitar collection, a red Gibson Vegas. He switched the pickups for TV Jones pickups and featured the guitar on the song "Celebrity Status".

Ramsay used his Duesenberg Mike Campbell for various Marianas Trench Songs as well as for the hit "Call Me Maybe" which he co-wrote with Carly Rae Jepsen.

This is Josh's red Vox Phantom VI from the 1960s. He built in expensive telenator wide range pickups. This guitar is often used on tour and can be heard in "End of an Era".

One of the first Vintage guitars he ever owned and featured in the music video for "Say Anything".

Back when they were touring for their album Astoria, Ramsay used his green Parker Fly for the solo encore during his shows, as well as for "Who Do You Love" and "One Love". He swapped out the pickups and splattered it with pink paint.

Josh Ramsay owns a very rare American Showster. It's yellow and has a working taillight. When playing live during the album cycle of Astoria, he used it onstage for "Burning Up" and "Celebrity Status".

This is a guitar that frequently appears in pictures on Ramsay's Instagram page. He uses it mostly for "Desperate Measures" and "This Means War".

A blue mid 60s fender guitar that he bought in Seattle. It's featured on "Here's to the Zeros" and "Who Do You Love".

He states in the video he uses the Vox for his rhythm tone

He says he uses an EVH for his heavy tone in the video; it appears its the black version of the 5150 III head

In this picture you can see an 65 Soho amp that resides in Josh's Studio.

A custom amp he got in 2016.

In the video, there are 3 guitar amplifiers, Matt Webb's ÷13, a Fender Hot Rod Deville, and a Vox AC30 behind it.

Gear Masters: 12:08

Gear Masters 12:15

After the recording of Masterpiece Theatre, this guitar has been featured on every Marianas Trench album. It was used at the end of the bridge part in "Celebrity Status".

Ramsay posted this to instagram with the following caption:

Stadiums often place pics of previous artists' shows in commemoration. My friend, Jason pierce, sent me this....of course they went with the keytar pic...

As part of the recording process, Josh shows that he uses the EMT 140 reverb plugin.

Josh states that he uses Universal Audio Plugins for his vocals and reveals his personal compression settings in the picture on Instagram.

In this picture of Josh Ramsay's Studio you can spot a SSL 4056E console.