Kim Mitchell

100 watt JCM 800 2203s in road cases stage left, 2x debadged Marshall 1960A cabs center stage.

From the late-80s 'I Am A Wild Party' period onward Kim Mitchell used an overdrive into various tube heads but mostly fell back on Marshalls, like the 100w 2203 (see the Patio Lanters video). Some online say he also uses a modeled amp direct signal from a pedal or rack unit (sometimes including dummy Marshalls on stage). When I saw him play at a smaller room in 2015 he had a Traynor combo on stage, doing very little footwork and not touching the amp during the set.

Guitarists at a Kim Mitchell show notice how quick he is on his guitar's volume control, using it for effect in some of his bigger hits. He played a lot of factory issue Strats during the Max Webster period (tremolo arm often removed) with a Les Paul often at number two. Into his solo career he had a guitar shop frankenstien together a superstrat for him on a Squier neck, Gibson humbuckers, and a single coil centre. This blue guitar evolved over time and has been his main instrument among many fine looking Fender, Gibson, and tilted tele/Music Man type instruments.

This combo amplifier was mainly used for demonstrating purposes. In this video, he is reviewing Gibson Les Paul Traditional.

Fender Strat, tremolo arm often removed.

Guitarists at a Kim Mitchell show notice how quick he is on his guitar's volume control, using it for effect in some of his bigger hits. He played a lot of factory issue Strats during the Max Webster period with a Les Paul often at number two. Into his solo career he had a guitar shop frankenstien together a superstrat for him on a Squier neck, Gibson humbuckers, and a single coil centre. This blue guitar evolved over time and has been his main instrument among many fine looking Fender, Gibson, and tilted tele/Music Man type instruments.

Today, most of our gigs are 'fly-ins' so we travel light. With the Radial JDX, amp head and guitar I feel great knowing that my tone out front is consistent night after night. Best of all, with the JDX I no longer need an amp mic on stage, so bleed from other instruments is no longer a problem. Thanks Radial for making this great little tool!

This Gibson Les Paul Traditional for 2012 was reviewed by Kim Mitchell in this video. He also mentions that the fact that Gibson is just for "rocking out" is wrong.

He also played "Back In Black" bit, starting out at 1:56 minute mark.

In demonstration of the 2012 Gibson Les Paul Traditional, Mitchell was using this microphone. Long & McQuade states :

Kim Mitchell drops by Long & McQuade to demo and share his thoughts on the Gibson Les Paul Traditional. For this demo, Kim is playing through a Traynor YGL2, and audio was recorded using an ART M-Three condenser microphone into a Digidesign Mbox 2.

This interface was used for demonstration purposes of 2012 Gibson Les Paul Traditional. In video description, it is mentioned that this interface was used.

2x debadged Marshall 1960A cabs stage centre. JCM 800s in cases stage left.

According to the Empress Effects artist page, Kim Mitchell is confirmed to use the Empress Effects Compressor MKII.

According to the Empress Effects artist page, Kim Mitchell uses the Empress Echosystem pedal.