Luther Perkins

Fender Esquire was Luther Perkins' main guitar model. He had many of those, but he was most commonly seen with a blonde 1955 Esquire.

Luther Perkins used pre production 1958 Olympic white Jazzmaster from 1959 to 1962. He got another one in 1962 before he started using a Jaguar. He only used it once after he got it, after that he would go on and play a pre production 1961 Jaguar in Fiesta Red from 1962 to 1963.

Luther used the Esquire mainly during his time with Johnny Cash, but when he was given Jazzmasters and Jaguars by Fender he used them for a while before going back to the Esquire.

Luther rarley played acoustically after Johnny Cash got big, but here be is with a Martin in the early 60s.

This is Luther's Esquire next to the 1300 at the Johnny Cash musem.

Luther used only Fender amps with the Silvertone as an exception. In this photo, he can be seen with a gold Jazzmaster and the Deluxe Reverb.

The longtime Johnny Cash sideman reportedly played a Bass VI on “Happy to Be With You” from 1966 Cash album Happiness is You.