Matt Pike

"I was hanging out with Bill Kelliher one night, and we thought about how cool it would be to have a nine-string guitar. We both called them in the same week, and they were a little pissed because we didn’t have a design. They told me that I had to design it. So I had to go to the drawing board, and I thought to myself, “So, I get to design it, and Bill gets to play it. Cool!” [Laughs] I always really liked those Yamaha SGs that Santana played years ago, but I wanted a thicker guitar. I’m a man, I’ve got man hands, and I’m a big dude, so I need some weight and durability—because I’m gonna throw it around and beat it up or whatever. So I had them make it a half-inch thicker than a Les Paul Standard. I wanted a baseball bat neck, because I wanted to have big-ass strings on it—I need to punish with it. The pickups are from Kent Armstrong, and are really strong."

In this live video we can see Matt Pike playing his ’92 tobacco sunburst Gibson Paul.

Matt Pike is pictured using a Gibson Les Paul Supreme in a photo from Metalinjection, showcasing his gear setup while performing with High on Fire.

Matt Pike is seen with his Gibson Les Paul Artisan, equipped with his newly released Dragonaut Pickups by Lace. The second image captures Matt and Sammy exchanging guitars.

Matt can be seen in the video playing a Kramer DMZ 650G during this early High on Fire live radio session in 1998.

In this very early photo, Matt can be seen playing a black Fender Strat.

In this video from Matt's Patreon he is playing a 61' style SG with Lollar dB pickups.

Here is seen playing the Ibanez 2680, mostly known as the Bob Weir signature model.

In the article: "I actually used a Les Paul Recording model extensively on Sleep’s The Sciences ... more than on High on Fire’s Electric Messiah"

Here is a really rare photo of a young Matt using a superstrat, which it seems to be an 80s Platinum Series B.C. Rich ST3 MIJ (circa 1991).

As seen on this Lace Pickups video, Matt is using Schecter Solo-6 loaded with Dirty Heshers. Further down the comments ther is one from Lace Pickups stating this.

In this photo, Matt can be seen playing a Korina Explorer. Unsure of model year.

Here Matt is seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty

Here Matt is seen playing a custom Seger YG model, touring in Mexico with Sleep (3/3/2018)

At the beginning of the video, Matt Pike is playing the "Some Grass" interlude on a Takamine Guitar.

In this picture, Matt has the 6 string version of the First Act Custom Shop DC.

Matt Pike is playing a 12-string Taylor 150e guitar for "Some Grass".

In this photo Matt is seen with a McNaught Vintage Single Cut guitar. In HIGH ON FIRE - "In-Studio Episode #2" Matt states that it was given to him by David McNaught and he used it during the recording of Death Is This Communion.

in this post, matt pike can be seen with a late 80s Gibson White SG Standard with some Lollar DB pickups.

Matt Pike seen using a Wylde Audio Barbarian at Bar House in Seattle on 5/5/2022, supporting his solo album “Pike vs. the Automaton”.

In this image Matt Pike can be seen using his signature Woodrite Warlord

In the video titled "Heaviest High on Fire Riffs | Matt Pike and Jeff Matz's Picks" by REVOLVER on YouTube, Matt Pike is seen playing the Seger Guitars YG Deluxe.

In this old photo of Asbestosdeath, Matt is using a BC Rich Mockingbird

In this "Hot Lava Man" Live video from 7 April 1992 in San Diego, CA, Matt Pike is seen playing a black Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar with white binding, which appears to be a model from the 1970s.