Michael Clifford

In the official music video for "Don't Stop" by 5 Seconds of Summer, Michael Clifford can be seen using the Orange Rockerverb 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amp Head in the background, highlighting its role in their performances.

this is the correct sg custom he used for the video

On the Easier music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dFSWLJ9wY (2:12 and some other parts), Easier BTS video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJiezdF9Zwk (0:34) and Easier (Live from The Fault) video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9rjhp_In8 (2:22 annd some other parts), Michael could be seen using the Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi guitar. Though, he never used this guitar live so far.

His signature model has Burstbucker 3.

On the Orange Amplification artists page it says that Michael Clifford, of 5 Seconds of Summer is currently using this Speaker Cabinet. He can be seen using this particular cab in all of 5 Seconds of Summer's live performances over the last 2 years including this one at around :23s.

At 0:28 seconds you can see him stood in front of a wall of Marshall playing through a Marshall Super Lead

At 0:28 seconds you can see him stood in front of a wall of Marshall built up of Marshall 1960's 4x12's

At 1:14 this acoustic is seen been used

In the video link above you can very clearly see Michael Clifford playing with the Taylor 522ce Grand Concert Cutaway!

In the video of Don't Stop we can see Michael playing the Gibson SG Les Paul Custom

You can see Michael using the 3 humbucker sg throughout the video such as 1:05 1:09

In the "Permanent Vacation (Vevo Certified Live)" video by 5 Seconds of Summer, Michael Clifford can be seen using a Marshall 1960B 4x12'' Cabinet.

Michael has been using this guitar quite often on the band's Sounds Live Feels Live tour.

You can see Michael use the autumn blaze metallic Fender American Elite in this concert

At 1:20 in this acoustic session, we can see Michael playing a Taylor 514ce, same as Luke

At 0:14 in this live acoustic performance, we can see Mikey holding his Taylor 814ce Acoustic Guitar

At 0:57 in this acoustic video, we can see Michael playing a Fender FA100 Acoustic/Electric Guitar

Its at the 0:20 mark were you can see this cab being used

At this GIF, we can see Michael holding this guitar

In this video, Michael talks about his signature Melody Maker guitar from Gibson.

The picks are seen on Michael's mic stand in this photo taken at the iHeartRadio Festival 2014 in Las Vegas.

In the screenshot you can see Michael using the SG. This was during the Meet You There Tour in 2018.

In this video of the band playing Youngblood, Michael can be seen playing a Gibson ES-339 Electric Guitar with a Blueberry Burst

It’s on the pedalboard, top right and upside down. The whole band uses them.

Michael Clifford can be seen multiple times throughout the video using the Neural DSP Quad Cortex in the studio. Timestamps: 6:27, 6:44, 8:35, 10:14, 10:18,

Michael Clifford uses a customized Gibson SG Standard, as evidenced in an Instagram video by @mgccontents, where he is seen playing it during the Everyone's a Star tour. The guitar features a custom paint job, EMG active pickups, and has all knobs removed except for the bridge volume. This setup has been used extensively since September 2025 throughout the EAS era.

In several pictures in this Instagram post by @emmakkww you can see Michael Clifford using a heavy relic Kurt Cobain Fender Jaguar during EAS tour in Munich. Used live for the songs "Boyband", "Telephone Busy", "Evolve and Youngblood".