Mike Einziger

Mike used a McCarty Archtop during Incubus’ Make Yourself recording and subsequent touring as well as Morning View’s recording and touring cycle. It is seen here during the Morning View sessions.

"On most all the songs, the main guitar parts were played on a Fender Jazzmaster. I have like these reissues. I also have a vintage one that I used on a lot of stuff, but a lot of it I just stuck with the reissue. I just like the way it feels and I like the way that it sounds."

Mike can be first seen using a PRS Hollowbody II at 0:22 in this video.

"It's a new guitar for me to be playing, It's an Albert Lee model Music Man. Actually, Ben Kenny was the one who introduced me to this guitar. I’d been having a lot of problems with my wrist over the years and I had been changing my equipment around a little bit. So as a result I needed to find a guitar that would be the easiest to play, that makes it feel in my hands."

Einziger can be seen playing this butterscotch white telecaster at a little kids rock concert on Dr. Phil with Chad Smith on Drums.

This is a guitar he uses commonly and can be seen in this screen capture from a performance on David Letterman.

Mike Einziger is seen playing a 60s Fender Thinline Telecaster in this live performance with Incubus.

"My acoustic that I've been playing on the road, made by Guild. It's just a really, really simple guitar. I just wanted something that wasn't going to break."

Mike Einziger's main guitar for live performances from 1999 to 2000 was his PRS McCarty Silver guitar. A good view of it can be seen at 0:15 in the music video for "Pardon Me." You can also catch little glimpses of it in the live performance of "New Skin" at SnoCore, from 2000.

EDIT: I'm pretty sure I was wrong and the item is actually a PRS Silver Sparkle Standard.

In this picture you can see Mike using the Moog E1.

Mike used this for a few songs in HQ Live

Mike is seen holding a Tele deluxe here

Mike is seen performing with a LP standard

Mike uses this in the make a move video

Mike shows his Orange amp and his Duo Sonic off.

During the S.C.I.E.N.C.E tour, this was his main guitar. Used extensively and was according to Mike in other interviews, his only guitar at the time. He strung it with 13's and he has stated that this was to avoid breaking strings mid performance. During other live performances you can see the same guitar with different stickers throughout the S.C.I.E.N.C.E tour.

Mike Einziger is seen using the Collings 001MH guitar during the Incubus LATAM tour in April 2025. He is captured in a photograph performing the song "Drive" with this guitar, as shown in the image available at the source.

Mike Einziger is documented using a Gibson SG Junior, as evidenced by the image provided on Equipboard.