Pat Smear
Pat Smear's Amplifiers
Pat is seen in this image playing through a Peavey 6505.
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Like you can see on this photo, Pat played a amp head Sovtek MIG 50 during the first Foo Fighters show (02/19/1995), and (maybe) shows after, before switch to his Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp, if I'm not mistaken (that you can see on the live at Brixton Academy).
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This early Foo Fighters show pictures Pat Smear using the Mesa/Bogie Studio Preamp through the Crown Power amp, the same rig that he used while playing in Nirvana. 22:28 into the video you can clearly see the rack.
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In the Foo Fighters "Making a Fire" Video on youtube, you can see the artist using a Wizard MCII. Also see facebook post by Wizard Amplification.
https://www.facebook.com/193674697338535/posts/pat-smear-foo-fighters-2020/3018968838142426/
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"Paul McCartney performed with the remaining members of Nirvana at the Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. For this performance, guitarist Pat Smear used a Laney Lionheart L20H Head…"
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in this video of a concert in 1996, you can see pat smear using a peavey 5150 mk1. he used this in the very early days of the band, and possibly could have been used to record there first album. there is a clear shot of it at 4:15.
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Pat Smear is shown using a Laney L412 4 x 12 Cabinet in an image from Guitarchina.
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According to this gear rundown posted by Mixdown Mag, Pat used the 50 watt Laney as his main amp.
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https://www.livenirvana.com/interviews/9308jg/index.php
This interview with Pat, he discusses using a Fender Champ, as well as a SVT Bass Amp head as a pre-amp into the Champ
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