Pat Smear
Pat Smear's Solid Body Electric Guitars
Pat Smear pictured playing his signature Hagstrom guitar on stage (image provided by Hagstrom website). More on the technicalities of the guitar provided by a Hagstrom representative here during Musikmesse 2013 in this YouTube video.
During a recent Foo Fighters concert at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Pat Smear was seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Double Cutaway Burst/Flame. The Facebook post by The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion suggests that this guitar might be a rare Gibson Custom Shop Micro Kessel Prototype Iced Tea.
In midnight blue, his was US-made and had a maple fretboard. "We changed it to a black pickguard, with black Duncan JB in the bridge position and white covers on the stock neck and middle pickups—similar to Kurt's black 'Vandalism' Strat, but a blue/black color scheme." Earnest Bailey, Nirvana's long-time guitar tech, via livenirvana.com
in the germs performances in decline of western civilization, pat is playing a gibson firebird.
that's a photo that appeares in the Foo's website from the new video clip "run". you can also see that he uses this guitar in the clip itself.
Around about 13 seconds in, the camera closes in on Pat and Chris and you can see clealry the guitar in Pats hands.
A clear shot of Pat playing this all white Gibson SG can be seen at 2:30.
Pat is shown to use a Gibson Eye in this video and various others throughout the last couple years.
The Hagstrom H2N can be clearly seen at the 0:58 second mark.
Pat Smear played this Gibson SG Custom Electric Guitar with Mike Watt in a 1995 Jon Stewart Show performance.
Pat Smear is identified as using the Gibson Jeff Tweedy Signature SG Electric Guitar, as noted by a user on Gearslutz.
Featured in this September 9, 2021 Instagram post by Wire Instruments.
In this photo, you can see Pat Smear playing a white double-neck Gibson SG while playing "Good Grief" with Foo Fighters in 1995.
At the 37:44 mark of the Nirvana concert in San Diego on December 29, 1993, Pat Smear is seen showcasing his Guild BM01. (Source: livenirvana.com)
Pat Smear was seen using a Gibson Les Paul Standard during a Halloween show in 1993. (Source: livenirvana.com)
Pat Smear is seen using the Robin Artisan SG during the Nirvana Reunion at the Fire Aid Benefit Concert. He plays it for a solid 6 minutes on 2 songs, ¨Breed and School¨. (Not a Gibson Les Paul but it wouldn´t let me put the actual guitar name in)
This guitar was purchased at Freedom Guitar in L.A.. The stock bridge pickup was replaced with a black Duncan JB and the chrome rings painted black with nail polish. (source: livenirvana.com)
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