Pat Smear
Pat Smear's Gear
In this flikr picture Pat can be seen holding a 1965 Barney Kessel Custom.
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Pat is using the hagstrom guitar in this live presentation.
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Pat is shown to use a Gibson Eye in this video and various others throughout the last couple years.
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The Hagstrom H2N can be clearly seen at the 0:58 second mark.
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Pat Smear is known to use the MXR M-104 Distortion +, specifically a late 1970s model, as detailed in Alex Roberts' equipment guide on Live Nirvana.
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You can see the Small Clone next to the Boss Ds-2 during the video at 1:41
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Pat Smear played this Gibson SG Custom Electric Guitar with Mike Watt in a 1995 Jon Stewart Show performance.
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The Fulltone website features Pat Smear's pedalboard, which includes the Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator.
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Pat Smear is identified as using the Gibson Jeff Tweedy Signature SG Electric Guitar, as noted by a user on Gearslutz.
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Featured in this September 9, 2021 Instagram post by Wire Instruments.
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Pat Smear uses the Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler, as seen on his pedalboard featured on Fulltone's artist page.
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Pat Smear is shown using a Voodoo Lab Amp Selector in a photo featured on the Fulltone website.
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A Dunlop Volume Pedal can be seen in this photo of Pats rig.
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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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In this photo, you can see Pat Smear playing a white double-neck Gibson SG while playing "Good Grief" with Foo Fighters in 1995.
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In this screenshot of the Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1996, we can see the pedalboard of Pat, it is composed of a ProCo Rat 2 (see one of my previous submission), a Arion Stage Tuner (we can clearly see that it’s the Arion Stage Tuner), a Boss BF-2 (sure it’s the Boss BF-2 because of the shape and color of the pedal but also of the live at Concert Hall 1996, where during the noise part of Exhausted we can ear a Flange effect), and a Digitech Whammy II (sure it’s a Whammy II because of the shape, footswitch, and color of the pedal).
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In this screenshot of the Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1996, we can see the pedalboard of Pat, it is composed of a ProCo Rat 2 (see one of my previous submission), a Arion Stage Tuner (we can clearly see that it’s the Arion Stage Tuner), a Boss BF-2 (sure it’s the Boss BF-2 because of the shape and color of the pedal but also of the live at Concert Hall 1996, where during the noise part of Exhausted we can ear a Flange effect, and the version is the Japanese one with the black knobs), and a Digitech Whammy II (sure it’s a Whammy II because of the shape, footswitch, and color of the pedal).
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Can be seen using this strap in this photo.
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In this screenshot of the Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1996, we can see the pedalboard of Pat, it is composed of a ProCo Rat 2 (see one of my previous submission), a Arion Stage Tuner (we can clearly see that it’s the Arion Stage Tuner), a Boss BF-2 (sure it’s the Boss BF-2 because of the shape and color of the pedal but also of the live at Concert Hall 1996, where during the noise part of Exhausted we can ear a Flange effect), and a Digitech Whammy II (sure it’s a Whammy II because of the shape, footswitch, and color of the pedal).
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Pat Smear used the Harmony H169 Buck Owens American guitar during Nirvana's performance of "Polly" on MTV Unplugged, as seen in the remastered video provided by NirvanaVEVO on YouTube.
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On Live Nirvana’s website it states Pat used a MXR Distortion+ on his pedalboard
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Pat Smear used Earnie Ball Super Slinky 9-42s on his electric guitars during his time with Nirvana.
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Pat Smear used these strings on his acoustic guitars during his time with Nirvana
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Pat Smear had this pickup in his Buck Owens guitar used on MTV Unplugged
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Pat Smear has been using Dunlop Tortex Standard 0.88mm Guitar Picks since the Nirvana In Utero album tour in 1993, as evidenced by a TikTok video posted by Andrew on December 16, 1993. The video is captioned, "Pat Smear’s guitar pick, December 16, 1993. In utero tour. #nirvana #patsmear #kurtcobain #kristnovoselic #davegrohl."
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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)
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