Paul Kantner

In this video of Jefferson Airplane performing at the Monterey Pop Festival, you can clearly see Paul using a Fireglo Rickenbacker 360/12, identifiable by its rounded edges, soundhole, color, and grooved headstock. It is a common misconception that Paul bought a MapleGlo Rick with factory black tape on it in the first place. As a matter of fact, I am guessing that Paul bought this guitar in 1966, in a factory FireGlo finish that can be seen throughout the Airplane's 1967 performances, including at the Monterey Pop Festival. When he got the guitar, he customized it by placing lines of black tape over the finish and somehow fixing a holographic sun image to the upper plate of the pickguard, cut to perfectly fill the area of the plate, all of which can be seen on the different TV performances of that year. Then, in 1968, he shaved off the fireglo of the guitar to reveal the maple body, but left the tape on the guitar. However, these could be completely different guitars, for all I know. After all, Paul did have multiple Rickenbacker 360/12s.

At Woodstock, Paul Kantner played the song volunters with a Gibson ES-345

Paul Kantner uses the B.C. Rich Bich Perfect 10 string all throughout this YouTube video starting at 0:30 and used it live at least once during "Find Your Way Back" in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2BdcVOEIns

In this user-uploaded photo, Paul Kantner's Fender Twin Reverb Blackface amp is visible alongside a Fender Showman head, both adorned with psychedelic grill paintings. These amps, from the Blackface era, are used through the vibrato channel.

In this photo, Paul Kantner is seen using a Fender Black Panel Showman 2-Channel 85-Watt Guitar Amp Head from the 1963-1966 "Blackface" era. The amp, featuring a psychedelic-painted grill, is paired with a Fender Twin Reverb and played through the vibrato channel.

In the image attached, Mr. Kantner is seen playing a modified Rickenbacker 370 6-string. The original bridge single coil pickup is replaced with a Strat-ish one while the middle pickup looks stock and does not seem to have any changes to it. Since the electronics was resoldered to give a wider range of sounds, the guitar has an additional switch added and the original one displaced (instead there’s a 6th control knob).

In this photo, Paul can be seen playing the Rheem Mark VII combo organ during rehearsals for a Jefferson Airplane concert at Hunter College in October 1967.