Poison Ivy

She confessed her undying love for the ’58 Gretsch 6120 she acquired in 1985 and detailed her stage and studio rigs.

I’ve got other guitars including a Gibson ES-295 and some guitars I almost never touch.

"I had this kind of rare Canadian guitar called “Lewis.” Actually, I had two of them. I bought the first on 48th Street in New York City in 1976, then the second in Vancouver in 1983. They’re both solidbodies with a Bigsby-like vibrato bars and they both weigh a ton. One unusual characteristic about both of them is that the necks are flat and wide, like a classical guitar. I wish I could find out more about them. When I bought the first one, the salesman told me it was a Canadian make. Well, the headstock on my main Lewis got snapped off at a concert in Paris. There was this riot, and a security guy grabbed it really fast… Actually, what broke it was him falling down the stairs with it!"

From Vintage Guitar Magazine http://www.vintageguitar.com/2915/poison-ivy/

Poison Ivy from The Cramps playing a 1997 custom-made copy of a Danelectro Longhorn. Next to her is the builder Steven Metz (formerly SMT Guitars)

Poison Ivy with her plexiglass Dan Armstrong guitar taken from “How To Make A Monster” booklet, 2004

Poison Ivy of The Cramps is shown playing a National Newport Val-Pro 88 in photo #16 on The Selvedge Yard blog.

Poison Ivy used a Gretsch White Falcon Double Cutaway, notably during a concert in France in 1986 (see around 0:33 in this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrdTG70sYEw&list=RDmrdTG70sYEw&start_radio=1). This guitar, dating from 1970, was reportedly sold to the guitarist-singer of the British band "The Dogs D'Amour" (see these links : https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1091790627650296&set=a.667663233396373 and https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=870354219818407&id=320902528096915&set=a.320923774761457).

In this photo, you can see Poison Ivy with a Vox Mark VI Teardrop guitar in a striped finish (the Vox logo is visible on the headstock). I've added another photo of Poison Ivy, with the guitar fully visible, to the Vox Mark VI Teardrop listing.

In this photo, Poison Ivy can be seen playing a Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar. This photo appears at 0:31 on this video made in tribute to the queen of rock 'n' roll (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R6D5OAxM0&list=RD24R6D5OAxM0&start_radio=1). As the exact model is not clearly identifiable, the connection has been made to this generic model which states that "this Fender Stratocaster is the key representative of the entire model family".

In this photo taken in the Cramps' house, Poison Ivy appears next to what seems to be a Gretsch Country Club.