Ronnie Wood
UK guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones, also goes by Ron Wood
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Ronnie Wood's Gear
On Ronnie's website, it says:
"On Ronnie's first viewing of these Versoul instruments he really connected with them immediately!
He now owns a number of electric and acoustic models, some of which were custom made for him.
This model is a RAYA 6 CUSTOM, they are all individually hand made in Finland. This one is finished in gold leaf and features a stunningly brilliant blue light in the guitar. Wacky stuff indeed! These guitars not only grab your attention visually, they also sound huge!"
Ronnie Wood has been using a custom Zemaitis S24DT Archtop & Arabesque guitar since his time with the Faces. According to Slideonron, his version features six knobs, which may differ slightly from the model shown in the photo.
Ronnie Wood is associated with the Duesenberg Starplayer TV "Ronnie Wood," his signature semi-hollowbody electric guitar, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Edroman.
In this article from Gibson.com, the author claims in the second to last paragraph that Ronnie Wood (while playing in the Faces) preferred to match Gibson SG guitars with an Ampeg bass rig– the SVT, V-2, or V-4. The article recognizes that this tone is "considered by many of his fans to be the quintessential Woody tone". The article goes on to say that Ronnie used this setup in Faces' songs like "Stay With Me" because he appreciated its "high output and crunching drive."
While introducing his guitars in a backstage interview during the Rolling Stones' 2003 Licks tour, Ronnie Wood claims at 1:45 that this sunburst 1954 Fender Stratocaster is a "great spare" guitar. He uses this as a spare to his 1955 Fender Stratocaster.
The eighth paragraph of this Vintage Guitar interview explains that Ronnie Wood used a "new Fender Vibro-King" on his new album.
In this photo, Wood can be seen playing the Gibson Les Paul Special.
While showing off his guitars in a backstage interview during the 2003 Rolling Stones Licks tour, Ronnie introduces this Japanese made model at 1:25. He explains that "it's got the B-bender when you pull down on the strap and it bends the B string a tone".
On Ronnie Wood's website, the caption under this photo read, "the Gibson L5 S (often mistaken for a Les Paul) Ronnie's is unusual as it has only a single pick-up"
Used on I Feel Like Playing, as mentioned in this January 2011 Vintage Guitar interview.
While talk of a Stones tour in 2011 is being bandied about, Wood is focused on his new album, I Feel Like Playing (Eagle Records). His seventh solo effort, it’s his first in nine years. To get the raunchy no-frill rock-and-roll guitar sounds he is famous for, Wood used his trusty ’55 sunburst Strat, ’64 white Firebird reverse, red ’67 Strat, all cranked up through a ’50s Fender Tremolux, a ’56 Fender low-powered tweed Twin, a ’58 high-powered Twin, and a new Fender Vibro-King. To get an early Hank Marvin/Shadow’s sound when needed, Wood added a ’60 Watkins Dominator.
In this backstage interview with Ronnie Wood during the Rolling Stones' 2003 Licks tour, he mentions at 1:00 his "good old-fashioned Firebird." His is a classic sunburst model with a white pick-guard.
In a user-uploaded photo from Dailymail, Ronnie Wood is shown playing a Gibson Les Paul Junior Special P-90.
This guitar was used by Ronnie Wood around the Steel Wheels/Voodoo Lounge tours.
At 2:21 in this backstage interview during the Rolling Stones' 2003 Licks tour, Ronnie Wood mentions this Zemaitis acoustic guitar. He claims that these models with the heart-shaped sound holes were first made for him "and Clapton and Bob Dylan and George Harrison to name but a few."
In this Gibson advertisement for the S-1, Ronnie Wood is pictured playing the guitar.
Ronnie Wood plays an Epiphone Coronet during performances with Rod Stewart, as seen in the "Maggie May / Gasoline Alley" video on RodStewartVEVO.
This article presents Ronnie Wood's usage of the 1969 hiwayy custom 100 DR103 during his time in the small faces onward. The pictures included on the website as well show the "small faces" monicker sundamaged into the side of the cab and head.
was given him by Keith Richards back in the days/The Faces era
In the live performances of "Paint it black" Ronnie wood is seen using a Danelectro electric sitar. In the original recording, Brian Jones played a regular sitar but as new gear became available, the traditional sitar became more less efficient. Danelectro produced a guitar that imitated the sound of a sitar but was less bulky and easier to play.
According to a 1975 Guitar Player article: "After the Beck outfit splintered (due to management and personality conflicts) Ron returned to a Gibson SG that he had prior to moving to bass guitar."
In this video, Ron Wood is using the Music Man Silhouette.
As said on his website : "A new favourite of Ron’s is his 1953 FENDER ESQUIRE, he acquired this guitar about 4 years ago... Ronnie’s always picks this guitar as an alternative to his beloved ‘55 STRAT. During the recent Faces gigs he was using it more and more at every show! No matter how minimal Ronnie plays, weather it’s Rhythm or Lead, it cuts right thru and fills the guitar parts As only Woody can!"
On ESP's website ron wood is displayed as a signiture artist
In the sixth paragraph, this article from Vintage Guitar magazine explains that Ronnie Wood's acoustic guitars "include a Gibson J-200 and a Zemaitis adorned with silver."
This interview from Vintage Guitar says of Ronnie Wood's setup:
"all cranked up through a ’50s Fender Tremolux, a ’56 Fender low-powered tweed Twin, a ’58 high-powered Twin, and a new Fender Vibro-King. To get an early Hank Marvin/Shadow’s sound when needed, Wood added a ’60 Watkins Dominator."
In this photo, Ronnie Wood is seen posing with his signature model J-200 from Gibson.
Ronnie Wood mentions his Fender Jazz Bass in this interview with Guitar Player in 1975:
"Wood’s first bass was a Fender Jazz he 'obtained' from Sound City, a music store around the block from where they rehearsed. 'I had no money,' he explains. 'I couldn’t pay for it, so I borrowed it and never took it back. About five years later I paid for it, after they tracked me down.'"
At 1:52 in a backstage interview during the Rollings Stone's 2003 Licks tour, Ronnie Wood says that he uses this hollow body, California-made lap steel "for the softer numbers like 'No Expectations'."
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Discography
I've Got My Own Album To Do
1974
Now Look
1975
Mahoney's Last Stand (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1976
Gimme Some Neck
1979
1234
1981
Slide On This
1992
Slide On Live - Plugged In and Standing
1993
Not for Beginners
2001
The First Barbarians - Live From Kilburn
2007
I Feel Like Playing
2010
Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry
2019
Mr. Luck - A Tribute to Jimmy Reed: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2021
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