Ryan Key

In this interview, Yellowcard vocalist/guitarist Ryan Key is revealed to use a Les Paul Studio. It says he, "will be equipped with an all-black Les Paul Studio when Yellowcard’s fall dates commence in Boston on Sept. 9."

This interview states that Ryan Key uses a Gibson J-45. It says, "These days, Key and Mendez are getting a stripped-down taste of the road ahead. They’ve been traveling from radio station to radio station, playing acoustic versions of several of the new album’s songs, including 'Light Up the Sky,' the lead single and a tune Key crafted with a 2005 Gibson J-45."

Ryan Key is giving away the black Les Paul Studio that he has played with Yellowcard for ten years, so he has been playing ESP guitars as of late.

Ryan Key used multiple Gibson SGs during Yellowcard's earliest years as seen in this concert video.

At 0:45 there is a clear shot of two Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers. Both guitarists used them extensively.

In this article from AltSounds Ryan says "I am now playing through a Line 6 POD XT and I love it. The technology has really gotten to a place where I can emulate the sound of my amplifiers yet not have to carry them on the road. It saves a lot of time, space, and money."

Ryan Key played a Nord Piano 2 throughout the Ten Hundred Miles Tour, in support of their album "Lift A Sail".

Ryan Key, in an interview for Ultimate Ears, states that he uses te Ultimate Ears 18. This can be seen in video rigth at the beginning, at about: 0:06.