Stephen Stills

Stephen Stills is pictured with a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar, featuring a vertical logo, as seen in a photo from Performing Songwriter.

Stills first obtained a Martin Herringbone D-28 after the success of Buffalo Springfield's hit single, "For What It's Worth" (https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/Tips_From_the_Top_The_Making_of_Buffalo_Springfield_Again):

I had just enough money from ‘For What It’s Worth’ to get that Martin - and a Ferrari. ... ‘Bluebird’ was the first song I used it on. Of course, vintage Martins didn’t cost the moon back then, either.

The guitar, either a 1935 or 1937 model, had its headstock replaced with that of a D-45. He continued to use it for the remainder of the 1960s. It appeared on a collection of demos titled Just Roll Tape, as well as the first Crosby, Stills & Nash album. However, it was stolen from Stills' Colorado cabinet in the 1970s (https://www.mwe3.com/archive/pastfeature/featureStephenStills07.htm).

RS: Can you remember what acoustic guitar you used recording the Just Roll Tape tracks, or is that nit-picking?

SS: No, I remember it quite well because, somebody walked into my cabinet in Colorado and walked out with it while I was out for the night. But it was a 1935 D-28, a herringbone and someone had taken and put in the D-45 masthead on the pick guard and somebody stole that many, many years ago. I made the first CSN and then I got my D-45 which sounded just as great. But that original D-28, it’s out there somewhere. And there’s nothing like it because someone put the D-45 headstock on it, you know the way that’s it written? On a D-28, so it’s very unique. So, if anybody spots it, someone stole that out of my cabinet in Colorado in the ‘70s!

In this source, you can see Stephen Stills using the Gretsch G6136-1958 Stephen Stills White Falcon.

This is his Martin signature guitar, and he is visible playing this guitar in this photo.

This guitar was mentioned in Music Radar's interview with Stills.

"You know, I don't know specific years. This is not the kind of arcane shit that I remember. I remember cars. [Laughs] I had a Ferrari when we first got money in the Buffalo Springfield. I got a Martin D-45 and a Ferrari."

In this video, CSN are playing "Wooden Ships" , wih great closeup of Stills's Firebird VII at 3:34 minute mark.

In this photo, Stills is seen playing Gibson Les Paul Custom. Behind him is Sears amplifier, although model is unknown.

Excerpt from a 2012 interview by musicradar, "Today it's a Strat. I've got two '54 Strats that I play live. They're lighter and they're easier on you. When you're just starting out, they can hurt. They hurt your fingers. But when you work with them and get used to them, they're the best. They're true everywhere, they're not cumbersome."

In this photo, Stills is visible playing cherry red D'Angelico New Yorker.

This guitar went up for auction, according to this article, Stills once used and played this guitar.

at 3:56, Stills can be seen jamming away on a Gibson Flying V.

At Wembley in 1974, Stephen Stills use his Gibson SG.

In this photo, taken at a CSNY concert in Wembley, 1974. Stills is visible playing Gibson Firebird I.

You can see Stills playing the ES-355 from 2:00 to 2:40 in the video of CSNY performing Neil Young song Southern man in the 70's.

As seen in the photo Stephen Stills used a Gibson Super 400CES early in his career, notably during his time in Buffalo Springfield.

You can see Stills using the Fender Esquire clearly in this performance

Stephen Stills can be seen using a burst Gibson Les Paul Standard, with a Bigsby and without a pickguard, during his time with Manassas in 1972, as documented in this video of Manassas playing “Rock & Roll Crazies” for a TV special filmed in Germany.

Stephen Stills used the Guild DE400 early on in Buffalo Springfield, and can be seen with it in this photo shoot.

Stephen Stills has confirmed his use of the Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar. In an interview with MusicRadar, he stated, "I have two old, brown single cutaway Country Gentlemens, and they’re really, really good." This highlights his preference for the instrument and provides evidence of his ownership of this specific gear.

Stephen Stills is pictured playing a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop during a Buffalo Springfield performance, as evidenced by the image provided on Equipboard.