Steve Jones

A 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom that formerly belonged to Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls.

Steve Jones playing a Gibson Firebird onstage at the Sex Pistols' last show ever at Winterland in San Francisco, California. Photo by Roberta Bayley .

In this photo you can see Steve Jones in an old photo of him and a gibson flying v.

Steve Jones playing a Gibson Firebird onstage at the Sex Pistols' last show ever.

In this Sex Pistols' 1977 concert, Jones can be seen playing the Gibson Les Paul Special Doublecut, with some inlay work done at the very beginning of the neck.

In this image Steve can be seen playing a gibson 1954 les paul custom.

Steve Jones and Gibson SG Special Polaris White

Steve Jones and Gibson Explorer

Steve Jones and White Gibson ES-349 (maybe)

Steve Jones with Gibson RD

Steve Jones and Les Paul Standard

Steve Jones & McSwain SM-2

Only Fender? I think

here steve jones is seen playing a black fender telecaster, this photo was probably taken around 1978-79

steve jones playing a TV yellow gibson les paul junior doublecut , photo taken in paradiso club (january 1977)

steve jones and paul cook during the profesionals era, in this photo steve can be seen playing a gretsch white falcon

steve jones Gibson les paul custom with some kind of burst finish and bigsby

Steve Jones' main amp is a 1970's Fender Twin Reverb.

Steve Jones and Blackstar Fly 3 :)

Steve Jones and Blackstar Fly 3 Stereo

Steve Jones & Satellite Barracuda

Steve Jones & Marshall JCM 800 head

Marshall 4x12 Cabinet

Steve Jones actually recorded most of the bass parts on Nevermind the Bollocks. Glen Matlock was the original bassist & is often credited with writing many of the songs, but he only recorded the bass part for "Anarchy in the UK." Sid Vicious only recorded bass for "Bodies." There's an interview with Ultimate Guitar where Steve Jones mentions using a Fender Precision and Ampeg amp, so it's pretty likely the Ampeg was an SVT. In this article from Premier Guitar, it states Sid Vicious was using an Ampeg SVT-CL since he was trying to emulate Dee Dee Ramone's rig. I'm assuming that Ampeg SVT was the same Ampeg that was used to record Nevermind the Bollocks.

Steve Jones and Jim Dunlop Cry Baby

Fulltone Plimsoul and Steve Jones

Steve Jones used the MXR orange phaser live when he was in the Sex Pistols. He said in an interview with Ultimate Guitar it was a Phase 45 (https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/the_classic_albums_never_mind_the_bollocks_heres_the_sex_pistols.html) He mentions recording "Anarchy in the UK" with an MXR Phase 90 in a 2017 interview, seen here: http://teamrock.com/feature/2017-10-24/the-guitar-stories-behind-never-mind-the-bollocks-by-steve-jones 0:21 & 1:07 of the video shows an orange phaser on the floor at his feet, & based on the orange color & sound, it's clearly an MXR phaser. Given that he himself has mentioned he used both the Phase 90 & the Phase 45, who knows what phaser he actually used. Either way, it was an MXR.

While I've confirmed Steve Jones used a Phase 45 &/or MXR Phase 90, I'm not sure of which specific MXR Phase 90 version he used, but I'd guess it's the script version. Here's why I believe it's the script version of the Phase 90 and not the later block logo version: according to the Sex Pistols' official website section on "Anarchy in the UK," (http://www.sexpistolsofficial.com/records/anarchy-in-the-uk-7/) the song was first released as a single on November 26, 1976. According to the Wikipedia page on the MXR Phase 90 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXR_Phase_90), the block logo version of the Phase 90 wasn't released until the next year in 1977, meaning it would have been impossible for Steve Jones to use the block logo Phase 90 to record Anarchy in the UK, as the block logo Phase 90 hadn't been released yet. However, there was a transitional period between the debut of the original Phase 90 in 1974 and the update to the block logo version in 1977 where some Phase 90s with script logos had the circuits from the newer block version, and vice versa. So while it's impossible to know the exact circuitry version in Jones' personal Phase 90, we can confirm that the phaser he used on "Anarchy in the UK" was indeed an MXR Phase 90, as seen in the video of the Sex Pistols performing "Anarchy in the UK" in 1976, and in the aforementioned interview where Jones explicitly states he used an MXR Phase 90. Personally, I'd recommend trying an MXR Phase 95 to replicate Steve Jones' sound with the Sex Pistols. While we don't know what circuitry version was in Jones' MXR phaser, or whether it was a 45 or 90, the MXR Phase 95 can switch between script/block circuitry & 45/90 modes, and it's an MXR phaser like Steve Jones used in the Sex Pistols. Hope this helps!