Sting's Guitars

Sting posing with a surf green Acoustasonic Telecaster, he also used it in a video he made with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots.

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Sting is seen with this guitar at 2:44.

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In a TED talk, Sting discusses how he came to possess the Martin Ditson guitar, an heirloom from his ancestors, noting its poor condition when he acquired it.

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Sting is known primarily for playing bass guitar, not the Squier Classic Vibe 50's Stratocaster, as suggested in the source image.

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Sting's main guitar since purchasing it with Stewart Copeland in 1978 from Manny's Music in New York City. He used the guitar extensively. During his Live Aid appearance in 1985 and during his first solo recording and tour, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. Source here.

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In a live performance photo, Sting is seen playing a Guild Paloma SC3 acoustic-electric guitar.

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In an Instagram post, Sting is seen backstage playing a Gibson ES-335 Matte Black guitar, dating from 2012, during his involvement with "The Last Ship" production.

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Sting playing Fragile with a Gibson Chet Atkins

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In the 2018 official music video for "Don't Make Me Wait," Sting can be seen playing a Gibson Custom SG Special Electric Guitar.

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1987 - Sting dons a black Paul Reed Smith Guitar for the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia Italy.

According to an interview with Musician magazine December 1987 issue, Sting mentions using a Paul Reed Smith guitar on the Nothing Like The Sun album.

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Sting in live show with Gretsch G6136T

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Sting can be seen playing an Ibanez GB12 in this studio photo with The Police.

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In this Instagram post, Sting can be seen holding and playing the Fender Limited Edition Fender x PAC-MAN Player II Telecaster. He captions it:

With my @fender @officialpacman #telecaster at sound check.

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This is a community-built gear list for Sting.

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