Tom Keifer's Gear

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"Keifer’s mother used this ’78 Gibson Les Paul Custom as a bribe to coerce him to finish high school. This is the guitar heard most on Cinderella’s Night Songs album."

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"This ’75 Guild F412 is the one heard on the hit songs “Coming Home” and “Heartbreak Station.”" - As shown in the article

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Tom, when asked how many amps he owns states "Twenty-five, maybe more; six or seven Super Leads, three or four Bassmans, a couple of old Gibsons in tweed"

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Tom can be seen playing the Lzzy Hale signature Explorer in white. He calls it his his "Evil Lady" in a text message to Hale, which she then shared on Instagram

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In the user-uploaded photo, Tom Keifer is seen with a Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty on his left side.

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"Mid-’50s Gibson Southern Jumbo" is listed as part of Tom's guitar collection the article

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"1956 Gretsch Silver Jet" is listed as part of Tom's guitar collection in the article.

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Tom credits his use of Telecasters to Keith Richards when asked "Does Keith Richards have something to do with the fact you’ve played a Telecaster so much throughout your career?" Tom explains "Yeah, absolutely. But I don’t claim to get close to his amazing rhythm tone."

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The article explains Tom's use of the Lucite, "In the studio, Keifer has made heavy use of his early-’70s Dan Armstrong Lucite, most often for slide parts"

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"This 1929 National Triolian roundneck is the guitar heard on “Bad Seamstress Blues,” the track that opened Cinderells’s hugely successful 1988 album, Long Cold Winter.”"

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There are several articles that states Tom has a "Nocaster" in a blonde finish, it adds "Keifer’s 1950 Fender “nocaster” is all-original." It was traded in and resold to Keith Urban.

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Tom, when asked how many amps he owns states "Twenty-five, maybe more; six or seven Super Leads, three or four Bassmans, a couple of old Gibsons in tweed"

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Tom states he owns "six Marshall Majors" in the linked interview

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Tom uses a vintage Guild Echorec for studio sounds. He explains "Echorec made by Guild. That’s the one with a magnetic steel drum that turns, and heads that go all the way around it. Andy Johns told me once, “If you ever find a Binson Echorec, try it, because that’s what I use on [Led Zeppelin’s] ‘When the Levee Breaks,’ to add the waves to the drums.” So, I now have two of them, and they’re great, like, right in front of a Marshall. "

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Tom explains he uses " an old Super Lead, and it has a really old cabinet that, I think, has 20-watt Greenbacks"

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Tom shared this photo on instagram, he can be seen playing the Firebird VII with three mini humbuckers

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Tom has used this guitar on and off his whole career.

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Tom Keifer uses a Gibson 57 Classic humbucker in his Lzzy Hale Explorer, as shown in a photo from his official Instagram account.

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"1964 Gibson Everly Brothers." is listed in the article as used by Tom

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"Keifer has used his ’59 Gibson Les Paul Standard on many Cinderella recordings and tours. Because he still uses it a lot in the studio, he installed repro tuners (“The originals are melting in a drawer!” he says) and a repro tailpiece. Everything else is original"

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Tom states he has "some cool effects – two Echoplexes, an Echorec made by Guild" that he uses

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Tom states he uses "one Marshall, in particular, that I love. It’s an old Super Lead, and it has a really old cabinet that, I think, has 20-watt Greenbacks, and it has that solid old brown grillecloth"

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Tom shared this photo of himself in 1986 playing a white Gibson Explorer, which is now "lost"

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Tom says after their first album he bought a ‘59 Les Paul from the Dallas guitar show.

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Tom’s 2014 rig featured a Bassman.

Tom states he currently has a blackface Bassman in his studio.

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Tom can be seen playing a white custom Les Paul throughout the video for Somebody Save Me

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Tom has used JCM800s throughout his career.

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He is playing a 1977-1978 Iceman IC300 in a 1983 commercial for Pat’s Chili Dogs

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He is seen playing a Gibson Medallion V live with the Priscilla Hairriett Band.

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Tom is seen here with a Kauer Banshee which he uses live often.

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