Tom Petty

In this photo, one can see Tom Petty with a Gibson Everly Brothers J-180.

Tom Petty can be seen with white a Fender Electric XII in this photo.

Tom Petty can be seen playing a Ampeg Dan Armstrong Dan Armstrong Plexi Electric Guitar in this photo.

In the live performance of "Mary Jane's Last Dance" at Sound Garden Studios, Tom Petty can be seen using multiple Vox AC-30 Super Twin Reverb amplifiers with Top Boost, positioned at the back of the stage. This setup is visible in the YouTube video by Normann Skaren.

This article fom Guitar World has a photo of Tom Petty with a Rickenbacker 330.

"Taking a look at the other amps in his repertoire – such as a ’59 Fender Bassman Reissue, a Fender Vibro-King 60 watt combo, a ’69 Marshall JMP50 Plexi head and a Marshall 1987X Vintage Series 50 watt tube head, among others..." states this article, by Pro Audio Land, about Tom Petty's gear. "Then, I came across this old red Marshall on the road, and I started using that." Your welcome, Tom RIP.

In this photo, one can see Tom Petty with a Gibson ES-335.

Mentioned by recording engineer Richard Dodd in this Sound on Sound interview about the recording of "Learning to Fly".

"When it came to his vocals, Tom had an affinity for the AKG C12, whereas [producer] Jeff [Lynne] tended to prefer the 87. So, we'd go between those on any given occasion, but in this case I'm pretty sure we used the C12. Tom was pretty automatic in terms of his vocal performances, although the final take was the only time he did the bird whistle at the end of the song. I remember laughing when he did that and telling him I loved the bird when he came back out of the booth. He said, 'You like that? Well, maybe we'll keep it.' Again, he might have been planning it for weeks, but it came across as if he just did that on the spur of the moment."

"Taking a look at the other amps in his repertoire – such as a ’59 Fender Bassman Reissue, a Fender Vibro-King 60 watt combo, a ’69 Marshall JMP50 Plexi head and a Marshall 1987X Vintage Series 50 watt tube head, among others..." states this article, about Tom Petty, by Pro Audio Land.

In this photo, behind Tom Petty, a Fender Pro Reverb can be seen.

Tom Petty is in front of a Fender Princeton Amp in this photo.

In this photo, we can see Petty with Guild D212.

Tom Petty plays this guitar while one of his visits at Norman's Rare Guitars shop in Tarzana, California.

Tom Petty is seen playing a Hofner Club Bass to cover his bass duties in Mudcrutch.

Mentioned in this March 1983 Musician article.

Tom Petty and Mike Campbell change guitars like some people change radio stations­—after damned near every song, but they do have certain favorites that they keep returning to: Les Paul Gold Top, Fender Strat, California Classic Telecaster and three (count 'em) Rickenbacker twelve-strings. Pickups and insides are standard. The strings, which they change "only if they break," according to equipment man Bugs, are Ernie Ball Regular Slinky.

In a video from the Hyde Park performance on July 9, 2017, Tom Petty is seen playing a Gretsch G6139CBSL Silver Falcon, not a Black Falcon as sometimes misreported. The Silver Falcon is distinguishable by its silver hardware, contrasting with the gold hardware typically found on the Black Falcon.

Tom Petty is seen with a Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar in a user-uploaded photo from Vanity Fair. This image serves as proof of his use of the instrument.

According to the Huge Racks pedalboard made for Tom Petty, this also includes the Real McCoy RMC5 wah pedal on it.

In this photo, one can see Tom Petty with a Kay Barney Kessel Archtop.

"Taking a look at the other amps in his repertoire – such as a ’59 Fender Bassman Reissue, a Fender Vibro-King 60 watt combo, a ’69 Marshall JMP50 Plexi head and a Marshall 1987X Vintage Series 50 watt tube head, among others..." - "PAL" Adam Stafford.

The photo, from the Telefunken website, shows Tom using the M80 live. Also, there is another photo in the same page of him using the same microphone.

Petty is holding a Rickenbacker 620/12 on the iconic cover of Damn The Torpedoes. The 620 has a distinctive body shape, visible on the cover, and close examination shows that it is the 12 string model.

Tom Petty played a Höfner 500/1 Bass during his time with the country band Mudcrutch, as evidenced by the image on the "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Anthology Through the Years" CD cover.

Mentioned in this March 1983 Musician article.

Ever loyal to their roots, both Petty and Campbell play through very cool looking Vox Super Beatle amps, jazzed up with Echoplex and MXR Dyna Comp.

Petty owned and played a couple of vintage Gretsch guitars; a 1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman, model 6122...

In a 2006 performance of "I Need to Know" and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty plays a white 1967 Gibson SG Custom, as seen in the YouTube video by Barelypostvids. Interestingly, the video also features Petty using a 1963 Les Paul, while Mike Campbell plays a 1959 Gibson ES-335.

At 7:07 tom pettys guitar tec shows his coral sitar and explains that tom uses it for the song dont come around here no more

Mentioned by recording engineer Richard Dodd in this Sound on Sound interview about the recording of "Learning to Fly".

"When it came to his vocals, Tom had an affinity for the AKG C12, whereas [producer] Jeff [Lynne] tended to prefer the 87. So, we'd go between those on any given occasion, but in this case I'm pretty sure we used the C12. Tom was pretty automatic in terms of his vocal performances, although the final take was the only time he did the bird whistle at the end of the song. I remember laughing when he did that and telling him I loved the bird when he came back out of the booth. He said, 'You like that? Well, maybe we'll keep it.' Again, he might have been planning it for weeks, but it came across as if he just did that on the spur of the moment."

Mentioned in this March 1983 Musician article.

Benmont Tench surrounds himself with: Hammond C3, Keyboard Products Leslie, Wurlitzer piano, ARP String Ensemble, Oberheim OBX-A (Petty has one of these, too).

“Over the years I’ve added the SoundToys Decapitator and the Cranesong Phoenix plug-ins to our systems, because they are compatible, but of course many plug-ins have been released over the years, which is the reason why I currently am setting up two state-of-the-art Pro Tools HDX systems, one for Tom and one for me, which we will be running on Mac Pros with three HDX3 cards for each system. But whatever the exact version of Pro Tools we have, I will continue to use it to enhance performances, rather than edit them to death. I am a big fan of the whole digital approach, and of mixing inside a box, not because of the sound, but because of the creative freedom it gives the musicians. It allows us to move very quickly, and I can simply open up a session for a song if Tom wants to fix just one line. That’s something we can do in five minutes. The sound is another issue. All equipment has a colour, and you work with what you have, making your judgements as to what sounds good and doesn’t accordingly. I think people give too much weight to the equipment that they use."