Wayne Sermon
Wayne Sermon's Guitars
In this photo of Wayne Sermon playing with Imagine Dragons at SXSW music festival in 2012, he's wielding a Fender Big Block 66 Jazzmaster in 3-tone sunburst. The block inlays on the neck give it away as this particular model. The pickguard looks to have been swapped out for a Gold Anodized Jazzmaster Pickguard.
At 1:19 in the video you can see Wayne playing a black Fender Strat.
He used a golden version of this guitar at Glastonbury in 2014. It can be seen best at 2:32 and 2:55.
Wayne uses this guitar live on the song I'm so sorry.
In this Instagram picture, you can see Wayne Sermon using the submitted item.
In this video of Imagine Dragons performing "Stand By Me" in a tribute to Ben E. King, Wayne Sermon is seen using a Gibson L-5 with a double cutaway, which can be clearly seen throughout most of the video, especially during the solo starting at 2:10
"Wayne Sermon plays several different BiLT guitars throughout the set. These offset beauties are highly customized with features Sermon specifically needs to create certain sounds from ID albums. His No. 1 is a gold-plated Volaré loaded with a pair of Lindy Fralin Twangmaster humbuckers. Each guitar is strung up with Elixir .011–.052 strings and Sermon uses Dunlop 88 mm 50th Anniversary Gold nylon picks."
-Premier Guitar; Rig Rundown with Imagine Dragons
For the acoustic tunes, Sermon grabs either his Gibson J-35 or Gibson LG-2 American Eagle (shown here), both flattops have LR Baggs M1 pickups. The LG-2 is kept in standard tuning and used on “Trouble,” “Thief,” and “Release,” while the J-35 is tuned a half-step down and is featured on the bridge to “I Bet My Life.”
-Premier Guitar; Rig Rundown with Imagine Dragons
For the acoustic tunes, Sermon grabs either his Gibson J-35 or Gibson LG-2 American Eagle (shown here), both flattops have LR Baggs M1 pickups. The LG-2 is kept in standard tuning and used on “Trouble,” “Thief,” and “Release,” while the J-35 is tuned a half-step down and is featured on the bridge to “I Bet My Life.”
-Premier Guitar; Rig Rundown with Imagine Dragons
In the video posted by Imagine Dragons on Facebook, Wayne Sermon is seen playing a Kramer 450G electric guitar at the 3:13 mark.
In this Tape Notes Podcast at 54:10, Wayne Sermon mentions the use of Fender Telecaster.
In this interview, Wayne Sermon mentions using the Gibson ES-5.
In this interview, Wayne Sermon mentions buying this guitar.
In this interview, Wayne Sermon mentions buying this guitar.
In this performance and during the Mercury Tour in songs "Believer" and "Whatever It Takes" Wayne used this guitar. The guitar is glitter-gold color and and probably was made specially for him.
At this photo from 2010, from his wife's Facebook profile, you can see Wayne Sermon using a Fender Jaguar. (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=763164235769&set=pb.17829358.-2207520000&type=3 )
In this performance Wayne used this guitar
In this performance of "Whatever It Tales" Wayne used such Stratocaster.
Wayne used this guitar to live performances of some songs since 2017.
In an interview with Guitar World, Wayne Sermon mentioned that he used a 1964 Fender Fiesta Red Stratocaster to record the "Loom" album.
In the description of a photo on Pinterest, it is stated that for Wayne was made a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Reissue with a Bigsby Tremolo System and a Freebird Mini Humbucker in the bridge position. He used this guitar for the song "Natural" during the Mercury Tour.
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