Will Sergeant's Gear

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Starting at 1:03, there is a clear shot of the Jaguar that Will is using in this 2009 video, taken at a soundcheck in Oakland, CA.

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Sergeant can be seen playing a Vox Mark XII at :20 of this performance of "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen.

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In this live clip, we get our first good look at Will's Telecaster at around the 4:14 mark.

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In this photo, Will Sergeant can be seen with a black Eastwood Saturn 63.

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'As well as my Tele I'd just got a Squier Strat, and I used that quite a lot through a Roland JC120 amp. It was whatever I like the shape of that week, more than the sound! I had a big thing that we used to call "The Tower", which had all these effects built in and then a huge multi-core cable to this massive, customised foot pedal. You needed a forklift truck to move it around.'

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3rd paragraph down and 11th line this is listed as part of Wills gear.

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'I got a Gretsch Country Gent, which is great to play - a really thick, nasty beast! If you hit it a bit too hard then the bridge moves about and it goes badly out of tune, but I got some great feedback out of it. We had loads of amps on the go at once, with all the mics in different positions; everything was thunderingly loud. I've got a Fender Dual Showman that gives a bonkers sound - it's a top with two 15" speakers, like Chuck Berry used to use.'

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Will Sergeant Interviewed in Guitar Magazine March 2004. Third paragraph in Crocodiles section.

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On the Blackstar website, Will is quoted as saying, "[the] HT Delay is a great cool tool to have in the armoury. The saturation switch is a nice touch, really good at getting that old tape echo 'disintegrating repeats' sound."

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According to Maxon's website, Sergeant uses the Maxon PH350 Rotary Phaser pedal.

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In the music video for "Don't Let It Get You Down," Will Sergeant can be seen playing a Martin GT-75.

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'As well as my Tele I'd just got a Squier Strat, and I used that quite a lot through a Roland JC120 amp. It was whatever I like the shape of that week, more than the sound! I had a big thing that we used to call "The Tower", which had all these effects built in and then a huge multi-core cable to this massive, customised foot pedal. You needed a forklift truck to move it around.'

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For this tour, Will is using two rented Fender DeVille amps, a Roland GT-8, a Line 6 Delay Modeler (for reverse-delay effects), his Fender Jaguar (modified with Seymour Duncan mini humbuckers), an original Vox 12-string, and a Fender Stratocaster and Rickenbacker 12-string as spares.

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For this tour, Will is using two rented Fender DeVille amps, a Roland GT-8, a Line 6 Delay Modeler (for reverse-delay effects), his Fender Jaguar (modified with Seymour Duncan mini humbuckers), an original Vox 12-string, and a Fender Stratocaster and Rickenbacker 12-string as spares.

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Listed on Will's official Laney page.

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'I got a Gretsch Country Gent, which is great to play - a really thick, nasty beast! If you hit it a bit too hard then the bridge moves about and it goes badly out of tune, but I got some great feedback out of it. We had loads of amps on the go at once, with all the mics in different positions; everything was thunderingly loud. I've got a Fender Dual Showman that gives a bonkers sound - it's a top with two 15" speakers, like Chuck Berry used to use.'

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Will Sergeant can be seen playing a 12-string Rickenbacker 330 at 0:17.

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In this image, Will can be seen with his EDS-1275.

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In this live clip from 2009's SXSW festival, Will can be seen playing onstage with a ZT Lunchbox head and cab. We get our first peek at around :09 (on the left side of the screen, at the back of the stage) and it continues to show up in the background throughout the video. Will is also listed as an endorsing artist on ZT's official website.

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In this live clip from the Jools Holland show, Will can be seen playing his 12-string Surfcaster. There's a good look at the headstock at the 1-minute 50-second mark.

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Will Sergeant Interviewed in Guitar Magazine March 2004. Third paragraph in Crocodiles section.

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In this 2009 video captured at a soundcheck in Oakland, CA, Will can be seen picking up his eBow at around :14, and at around :16 we can hear him begin to use it.

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Listed on Will's official Laney page.

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In a 1994 European concert, Will Sergeant used a Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Standard Reissue Bigsby VOS in Antique Gold, as evidenced by available images.

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In his book bunny man a memoir he refers to it as his first amplifier

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In this clip from the BBC in 1986, Will can be seen playing his Electraglide. It's visible from the 0:08 second mark onward.

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Listed on Will's official Laney page.

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On the Echo and the Bunnymen Facebook page Will is seen in rehearsal for their 2022 tour using Boss GT 100 on the floor.

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