Troy Van Leeuwen

Can also be seen using one in this performance: https://youtu.be/JHdLJXMi1vI

At 1:11 in the video he says he uses this amp live as a dry amp in combination with his Vox and the Fender as wet amps.

In an interview with Premier Guitar, Troy Van Leeuwen discusses his primary guitars, highlighting the Echopark De Leon as a key instrument in his collection.

Troy Van Leeuwen says at 6:38, "I'm using this company called Fuzzrocious that makes this great fuzz pedal called the OC Demon, that's handwired too."

“I’m Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age and this is my signature Jazzmaster. The color was something that I have always liked - oxblood - in some light it looks black, in some light it looks red. I really wanted to go for a mid-60s aesthetic with the binding and the blocked fret markings. I mean it just does all the things I want it to do, as far as the way it looks.

And then as far a difference on what a Jazzmaster is, really the only difference is I use this [top] pickup selector all the time and the little plastic one just doesn't really work for me. So if I'm either using it as a kill switch or pickup selector this is very convenient to me, having all the controls up here. So I can in the middle of a song do both. It’s kind of an all-around useful guitar.

The neck is kinda based off a ’65 Jazzmaster. I’m somebody who appreciates guitars for being different. A Tele has its classic sort of thick neck for me, and this is a classic neck for this model. I think that the relationship between a single coil pickup and the rosewood fretboard is a good marriage because they can get a little too bright if there's a maple fretboard. I think it just adds a little bit darkness to an otherwise super wirey tone.

It looks complete to me because of the headstock. much like The Dude said about his carpet, it ties the whole thing together.

When I was learning how to play guitar it was all about Zeppelin, and Hendrix, and standard tuning. For Queens [of the Stoneage] we have different tunings, and that's always fun to do but it's almost like exploration of your own kinda making… it’s important to experiment, and this is a good guitar to experiment with because of all the different tone options.

What it means to me to have a signature model is that not only do I get to express what I like in a guitar, but if people are interested in what I do and if my name's on it, I think what they'd be getting is my appreciation for things that are classic. This is a classic guitar, to me, with just a simple modification just for function. So there's a bit of fashion and function involved, and that’s kinda where I live.”

At 3:21, Troy says, "I really like this company called EarthQuaker Devices. They're in Akron, Ohio. I'm using a couple of their pedals. I use the Dispatch Master. It's a nice reverb echo."

In this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown article, it's pointed out that Troy Van Leeuwen uses this item for his work.

Talking about his amp setup at 4:49, "They're both hand-wired AC30s. They are Tolexed in bronco red because all our amps are Tolexed in bronco red right now. I use those because they're new and I think I've had one go down on me in the last six years."

Troy plays and talks about his Vox AC50CPH Head Amp, there is no proof that he plays this any time apart from just the occasional jam but it seems that Vox gave him this Amp in exchange for a bit of publicity. This video is posted by Vox Amps on Youtube.

In this video of the live presentation of Queens of the Stone Age, you can see Troy using his Squier jazzmaster h / h ghost silver.

According to Dunlop's website, Van Leeuwin uses Dunlop Electric Nickel Wound Guitar Strings.

In this photo, Troy Van Leeuwen can be seen playing a Yamaha SA530 TVL in a live performance with Queens of the Stone Age.

In this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown article, it's pointed out that Troy Van Leeuwen uses this item for his work.

Troy Van Leeuwen uses the Seymour Duncan Invader SH-8, as noted on the Seymour Duncan website.

Fender: You added a Pawn Shop Mustang Special to your arsenal, as well. What do you dig about that guitar?

Van Leeuwen: Like the Blacktop Jag, it’s a really light guitar and really helped me be able to play with a broken collarbone, so we have a connection. I just like it because it’s kind of funky; kind of goes along with the philosophy of the Excelsior amp. It’s funky and looks vintage but it’s new, so it works. I like things that work. Plus, it doesn’t have the single coils. It’s got humbuckers but you can split the coils so you can make it sound like any single coil guitar. I used it on a couple of new Queens songs in the studio. It just does that thing. I clean up my amp and it just has this great pluck to it. It sounds killer. I love it.

Van Leeuwan introduced Queens of the Stone Age to the VoiceLive 2 on the ...Like Clockwork Tour, as featured in this December 2, 2013 YouTube video by TC Electronic.

At 10:50 in this Rig Rundown for Troy Van Leeuwen of The Wongergirls, Queens of the Stone Age, Enemy, Failure, A Perfect Circle, Sweathead, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing a Electro Harmonix Superego Synth Engine.

A shot of Troy's pedalboard at 0:11 shows that he uses an EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine pedal.

A Way Huge Electronics WHE401 is listed among the gear used by Van Leeuwen, on Dunlop's website.

Troy uses a black Fender Jaguar in this performance of Misfit Love. He supposedly used it for a lot of the Era Vulgaris record.

In an interview featured on Guitar.com, Troy Van Leeuwen discusses his gear, mentioning his use of the Gibson Les Paul Classic 1960 Reissue Goldtop among his guitars.

Ascan be seen in the video at 18:15, Troy owns and uses a Burns Double 6 twelve-string electric guitar.

Troy used a black Gibson Les Paul Standard for songs on the Songs for the Deaf Tour (2002-2004).

Troy used a black Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Custom for songs from 2007 until 2013.

"Sometimes I plug my 1963 Fender Bassman head into a Marshall 4X12 in the studio," says Troy Van Leeuwen, in this article.

Troy plugs his Vox amplifier heads into Marshall cabinets in studio and live. Premier Guitar states, "He plays through two Vox AC30s, a combo and a head driving Vox and Marshall cabs."

About his amps, Troy Van Leeuwan states, in an interview with Guitar.com, "It's the Black Cat model, a thirty-watt combo that is both thick and sharp. The best combo I've ever played."

"I also play a Chandler lapsteel with a big mahogany body and little palm trees as fret markers."

"I have to have a thicker pick with a grip. I use the silver Hercos .75mm ones, like Jimmy Page."

Troy Van Leeuwen uses the TC Electronic Ditto X2 looper pedal, as seen on his pedalboard in a photo posted by TC Electronic on Instagram during NAMM 2018.