Gear
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The following gear information was published in Musician Magazine, April 1996.
Jesse Valenzuela:
- Guitars: Custom Fender Stratocaster, Gold Les Paul, Gibson J-200 (acoustic)
- Amplification: Matchless HC30 head -> vintage Hiwatt cabinet, 1973 Marshall JMP 100 -> Orange cabinet.
- Effects: Rack mounted Chandler Tube Driver, MXR Micro Amp line booster, Ibanez TS09 Tube Screamer, BOSS CS-2 compressor/limiter.
- Strings: D'Addario - .011 - .046
Scott Johnson:
- Guitars: Mid 70's Fender Stratocaster, '92 SRV Fender Stratocaster
- Amplification: 2 Marshall JMP 100-watt heads -> 2 Marshall 4x12 cabinets.
- Effects: Rack mounted Chandler Tube Driver, Ibanez TS09 Tube Screamer, VOX wah-wah pedal.
- Strings: D'Addario - .011 - .046
Bill Leen:
- Guitars: '62 rosewood neck reissue Fender Precision, '59 mapleneck reissue Fender Precision.
- Amplification: Ampeg SVT -> 2 Ampeg 8x10 cabinets.
- Effects: dbx 160x rack-mounted compressor.
- Strings: D'Addario
Phil Rhodes:
- Drums: Drum Workshop 22" kick, 10", 12", 14", 16" toms and maple snare.
- Cymbols: Paste signature series 17" & 18" crashes, 22" ride, China cymbol and hi-hats.
- Sticks: Zildjian 3Bs with round nylon tips.
- Other: Drum Workshop Accelator pedal and stands.
Live
The following is a list of the guitars used live by the Gin Blossoms (mostly based on TV performances.)
It gives a better cross section of the guitars used than above. The guitars used in their videos are
also included, however, in a few instances (Hey Jealousy, Til I Hear It From You), guitars in the videos
may be only props, and not owned (or used in recordings) by the band.
Pickup configuration reads left to right, as bridge to neck positions.
IE: Humbucker/Single/Single signifies a humbucker in the bridge position, and single coils in the middle and neck position.
| Douglas Hopkins |
- Doug was known to play (at least) a white Les Paul, and Gold Top Les Paul.
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| Jesse Valenzuela - |
- Fender Stratocaster (Red Body/Marble White Pickguard/Rosewood neck/Black Pickups) - Humbucker/Single/Single
Performances: The David Letterman (Hey Jealousy 1992, Hey Jealousy 1993), The Jon Stewart Show
- Fender Stratocaster (Red Body/White Pickguard/Roswood neck) - Single/Single/Single
Performances: The David Letterman Show (Until I Fall Away, Til I Hear It From You)
Videos: As Long As It Matters
- Fender Telecaster (Yellow Body/Black Pickguard/Maple neck) - Single/None/Single
Performances: MTV's All Star Jam
- Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Gold Body/White Pickguard/Roswood neck) - Humbucker/None/Humbucker
Performances: Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, The David Letterman Show (Follow You Down), Saturday Night live (Follow You Down), Jay Leno (Day Job)
Videos: Follow You Down, Day Job
- Gibson J-200 acoustic (Sunburst Body/Black Design Pickguard/Roswood neck)
Performances: Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, Saturday Night live (Memphis Time)
- Gibson ???? acoustic (Black Body/No Pickguard/Roswood neck)
Videos: Until I Fall Away
- Fender Stratocaster (Black Body/White Pickguard/Maple neck) Single/Single/Single
This Strat may have just been a prop for the Hey Jealousy video.
Videos: Hey Jealousy
- Gretch (Orangle body//Maple neck)
This may have just been a prop for the Found Out About You video.
Videos: Found Out About You
- Gibson(?) Silver (Silver Body//Roswood neck) -
Quite possibly just a prop for Til I Hear It From You video.
Videos: Til I Hear It From You
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| Scott Johnson |
- Fender Stratocaster (Dark Red Body/White Pickguard/Maple neck) - Single/Single/Single
This Strat has a locking nut, and seems to have a Floyd Rose tremelo bridge.
Scott seemed to play this guitar predominantly until 1996, where he began to
use his SRV Strat and Les Paul in addition to this guitar.
Performances: The David Letterman Show (Hey Jealousy 1992, Hey Jealousy 1993,
Til I Hear It From You), The Jon Stewart Show, MTV's All Star Jam,
Saturday Night live (Memphis Time)
Videos: Found Out About You, Until I Fall Away, Follow You Down
- Fender Statocaster '92 SRV reissue (Sunburst/Black Pickguard/White Pickups/Rosewood neck) - Single/Single/Single
Performances: (David Letterman - Follow You Down, Saturday Night live - Follow You Down)
Videos: Day Job, As Long As It Matters
- Gibson Les Paul Gold (Gold Body/White Pickguard/Rosewood neck) Humbucker/None/Humbucker
Performances: The David Letterman Show (Christine 16)
- Gibson Les Paul? (Sunburst?/No Pickguard/Silver Pickups/Rosewood neck)
Performances: Jay Leno - Day Job
- ????? acoustic (Sunburst body/Black Pickguard/Rosewood neck) with cutaway
Performances: Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame (Feel A Whole Lot Better)
- ????? 12 string acoustic (Yellow body/Black Pickguard/Rosewood neck)
Performances: Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame (Wait)
- Fender Statocaster - (White body/White pickguard/Rosewood neck) (Single/Single/Single)
This Strat may have just been a prop for the Hey Jealousy video.
Videos: Hey Jealousy
- Acoustic pedal steel (?) - (Silver body//Rosewood neck) ()
Quite possibly a prop for the Til I Hear It From You video.
Videos: Til I Hear It From You
- Gibson (?) - (Black body//Rosewood neck) (Humbucker/None/Humbucker)
Quite possibly a prop for the Til I Hear It From You video.
Videos: Til I Hear It From You
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| Bill Leen |
- Fender Precision '62 reissue (Black Body/Red Pickguard/Rosewood neck) Single/Single/Single
This is the bass that Bill uses almost exclusively, using it in every video except Hey Jealousy
and Til I Hear It From You, and practically all TV performances.
Performances: The David Letterman Show (Hey Jealousy 1993, Until I Fall Away,
Til I Hear It From You), The Jon Stewart Show, MTV's All Star Jam
Videos:Found Out About You, Until I Fall Away, Follow You Down, Day Job, As Long As It Matters
- ?????? acoustic - (????)
Performances: Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame
- Fender Precision?? (Black Body/White pickguard/Rosewood neck)
May just be a prop for the Hey Jealousy video.
Videos: Hey Jealousy
- Rickenbacker 4001
Just a prop prop for the Til I Hear It From You video.
Videos: Til I Hear It From You
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