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Home arrow Who Plays What arrow Alice in Chains - Jerry Cantrell's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
Alice in Chains - Jerry Cantrell's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment E-mail

Jerry Cantrell is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the grunge/metal band Alice in Chains, as guitarist and main songwriter. He performs lead vocals on his solo projects, and was part of Alice in Chains' distinctive harmonizing dual-vocal style.

Jerry has played a variety of guitar gear and equipment over the years. Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Jerry Cantrell's Gutiar Rig.

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Guitars

- G&L Rampage Signature Jerry Cantrell guitar (based on Jerry's original)

G&L Rampage Jerry Cantrell Signature Electric Guitar Ivory

- Dean Michael Schenker USA V guitar (lower priced standard pictured below)

Dean Michael Schenker Standard Electric Guitar Black & White

- Dean Soltero - he plays the USA version (Note: there are pics of Jerry playing his Deans on their site)

Dean Soltero Standard Electric Guitar classic white

- G&L Rampage - with Kahler tremolo and Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck pickups (his main guitars)
- G&L ASAT

G&L ASAT Classic Custom Electric Guitar Clear Orange Maple Fretboard

- Musicman/Ernie Ball Van Halen

Music Man Axis Electric Guitar Translucent Gold Maple Fretboard

- Fender Stratocasters

Fender American Stratocaster Electric Guitar Candy Cola Maple Fretboard

- Fender Telecasters

Fender Classic Series '60s Telecaster Electric Guitar Olympic White

- Gibson Les Paul customs (black and white)

Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom Electric Guitar Antique Ebony

- Gibson Les Paul '52 GoldTop

Gibson Custom Shop 1956 Les Paul Goldtop VOS Electric Guitar Antique Gold

- Gibson Les Paul Seventies GoldTop Standard

Gibson Les Paul  Deluxe Antique Goldtop Electric Guitar Antique Gold

- Gibson Les Paul Junior (bought from Heart's Nancy Wilson)

Gibson Les Paul Junior Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst

- Gibson 335

Gibson Custom ES-335 Satin Finish Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

- Gibson SG (overdubs/solos on Black Gives Way to Blue album. Also using on tour)

Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry

- Hamer - with Sustainiac
- Danelectro bari guitar
- Guild D50 and JF30 acoustics

Guild D50 Bluegrass Special Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural Guild GAD-JF30 Acoustic Design Series Jumbo Guitar Blonde

- Line 6 Variax acoustic guitar

Line 6 Variax Acoustic 700 Modeling Guitar Black

- Martin D-35 acoustic
Martin D-35 Dreadnought Guitar

- Lush Custom guitar (white, looks like a tele)



Amps and Cabinets

- Bogner Alchemist head (in his 2009 rack)

Bogner Alchemist Series Tube Guitar Amp Head Black

- Bogner Ubershall Head (in his 2009 rack)

- Bogner cabinets with Celestion V30 speakers (2009, 2010. Isolated now)

- Peavey 5150 (given to him by Eddie Van Halen and used often)

EVH 5150 III HD Guitar Amp Head Black

- Fender Twin Reverb

Fender 65 Twin Reverb Amp

- Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Bogner Fish preamp (used often over the years)
- Marshalls
- Marshall 1960B Cabs 4x12" loaded with 25 watt "Greenback" Celestion speakers or Celestion vintage

Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Straight

- Hiwatt Custom Lead 30 (overdubs/solos on Black Gives Way to Blue album)

- Vox AC30 (overdubs/solos on Black Gives Way to Blue album)

Vox Custom Classic AC30CC2X 30w 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp with Alnico Blues

- Marsha amps (x2) 50-watts (made by Dave Friedman. Being used with the Shiva on 2009 tour. 2010 rig)

- Bogner Shiva (has stated this is his main amp, in some interviews)

 

 

Effects

Note: Dunlop is making a signature model Cry Baby JC95 for Jerry

Dunlop JC95 Jerry Cantrell Signature Crybaby Wah Guitar Effects Pedal

 

The following gear was seen in Jerry's July 2009 guitar rig:

- MXR EVH Flanger

MXR EVH-117 Eddie Van Halen Flanger

- Xotic Effects AC Plus

- Eventide TimeFactor

Eventide TimeFactor Twin Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

Boss CH-1 SUPER Chorus Pedal

- Boss TR-2 Tremelo

Boss TR-2 Tremolo Pedal

- MXR Smart Gate

MXR M-135 Smart Gate Pedal

- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply

- Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808HW Hard Wired pedal (limited edition)

Ibanez TS808HW Tube Screamer Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

- Shure UL wireless units

- Whirlwind rack Multi Selector

- RJM Effects Gizmo

- Tone Freak Effects Buff Puff

- Dunlop Rotovibe

Dunlop JD-4S Rotovibe Expression Pedal

- Digital Music Corp. Ground Control GCX switcher with foot controller

Voodoo Lab GCX Guitar Audio Switcher Digital Music Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller

- Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Multi-Wah Pedal

Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Multi-Wah Pedal

- Palmer pga05

- MXR Bass Octave

MXR M288 Bass Octave Deluxe Effects Pedal Blue Sparkle

- Boss Chorus Ensemble

Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble Pedal

 

 

 

Here is some gear that Jerry has been seen using in the past and present:

- BBE Soul Vibe (2010)

BBE Soul Vibe Pedal

- JC's Honky Box (Friedman Volume Cut Box)

- Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler

Line 6 MM-4 Modulation Stompox Modeler

- Line 6 Pod XT Pro

Line 6 POD XT Pro Guitar Multi Effects Processor

- Alesis reverb/delay

- Dunlop Heil TalkBox 

Dunlop Heil Talk Box

- Dunlop Dimebag Wah Pedal

Dunlop DB-01 Dimebag Crybaby From Hell

- ISP Decimator

ISP Technologies Decimator Noise Reduction Pedal

- Eventide Harmonizer

Eventide H7600 Ultra-Harmonizer Effects Processor

- BBE Sonic Maximizer

BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer

- MosValve Poweramp
- Boss TU-2 Tuner

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner

- Electro Harmonix Big Muff pedal

Electro-Harmonix USA Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer Pedal

- Pro Co Rat

Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal


- Furman Line Conditioner

Furman PL-8 II Power Conditioner




Strings and Picks

- Dunlop electric strings .010-.046 gauge 

Dunlop Nickel Plated Steel Electric Guitar Strings - Medium

- Dean Markley 2554 Blue Steel Cryogenic Custom Light Electric Guitar Strings

Dean Markley 2554 Blue Steel Custom Light Electric Guitar Strings

- Dunlop Extra heavy Tortex guitar picks (black and purple ones)
Dunlop Tortex Standard Guitar Picks 1.0MM 1 Dozen

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fanfan  - jerry bogner   |2010-05-15 04:54:14
i read in an interview that he mostly uses bogner cabs with vintage 30
Jar Of Flies   |2010-05-03 21:02:38
Cables?
Anonymous   |2010-02-03 14:26:01
Great work here,

Here is a great link to punk rock Dave ( Jerry 's tech):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=938N6aj_c08&feature=related

And this one; the jerry cantrell signature guitar AND the limited
ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1uwmr9oS-s

And tank you for updating this page constantly !!
pt  - Mesa   |2009-11-15 19:20:34
What happened to him using Mesas? Oh one thing he used a Mesa Dual Rectifier Tremoverb
pt  - G&L   |2009-10-30 02:25:54
G&L has a jerry cantrell signature Rampage guitar out. They have them on musician's friend
Alex   |2009-10-10 07:24:20
Jerry used Bogner fish preamp and uses sometimes now. Also he uses Bogner Shiva, you can see it on many vids and photos from the studio. watch this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlqyz02I25I
there
is a lot about his rig.
Brad Morse   |2009-09-24 13:27:11
What about all of his Deans? He helped desighn the soltero, and uses alot os schenker v guitars
Fluff191  - Current 2009 Tour Rig   |2009-07-03 13:30:49
Includes a Bogner Uberschall and Alchemist. Heres the link:

http://www.hugeracksinc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59118&highlight=rjm
Kurdt Kobain   |2009-06-30 23:40:50
Did Jerry Cantrell ever use a Soldano Amplifier Head And A
Brit 4 x 12 T-75's Celestion Cabs. Please Tell Me!!!

Thank You.

P.S. Its's Cool That He Did Use The Line 6 Variax Cause I
Have One 2. = ]
John   |2009-06-25 09:17:38
What amp gear did Jerry Cantrell use on 'we die young' ( amps, rack gear,effects etc...)
Chie Orogo  - Great info but...   |2009-04-12 02:55:10
There's word out that Jerry Cantrell used VTM's in their early days. I'd like to know personally if this is true or not.
scott   |2010-03-10 08:26:46
it was actually kim thail of soundgarden that used vtm's. jerry has pretty much used bogner modded marshalls or straight bogners for pretty much ever
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