Adam Jones is a Grammy Award-winning musician, guitarist and visual artist, best known for his work with the band Tool. Jones was rated the 75th Greatest Guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine and placed 9th in Guitar World's Top 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists. He's also responsible for most of Tool's music videos.

Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Tool's Adam Jones Guitar Rig.

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Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Silverburst Custom Guitars (this is Adam's main guitar)

Checkout the Epiphone version if you need to save money: 

- SH-4 JB model or a Seymore Duncan Trembucker pickups in his Gibson

- Gibson Les Paul natural finish

- Gibson SG (used for some recording)

- Guild acoustic guitar (can't find exact model)

  

Amps and Cabinets
Notes: Adam Jones uses multiple amplifiers at one time. We'll list some of the supposed amps he's used live and in the studio here.
- 1976 Marshall Super Bass amp
- Diezel VH4 "blueface" amp
- Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amp
- Sunn Beta Lead (for some recording)
- Bogner Uberschall
- Rivera Knucklehead Reverb amp
- Peavey amp
- Mesa/Boogie 4x12 cabinets
- Marshall 4x12 cabinet

Effects
- Ibanez Flanger

- Ibanez Digital Delay

- Line 6 delay

- MXR Micro Amp

- Gig-FX Chopper Effects Pedal

- Ernie Ball Standard Volume Pedal

- Foxx Tone Machine Reissue

- Dunlop Heil talk box

- Dunlop CryBaby BB-535 (aka 535Q) Wah

- Access Virus B pedal

- Moog Taurus

- 2 Boss PSM-5

- Boss syb-5 bass synthesizer

- DOD fx40b EQ pedal
- Boss GE-7 Equalizer

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Mental Projection  - Mistakes   |2010-06-12 18:21:04 First of all Adam uses this pedals: 1. Ernie Ball Volume Pedal JR. 2. BOSS PSM-5 Power supply & Master switch 3. MXR Microamp 4. BOSS PSM-5 Power supply & Master switch 5. Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Multi-Wah 6. BOSS DD-6 Digital Delay 7. BOSS BF-2 Flanger 8. Voodoo Lab Tremolo 9. DOD FX40 Guitar EQ 10. Line6 DL4 Digital Delay 11. Snarling Dog Blues Bawls 12. Snarling Dog Mold Spore 13. Colorsound Wah Swell 14. Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble 15. Access Virus Classic 16. Pedalboard for Virus 17. Korg DTR-2000 Rackmount Digital Tuner 18. Foxx Tone Machine 19. Dunlop Heil Talk Box 20. Gig Fx Chopper Pedal http://www.effettidiclara.com/pedalboard/tool/adam-jones In the normal pedalboard that you can see live he uses: 1.Acces Virus B rack (near the others) with a 2. Pedalboard (Like the Taurus)= that controll the Virus B 3.DOD FX40b Grafic Equalizer 4. Boss BF-2 Flanger 5. Boss DD-6 Delay 6. Line6 DL-4 Dealy 7. Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Multi Wah 8.Custom made Volume Pedal (no Ernie Ball 9. Peterson Strobe Tuner Pedal 10. MXR Microamp 11. Korg DTR-2000 Rackmount Tuner 12/13. 2 Boss PSM-5 Power supply & Master switch 14. Dunlop Heil Talk box (10,000 tour) 15. Foxx Tone machine (10,000 tour) 16. Gig FX Chopper (10,000 days tour) Reply 0   0

Eric   |2010-04-15 22:18:14 What does Adam Jones tune to on Ænima,and Lateralus? Reply 0   0

ittoa666   |2010-01-30 05:12:04 He keeps the natural finish les paul tuned to BADGBE. Just lettin u guys know. Reply 0   1

Joey-Pagan  - More Amps   |2010-01-17 03:29:39 In the Carvin website, it is reported that he used the V3 amp for the 10,000 days album. Reply 0   0

And   |2009-07-03 06:22:07 you forget to say that he uses a dd 3 and bf 2 from boss Reply 1   0

Casey   |2009-02-07 23:09:55 Adam ALWAYS uses three amplifiers for live shows. The two main amplifiers Adam always uses for are his Marshall Super Bass and Diezel VH4. The Super Bass is a non-master volume version and has had both of the channels combined. The VH4, is a "Blueface" model from the mid-90's. These models have more low-end than the newer models, and I'm not sure if it's been modified. When live, Adam only uses Channel 3(mega). As far as the third amplifer goes, it varies. He was seen with a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier in the late 90's, and may have used a Bogner Uberschall during this time as well. At recent shows, he was seen using an newer VH4 as his third amp. He probably changes from clean to overdrive the third amp, unlike the Blueface VH4. For cabs, he always uses Mesa Boogie 4x12's, except for the Marshall, which is run through a Marshall 4x12. Hope you guys found this usefull=] Reply 5   0

aaron Modzelewski  - stirngs missing   |2008-07-01 14:35:14 sorry forgot in my last comment i think he uses Ernie ball heavy bottom slinky tops i saw this on a website somewhere but i don't know how accurate it is Reply 1   1

aaron Modzelewski  - pedals missing and replaced   |2008-07-01 14:17:51 why is there two delay pedals and i thought he had 2 boss psm-5's and a dod fx40b eq pedal (not the boss ge-7 eq) and a boss syb-5 bass synthesizer? Reply 1   1

UberPro   |2008-07-01 14:24:34 Thanks guys. I just added that info to the list. As far as the Boss ge-7 goes, sources say that he uses both the boss and the DOD... Reply 0   1

Anonymous   |2008-05-11 15:14:59 good but u forgot the 2 boss psm-5 that r in the rig they are discontinued like the bb-535 Reply 1   1

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