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Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment

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Category: Who Plays What
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 21:46
Published on Thursday, 23 August 2007 13:37
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Jack White is a musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. White is best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock duo The White Stripes. If you like Jack White and the White Strips and want to know what Jack White's Guitar Gear rig and Equipment look like, then this is the article for you. Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Jack's guitar rig.

Jack White

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Guitars
- 2 1964 JB Hutto Montgomery Airlines guitars
- Harmony Rocket guitar
- 1970s-era Crestwood Astral II guitar
- 1950s-era Kay Hollowbody guitar
- Gretsch White Penguin guitar

Gretsch Guitars G6134 White Penguin Electric Guitar White

- Gretsch Triple Jet guitar (below is a double jet):

Gretsch Guitars G5445t Electromatic Double Jet W/Bigsby Electric Guitar

- Gretsch Anniversary Jr. w/ Bigsby with three Filtertron pickups

Gretsch Guitars G6118t 125Th Anniversary Jaguar Tan Electric Guitar

- Custom Gretsch Rancher Acoustic Guitar Western Maple Satin

- Black Gibson F-4 mandolin (below is an F-5)

Gibson F-5 'The Fern' Mandolin Cremona Sunburst

- Gibson Hummingbird Acoustic

Gibson Hummingbird Acoustic-Electric Guitar Nickel

- 1968 Telecaster with Bigsby

 

 


Amplifiers and Cabinets
- 1970's Fender Twin Reverb amp

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Twin Reverb Guitar Amp

- Two 100-Watt Sears Silvertone 6x10 combos

 



Effects
Notes: His pedals have been professionally painted
- Digitech Whammy IV

Digitech Whammy Pitch-Shifting Guitar Effects Pedal

- MXR Micro-Amp

Mxr M-133 Micro Amp Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer American

Electro-Harmonix Classics Usa Big Muff Pi Distortion / Sustainer Guitar Effects Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator (POG)

Electro-Harmonix Pog2 Polyphonic Octave Generator Guitar Effects Pedal

- Boss CS-3 comprssion/Sustainer

Boss Cs-3 Compression Sustainer Pedal

- Boss TU2 tuner

Boss Tu-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner

- Dunlop Rotovibe

- Voodoo Lab Tremolo pedal

Voodoo Lab Tremolo Pedal

- Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth pedal (used one for the quantum of solace theme song, and also live)

Zvex Hand-Painted Woolly Mammoth Fuzz Bass Effect Pedal

- Either an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano or a Bassballs pedal (both look the same painted...)

Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal

- Demeter tremolo

- EHX Bassballs

Electro-Harmonix Nano Bassballs Envelope Filter Bass Effects Pedal

 

 

Strings
- GHS Nickel Rockers Guitar Strings

Ghs R+Rl Nickel Rockers Roundwound Light Electric Guitar Strings

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+2 # Jacks Guitars — subwayguitars 2013-04-11 00:17
I am pretty sure that he uses a Lake Placid Blue Fender Telecaster with a bigsby tremolo.
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0 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Renèe 2013-01-18 21:55
..in a interview I'se see then J use the 7 strings eccept the firrst string, the "E"...
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+2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Caleb 2013-01-01 04:33
as for strings, he really don't use a particular kind of string, he's said so in both interviews with GP mag and in It Might Get Loud. He used really all types of strings, all gauges. It's normally what the tech/clerk wants to put on.
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0 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — alexd 2012-12-28 19:47
jack uses D'Addario XL Nickel Wound Light Top/Heavy Bottom strings i know the guy who customizes jacks guitar and he did the customization for the gretsch hollow body jack uses in the raconteurs and he said those are the strings jack buys.
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0 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Eddyman00 2012-09-02 10:15
In The Raconteurs, he uses bassballs from
electro-harmonix
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0 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — ToneFr3ak 2012-06-25 12:35
Sorry, he does not use boomers.

He is using GHS Nickel rockers.
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-2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — BH10288 2012-03-28 16:41
I've also seen him use a Sear's 1484. That's the real champ.
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+1 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Pedals? 2012-03-28 00:18
What about the signature valco airline :P
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+2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Josh Fox 2012-02-01 23:59
Quoting grunge head:
I read on the back of a pack of ernie ball strings that jack black uses that brand also I don't think he uses ghs strings.

Jack Black? Not quite sure how that relates but Jack is said to use GHS strings according to the GHS site. But, so far i can say, who cares? Playing guitar is about the individual, not who can copy others best. Well, unless you're Steel Panther.
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-4 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — grunge head 2012-01-31 18:44
I read on the back of a pack of ernie ball strings that jack black uses that brand also I don't think he uses ghs strings.
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+1 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Josh Fox 2011-07-07 02:30
Quoting musicislife4567:
Quoting Josh Fox:
Some of this is wrong, he doesn't use a holy grail, its an EHX nano Bassballs, and the triple jet was actually a duo jet that randy parson modified first, then recreated. So technically the Triple jet isn't a real gretsch at all, which is a common misconseption about Jack, he actually plays several custom "gretsch" guitars but they are actually not gretsch at all but a Randy parsons orignial using the basic pattern for Gretsch guitars.


what songs did he use the bassballs on?


um, i think he uses it on Salute Your Solution with The Raconteurs, and with the Dead Weather he doesn't use it because it actually is Dean's with TDW.
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0 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — elpepemonster 2011-07-03 23:54
He uses a boss NS 2 with the dead weather and a demeter tremolo. This is 100%, ive seen them live and got to peek over to dean and jack's board. :-)
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+2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Raymckay 2011-06-27 08:35
Anyone knows what order he chains his effects? Just listened to icky thump and the big muff fuzz sounded really compressed ;-)
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+2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — musicislife4567 2011-06-20 03:20
Quoting Nic:
musicislife4567 he uses it with 'The Raconteurs'. im pretty sure he doesnt use it with the stripes, when they were together... :cry:

thanks, ill have to look into it, and i know, its so tragic we no longer have the white stripes, id trade the raconteurs and the dead weather for us to have the white stripes back, guess we'll just have to live with what we got :sad:
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-1 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Nic 2011-06-18 06:45
musicislife4567 he uses it with 'The Raconteurs'. im pretty sure he doesnt use it with the stripes, when they were together... :cry:
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+1 # bassballs? — musicislife4567 2011-06-16 22:32
Quoting Josh Fox:
Some of this is wrong, he doesn't use a holy grail, its an EHX nano Bassballs, and the triple jet was actually a duo jet that randy parson modified first, then recreated. So technically the Triple jet isn't a real gretsch at all, which is a common misconseption about Jack, he actually plays several custom "gretsch" guitars but they are actually not gretsch at all but a Randy parsons orignial using the basic pattern for Gretsch guitars.


what songs did he use the bassballs on?
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+2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Josh Fox 2011-06-15 15:29
Some of this is wrong, he doesn't use a holy grail, its an EHX nano Bassballs, and the triple jet was actually a duo jet that randy parson modified first, then recreated. So technically the Triple jet isn't a real gretsch at all, which is a common misconseption about Jack, he actually plays several custom "gretsch" guitars but they are actually not gretsch at all but a Randy parsons orignial using the basic pattern for Gretsch guitars.
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0 # j connor 2011-05-01 16:23
Quoting David:
It says on the Ernie Ball site that he uses Ernie Ball strings.

he used many strings over the years
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0 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Nic s 2011-03-20 00:42
I'm pretty sure the small silver one is an electro harmonix 'bass balls'
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0 # Jacks Pedalboard — Matthew K 2011-01-19 03:07
That small silver pedal is def the Holy Grail NANO. And the copper one by the tuner is either (all of these are EHX) an Electric Mistriss, a Big Muff Pi, Little Big Muff Pi, Holy Grail Plus, Stereo Pulsar Trem, or a Q Tron. Im assuming because he already has the big muff, its not either of the ones i mentioned. I doubt it's the trem pedal, cuz he has the voodoo labs one. The only other option is it could be a BASS big muff. maybe he plays his bass through it???
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0 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — fred 2010-12-29 23:29
what about the airline guitar?, the plastic body airline guitar
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+6 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — David 2010-06-30 00:25
It says on the Ernie Ball site that he uses Ernie Ball strings.
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-8 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Lazydeadpoet 2010-05-13 13:10
I think there are fender twin amps not twin reverbs
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+9 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — shaun 2010-01-02 16:00
How the hect did uberproaudio forget his gretsch custom with the three pickups that he sent to seattle to become a double cutaway and be one of the first guitars to have a green bullet harmonica mic installed in the guitar i dont know what exact model it is but its a singlecut hollowbody custom
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0 # emmett 2010-02-15 05:15
because this appears to be only white stripes, no raconteurs.
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+3 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Sam 2010-04-05 01:43
Its a custom guitar he calls the triple jet that has one of those theremins and a mike built in. Wish it was sold to the public :sad:
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+6 # A tuner? — Marc Mercer 2009-12-11 11:33
What does he need the TU-2 for? :whistle:
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0 # RE: A tuner? — emmett 2010-02-15 05:15
tuning his guitar
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+8 # RE: A tuner? — grardnr 2010-02-15 09:22
Snap!
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+1 # other pedals — doug 2009-10-28 15:20
in that picture that chrome colored pedal looks like a electro harmonix small stone nano, and the small pedal next to the big muff could also be a ehx POG micro im not sure thats what they are just guessing. awesome pic though
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-1 # new pic — uberpro 2009-10-28 10:32
Here's a newer picture of his pedals: www.flickr.com/.../3741529699

Do you guys think that Zvex pedal is the Woolly Mammoth. It's the only one on the zvex site that has 4 knobs and one button....

Update - yes, that is the woolly mammoth
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-3 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Erik 2009-08-22 02:29
He uses a MXR Phase 90
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-1 # answers — loz 2009-07-04 14:07
he rarely uses the Silvertone 1484, which is a 2x12, only when his 6x10 Silvertone is busy elsewhere or it's a smaller gig. Both the amps give very little tone but a diiirty sound.

and the copper thing on his Racs amp is basically a touch-sensitive killswitch. He has one for guitar and another for the copper mic next to his amp.

no Gibson 345, but he occasionally uses a bass guitar in TWS & that might be a Gibson.
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-1 # Silvertone 1484 — Chris 2009-06-23 12:41
I've seen a Silvertone 1484 amp in many of the live videos. Does anyone know what sounds he uses this for?
dirty? clean?
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+4 # Crunch — uberpro 2009-06-23 12:48
He said in an interview in 2005 "The Silvertone gives me the crunch-and the crunch that comes from those six Jensen speakers is amazing"
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-1 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — TheStripes 2009-06-07 12:17
What is the copper thing on Jack white;s amp when he plays with the raconteurs?
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-2 # King of post year 2000 rock!!! — Bede 2009-05-01 00:59
Hes freakin awesome!!!...How he gets a twin reverb to sound that dirty il neva know :P.
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-2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — jack 2009-03-19 15:37
yea he uses a big muff still and i pretty sure he has a gibson 345
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-2 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Lycanalysis 2009-03-05 17:34
I heard he uses a Zvex Fuzz Factory
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+8 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — fabguitar 2009-03-03 05:47
He also uses an analogman mute switcher
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+1 # RE: Jack White's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — travis 2009-03-01 22:49
You are forgeting the most important. He uses a DigiTech Whammy.
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+1 # I Think this is Wrong — ddrumkid666 2009-02-18 13:24
I was told he dosent use a Big Muff any more. If you know for sure than get back to me. B)
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