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Eric Johnson's Guitar Gear Rig and Music Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 13:14

Eric Johnson is a guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. Best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, New Age, and country and western elements into his recordings.

Guitar Player magazine calls Johnson "One of the most respected guitar virtuosos on the planet". Johnson composes and plays not just instrumental songs, but also sings and plays piano.

Eric Johnson has used many amps, guitars and effects over his almost 30 years as a professional musician.


Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Eric Johnson's Guitar Rig.

CoolClick the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's FriendCool

Guitars
- Eric is well known as a Fender Stratocaster man. He has a ton of American made Fender strats.

- Fender Eric Johnson RW Stratocaster

Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster RW Electric Guitar Tropical Turquoise

- Fender Artist Series Eric Johnson Stratocaster

Fender Artist Series Eric Johnson Stratocaster Electric Guitar Black Maple Fretboard

- Gibson ES-335 (1964)

Gibson Custom ES-335 Satin Finish Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

- Gibson Les Paul's

Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard VOS Electric Guitar Washed Cherry

- Gibson SG's

Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar Black

- Gibson Flying V's

Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry

- Martin Eric Johnson MC-40 acoustic guitar

- Fender '57 strat

 

 

Amps and Cabinets

Eric has said in interviews that his guitar amps are put together by Bill Webb, George Alessandro, or Bill Ussery.

- 2 Fender Deluxe Reverb Blackface Combo amplifiers 1x12

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Deluxe Reverb Guitar Combo Amp Black

- blackface Fender Twin Reverb amps

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Twin Reverb Guitar Amp

- Fulton-Webb amp (dirty rhythm)

- Dumble Amp (also for dirty rhythm)

- Marshall Plexi 50Watt or 100watt Heads (for leads)

Marshall 1987XL Vintage Series 50W Tube Head

- Marshall 1960A Slant Cabinet 4x12

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

- Marshall 1960B Straight Cabinet 4x12

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

- Celestion 12" G12M Greenback Speakers

Celestion G12M Heritage Guitar Speaker 8 ohm

- 2 JBL EON powered monitors

JBL Eon15P-1 Powered Speaker

- Mesa Boogie Mark II (previously used)

- Marshall JTM 45/100 amps

Marshall JTM45 Amp Head

 

 

 

Effects
- Chandler Tube Driver

- Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face

Dunlop JH-F1 Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face Pedal Dunlop Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face Pedal

- Dunlop Original CryBaby Wah Pedal

Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe Delay

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Pedal

- TC Electronic TCF Chorus Flanger

TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger

- Maestro Tube Echoplex Tape Delay / Echo
- MXR 1500 Digital Delay
- Xotic Effects AC Booster
- Toadworks Barracuda flanger
- Ibanez TS808

Ibanez TS808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue


- Boss DD-2 pedal

 

 

Strings and picks
- GHS Eric Johnson guitar strings

GHS Eric Johnson Signature Light Electric Guitar Strings

- Dunlop Eric Johnson signature pick (Jazz II red nylon picks)

Dunlop Eric Johnson Classic Jazz III Guitar Pick 6-Pack

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 09:01
 

Comments 

 
0 #9 RE: Eric Johnson's Guitar Gear Rig and Music EquipmentJonas 2012-01-23 17:00
Quoting sam sisk:
what pedal does Eric use for the fade in effect

Probably just the volume knob of the guitar. EJ tends to use as few FX in the pedal chain as possible not to drain tone unnecessarily.
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0 #8 guitaristsam sisk 2012-01-23 07:41
what pedal does Eric use for the fade in effect
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0 #7 RE: Eric Johnson's Guitar Gear Rig and Music EquipmentJonas 2011-09-04 19:11
Quoting PT:
He has used a Mesa Mark 2( not sure whether it was a b or c), a tc electronic paramatic eq/sustainer/compressor.

This is actually correct, though even I amd unsure of the exact model of amp and would have spelled parametric a bit differently. :)
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0 #6 RE: Eric Johnson's Guitar Gear Rig and Music EquipmentJonas 2011-09-04 19:09
He also uses a JTM 45/100 for dirty rhythm. And dirty rhythm first were EVM12s I believe, followed by G12H30 55Hz Greenbacks, then G12-80 55Hz, then back to the G12H30s and now the G12H30 RIs.

EJ is also known to have been using a Dumble ODS at one time. And the Dunlop pick later turned into his signature pick is a Jazz III.
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0 #5 AmpJoseph 2011-06-02 21:37
He also uses some sort of Bogner. Apparently only him and Joe Bonamassa like. Idk the model
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0 #4 RE: Eric Johnson's Guitar Gear Rig and Music EquipmentBert 2010-12-09 07:46
He has changed his rig a little bit now. he did use an Xotic AC booster a little while back, but now he has a barracuda flanger(from....), he also has an Ibanez TS808 and a Boss DD-2.
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0 #3 james 2009-09-09 02:08
a lot of his guitars are vintage. im pretty sure he's got a variety of 50s and 60s fender strats, which he used all the time before the Ej signature strat. His 335 is a '64 as well. Im sure he used fender twins for clean?
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0 #2 Erics Other GearPT 2009-08-06 10:02
He has used a Mesa Mark 2( not sure whether it was a b or c), a tc electronic paramatic eq/sustainer/compressor.
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+1 #1 Eric JohnsonTim Turner 2008-01-21 04:48
:cheer: :woohoo: Great break down of Eric's stuff . He is da man !!!!
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