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Brad Nowell was an American musician who served as lead singer and guitarist of the popular ska punk band Sublime. He died at the age of twenty-eight from a heroin overdose shortly before the release of Sublime's self-titled major label debut.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Brad's Guitar Rig to get those awesome sounds that we all remember Sublime had.
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Guitar
- Ibanez S470 Electric Guitar
 
- Dan Macdonald Custom Guitar
- Fender Strats (the earlier years)
- Epiphone acoustic
Amps and Cabinets
- Mesa Boogie triple rectifier 1/2 stack (started to use this around '94)
Used these amplifiers pre '94:
- Marshall JCM800 Combo 2x12"
 
- Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus Combo 2x12"
 
- Gallien Krueger amp with x2 2x12" cabs
Effects and More
- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal
 
- Boss OS-2 Overdrive Distortion Pedal
- Whirlwind A/B Selector
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Comments
The guitar he used wasn't a ibanez s-470 either.He used a japanese made ibanez s-540 saber series..which you can tell due to it;s trademark "custom made" inlay in the twelth fret.These guitars are hard to com by due to the fact they were made in the late 80's and early 90's..you can still get them but they are hard to get.They came with gold hardware and diamond inlays.I have a ibanez s-470 custom and i can tell you he played the saber series s-540 and only had one s-470..which was the blue one..but until he got the dan macdonald custom he used the s-540 alot more than the s-470...that guitar was used from about 1986-1990 give or take a year.
Hope this helps out a little.
p.s the effects are spot on.,.,as weel as a wah he used on/off during his years..but mainly the boss dd-3/dist