Kim Thayil is best known as the guitarist for Seattle-based grunge band Soundgarden, which he founded with Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Thayil was named 100th best guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Kim Thayil's Soundgarden guitar rig. We'll give a list of gear he played throught Soundgarden's career.

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Guitars
- Guild S-100
- Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite
- Gibson Firebird

- '57 Fender Telecaster
- Gibson SG

- Fender Jazzmaster

- Guild S-300

Amps and Cabinets

- Mesa Electra Dyne amps (seen 2010)
- Mesa vintage Tremo-Verb 2x12 combo amps (2010)
- Mesa Boogie Stiletto 4x12" Slant cabinets (2010)
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier

- Peavey VTM 120's, aka 5149's, the same head EVH used,and based the 5150 on. Also Peavey Cabinets.
- Music Man HD130
- Mesa Boogie 50-watt Mavericks
- Fender Super
- Orange Head
- Fender Twin Reverb

- Fender Vibro-Kings
- Marshall Cabinets

Effects and More
- Jim Dunlop Crybaby wah

- Boss Chromatic Tuner

- Electro-Harmonix Micro POG

- MXR Doubleshot Distortion
- EHX XO Deluxe Memory Man

- Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotoshpere (MK I)

- MXR chorus

- Intellitronics LA-2
- Summit DIs

- Colorsound wah
- Jim Dunlop Rotovibe

- Mu-Tron
- Boss CE-2 Chorus pedal

- Arion Stage Tuner
- Ibanez CS-9 chorus

- DOD fx10 Bi-fet Preamp
- DOD flangers
- Mesa Switching pedals

Strings and Picks
- Ernie Ball Super slinky strings (.009 to .042)

- Dunlop .73 nylon picks