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Switchfoot - Jon Foreman Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
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Jon Foreman is the lead singer, guitarist, and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Tim on bass. He writes or co-writes the music for all of Switchfoot's songs.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Jon Foreman's guitar rig.

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Guitars

- PRS Starla and Mira guitars (Vintage Orange)

Paul Reed Smith Starla Electric Guitar with Bird Inlays VINTAGE ORANGE

- Gibson SG 1959 vintage cherry

- Supro Ozark

- Gibson SG Special

Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry

- Gibson '61 Reissue SG

Gibson SG '61 Reissue Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry


- Gibson Firebird V

Gibson Firebird V Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst Chrome Hardware

- Gretsch Beast
- Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's neck

Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar Washed Cherry

- Fender Tele Custom Reissue and other Telecasters

- Fender Jazzmasters

Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster Special Electric Guitar 3-Tone Sunburst

- Taylor 614CE Acoustic

Taylor 614-CE Grand Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

- Taylor T5  guitar (according to Taylor site)

Taylor T5 Standard Acoustic-Electric Guitar with Maple Top

- Silvertones
- Gibson Marauder




Amps

- Fender Princeton amplifiers (black and silver versions)

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Princeton Reverb Guitar Combo Amp Black

- Vox AC30 vintage amplifier

Vox Custom AC30C2 30W 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Black


- Top Hat Amps

- Gretsch 6163 and 6150

- 1964 Fender Bassman amp

- Bad Cat Hot Cat amp

 

 

Effects

- JHS pedals

- Fulltone Fulldrive

Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET Overdrive/Clean Boost Guitar Effects Pedal Blue


- Boss ES-5U
- Boss TU-2 Tuner

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner

- George L cables
- Boss DD-5 Digital Delay Pedal

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal

- Cusack Screamer
- Cusack Tap-A-Whirl Effects pedal
- Line 6 DM-4 Distortion

Line 6 DM-4 Distortion Modeler Pedal

- Rocktron Echo
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply

- Line 6 Pod X3 Pro Rack Effects unit (2010 tour)

Line 6 POD X3 Pro Guitar Multi Effects Processor

 

 

Go to the next page for pictures of Jon Foreman's guitar rig.

 

 


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Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2011 09:24
 

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0 #20 RE: Switchfoot - Jon Foreman Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Joe o. 2012-02-17 15:12
He also uses a Gibson Angus Young SG, a historic reissue sg with maestro, an sg with a carved quilt top in silverburst.
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0 #19 JHS Pedals — Matthew Kennedy 2012-01-08 12:25
Quoting Jonathan Pennington:
Switchfoot use JHS pedals. The fuzz tones on the new album are JHS.


You work for JHS don't you? I think that means his statement is valid :lol:
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0 #18 jon — Tim 2012-01-04 10:42
True. but he also uses a Taylor acoustic electric for songs like yet and sing it out.
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0 #17 RE: Switchfoot - Jon Foreman Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Joe o. 2011-11-27 23:31
Last night at youth convention he was using Budda amps and a danelectro guitar with lipstick pickups. His acoustic was a sunburst Taylor.
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0 #16 RE: Switchfoot - Jon Foreman Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — johnny 2011-10-07 18:04
He now uses badcat hot cat amps now i think :) when he performed at a late night talk show with switchfoot he was using it :)
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+1 #15 RE: Switchfoot - Jon Foreman Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Jonathan Pennington 2011-05-09 00:28
Switchfoot use JHS pedals. The fuzz tones on the new album are JHS.
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+2 #14 Jon's Amp — Matthew Kennedy 2011-04-08 16:46
In case any of you guys were wondering, Jon's top hat amp is the TC-K35 King Royale model. Its a 35 watt combo that is modeled to sound like a Vox AC30
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0 #13 RE: Switchfoot - Jon Foreman Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — chris 2011-01-21 22:32
what type of sg is it that he uses on the best yet live video? the black and white one
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0 #12 jonny 2010-08-13 05:23
he uses a gibson marauder in the youtube videos :side:
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0 #11 taylor — chris ramirez 2009-07-23 11:08
:sad: he doesnt use a 214ce he uses a 614ce
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0 #10 Preston 2009-07-21 08:10
I'm not positive that Jon uses taylor electrics very often but lately he has been using two PRS guitars...a mira and a starla, both red with humbuckers.
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-1 #9 Sam Hunley 2009-07-17 06:00
According to Visual Sound's website, Jon uses a V2 Jekyll and Hyde, V2 Route 66, and a V2 Route 808

"...V2 Series V2 Jekyll & Hyde, V2 Route 66, V2 Route 808, and the ever steady 1 SPOT to power it all..."

reference: www.visualsound.net/.../switchfoot
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0 #8 jons guitars — Adam 2009-06-12 19:00
does anyone know what model guitar he used in the youtube video instead of a show? looked everywhere.
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0 #7 let me correct myself — Tyler Emond 2009-01-17 17:03
thats a 614ce my mistake, you can tell from the big leaf maple on the sides, the 600 series is the only series from Taylor that has big leaf maple :whistle:
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0 #6 Thats not a 214ce in that picture — Tyler Emond 2009-01-17 17:01
I can tell you for certain that is not a 214ce. That is an 814ce. How do I know, It has a different type of Cutaway then the 214ce and It has abalone around the sound hole. :cheer:
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+1 #5 Devin 2009-01-06 04:04
He doesn't use the DM-4, live at least.
He may in the studio, but not live.
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+1 #4 Devin 2009-01-05 04:02
He has also used a 65 amp...
Drew S. uses these more than him, but Drew isn't on here.
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+2 #3 Devin 2009-01-05 04:01
The Boss Digital Delay is a DD-5...
*Note the tempo/exp input. The DD-3 nor the DD-6 have this feature...
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0 #2 Guitars — Sam Collins 2008-11-29 08:57
I went to a Switchfoot concert in September and in all the newer concerts he has been using Taylor electrics almost exclusivly. He used two a white classic humbucker and a red classic I believe. before Taylor came out with the solid-body electrics Jon used a T5 quite often.
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0 #1 Jon Foremans pedalboard — Rudy Gonzalez 2008-11-01 20:04
hello,

i recently went to a switchfoot show and saw that jon foreman uses a Visual Sound Jekyll and Hyde V2 instead of the DM-4 you have listed. i do not have a picture, but as a backup information, the Visual sounds website says he uses the V2 Jekyll and Hyde.
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