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The Black Crowes - Rich Robinson Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:44

Rich Robinson is a musician and a founding member of the rock group The Black Crowes in which he plays the guitar.

Rich also has put together other side projects when he isn't playing with the Black Crowes, including Hookah Brown and Circle Sound.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in the Black Crowes' guitar players rig.

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

 

Guitars
- 1969 Gibson goldtop Les Paul Standard

Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Goldtop VOS Electric Guitar Antique Gold


- 1968 Gibson SG Special

Gibson Custom SG Special VOS Electric Guitar Faded Cherry


- 1964 Gibson ES-335

Gibson Custom ES-335 Dot Figured-top Electric Guitar with Gloss Finish Cherry


- 2006 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Special (with Lollar P-90s)

Gibson Les Paul Special Electric Guitar with P-90 and Gloss Finish Classic White


- 1969 Dan Armstrong Plexi (with Tom Holmes pickup)
- 2006 Dan Armstrong Plexi

Dan Armstrong Dan Armstrong Plexi Guitar See-Through


- 2005 Zemaitis Disk Front
- 2005 Zemaitis Diamond (with custom DiMarzio pickups)
- 2006 Zemaitis Metal Front Duo Cut (the MF500 pictured below)

Zemaitis Custom Shop MF500-LS Metal Front Electric Guitar Natural


- 2007 Zemaitis Disk Front #2
- James Trussart Steeltop prototype
- James Trussart Steel Deville
- James Trussart Steelcaster (with custom DiMarzio pickups)
- James Trussart Steeltop (with TV Jones Filter’Trons)
- 1962 Gretsch White Falcon

Gretsch Guitars G6136T White Falcon with Bigsby White


- 2007 Fender Custom Shop ’56 Stratocaster reissue

Fender Custom Shop Custom Shop Time Machine Series '56 Stratocaster NOS Electric Guitar 2-Tone Sunburst


- 1968 Fender Telecaster
- Fender Telecaster (with B-Bender)
- 1994 Fender Custom Shop Telecaster (Black Deluxe)

Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar Black


- 2005 Fender Mary Kaye Stratocaster (with custom DiMarzio pickups)
- ’90s Zitlau (Supro-style with korina body and two humbuckers)
- Bill Asher lap-steel
- Sadowsky nylon-string solidbody
- Rickenbacker 360/12C63
- Gibson Dove

Gibson Dove Modern Classic Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar


- Guild 12-string

Guild F412 Vintage Jumbo 12-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar Antique Burst


- Taylor 6-string
- Taylor 12-string
- 1929 National Duolian



Amps and Cabinets
- Harry Joyce Custom 50 (3)
- 65 Amps Royale Albert amplifier (2)
- 65 Amps 2x12 (2)
- 65 Amps 4x12 (2)
- 65 Amps Custom 2x15
- Fender Reverb head




Effects and More
- Custom Audio Electronics Switching System
- Ernie Ball Volume

Ernie Ball 6165 Stereo Volume/Pan Pedal


- Vox wah

Vox V847A Wah Pedal


- Demeter Tremulator
- Moog Moogerfooger MF-103 12-Stage Phaser

Moog MF-103 moogerfooger 6/12 Stage Phaser


- Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere

Hughes & Kettner Tube Tools Tube Rotosphere MKII


- Pro Analog Dual Driver
- Fulltone Full-Drive 2

Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET Overdrive/Clean Boost Guitar Effects Pedal Blue


- CAE/MXR Boost+Overdrive

MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-402 Boost/Overdrive Pedal


- Dunlop UniVibe

Dunlop Uni-Vibe Effect Pedal


- DOD Echo FX/96
- Headstrong Tube Reverb/Vibrato
- Fulltone Tube Tape Echo (x2)

Fulltone TTE Delay Effect Tube Tape Echo


- DigiTech Whammy Pedal

DigiTech Whammy Pedal with MIDI Control


- Line 6 DL4

Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal


- Boss TR-2 Tremolo

Boss TR-2 Tremolo Pedal


- Peterson StroboStomp

Peterson StroboStomp2 Pedal Virtual Strobe Tuner


- Pete Cornish buffered line selector

 

In the summer of 2009, the following additional gear was seen in Rich's guitar rig (and some of it in place of the above gear):
- Axess Fx1 Floor Controller
- 2 RJM Effect Gizmos (x2)
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power AC and 2 Plus boxes

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply


- Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe

Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe Pedal


- Tone Freak Effects Mello Tremo
- Pro Analog Dirt Royale
- Dunlop Crybaby Wah (modded)

Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal


- Boss FV-500L Volume pedal

Boss FV-500L Stereo Volume Pedal

 

 



Strings and accessories
- GHS Bright Bronze Extra Light (acoustic guitars)

GHS BB20X 80/20 Bronze Extra Light Acoustic Guitar Strings


- GHS Sub-Zero Boomers .010-.046 (electric guitars)

- Gibson Vintage Reissue Strings (.010's)

Gibson VR10 Vintage Reissue Pure Nickel Electric Guitar Strings

- Shubb capos

Shubb Deluxe S Series Steel String Capo


- Dunlop Heavy Brass Slide

Dunlop Solid Brass Guitar Slide Heavy Wall Medium

Last Updated on Friday, 03 June 2011 08:05
 

Comments 

 
0 #2 Gibson StringsEelco Slierendrecht 2011-05-30 06:47
Last interview I read Rich stated he used 0.10 Gibson Vintage Reissue Strings on all his (electric) guitars. Thats a few years back, so he might have changed to Boomers now, but up till the 2005 Crowes reunion it was the Reissues
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+2 #1 RE: The Black Crowes - Rich Robinson Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentBert 2010-09-14 08:00
damn that's a lot of guitars!
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