Davy Knowles plays lead guitar (along with vocals, mandolin, lap steel) in the band Back Door Slam. He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.

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

Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend

Guitars

- PRS Smokeburst McCarty guitar

- PRS custom made McCarty in a vintage natural (nitro finish)

- PRS white SE guitar

- '62 Reissue Fender Stratocaster with noiseless SCN strat pickups

- Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar

- 1934 National Triolian Resonator
- 1944 Martin mandolin
- Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat with Rio Grande pickups

- Japanese Fender Mustang

Amps and Cabinets

- Paul Reed Smith Super Dallas amp head through Marshall 4x12 cab (also seen through PRS cab)

- Budda Superdrive 30 amp heads (x3)

- Budda 2x12 Cab and a Marshall Vintage Series 2x12 (driven by one superdrive 30)

- Budda SuperDrive V-Series 40W head

- Vox AC30 amplifier (Heritage Collection)

- '65 Fender Twin Reverb

- Marshall combos and Marshall JCM2000 (see Live at the Gaiety Theatre June 2006 video)

- Marshall JCM900

Effects
- Fulltone Distortion Pro
- Dunlop Cry Baby Wah pedal

- Budda wah pedal (he has first version)

- Boss tuner pedal

- Freekish Blues The Chubb Up! Davy Knowles Signature Pedal Octave Fuzz pedal
- T-Rex Fuel Tank

- Planet Waves Tru-Strobe tuner

- Xotic EP booster
- Rockbox Boiling point OD
- Loopmaster pedal
- Line 6 DL4

Strings

- D'Addario XL 10-52 gauge electric guitar strings

- Dean Markley (.010-.052 gauge)