Joey Santiago is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer who is best known as the lead guitarist for the American alternative rock band Pixies. Santiago has also produced musical scores for film and television documentaries, and he formed The Martinis with his wife, Linda Mallari.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Joey Santiago's guitar rig.
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Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Custom (black)
- Gibson Les Paul goldtop
- '52 Guild Aristocrat with soapbar pickups
- '65 Gibson ES-345 with a Gibson vibrato
- Paul Reed Smith PRS Starla guitars (including a white one with Bigsby)
Amps and Cabinets
- PRS SE50 amp heads and cabs
- Swart Atomic Space Tone amplifier
- Marshall 50-watt JCM 800
- Marshall 4x12 Cabinets
- blackface Fender Vibrolux reverb (studio)
- Peavey Bandit (in the older days)
Effects and More
- ZVex Super Hard-On
- DOD FX-17 wah/volume pedal
- Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz pedal
- Menatone Pleasure Trem 5000 pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Memory Man
- SMF Mr. Echo
- Swart Atomic Boost pedal
- Waves GTR
- MXR Micro Amp
- Maxon AD-9
- Boss TU-2
- BOSS PN-2
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2
- Whirlwind A/B selector
- BOSS DM-3 Delay
Strings and Picks
- GHS Boomers strings (not sure if he still uses Boomers)
- Dunlop Tortex picks
