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Goo Goo Dolls - Johnny Rzeznik Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Tuesday, 11 May 2010 03:36

John Rzeznik (aka Johnny Rzeznik) is a songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer in the american rock band the Goo Goo Dolls.

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

Johnny Rzeznik playing guitar

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Guitars
Notes: The Goo Goo Dolls take tons of guitars on tour

- Gibson ES-335's (cherry red, sunburst,..)

Gibson Custom ES-335 Satin Finish Electric Guitar Faded Cherry


- 1973 Gold Top Les Paul with mini humbuckers

Gibson Custom 1956 Les Paul Goldtop VOS Electric Guitar Antique Gold


- Gibson Les Paul Standard Flame top sunburst guitar

- Gibson Les Paul Custom (black)

Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Ebony


- Wes Montgomery Gibson
- Taylor acoustic guitars, 800 and 900 series (brings lots of them on tour)

Taylor 914ce Grand Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural


- John helped launch the Gibson Robot guitar (self tuning)
- ESP guitars (past)
- Fender (Stratocaster, Telecaster,Jaguar, "Halfcaster")
- Guild Acoustics (D-55s, F65CE, Peregrine/S7CE Customs, Songbird/S4CE, F47M)

Goo Goo Dolls guitars



Amps
- Bad Cat Amplifiers (x2)
- Dr Z Maz 38-watt amp (2008 rig)
- John is listed as a Matchless HC-30 amp user
- John is listed as a Victoria amp user
- Divided by 13 amps lists John as a user
- Marshall JCM800 (used in the 90's)

Marshall JCM800 2203 Vintage Series 100W Tube Head

- Roland JC-120 (used in the 90's)

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus Amp





Effects and Rack

The following gear was pictured in John's 2010 guitar rack:
- Electro-Harmonix Micro POG

Electro-Harmonix XO micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator Guitar Effects Pedal

- Boss Super Octave OC-3 pedal

Boss OC-3 SUPER Octave Pedal


- ZVex Seek Wah
- Analog Man Bicomprossor pedal
- Boss VB-2 Vibrato
- Range Master pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff

Electro-Harmonix XO Little Big Muff PI Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal


- Death by Audio Robot pedal
- Xotic EP Booster pedal
- Maxon OD-9 Overdrive pedal

Maxon OD-9 Overdrive Effects Pedal


- Menatone Red Snapper Overdrive pedal (with "Dirty Sanchez" taped on it)
- Retro Sonic Chorus pedal
- Arion Stereo Chorus pedal
- Eventide Mod Factor

Eventide ModFactor Modulation Guitar Effects Pedal


- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedal

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal


- T-Rex Reptile pedal

T-Rex Reptile Delay Guitar Effects Pedal


- Eventide TimeFactor

Eventide TimeFactor Twin Delay Guitar Effects Pedal


- Xotic RC Booster (for clean amp)
- RJM Effect Gizmos
- Axess FX-1 Midi Foot Controller
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply





Other gear associated with John:
- Swart Atomic Space Tone (according to their site)
- Analog Man King Of Tone pedal

Goo Goo Dolls Guitars

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 08:20
 

Comments 

 
0 #6 RE: Goo Goo Dolls - Johnny Rzeznik Guitar Rig Gear and Equipmentjshdlaey 2011-09-14 15:23
Quoting Jn93:
AnyOne know the guitar name and brand used in his live performances of "Iris"? It's a sunburst-type, but i dont know the brand or specific name.


Guild - D55
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+3 #5 His Older Gear 1995 and earlierguitarman5589 2011-07-15 21:34
I recently emailed Chuck Root, a good friend of the goo goo dolls in their earlier days. You can find his name listed on the "special thanks to" part of all their albums pre 1995. He informed me of John's older gear, this was what was listed: A Marshall JCM 800 (With Slight Gain Mod), Custom ESP Yellow Strat With a Single EMG 81 Humbucker In The Bridge, The guitar was later partially covered in electrical tape with the word "Boing" written above the pickup (This Was Done Around 1994), in 1997-1998 it was overhauled in L.A. and was fitted with a pickguard and painted black, "Les Paul" was written on the headstock. A Roland JC-120 was used for the clean tracks on recording of "A Boy Named Goo" Most notably the opening clean track on the remixed version of the song "Naked". Standard Marshall Cabs were used throughout the 1986-1995 era with Eminence V128 Speakers. John's JCM 800 was stolen out of their van in New York City around 1990. He used Chuck Roots JCM 800 until 1995 for every recording and live show. The two JCM's had identical mods.
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0 #4 RE: Goo Goo Dolls - Johnny Rzeznik Guitar Rig Gear and EquipmentJn93 2011-04-03 22:59
AnyOne know the guitar name and brand used in his live performances of "Iris"? It's a sunburst-type, but i dont know the brand or specific name.
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0 #3 RE: Goo Goo Dolls - Johnny Rzeznik Guitar Rig Gear and Equipmentbenny 2010-12-17 19:38
Quoting matt_diesel:
do someone know, what's this guitar - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ArMoCTFkM4

Gretsch Tennessee Rose
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0 #2 red guitarmatt_diesel 2010-12-07 07:23
do someone know, what's this guitar - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ArMoCTFkM4
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0 #1 Chad 2010-05-11 19:10
About time this was done. I love his tone.
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