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Tom Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch.
Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Tom's guitar rig. 
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Guitars
Electrics
- ’66 sonic blue Fender Telecaster  
- ’60 blonde Fender Telecaster
- ’64 fireglo (cherry sunburst) Electro (made by Rickenbacker) model ES-17 single pickup solidbody
- ’80s fireglo Rickenbacker 620/12 solidbody 12-string
- ’67 Gretsch Tennessean 6119
- ’67 mapleglo Rickenbacker 360/12 hollow-body 12-string
- ’64 Fender Stratocaster
- ’76 sunburst Gibson Firebird V (two mini humbuckers, reverse body)
- ’63 white Fender Stratocaster
 
- ’97 fireglo Rickenbacker Tom Petty Model
- mid-’60s fireglo Rickenbacker “Rose-Morris” (UK export) model 1993 hollow-body 12-string
- ’66 white Vox Mark VI teardrop
- ’67 blonde Fender Esquire
- ’63 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman
Acoustics
- ’70s Guild D25-12 12-string
- ’05 Gibson J-200
- ’05 Gibson J-200 Tom Petty Wildflower model
- ’87 Gibson Everly Brothers model
Note 1: Acoustics have prototype L.R. Baggs stereo pickups
Note 2: Martin made HD-40 and HD12-40 Tom Petty Signature Edition acoustics in 2004
Amps
- ’69 Marshall JMP50 “plexi” head (red)
 
- Vox speaker cabinets (vintage. four stock 12-inch Vox Bulldog speakers in each)
- Vox Super Beatle head (120-watts, solid-state, late-’60s model)
- white ’07 Hiwatt Custom 50 head (used as a backup head)
Effects
- vintage Maestro Phase Shifter
- RMC wah
- Boss CE-2 Chorus
- Demeter Amplification Tremulator
- Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
- Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
- Way Huge Electronics Red Llama (overdrive)
- modified Boss on/off pedal (operates his rack Lexicon processor)
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2
- Lexicon MPX 500 reverb processor
- Fender Mini-Twin (used for backstage tuning)
 
- Ampeg Tube DI's (multiple)
- Peterson StroboRack Tuner
- Furman PM-Pro Series II Power Conditioner
- Avalon U5 Pre-amps (9x4)
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