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Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Sunday, 10 October 2010 12:24

Taylor York is an American rock guitarist and currently plays guitar in the alternative rock band Paramore.

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

Taylor York playing guitar

 

 

 

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NOTE: Many readers have asked for Taylor's rig. It is hard to get complete info on what exactly is in Taylor's rig, so this is a compilation of your and our research.

Please add comments with more info to help solidify this rig listing!



Guitars
- A guitar that looks close to a Fender Jagmaster (custom made by Fender for him. Jazzmaster body. Moved/removed some of the electronics. Alnico 2 Pro and Fat Cat humbucker pickups. Creme binding on neck. 72 reissue tele neck combined with jazzmaster neck)

Squier by Fender Jagmaster Electric Guitar Black Rosewood Fretboard


- Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline (Alnico 2 Pro and Fat Cat pups)

Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar 3-Tone Sunburst

- Fender Jaguar guitars

Fender 62 Jaguar Electric Guitar Black Brown Shell Pickguard

- Gibson Les Paul Classic (tobacco sunburst)

- Gretsch G6119 Tennessee Rose Hollow Body Electric Guitar

Gretsch Guitars G6119 Chet Atkins Tennessee Rose Electric Guitar


- Gibson Les Paul custom (black)

Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Ebony


- Gibson Songwriter acoustic guitar

Gibson Songwriter Deluxe Standard EC Acoustic-Electric Guitar Antique Natural

- Fender '75 Starcaster semi-hollow guitar



Amps and Cabinets
- Marshall JCM 2000
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Mesa Boogie white 4x12 straight guitar cabs
- Divided by 13 amps



Effects
- Digitech Whammy pedal

DigiTech Whammy Pedal with MIDI Control


- Boss DD-20 Giga-delay

Boss DD-20 Giga Delay


- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply


- Boss Tuner pedal

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner


- Line 6 DL4 (pictured in 2007)

Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal


- Electro Harmonix Doctor Q

Electro-Harmonix Nano Doctor Q Envelope Filter Guitar Effects Pedal


- Line 6 pedal (it's either a Verbzilla or uber metal)
- red pedal that looks similar to Zvex Super Duper 2-in-1
- Other pedals

 

Picks

- Dunlop Nylon .88mm picks

Dunlop Nylon Standard Guitar Pick .88MM 1 Dozen
Last Updated on Monday, 29 August 2011 10:35
 

Comments 

 
+1 #43 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2011-11-03 07:42
Quoting Heitor:
Quoting dem466:
....He's playing what appears to be minor chords in bar-chord form. Simply put, bar chords (in Drop C# by the way, Paramore's main live tuning), with an octave and extra notes added...........


Thank you sir, you're so kind! I compared the guitar pro you sent with the video and it feels right! Now I HAVE to get an Octave pedal to test this out!

So the Final Riot Live CD has the guitars panned, huh? I'm gonna test this out too! Thanks for the tips.


I didn't mean he uses an octave pedal on the chords haha, just one of the notes in the chords he plays is an octave of the base note. But by all means, I recommend getting the Digitech Whammy, it's absolutely great! :)
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0 #42 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Heitor 2011-11-02 13:40
Quoting dem466:
....He's playing what appears to be minor chords in bar-chord form. Simply put, bar chords (in Drop C# by the way, Paramore's main live tuning), with an octave and extra notes added...........


Thank you sir, you're so kind! I compared the guitar pro you sent with the video and it feels right! Now I HAVE to get an Octave pedal to test this out!

So the Final Riot Live CD has the guitars panned, huh? I'm gonna test this out too! Thanks for the tips.
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+1 #41 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2011-11-02 07:16
Quoting Heitor:
On this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZCkm7j9KlU you can see Taylor playing the rhythms intro of That's What You Get, and he is not just doing power chords like every tab on the internet says. Is he using some effect to create the chords? Octave maybe?


I always wondered about that for ages, until my old band covered it one day. Like you I find it annoying how twelve year olds try to tab out songs like that thinking they are just powerchords.

He's playing what appears to be minor chords in bar-chord form. Simply put, bar chords (in Drop C# by the way, Paramore's main live tuning), with an octave and extra notes added.

What I also did to work out what he is playing, was get the live audio track from The Final Riot CD, split the track into two mono tracks and solo each one to hear only what Josh and/or Taylor are playing. (When the live tracks were mixed, each guitar was panned hard left and hard right, so to hear each of their parts all you need to do is to listen to one 'side'. You can easily do what I described in Audacity, if you are unsure just google it :D)

If you have Guitar Pro 5/6 I made up a quick file with the chords, and if you don't have GP there is just an exported PDF with them anyway.

www.mediafire.com/?z024192dttaqoje

Hope this helps!
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0 #40 That's what you get — Heitor 2011-11-02 06:25
On this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZCkm7j9KlU you can see Taylor playing the rhythms intro of That's What You Get, and he is not just doing power chords like every tab on the internet says. Is he using some effect to create the chords? Octave maybe?
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0 #39 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Zeke 2011-10-27 13:12
Quoting Anthony Madison:
CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE BLACK TELE LOOKING BODY WITH 2 CHROME HUMBUCKERS AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A STRAT NECK IS? THANKS



That would be a Fender Tele '72 Custom.
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0 #38 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Anthony Madison 2011-10-27 12:00
CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE BLACK TELE LOOKING BODY WITH 2 CHROME HUMBUCKERS AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A STRAT NECK IS? THANKS
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+1 #37 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — ChrisH 2011-08-12 11:56
facebook.com/.../...

In this vid you can see he also has a Fender Starcaster
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0 #36 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — CantBeToCareful 2011-08-01 17:07
He uses a fender blackout tele when they perform the only exception and he plays the lead he played it when they performed on ellen
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0 #35 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Tom Hancox 2011-07-21 06:35
Quoting TayJazz:
He have more Jazzmasters/Jaguars now.
1- Black (he uses on Monster)
1- White (Custom)
1- 3 color sunburst (custom)
1- 3 color sunburst


The one he uses in the monster video and also live is a blacktop jaguar. Hope this helps :)
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+1 #34 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Sean 2011-07-13 14:54
He uses Jim Dunlop USA Nylon .88mm picks, if that's of any use.
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0 #33 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — TayJazz 2011-07-05 11:50
He have more Jazzmasters/Jaguars now.
1- Black (he uses on Monster)
1- White (Custom)
1- 3 color sunburst (custom)
1- 3 color sunburst
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-1 #32 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2011-07-04 06:21
Quoting wilkinsox:
Quoting forest89:
Quoting forest89:
Quoting dem466:
and also check this out - he uses an Orange amp live as well as a Marshall

fotosparamore.tumblr.com/post/1565568986


Nice find man, but do to the blurry nature of the photo, we can't figure out what Orange amp it is.


Hey, I figured out what head it is, its an Orange OR50H, its a definite, the color scheme for the controls is unique. Lets add it in guys.


I think that could be Jon Howard's (Paramore touring guitarist). Taylor and Josh both used Identical setups live consisting of 2 Marshall DSL100s and a Mesa rectifier cab.
Heres them playing in japan, and you can clearly see the Amps used www.youtube.com/.../ I presume if Taylor used an orange amp, it would be there.



Nope, the pic of the Orange amp was when they were in the studio at the start of 2009 recording Brand New Eyes, and Jon wasn't touring with the band at that time. Having said that, it was probably just a studio amp they used.
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+1 #31 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — wilkinsox 2011-07-02 22:37
Quoting Sean:
For anyone wondering which amps he uses, I've seen him use a Marshall JCM2000 DSL100, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, and a Divided By 13 amp (not sure which model). He may also have used several Orange Amps. The Jazzmasters are custom builds built by Dennis Galuszka from the Fender Custom shop.


Yeah he has a divided by 13 amp. Which can be seen in the background of this video, and hes also listed on their website www.dividedby13.com/clients.html
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+1 #30 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — wilkinsox 2011-07-02 22:28
Quoting forest89:
Quoting forest89:
Quoting dem466:
and also check this out - he uses an Orange amp live as well as a Marshall

fotosparamore.tumblr.com/post/1565568986


Nice find man, but do to the blurry nature of the photo, we can't figure out what Orange amp it is.


Hey, I figured out what head it is, its an Orange OR50H, its a definite, the color scheme for the controls is unique. Lets add it in guys.


I think that could be Jon Howard's (Paramore touring guitarist). Taylor and Josh both used Identical setups live consisting of 2 Marshall DSL100s and a Mesa rectifier cab.
Heres them playing in japan, and you can clearly see the Amps used www.youtube.com/.../ I presume if Taylor used an orange amp, it would be there.
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0 #29 Taylor Guitar — Edwardwee 2011-04-20 05:04
I saw on youtube that Taylor plays on a FENDER CUSTOM JazzMaster ;)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQfy6ENMA4I
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+1 #28 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — forest89 2011-03-01 01:41
Quoting forest89:
Quoting dem466:
and also check this out - he uses an Orange amp live as well as a Marshall

fotosparamore.tumblr.com/post/1565568986


Nice find man, but do to the blurry nature of the photo, we can't figure out what Orange amp it is.


Hey, I figured out what head it is, its an Orange OR50H, its a definite, the color scheme for the controls is unique. Lets add it in guys.
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0 #27 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2011-02-03 08:26
Quoting jose:
Those two BOSS pedals look like the black reverb pedals. I don't think he will use two octave pedals when he can get similar sound with the whammy. Now I doubt he has verbzilla perhaps he has echo park


Which photo(?) are you referring to?
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0 #26 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — jose 2011-02-02 23:03
Those two BOSS pedals look like the black reverb pedals. I don't think he will use two octave pedals when he can get similar sound with the whammy. Now I doubt he has verbzilla perhaps he has echo park
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0 #25 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Andrew Baller 2011-01-25 21:33
He's playing a Gibson Les Paul Classic in the picture, not a Custom. The Custom would have square inlays, Pickup covers, the custom Insignia on the headstock and thicker binding around the body. The Classic has no pick up covers, trapezoid inlays, and the head stock has the truss rod cover, Les Paul's signature and the Gibson logo. Also, to distinguish the classic from a standard, the Tuners are vintage style with the beige plastic heads and a standard is chrome or stainless steel.
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0 #24 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Gian 2010-12-20 00:50
anyone, please tell me what is the schematics - i mean the order of taylor's pedalboard from instrument to amp.

for example: guitar-->effects-->amp

thanks.
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0 #23 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-12-03 22:19
Just if anyone is interested, they have one for Jeremy (Bass) too:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiIEAkQ1-uQ
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+1 #22 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Springjet1 2010-12-03 13:19
Enjoy :)
www.youtube.com/.../
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0 #21 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — forest89 2010-11-14 15:17
Quoting dem466:
and also check this out - he uses an Orange amp live as well as a Marshall

fotosparamore.tumblr.com/post/1565568986


Nice find man, but do to the blurry nature of the photo, we can't figure out what Orange amp it is.
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0 #20 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-11-14 07:45
and also check this out - he uses an Orange amp live as well as a Marshall

fotosparamore.tumblr.com/post/1565568986
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0 #19 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-11-13 23:43
found an on-stage video next to Taylor

you get a good look at his white Jaguar, and a couple of glimpses of his pedal board (2:45 & around 2:58)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8uooBVI87o
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0 #18 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-11-08 09:49
Quoting forest89:
Quoting Tc:
Just to the left of the right leg of the man in the background holding a camera is what looks like an Engl strait cab. Idk if it's his, but I'm just throwing that out there as a possibility.


That my friend is an ENGL straight cab. I can recognize the distinctive shiny lettering anywhere. Now all thats left to do is to find out who's it is.


that isnt Taylor's. In that picture they were on the warped tour (2007), and if anyone knows how hectic warped is, they always have the next bands rig set up ready to go behind the band onstage to reduce set up time.

The bands amps and cabs were set up right behind the custom 'Riot' cabs made by Mesa.
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+1 #17 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — forest89 2010-11-08 04:30
Quoting Tc:
Just to the left of the right leg of the man in the background holding a camera is what looks like an Engl strait cab. Idk if it's his, but I'm just throwing that out there as a possibility.


That my friend is an ENGL straight cab. I can recognize the distinctive shiny lettering anywhere. Now all thats left to do is to find out who's it is.
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0 #16 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-26 09:09
im not sure if they are boss at all - the green one looks like a Boss Phase Shifter, or possibly a Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive. But the others dont look like boss.

the two brown ones might be two Boss Super Octaves - but i cant think of any songs he would use it in, (actually maybe the final riot version of let the flames begin) let alone any reason for having two of them.


ill try and search around for the red one.
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0 #15 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Gian 2010-10-26 05:49
uhmm. can you identify the 2 black pedals, the white, red and green pedal in the front of his pedalboard? it's boss right but i don't know what pedal it is. i hope you can figure out. thanks. here's the photo.

blog.mtvasia.com/.../...
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+1 #14 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-25 08:47
Quoting Gian:
Quoting dem466:
Ahh i've been looking for that.

However, i don't think this is actually Taylor's board. This looks more like Jeremy's (Bass player)

This is what i can see:

900 Pound Violin pedal - DenTone electronics
Boss Hyper Fuzz
BIGSHOT Effects Loop Mixer - Radial Engineering
Boss Chromatic Tuner
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power


i thought it was taylor's rig. now i know that this is jeremy's rig. i wonder what are those effects in the front of voodoo lab and also in the left side side of the 900 pound violin (not the hyper fuzz).



Yeah, the ones on the right of the voodoo power dont have any markings on them. Im guessing the one on the top is some sort of A/B switcher. I have seen him use an Orange amp before, so he might switch between his DSL and that.

The long one on the bottom left im pretty sure is just a swtich board. Probably used with MIDI.
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+1 #13 Effects — Gian 2010-10-25 07:52
Quoting dem466:
Quoting Gian:
can you identify some of the effects here in this photo. thanks.



www.paramore.net/photo/gear/




Ahh i've been looking for that.

However, i don't think this is actually Taylor's board. This looks more like Jeremy's (Bass player)

This is what i can see:

900 Pound Violin pedal - DenTone electronics
Boss Hyper Fuzz
BIGSHOT Effects Loop Mixer - Radial Engineering
Boss Chromatic Tuner
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power


i thought it was taylor's rig. now i know that this is jeremy's rig. i wonder what are those effects in the front of voodoo lab and also in the left side side of the 900 pound violin (not the hyper fuzz).
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0 #12 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-23 10:38
Quoting Gian:
can you identify some of the effects here in this photo. thanks.



www.paramore.net/photo/gear/




Ahh i've been looking for that.

However, i don't think this is actually Taylor's board. This looks more like Jeremy's (Bass player)

This is what i can see:

900 Pound Violin pedal - DenTone electronics
Boss Hyper Fuzz
BIGSHOT Effects Loop Mixer - Radial Engineering
Boss Chromatic Tuner
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power
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0 #11 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Jamsesh! 2010-10-22 23:20
Quoting Gian:
can you identify some of the effects here in this photo. thanks.

www.paramore.net/photo/gear/


900 pound violin fuzz pedal
fuzzboxworld.bigcartel.com/.../...

BOSS Hyper Fuzz Pedal www.digitalburn.org/.../

Radial BigShot MIX www.tonebone.com/re-bigshot-mix.htm

I'm not 100% sure but I think the big old green pedal next to the 900 pound is a Electro-Harmoni​x Big Muff Pi Guitar (green america) Pedal jedistar.com/.../...
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0 #10 Effects — Gian 2010-10-22 00:33
can you identify some of the effects here in this photo. thanks.



www.paramore.net/photo/gear/
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0 #9 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-17 10:16
Quoting Jamsesh!:
Question: Anyone know how Taylor gets that effect for let the flames begin? Beginning of this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzf-3ZbWocc&hd=1


tremolo picking and a lot of reverb... probably hall reverb? not sure exactly what he uses. maybe a chorus pedal in there somewhere too. he also seems to bend the note a bit every now and then.
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0 #8 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Jamsesh! 2010-10-16 22:49
Question: Anyone know how Taylor gets that effect for let the flames begin? Beginning of this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzf-3ZbWocc&hd=1
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-1 #7 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Sean 2010-10-13 19:01
Quoting dem466:
Quoting Sean:
For anyone wondering which amps he uses, I've seen him use a Marshall JCM2000 DSL100, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, and a Divided By 13 amp (not sure which model). He may also have used several Orange Amps. The Jazzmasters are custom builds built by Dennis Galuszka from the Fender Custom shop.


do you have any pictures of the amps?
how do you know who made the guitars?


I don't have any pictures but I just know from seeing live performances and because I've been a fan of the band a long time. Fender just posted a blog on their website about the guitars - Josh had two Teles made for him, Taylor two Jazzmasters, and Jeremy two completely custom basses - all made by Dennis Galuszka.
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0 #6 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-13 10:56
Quoting Sean:
For anyone wondering which amps he uses, I've seen him use a Marshall JCM2000 DSL100, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, and a Divided By 13 amp (not sure which model). He may also have used several Orange Amps. The Jazzmasters are custom builds built by Dennis Galuszka from the Fender Custom shop.


do you have any pictures of the amps?
how do you know who made the guitars?
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0 #5 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — Sean 2010-10-12 21:08
For anyone wondering which amps he uses, I've seen him use a Marshall JCM2000 DSL100, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, and a Divided By 13 amp (not sure which model). He may also have used several Orange Amps. The Jazzmasters are custom builds built by Dennis Galuszka from the Fender Custom shop.
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0 #4 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-11 19:12
good shot of Taylor's board in the studio last year

i150.photobucket.com/.../...
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0 #3 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-11 10:44
Quoting Tc:
Just to the left of the right leg of the man in the background holding a camera is what looks like an Engl strait cab. Idk if it's his, but I'm just throwing that out there as a possibility.


i dont think it is. in that picture they were on the warped tour, and if anyone knows how hectic warped is, they always have the next bands rig set up ready to go behind the band onstage to reduce set up time.
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0 #2 RE: Paramore - Taylor York Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment — dem466 2010-10-11 05:33
im not an expert on figuring out pedals from a distance, so i found some recent images i could find that shows some of his gear, including rack effects and stuff.

white fender jaguar?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMDG38t9lcs


blog.mtvasia.com/.../Paramore_SG_10.jpg

fc03.deviantart.net/.../...

www.tumblr.com/tagged/justin+york#


straylighteffect.com/.../...

good one from 2007/2008:

i107.photobucket.com/.../...
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0 #1 Engl — Tc 2010-10-10 19:12
Just to the left of the right leg of the man in the background holding a camera is what looks like an Engl strait cab. Idk if it's his, but I'm just throwing that out there as a possibility.
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