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Kim Thayil is best known as the guitarist for Seattle-based grunge band Soundgarden, which he founded with Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Thayil was named 100th best guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Kim Thayil's Soundgarden guitar rig. We'll give a list of gear he played throught Soundgarden's career.

Kim Thayil playing guitar

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Guitars
- Guild S-100 and S-300 guitars (including some 90's reissues and original ones from 70's)

- Gibson SG

Gibson Sg Standard Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry

- Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite (black)

- Gibson Firebird (black. Also has a red 90's reissue one.)

Gibson Firebird 2010 Electric Guitar - based on 1963 model

- '57 Fender Telecaster

Fender Custom Shop 1957 Telecaster Journeyman Relic Electric Guitar Aged White Blonde

- Fender Telecaster (black with rosewood fretboard)

- Fender Jazzmaster

Fender Vintera '60S Jazzmaster Electric Guitar Ice Blue Metallic

- Gibson 1966 ES335 Trini Lopez (used on "King Animal" for "By Crooked Steps")

- Gretsch Duo Jet (one of the multiple guitars used on "King Animal")

 

 


Amps and Cabinets

- Mesa Electra Dyne amps (seen 2010)



- Mesa vintage Tremo-Verb 2x12 combo amps (2010)

- Mesa Boogie Stiletto 4x12" Slant cabinets (2010)

- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier

- Peavey VTM 120's, aka 5149's, the same head EVH used,and based the 5150 on. Also Peavey Cabinets.

- Music Man HD130

- Mesa Boogie 50-watt Mavericks

- Fender Super

- Orange Head

- Fender Twin Reverb

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Twin Reverb Guitar Amp

- Fender Vibro-Kings

- Marshall Cabinets

Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet

 

 

Effects and More
- MXR MC404 CAE Crybaby Dual Inductor Wah

- Boss Chromatic Tuner

- Electro-Harmonix Micro POG



- MXR Doubleshot Distortion

- EHX XO Deluxe Memory Man

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man XO Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere (MK I)

- MXR chorus

- Intellitronics LA-2

- Summit DIs

Summit Audio TD-100 Instrument Preamp and Tube Direct Box

- Colorsound wah

- Jim Dunlop Rotovibe

- Mu-Tron

- Boss CE-2 Chorus pedal

- Arion Stage Tuner

- Ibanez CS-9 chorus

- DOD fx10 Bi-fet Preamp

- DOD flangers

- Mesa Switching pedals

- T-Rex Reptile pedal

T-Rex Engineering Reptile 2 Digital Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- T-Rex Engineering Tap Tone Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

T-Rex Engineering Tap Tone Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Boss DD-7 Delay pedal

- Providence PEC-2 routing system

- MXR CAE Boost-Line Driver

MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-401 Boost Pedal

- MXR CAE Boost/OverDrive pedal

 -Boss NS-2 pedal

 

 

 

Strings and Picks

- GHS electric strings (9 through 46 gauge)

- Ernie Ball Super slinky strings (.009 to .042)

- Dunlop .73 nylon picks

Dunlop Nylon Standard Guitar Pick