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John Nolan plays guitar in the band Taking Back Sunday.

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

John Nolan playing guitar at concert

 

 

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Guitars
- Fender Thinline '72 Telcaster (natural color)

Fender Custom Shop 72 Telecaster Thinline Heavy Relic Maple Fingeboard Limited Edition Electric Guitar Faded Aged 3-Color Sunburst

- Fender Tele Deluxe (his is sunburst)

Fender Vintera '70S Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar 3-Color Sunburst

- Takamine acoustic/electric (appears to be the ETN10C model. sunburst, cutaway)

Takamine ETN10C Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar

- Martin acoustic/electric guitar

- Gibson SG Special

Gibson Sg Special Electric Guitar Sparkling Burgundy





Amps and Cabinets
- Marshall JCM800 100-watt amp head

- Marshall  1960A 4x12 Angled cab with the stock celestion speakers

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







Effects
Note: In 2011 he stripped his pedalboard way down from about 15 pedals to just a handful
- Akai Headrush E2 Delay/Looper

Akai Professional E2 Headrush Delay/Looper Pedal

- Boss Chromatic Tuner pedal

- Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion pedal

- Morley Wah/Volume pedal

Morley Power Wah Volume Pedal

- Palmer PDI-01 Direct box




Strings, Picks and More
- D'Addario EXL116 Medium Top/Heavy Bottom guitar strings

- Dunlop Big Stubby 3.0 guitar picks

Dunlop 475 Big Stubby Guitar Picks

- Livewire cables

Live Wire Livewire Elite Instrument Cable

- Ernie Ball black guitar strap