Brad Whitford is a musician and guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith. If you know rock, you know who this man is.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Aerosmith guitar player Brad Whitford's Guitar Rig.
We researched pictures given to us by an Aerosmith guitar tech, along with articles and interviews to get you a nice list here. Don't forget to check out the sweet pictures we have of Brad's guitar gear too.
Click the gear images for more info and specs at Guitar Center and Amazon
Guitars
- Brad has many guitars. Here's a quick taste:
- Gibson Les Paul Goldtops ('53 and other years)
- Gibson Les Paul flametop reissues
- Fender gold-painted Stratocaster vintage '66
- Floyd Rose Redmond Series solidbody
- Gretsch guitars
- ’53 Gibson ES-295 (epiphone version pictured below)
- Gibson 2005 Tom Murphy Les Paul
- B.C Rich Eagle guitars
- Music Man Game Changer Reflex guitar (black, HH)
Amps and Cabinets
- Divided by 13 FTR-37 amps
- 3 Monkeys Brad Whitford Model amp
- Bogner 4x12" cabinets with Chevy Chevelle SS396 logos
- Fender Super Champ (honkin on bobo album)
Effects and More
- ADL Juicebox
- AnalogMan King of Tone overdrive pedal
- Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator Pedal
- Divided by 13 Lift pedal (boost pedal)
- Dunlop Crybaby Q Zone pedal
- DLS Effects Chorus~Vib pedal
- DLS Effects EchoTap
- Electro Harmonix POG Polyphonic octave generator
- Hiwatt Custom Tape Echo Effects Processor
- Keeley Modded TS9Dx
- Klon Centaur
- Line 6 MM4 Modulation Guitar Effects Pedal
- Modded Ibanez TS9
- Monster Power Conditioner
- Samson UR-5 Wireless
- Signal Switch
- TC-Electronic G-System
- Way Huge Aqua-Puss Analog Delay
- Z Vex Wah Probe pedal
Strings and Picks
- "On Les Pauls, I use .009-.042s. On Strats and Teles, I basically go with a .010, or in some cases a little heavier. If I tune a guitar down, I might go to an even heavier gauge." - Brad Whitford
- Dunlop 1 mm black nylon picks
Go to the next page for excellent pictures of Aerosmith's Brad Whitford's guitar rig.
We are very excited - a very cool roadie who goes by guitartech on flickr, gave us permission to post some photo's of Aerosmith guitar equipment that he took. Check out guitartech's page . Click the pictures below to enlarge them fullsize in a shadow box. (note: the one of just Brad wasn't taken by guitartech)
