Colin James Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment

Colin James is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, who plays in the blues, rock, and neo-swing genres.

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

Colin James playing guitar

Click the gear images for more info and specs at Guitar Center and Amazon

Thanks to Chuck N. for all the research!

Guitars

Variety of Fender strats and teles

- Fender Stratocaster lake placid blue aged to green body with matching headstock, rosewood fretboard, woman sticker, named “Lady” (main)
- Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster Olympic white body with matching head stock, rosewood fretboard
- Fender Stratocaster white body, rosewood fretboard
- Fender Stratocaster black body, rosewood fretboard (Why’d You Lie video 1989)
- Fender Stratocaster black body, maple fretboard
- Fender Stratocaster sky blue body, rosewood fretboard (1963?)
- Fender Stratocaster sky blue body, maple fretboard
- Fender Stratocaster 3 color sunburst body, rosewood fretboard (Voodoo Thing video 1988)
- Fender Telecaster, red body
- Fender Telecaster, sky blue body, rosewood fretboard

- Dobosq custom made Stratocaster-style

- Gibson Les Paul Custom (white)

- Gibson Les Paul gold top 1956 Reissue, p-90 pickups

- Gibson Southern Jumbo New Acoustic

- Gretsch Duo-Jet (on Little Big Band II & III albums)

- Gretsch Sparkle Jet

- Larrivee acoustic

- Martin acoustic

- Danelectro U2 (2 pickups)

- Silvertone Shorthorn Double pickup model #1448 (for slide)
- Silvertone U1 single pickup with a dolphin headstock (model #1419) (Just Came Back video 1990)

- Hagstrom ES-335 copy

- National biscuit resonator Style O with bound fretboard (Just Came Back video 1990)
- National metal body Dobro (National Steel album)

- Airline Folkstar resonator

- Hofner mandolin

Amps

- Fender 65 Reissue Deluxe and Deluxe Reverb amps