Comments on: A Brief History Of Jack White’s Guitar Collection

By: Davd D Magliari

Davd D Magliari — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:47:02 +0000

Saw the Santa Barbara bowl show and left totally wowed! !

By: John MIceli

John MIceli — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:24:15 +0000

Ifirst got introduced to jack white from the video It might get loud.And have a growing interest in his music. Would like to be kept in the loop.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 04:44:53 +0000

You’re missing that one. A fender coronado maybe?

By: Lowell

Lowell — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:49:57 +0000

Great article, very cool indeed.

By: Michael Hinton

Michael Hinton — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:47:27 +0000

Great collection of guitars and one of the best guitarist

By: ron grande

ron grande — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 02:51:15 +0000

not so sure jack white is getting away from pedals since he recently put out his own pedal . . . i think it’s the ‘bumble bee’ or some such.

By: Ron Neely II

Ron Neely II — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:28:52 +0000

The Gibson L1 he uses isn’t the “Robert Johnson” model. The “RJ” model is a later flattop version without a trapeze tailpiece. Jack’s pictured with the earlier carved arched top version.

By: Dave White

Dave White — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:51:06 +0000

The last photo is Jack playing a surprise show at a tiny park in downtown Whitehorse. Ah, memories.

By: Jason Mikeal

Jason Mikeal — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 01:23:31 +0000

Zeke: He did say in an article (I believe it was a Rolling Stone one…) that he picked up his original White Penguin Jupiter Thunderbird in Texas a while ago (and it is original) and he pretty much uses it only in The Dead Weather. It was not made by Randy Parsons.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:27:19 +0000

With the White Stripes he also uses a Crestwood Astral Japanese guitar in open E tuning. He also uses a new redesigned version of the Triple Jet on his solo tour called the “Blue Randy”, and presumably after destroying his original solo Tele during his Grammy Performance he now uses a grey one with presumably a TV Jones Filterton pickup in the neck position. He also got the Gretsch White Penguin during the end of the White Stripes days and never plays it with the Dead Weather. And all of the Dead Weather guitars are custom by Randy Parsons, including a black flipped lefty Billy Bo that he used on the second Dead Weather tour. The only Dead Weather guitar that wasn’t made by Parsons “Bond” related or otherwise is a Daddy Mojo cigar box guitar that Jack occasionally used during, “Will There Be Enough Water,” on tour with the Dead Weather. Also when performing with Wanda Jackson, he plays a vintage solid body Gretsch Chet Atkins, and a different grey Tele with Loretta Lynn.

By: Louis Farkovitz

Louis Farkovitz — Sat, 10 May 2014 18:34:26 +0000

Fantastic article! Thanks for it a lot. Been a huge fan of Jack White since the White Stripes days. Been lusting to work on one (of any) of Jack’s guitars since day one.

By: Mark Saucier

Mark Saucier — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:05:43 +0000

If it’s a 1957 model, then it’s a Jupiter Thunderbird. The modern version of this guitar that Gretsch makes is called the Billy-Bo because the modern version features modifications by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. The original version was just called the Jupiter Thunderbird.

By: Kali Durga

Kali Durga — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:58:25 +0000

May I point out a couple of inaccuracies?– I believe Jack actually begin using the Gibson L-1 on Get Behind Me Satan. That was definitely the acoustic that he used during the tour for that record, if not on the album itself. And the guitar in the photo you’ve selected for the L-1 is actually a Gibson Army-Navy that he used on the Blunderbuss record and tour. He talked about it in a 2012 edition of Uncut magazine, mentioning that the neck is “like a tree trunk”.

By: Kristian

Kristian — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:45:07 +0000

Very, very good post, even though those aren’t all of his guitars we’ve seen him playing through the years.

You’ve forgotten Danelectro Baritone Doubleneck, which has been using somewhere in early 2000’s or something. Link where he plays it.

By: Barry br toad shankman

Barry br toad shankman — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 05:07:01 +0000

Interesting article it is nice to see what other players are doing modifying and getting away from pedals *)O(* Please keep this type of article coming