John Abercrombie’s Gear


Abercrombie playing his Brian Moore Custom DC/1P

Main Guitar(s):

  • Brian Moore Custom DC/1P

Amps:

  • Vintage Polytone Mini-Brute
  • Roland JC-77
  • Roland JC-120
  • Mesa Boogie Mark III

Effects/Pedals:

  • Boss SE-50 Multieffect
  • Fulltone Full-Drive, Distortion
  • Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
  • Boss GE-7 Graphic EQ (as a preamp)

Strings:

  • D’Addario XL110: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046

Other Guitars:

  • Ibanez Artist

Info:

  • Abercrombie has been using this setup for the past 15 years. He sets the volume on his amps low, and the volume on the EQ high, so he gets a lot of level out of the amps, but with less noise. Abercrombie uses the Boss SE-50 for delay, reverb, and chorus, and splits the signal into two amps. He likes to use two different amps at the same time (A Roland and a Mesa/Boogie for live performances).