The Damned Things

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Joe Trohman

circa early 2011

'93 Fender Tele American Standard (sunburst, no chambered body, w/ DiMarzio pickups (Fast Track T Bridge, True Velvet Neck))
Fender Tele Black Top (chambered body, w/ stock pickups)
Fender Squire prototype signature model (chambered body, tobacco burst, individual pickup selector, three volumes for each pickup, one master tone, kill switch) (pickups: DiMarzio PAF humbucker, stock middle single coil, DiMarzio Bluesbucker neck)
Zemaitis Custom Shop (w/ engraved metal front, DiMarzio PAF Humbucker in neck, Bluesbucker in bridge)

Amps: Orange Thunderverb 200W head > Orange 4x12
Pedals: Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah > Way Huge Swollen Pickle > Way Huge Aqua Puss > MXR Phase 90 > Boss OC-3 > Xotic Effects boost > DigiTech Whammy
Picks: "I’ll use any picks as long as they aren’t really light gauge. I normally stick with medium Tortex picks."
Strings: I’ll use any strings that are 52-10. Usually I go between Dean Markley and DR."

circa early 2011

Basses: Sandberg California P, Fender American Standard Precision, or custom First Act (Dimarzio P pickups in all)
Pedals: "It’s a revolving cast of Fulltone’s OCD & Bass Drive, Fuzzrocious’ Rat Tail & Dark Driving, and a FEA Labs Dual Band Distortion."
Amps: Orange AD200 and Thunderverb 200 heads, with Orange 4x10 cabs

circa early 2011 see also Anthrax

Guitars: ESP guitars (since 1998): main purple Horizon, modified Custom Shop Horizons, Explorers
Basses: ESP Vintage-4 Bass (candy-apple red)
Pickups: DiMarzion Tone Zones in bridge, various others in neck ("I very rarely use my neck pickup")
Amps: Freyette amps (formerly VHT): Pitbull Ultra Lead or Deliverance heads w/ respective cabs, Sig-X head on Big 4 tour (in studio, in addition to Freyette amps: Fender, Marshall, Hayden)
Pedals: Boss tuner > Dunlop CryBaby or Slash Wah > MXR GT-OD > MXR EVH Phase 90 > MXR Micro Chorus > DBA Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe > Tech 21 Boost RVB > Boss DD-5
Other: D'Addario 10-52s, Dunlop Tortex .73mm picks, Dave Friedman pedalboard (w/ Mogami cables)