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What guitar does Drive-By Truckers play?

In Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown, Mike Cooley was seen with an Epiphone Flying V, a Gibson Corvus I and a Sommatone Roaring 40 head. Patterson Hood was seen with Baxendale guitars, Gibson SGs and a 1972 Fender Deluxe Reverb. Jay Gonzalez played a 1968 Gibson SG Special.

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What guitars Drive-By Truckers uses: a sourced gear guide

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Mike Cooley: guitars

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What guitar does Mike Cooley play?

Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown showed a stock Epiphone Flying V, a Gibson Corvus I fitted with a P-90, a warped Baxendale T-style electric and a custom Baxendale acoustic.

What amp does Mike Cooley use?

He was seen with a single-channel Sommatone Roaring 40 head into a matching Sommatone 2x12 open-back cab with Eminence Red Coat speakers.

What guitar does Patterson Hood play?

Premier Guitar showed him with a semi-hollow Baxendale with a Bigsby and snake-shaped f-holes designed by Wes Freed, a pair of Gibson SGs and a Baxendale mandocello.

What amp does Patterson Hood use?

He was seen with a 1972 Fender Deluxe Reverb running with a reissue '63 Fender Tube Reverb, plus a Fender Vibro-King as an auxiliary amp.

What guitar does Jay Gonzalez play?

His go-to in the Rig Rundown was a 1968 Gibson SG Special with original P-90s, plus a Gibson SG-100 with a Bigsby.

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Drive-By Truckers are the Athens, Georgia band led by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. This guide covers the guitars, amps and pedals of Cooley, Hood and Jay Gonzalez, member by member, from Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown.

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