How we source gear guides.
A truerecs gear guide is our own research about a musician who doesn't have a page here. The artist didn't write it, approve it or choose anything on it, and isn't affiliated with truerecs. These are the rules every guide follows.
Primary sources only
Every item comes from something the artist did or said in public: their own videos and posts, interviews, and rig rundowns where the gear is on camera. Community gear lists and forums can point us somewhere to look, never more: an item goes on a guide only after we find it in a primary source, and we never copy another site's list, notes or photos.
A dated source on every item
Each item links to its source and says when it's from (the month, or the day). Videos open at the moment the gear shows up when we have the timestamp. At most one short quote per item, word for word and linked. Each guide shows the date a person last checked every item against its source.
What the words mean
“Uses” means a source from the last 24 months shows or says it. Anything older reads “seen using” (a video or photo) or “has said they use” (an interview or post), because gear changes. Clothes read “seen wearing”. A guide never says an artist recommends or endorses anything.
Photos
Items show product photos only, never frames from an artist's videos. A guide may carry one photo of the artist at the top, only from a press kit or under a Creative Commons license, always with its credit and source.
Paid links
Store buttons on a guide are paid links: truerecs may earn a commission when you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. The artist isn't paid for them. Details in our affiliate disclosure.
Fixes and removal within 72 hours
Anyone can report an error or ask for a guide or its photo to be removed on the report form, without an account. We fix or remove within 72 hours. Artists can also claim their guide: they verify with their own Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, keep what's right, drop what isn't, and it becomes their page.