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What guitar does Jack Gardiner play?

Jack Gardiner uses a custom Ibanez AZ fitted with signature Hugo Sierro ONI pickups, gets guitar tones from a Neural DSP Quad Cortex, and plays through a pair of Laney LFR-112 cabs. Strings are D'Addario NYXL 10-46 and the plectrum is a Dunlop Jazz III.

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What guitars Jack Gardiner uses: a sourced gear guide

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“My first proper guitar was an Ibanez JEM555. I loved it for shred stuff, but it didn't have the Strat sound.”

Said in Meet Jack Gardiner (Guitar World), June 2024
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What guitar does Jack Gardiner play?

Jack Gardiner uses a custom 24-fret HSS Ibanez AZ with signature Hugo Sierro ONI pickups. Gear lists on Jack's own channel also name the Ibanez AZ2204B Prestige, AZS2200Q Prestige, AZ2402 Prestige, AZ24047 seven-string and the headless QX52 and Q54.

What amp does Jack Gardiner use?

Jack Gardiner uses a Neural DSP Quad Cortex for guitar tones and runs a pair of Laney LFR-112 powered cabs for stereo on stage. Jack has said they used a Friedman BE-100 tube head before going digital.

What pickups does Jack Gardiner use?

Jack Gardiner uses a signature ONI pickup set made by Swiss builder Hugo Sierro, credited on every Kintsugi music video.

What strings does Jack Gardiner use?

Jack Gardiner uses D'Addario NYXL 10-46 strings and Dunlop Jazz III plectrums, per the gear credits on the 2026 Kintsugi videos.

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Jack Gardiner is an English fusion guitarist based in Switzerland whose debut album Kintsugi came out in 2026. This guide covers the Ibanez guitars, Neural DSP modelers, Laney cabs, strings and signature pickups listed in Jack's own video credits and interviews.

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