What guitar does Jason Becker play?
Jason Becker has said he used a black and white Strat on Speed Metal Symphony and called his Carvin DC200 Bluey his perfect guitar. He was seen with white and blue Hurricane guitars and a Peavey Numbers prototype, and has Kiesel signature guitars and a Seymour Duncan Perpetual Burn humbucker.
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What guitars Jason Becker uses: a sourced gear guide
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“This yin yang design of mine was meant to capture the look of Clapton's Blackie.”
“I finally got my perfect guitar. It looks sexy, felt luscious, and brought on things in me I didn't know were there.”
“I eventually got a black and white Strat in junior high and used it on Cacophony's first album, Speed Metal Symphony.”
About Jason Becker's gear.
What guitar did Jason Becker play?
Jason Becker has said his Carvin DC200, known as Bluey, was his perfect guitar and that he took it to his David Lee Roth audition. He was also seen with white and blue Hurricane guitars on the Speed Metal Symphony and Perpetual Burn covers, and a Peavey Numbers prototype.
What is the Jason Becker signature guitar?
Kiesel makes the JB200 Jason Becker Tribute, based on Bluey, and the JBYY Yin Yang Tribute, which Jason designed himself after Eric Clapton's Blackie Stratocaster.
What pickups does Jason Becker have?
Seymour Duncan makes the Jason Becker Perpetual Burn humbucker.
Jason Becker is the guitarist and composer behind Cacophony and Perpetual Burn who joined David Lee Roth before ALS ended his playing career; he still composes today. This guide covers the guitars from his own collection, his Kiesel signature models and his Seymour Duncan pickup.
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