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What guitar does Johnny Marr play?

Johnny Marr uses his Fender signature Jaguar and Martin M-7 signature acoustic. In The Smiths he was seen with a 1982 Rickenbacker 330, a 1960 Gibson ES-355 he said gave him Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, an Epiphone Casino on How Soon Is Now and a Martin D-28.

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What guitar does Johnny Marr play?

Today his Fender signature Jaguar, including the 2025 limited-edition signature special Jaguar, and his seven-string Martin M-7 acoustic. In The Smiths he played a Rickenbacker 330, a Gibson ES-355, an Epiphone Casino and a Gretsch Super Axe.

What guitar did Johnny Marr use on This Charming Man?

His 1982 Jetglo Rickenbacker 330, tracked alongside a Telecaster belonging to producer John Porter.

What guitar did Johnny Marr use on How Soon Is Now?

Guitar World reports he wrote and recorded How Soon Is Now on his Epiphone Casino, which he also played at Glastonbury in 1984.

What acoustic guitar does Johnny Marr play?

He recorded There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, Well I Wonder and Cemetery Gates on a Martin D-28, and now has a seven-string Martin M-7 signature model with an octave G string.

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Johnny Marr is the Manchester guitarist who co-founded The Smiths and later played with Electronic, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and Hans Zimmer. This guide covers the Smiths-era guitars he talked through before his 2026 Christie's auction, plus the Fender Jaguar and Martin M-7 signature models he plays now.

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