Top 5Uses
Fender
Jack White Pano Verb“Have you tried the Jack White Fender Pano Verb? It’s fucking insane!”
Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
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Josh Homme uses his Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Too and has praised Fender's Jack White Pano Verb and Triplecaster in a 2026 Guitar World interview. On the Them Crooked Vultures tour his tech listed Electro-Harmonix Octave Multiplexer and POG pedals, a BOSS Space Echo and Moogerfooger delay and filter pedals.
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“The Triplecaster is great, too; it’s a lot of possibilities in one guitar.”
Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
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Electro-Harmonix
POGSeen in MusicRadar: Them Crooked Vultures interview, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and Alain Johannes, September 2022
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What guitars Josh Homme uses: a sourced gear guide
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Amps
Peavey
Joshua Homme Decade Too
SponsoredUses
Peavey
Joshua Homme Decade Too“So I thought, “I’ve gotta do something with Peavey that everyone can get!”
Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
Uses
Fender
Jack White Pano Verb“Have you tried the Jack White Fender Pano Verb? It’s fucking insane!”
Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
Gibson
EH-185 combo amp (1938)
Has said they use
Gibson
EH-185 combo amp (1938)“It’s one of the great amps of all time.”
Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
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Ampeg
VT-40
Has said they use
Ampeg
VT-40Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
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Ampeg
VT-22
Uses
Greedtone
JH1-100 custom headSaid in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Josh Homme, July 2026
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Guitars
Has said they use
“The Triplecaster is great, too; it’s a lot of possibilities in one guitar.”
Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
Epiphone
B.B. King Lucille
Seen using
Epiphone
B.B. King LucilleSeen in MusicRadar: Them Crooked Vultures interview, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and Alain Johannes, September 2022
Echopark Guitars
Esperanto ZSaid in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Josh Homme, July 2026
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Echopark Guitars
Downtower Custom Koa
Seen using
Echopark Guitars
Downtower Custom KoaSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Josh Homme, July 2026
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Motor Avenue
BelAire
Seen using
Motor Avenue
LaMirada (Aged Pelham Blue)
Seen using
Motor Avenue
LaMirada (Aged Pelham Blue)Seen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Josh Homme, July 2026
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Maton
BB1200 JH signature
SponsoredSeen using
Maton
BB1200 JH signatureSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Josh Homme, July 2026
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Gibson
EH-185 lap steel (1938)
Has said they use
Gibson
EH-185 lap steel (1938)Said in Guitar World: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone, March 2026
Pedals (Them Crooked Vultures tour)
Electro-Harmonix
Octave Multiplexer
Seen using
Electro-Harmonix
Octave MultiplexerSeen in MusicRadar: Them Crooked Vultures interview, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and Alain Johannes, September 2022
Seen using
Electro-Harmonix
POGSeen in MusicRadar: Them Crooked Vultures interview, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and Alain Johannes, September 2022
Seen using
Seen using
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
Jackson Browne
Running On Empty“I discovered Running on Empty when I was eight. It was a fixture with my old man, and it still is.”
Said in SPIN: My Life in Music, Josh Homme, June 2003
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G.B.H.
City Baby Attacked by Rats
Has said they love
“It was heavy and fast, and the production was so raw that I just knew it was real.”
Said in SPIN: My Life in Music, Josh Homme, June 2003
Black Flag
My War
Has said they love
Black Flag
My War“but it was My War that really summarized Kyuss’ approach to punk.”
Said in SPIN: My Life in Music, Josh Homme, June 2003
Has said they love
Nirvana
Bleach“I thought Nirvana were picking up where Black Flag and G.B.H had left off.”
Said in SPIN: My Life in Music, Josh Homme, June 2003
Iggy Pop
Lust for Life
Has said they love
Iggy Pop
Lust for Life“I heard Lust for Life, and it actually made me quit Kyuss.”
Said in SPIN: My Life in Music, Josh Homme, June 2003
The Stooges
Raw Power
Has said they love
The Stooges
Raw Power“which I still think is the craziest-sounding record ever.”
Said in SPIN: My Life in Music, Josh Homme, June 2003
Pedals
Uses
DigiTech
WhammySaid in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Josh Homme, July 2026
Seen using
Univox
Super-Fuzz
Seen using
Stone Deaf FX
PDF Parametric Distortion FilterSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, Josh Homme, July 2026
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Questions
About Josh Homme's gear.
What amp does Josh Homme use?
His signature Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Too, based on the Peavey Decade he found at a flea market for $15. In 2026 he also told Guitar World the Jack White Fender Pano Verb is insane, and that his first amp was an Ampeg VT-40 he still has.
What guitar does Josh Homme play?
Mixdown (2026) says his main stage guitar in recent years has been an Echopark Esperanto Z, alongside Motor Avenue BelAire and LaMirada semi-hollows and his Maton BB1200 JH signature. He told Guitar World in 2026 that Fender's Triplecaster is great.
What pedals does Josh Homme use?
His Them Crooked Vultures tech listed an Electro-Harmonix Octave Multiplexer and POG, a BOSS RE-20 Space Echo and Moogerfooger Analog Delay and Low Pass Filter pedals, among others.
What records influenced Josh Homme?
In a 2003 SPIN feature he named Jackson Browne's Running on Empty, G.B.H.'s City Baby Attacked by Rats, Black Flag's My War, Nirvana's Bleach, Iggy Pop's Lust for Life and the Stooges' Raw Power.
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Josh Homme founded Queens of the Stone Age and played in Kyuss and Them Crooked Vultures. This guide covers the amps, guitars and pedals from his 2026 Guitar World interview and his Them Crooked Vultures touring rig, plus the records he has said shaped him.
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