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Tom Morello plays his Arm The Homeless guitar through an MXR Phase 90, Dunlop Cry Baby and Boss DD-3 into a Marshall 1960B cab. Tim Commerford plays StingRays into Ampeg SVTs, Brad Wilk was seen with Vater 1A sticks and Zack de la Rocha sings into a Shure SM58.
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1960B 4x12 CabinetSeen in Premier Guitar: Tom Morello Rig Rundown, February 2019
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Brad Wilk: drums
Vater
1A drumsticks
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1A drumsticksSeen in Vater Drumsticks Welcomes Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk To The Family, June 2024
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Vater
Power 5B drumsticks
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Vater
Power 5B drumsticksSeen in Vater Drumsticks Welcomes Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk To The Family, June 2024
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Zack de la Rocha: vocals
Shure
SM58, wired
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SM58, wiredSeen in Rage Against the Machine Returns to the Road, September 2022
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Tom Morello: guitar
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Seen in Premier Guitar: Tom Morello Rig Rundown, February 2019
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Seen in Premier Guitar: Tom Morello Rig Rundown, February 2019
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1960B 4x12 CabinetSeen in Premier Guitar: Tom Morello Rig Rundown, February 2019
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Seen in Premier Guitar: Tom Morello Rig Rundown, February 2019
Tim Commerford: bass
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Tim Commerford Artist Series StingRay, active“I'm proud to play these basses and feel wholeheartedly that they are the best basses I've ever played in my life.”
Said in Guitar World: Tim Commerford's signature Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay, December 2024
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Tim Commerford Artist Series StingRay, passive“It's a Music Man StingRay, but better than that, it's my own version of that”
Said in Guitar World: Tim Commerford's signature Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay, December 2024
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Fender
Jazz Bass“I smashed that bass on MTV and I regret it to this day.”
Seen in Guitar World (Bass Player): Tim Commerford's Rage Against the Machine bass tone, February 2025
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Ampeg
SVT“I love old Ampeg SVT heads. I absolutely love them.”
Said in Premier Guitar: Tim Commerford on Wakrat, September 2016
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Ampeg
SVT-810ESeen in Guitar World (Bass Player): Tim Commerford's Rage Against the Machine bass tone, February 2025
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Marshall
The Guv'nor“I never used distortion on bass until the first Rage record. I used a Marshall The Guv'nor pedal with one amp.”
Said in Premier Guitar: Tim Commerford on Wakrat, September 2016
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Dunlop
Cry Baby Bass Wah 105QSeen in Premier Guitar: Tim Commerford on Wakrat, September 2016
Questions
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What guitar does Tom Morello play in Rage Against The Machine?
His Arm The Homeless guitar, through an MXR Phase 90, Dunlop Cry Baby wah and Boss DD-3 delay into a Marshall 1960B 4x12, with Ernie Ball Slinky strings and Dunlop Tortex Jazz III picks.
What bass does Tim Commerford play?
Ernie Ball Music Man Tim Commerford Artist Series StingRays, active and passive, and a Fender Jazz Bass, into Ampeg SVT heads and an SVT-810E cabinet, with a Marshall Guv'nor and Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah.
What drumsticks does Brad Wilk use?
Vater 1A sticks with Vater Grip Tape, which he started using in rehearsals for the Public Service Announcement Tour, and the lighter Power 5B Acorn model.
What microphone does Zack de la Rocha use?
A wired Shure SM58. Mix reported the whole band used wired SM58s for vocals on the 2022 Public Service Announcement Tour, and Shure reported he used a hardwired SM58 at Lollapalooza 2008.
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Rage Against The Machine are the Los Angeles band of Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. This guide covers the band's gear as a whole: Morello's Arm The Homeless guitar and pedals, Commerford's StingRays and Ampeg rig, Wilk's Vater sticks, and de la Rocha's vocal mic.
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