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What guitar does Ride play?

Ride guitarist Andy Bell has been seen using two 1967 Gibson Trini Lopez guitars, Rickenbacker 360/12 and 330/12 twelve-strings and a 1966 Fender Jazzmaster through a Marshall 2061X head, with a board of Strymon, Eventide, Origin Effects and Fulltone pedals. Mark Gardener has been seen with a Fender Jaguar.

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What guitars does Andy Bell play in Ride?

Premier Guitar's 2016 gear list shows two 1967 Gibson Trini Lopez guitars with Bigsbys, a Rickenbacker 360/12, a Rickenbacker 330/12, a 1966 Fender Jazzmaster and a 1967 Gibson Hummingbird acoustic. He said they were the same guitars he recorded Seagull and Vapour Trail on.

What amp does Andy Bell use?

The 2016 list shows a Marshall 2061X 20-watt head into a vintage Marshall 1960A slant 4x12 cabinet.

What pedals does Andy Bell use?

His reunion boards included a Boss TU-3, Dunlop Buddy Guy Cry Baby, Ibanez CP9, Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe, MXR Micro Amp, Boss DD-3, EHX Holy Grail Nano, Strymon Mobius, Eventide TimeFactor and Space, Gollmer '60s Trem, Ibanez TS9 and Fulltone Octafuzz.

What effects did Ride use in the early days?

Andy Bell has said he started with fuzz, wah and distortion pedals, including a Boss DS-1 and a Cry Baby, plus a Roland GP-16 rack unit.

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Ride are the Oxford shoegaze band of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Steve Queralt and Laurence Colbert, known for Nowhere and Vapour Trail. This guide covers Andy Bell's reunion-era rig and early gear as listed by Premier Guitar in 2016, plus details from his interviews.

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