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What guitar does Swervedriver play?

Adam Franklin has said the Jazzmaster is a bigger guitar with a bigger sound, and has been seen using sunburst '62 Fender Jazzmasters into a Vox AC30 and a Marshall JCM800. Jim Hartridge has been seen using a Gibson Les Paul Custom and Blackstar Artisan amps. Both boards have been seen with Boss GE-7, RV-2 and DF-2 pedals.

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What guitars Swervedriver uses: a sourced gear guide

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What guitar does Adam Franklin play?

A pair of sunburst '62 Fender Jazzmasters. He told Premier Guitar he played a Jaguar and a Shergold Nu Meteor on the early EPs, then realized the Jazzmaster is a bigger guitar with a bigger sound. He still had the Nu Meteor.

What amps does Swervedriver use?

Adam Franklin has said he preferred the Vox AC30 and also played a 50-watt Marshall JCM800 through a Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 2x12. Jim Hartridge has been seen using a Blackstar Artisan combo and half-stack.

What pedals does Adam Franklin use?

Premier Guitar lists Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra, Montavillian and Talisman, a Vox wah, Boss BD-2, GE-7, DF-2, DD-5, DD-3 and RC-30, a Roland RE-20 Space Echo and an Ernie Ball volume pedal. Mixdown adds the Boss RV-2 and an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone.

What guitar does Jim Hartridge play?

A Gibson Les Paul Custom. Premier Guitar also shows him on a custom offset guitar by David Ayers that belongs to Adam Franklin, and Mixdown notes a Squier Jazzmaster.

What strings does Swervedriver use?

Premier Guitar lists D'Addario .010 to .046 sets for both guitarists, with Dunlop nylon picks.

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Swervedriver are the Oxford shoegaze band led by guitarists Adam Franklin and Jim Hartridge, behind Raise and Mezcal Head. This guide covers each guitarist's guitars, amps and pedalboard, from Premier Guitar's 2015 feature and Mixdown's 2026 gear rundown.

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