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What guitar does The Smashing Pumpkins play?

Billy Corgan was seen with his Reverend Z-One, a Fender Jaguar and an Orange Rockerverb, with an Analog Man Beano Boost and Strymon delays. James Iha plays Gibson Les Paul Customs through a Fractal Axe-Fx II, and Jeff Schroeder toured Yamaha Revstars through Revv Generator 120 heads.

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What guitar does Billy Corgan play?

His Reverend Billy Corgan Signature Z-One, a Gibson Les Paul Special and a Fender Jaguar, with Ernie Ball Slinky strings, into an Orange Rockerverb 100 MKIII and Laney LA412 cab, with an Analog Man Beano Boost, Strymon Brigadier and El Capistan and an MXR Phase 90.

What guitar does James Iha play?

Gibson Les Paul Customs, including a 1984 one he has had since the mid-'90s with Tom Anderson pickups, and an '80s silverburst Les Paul. He has said both he and Billy Howerdel used Fractal Axe-Fx IIs in A Perfect Circle.

What gear did Jeff Schroeder use?

On the 2022 Spirits on Fire tour, four Yamaha Revstars, a Yamaha Pacifica and SA2200 semi-hollows, two Revv Generator 120 MKII heads with Two Notes Torpedo Captor X loads, two Line 6 Helix Racks and an Origin Effects RevivalDrive.

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The Smashing Pumpkins are the Chicago band of Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin, behind Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. This guide covers the band's guitar gear as a whole: Corgan's Reverend and Fender guitars and Orange rig, Iha's Les Paul Customs, and Jeff Schroeder's Yamaha and Revv touring setup.

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