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Jake Cinninger has used a G&L Comanche and G&L S-styles live through an Oldfield Marquis head, and has said he recorded with G&L S-500s, a 1960 Les Paul Custom reissue and a 1982 Marshall JCM800. Brendan Bayliss uses a PRS Mark Tremonti Signature and McCarty with a Mesa/Boogie Lonestar head.
“The Tribute album really freaked me out as a kid.”
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“I really like the pickups in the S-500 because they have a certain midrange ambiance to them.”
“That was my G&L ASAT Tele.”
“I've got a nice Custom Shop Fender; a ton of G&L S-500s.”
“I've got a Moog guitar with the pickups that ring out forever”
“For guitars, I used a 1960 Les Paul Custom reissue that weighs 100 pounds but it's freakin' great.”
“I had my original [Marshall] JCM800 50-watt from, like, '82, that I've had since I was 11.”
“And I have an old Mesa/Boogie Mark I that just sounds amazing.”
“No, I used a Bad Cat but I also have an Oldfield that I used.”
“When that record first came out it freaked me out”
“The Tribute album really freaked me out as a kid.”
“Jeff Parker sets a sleepy, ambient and tunneled guitar melody that is a total ear worm.”
“Mark Knopfler's tone is perfect, his phrasing is perfect”
Premier Guitar's 2025 rig rundown shows his No. 1 is a G&L Comanche, with a G&L Special S. He has said G&L S-500s are his main studio guitars, along with a G&L ASAT, a Fender Custom Shop Strat, a Moog Guitar and a 1960 Gibson Les Paul Custom reissue.
In 2021 he said he recorded through the 50-watt Marshall JCM800 from 1982 that he has owned since he was 11, and an old Mesa/Boogie Mark I.
A PRS Mark Tremonti Signature he calls Miss Lucy, plus a PRS single-cut and a double-cut PRS McCarty, strung with D'Addario XL .010s, per Premier Guitar in 2025.
A Mesa/Boogie Lonestar head and a Gussler-built Oldfield head live in 2025. In 2014 he said he used a Bad Cat amp in the studio.
In 2014 he said he has tried digital modelers but does not use them in the studio, preferring to go straight into the amp with a little reverb.
Umphrey's McGee are a Chicago progressive rock jam band built on the twin guitars of Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss. This guide covers the guitars and amps both players have named in interviews, plus records the band has said they love.
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