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What guitar does Whiskey Myers play?

Whiskey Myers guitarist John Jeffers has used a 90s Gibson Les Paul and a hand-painted 1960 reissue into hand-wired Vox AC30 heads and an Orange Custom Shop 50. Cody Tate uses Fender Stratocasters into 50-watt and 100-watt Marshall JCM800s, with JHS pedals and a Boss ES-5 switcher.

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What guitar does John Jeffers play?

His most treasured guitar is a '90s Gibson Les Paul gifted by Cody Tate's uncle, shown in 2021 as a 1994 Standard, loaded with a DiMarzio Super Distortion. He has also used a 1960 Les Paul reissue hand-painted by Tom Murphy.

What amps does John Jeffers use?

Vox AC30 Hand-Wired heads with Weber Silver Bell and Blue Dog speakers, and lately an Orange Custom Shop 50, picked night to night.

What guitar does Cody Tate play?

Cody Tate uses a mostly stock Fender Stratocaster he calls a Guitar Center special, owned for 15 years, plus a heavily modded Strat he found on Reverb.

What amps does Cody Tate use?

Two Marshall JCM800s, one 50-watt and one 100-watt, through four custom cabinets with Weber 12-inch speakers.

What pedals does John Jeffers use?

His 2025 board runs a Lehle volume pedal, Boss TU-3w, Dunlop wah, PCE-FX Aluminum Falcon, Union Tube and Transistor More, Empress Compressor MKII, Octonaut Hyperdrive, Boss BF-2, EQD The Depths, two Skreddy Echos and a Hermida reverb, switched by a Voodoo Lab PX-8 PLUS.

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Whiskey Myers are the Southern rock band from Palestine, Texas. This guide covers the guitars, amps and pedalboards of guitarists John Jeffers and Cody Tate, from Premier Guitar Rig Rundowns in 2021 and 2025.

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