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What guitar does Widespread Panic play?

In 2018 Jimmy Herring was seen using a custom-built PRS with Lollar Imperials and a Homestead head, John Bell a Washburn HB35, a Roland JC-120 and a Fuchs Overdrive Supreme, and Dave Schools a custom 6-string Modulus bass and an Alembic, through an Avalon VT 737sp and d&b speakers.

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What guitar does Jimmy Herring play?

His main guitar in Widespread Panic was a custom-built PRS with Lollar Imperial pickups and D'Addario .010s, with a PRS David Grissom model as backup and an S-style parts guitar with a Callaham bridge.

What amp does Jimmy Herring use?

A 100-watt Homestead head into an old Sound City 4x12 for dry tone, and a Crown power amp into a stereo Orange 4x12 for wet tone, with an Eventide Space and a Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor. A Germino Classic 45 covers smaller rooms.

What guitar does John Bell play?

Washburn HB35 semi-hollow models, a custom red main and a black one for slide, with Seymour Duncan pickups, plus a National Tricone and a Washburn M3SW mandolin.

What bass does Dave Schools play?

A custom 6-string Modulus bass called Merle with Bartolini electronics and an Alembic Custom Series II 6-string, through an Avalon VT 737sp preamp and a d&b speaker system.

What amp does John Bell use?

Both a Roland JC-120, usually with chorus on, and a 100-watt Fuchs Overdrive Supreme into a Mesa/Boogie 4x12, with an Ibanez Tube Screamer always on.

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Widespread Panic are the jam band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1986. This guide covers the guitars, amps and pedals of Jimmy Herring and John Bell and the basses and rig of Dave Schools, by member, from their 2018 Premier Guitar rig rundown.

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