Early 80s model that Tom used pretty much his whole career. Later on, he brought it with him and used it for practicing during the time he was enrolled at Harvard University around 1982, and continued using it after moving to LA in 1986. Tom has couple of Les Paul Standards, but one that gets the most stage time is a sunburst model used with Audioslave and Street Sweeper Social Club. One feature that is distinctive on this guitar is a kill-switch installed by Tom at the lower horn of the guitar, which can turn the signal of the guitar on and off to create a stuttering sound. I only had a couple days to replace the gear and I went to the local music store in Hollywood. In it’s original state, the guitar featured a light-blue colored rear loaded Stratocaster-style body and a Performance Corsair neck, two Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers, and the original Floyd Rose chrome unit. It was completely custom-built – meaning that Tom chose every single piece of it himself, even though at the time he didn’t know much about guitars – or at least none of the things related to building one. Tom’s Telecaster was made in the US, and features black finish, maple neck, white pickguard, two original single-coil pickups, and a six saddle bridge. He took it out of retirement as soon as 2005 during the writing of ‘Out of Exile’ album, and since then it has been used regularly like before. The guitar is decorated with couple of drawings of a hypo done by Tom himself (it is supposedly the only he could draw, and he only knew how to draw them facing the left side). Tom’s usual setup is as follows (used with SSSC, Nightwatchman, Bruce, RATM, etc). – Marshall JCM 800 2205 50W – Jim Dunlop Crybaby Wah The guitar originates from Tom’s roommate, who at the time played in a band called “Liquid Jesus” and was in need of an amp. Dec 10, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Y. He says: "This is my main drop D tuning guitar for my entire career. The guitar they made is actually pretty much identical to the GA60SCE model which has the AEQ-45 pickup/preamp system, but Tom’s guitar might have some features and specifics which we are not aware of. Used as a backup for the Peavey cabinet. Equipboard breaks down the gear, tools, and products used by artists, pros, and influencers in their craft. They are the same markings/settings I used at every show and every record I’ve ever made. This guitar was used for couple of RATM songs, including “Revolver” and “How I Could Just Kill a Man”, as well as for “Exploder” with the Audioslave. When Tom initially tried the guitar he fell in love with the sound, but hated the beer logo – so he decided to get rid of it. In case you want to talk to me privatly, please use the contact form and I will get back to you as soon as possible. At 2:06 into this video named "Tom Morello Guitars & Home Studio," Morello talks about his 1982 Fender Telecaster "Sendero Luminoso." Tom has two of these guitars. The guitar Tom picked up made a weird high-pitched sound when the toggle was set between two pickups, reason for which was an internal pickup which was picking up this weird noise when it wasn’t supposed to. In case you notice anything wrong with the information posted on this page, or you have knowledge of something that you would like to share, be sure to leave a comment above. Tom allegedly used it to record some overdubs on the record. At 2:06 into this video named "Tom Morello Guitars & Home Studio," Morello talks about his 1982 Fender Telecaster "Sendero Luminoso." He was ranked #26 in Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”. He used the guitar as his main from 2002 to 2007 for all of the Audioslave songs which are played in standard tuning, and continues to use it to this day next to his other guitars. I was at rehearsal and I spent at least four hours tweaking knobs just a hair this way and a hair that way to a point where I felt the sound was reasonable, and I marked those settings. This is the cabinet that Tom uses with his Marshall JCM800, both of which he used almost exlusively since 1988. GroundGuitar is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. – Boss TR-2 Tremolo The guitar is based on the Fender Telecaster model, but features hollow steel body. The guitar is dubbed “Black Spartacus”, and Tom even wrote a song about it called “Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine” – name inspired by Clash’s Mick Jones Clash who referred to his guitar as “heart attack machine”.

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