This archive is here to provide guitarists (and musicians) with information on guitars, amps, and other equipment Billy uses both on tour and in the studio. If you know of any other equipment that you think should be mentioned here, please e.mail me. A very BIG "thank you" goes out to Forever Sound for letting me use a lot of their information on this page. Please be sure to visit them. They have amp settings for nearly every Pumpkins song and complete information on what you see on this page. Thanks again!

Guitars
Electric - '57 re-issue Fender Stratocaster, '74 Fender Stratocaster, '72 Gibson 335, Les Paul Junior re-issue, Epiphone SG, Reverend [custon model], Fernandes Decade Sustainer
Acoustic - Ovation Standard Balladeer, an Eighties 12 string Fender, Taylor 600 series

Pedals, phasers, effects boxes, etc.
Mu-Tron biphase (as seen on Vieuphoria), MXR Phase 90, MXR Phase 100, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, Electro-Harmonix Micro Synthesizer, uni vox Fuzz/Wah, Electro-Harmonix Envelope Filter, Digitech Whammy pedal, Standard Vox Wah, ADA Flanger, BOSS purple Flanger, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, MXR Phase 100, Meatball Soup, BOSS NS2 Noise Suppressor, BOSS HR2 Harmonist, Big Muff Pi (Old Version), BOSS FZ-3 Fuzz, Vox V830 Distortion Pedal, Moogerfooger Ring Modulator, Korg 301dl Dynamic Echo, Sovtek Big Muff Pi, MXR Blue Box, Super Fuzz, E-bow, and of course, the Fender Blender. :)

Amps, heads, racks
1984 JCM 800, Marhall JMP-1 (combined with an Alesis 3630 compressor), Mesa Boogie Strategy 500 power amps, Eventide H3000, ADA MP-1, ADA MP-2, Orange Overdrive 120, Selmer, Fender Twin

Pickups, picks, strings
Lace Sensor pickups (blue - neck, silver - middle, red - bridge), customized Dunlop Tortex picks, Billy uses .09 gauge strings

Pianos
For those who are interested in pianos, Billy owns a J. Bauer & Co. piano from the 20's, which was used to record [most notably] "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" and a demo titled "Wishing You Were." It's also heard on several other Pumpkins recordings. He also owns [and has used] a mellotron which can be heard really well on songs such as "Luna".