Late Night Gear, part 2
Saturday Night Live
NBC, Saturdays 11:30 p.m. EST
THE PLAYERS Jared Scharff (guitar)
YEARS ON THE GIG Six
GEAR Fano Alt de Facto JM6, Fano
Fanosphear, KLH Custom Relics T-style,
65Amps Monterey, 65Amps Soho, 65Amps
Lil’ Elvis 1x12 (in isolation cab), Boss TU-2,
custom Real McCoy Picture Wah, Keeleymodded
Ibanez TS9, Home Brew Electronics
UFO, JHS Mini Bomb Boost, Earthquaker
Devices Disaster Transport, Boss DD-5, Sweet
Sound Ultra Vibe, Cusack Tap-a-Whirl, Analog
Man Mini-Chorus, and Xotic BB Preamp.
The Late Show with David Letterman
CBS, nightly 11:30 p.m. EST
THE PLAYERS Will Lee (bass), Sid McGinnis
(guitar), Felicia Collins (guitar)
YEARS ON THE GIG Lee started 30 years ago
with the show’s 1982 pilot on NBC, 28 years
for McGinnis, and 19 years for Collins, who
joined in 1993 when the show moved to CBS.
GEAR
Will Lee: Sadowsky Will Lee Signature
and Vintage 5, Line 6 Variax Bass 700, ‘60s Vox
MK IV bass, Fender American Standard P bass,
Hofner Club bass, Hartke LH1000, Hartke 4x10,
Radial JDI, and Boss GT-10B.
Sid McGinnis: 1955 Strat (refin, modded),
1954 Strat, two ’50s “partscaster” Teles, ’96
Fender Nocaster Relic, ’52 Gibson Les Paul
goldtop (refin, moded), Danelectro Vinnie Bell
Coral Electric Sitar, Danelectro 12-string, 1963
Fender Showman (Bill Krinard Dumble-style circuit),
Vox wah, Boss NS-2, Boss PSM-5, Ibanez
TS9, Boss DS-1 (Analog Man mod), Boss BF-2,
Boss DD-3, and Demeter Tremulator.
Felicia Collins: Hamer Model T, two Gibson Les
Pauls, Taylor 812ce, custom Alvarez acoustics,
Hamer DuoTone, Crate Power Block, DV Mark
Little 40 L34, DigiTech Whammy, TC Electronic
PolyTune, Boss NS-2, Boss PW-10 V-Wah,
Death by Audio Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe,
Visual Sound H2O, Boss DD-5, DOD FX35,
Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, and DigiTech RP500.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
NBC, nightly 12:37 a.m. EST
THE PLAYERS Kirk Douglas (guitar),
Mark Kelley (bass)
YEARS ON THE GIG Three for Douglas, who
was an existing member of the Roots when they
were chosen as the house band for the show’s
2009 premiere. Kelley joined the band in 2012.
GEAR
Kirk Douglas: Gibson Custom Shop
ES-356, Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul
Pro (with Lollar P-90s), Gibson Custom
Shop Byrdland (strung with flatwounds),
1969 Gibson SG Custom, 1961 Epiphone
Crestwood, 1969 Gibson Hummingbird (with
Fishman pickup), Mesa/Boogie Stiletto,
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress,
Empress Tremolo, Maxon Phase Tone, Line 6
DL4, MI Audio Crunch Box, Durham Electronix
Sex Drive, Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Cry Baby,
Ibanez TS9, and Boss TU-2.
Mark Kelley: Fodera Emperor 5-string, 1964
Harmony bass, Peavey 4-string, Ampeg
Micro-VR, Native Instruments Guitar Rig.