Neil Young — Rig Network

Young's primary guitar for over 50 years — a 1953 Les Paul Junior modified with a Bigsby B-5 tremolo, Grover tuners, and (importantly) an additional Gibson P-90 pickup added to the neck position by instrument tech Larry Cragg. The original P-90 bridge pickup has been rewound and repaired multiple times. The guitar is heavily worn with significant checking in the finish and numerous repairs — Young has refused restoration.

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Young's primary acoustic guitar — used extensively on "Harvest", "After the Gold Rush", and the Comes a Time era. The D-28's dreadnought volume suits his strumming approach.

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Used with Buffalo Springfield and early CSNY material before Old Black became dominant.

Young has used a series of heavily modified vintage Fender Tweed Deluxe amplifiers throughout his career. The modifications — performed by his long-time tech Larry Cragg — included recapping, bias adjustments, and speaker swaps to optimise for high-volume feedback sustain. The Tweed Deluxe run hard produces natural power-amp saturation at relatively low volume — pushing it further produces the long, singing sustain Young is known for.

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Used for cleaner recordings — the Silverface's reverb tank and cleaner character suited acoustic-adjacent electric work.

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The DF-2 has a 'feedbacker' circuit that triggers infinite sustain by the string's fundamental frequency — Young uses it to trigger and sustain feedback notes without relying on amp proximity. Combined with Old Black's P-90 output and the driven Tweed Deluxe, it produces the sustained, wailing lead tone of the 'Weld' and 'Arc' period.

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Volume swells used extensively on acoustic-electric material — signature technique on "Needle and the Damage Done" and "After the Gold Rush" live performances.