Editing Jeff Beck (section)

== Technique and equipment ==
[[File:Jeff Beck in Seattle 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Beck performing live on a [[Fender Stratocaster]] with reversed [[headstock]] in 2016]]
The guitar model Beck is most associated with is the [[Fender Stratocaster]], which he started playing in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jeff-beck-les-paul-strat |title=Why Jeff Beck switched from a Les Paul to a Strat |work=Guitarist |last1=Maxwell |first1=Jackson |last2=Bacon |first2=Tony |date=3 February 2023 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> In a 2013 interview, Beck said, "The Fender Stratocaster was made for me. I believe it was. [...] It's the tool for rock'n'roll. Nothing they can do to it will make it any better than it's already been."<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BogTK6YqS7k |title=Backstage With Jeff Beck |work=The Wall Street Journal |time=6:18 |via=YouTube |date=18 October 2013 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

In 1987, Beck had asked that the newly opened [[Fender Custom Shop]] make a Stratocaster guitar to his specifications. The resulting guitar became known for its graffiti yellow colour, to match Beck's 1932 Ford Hot Rod. Based on these specifications, Fender released the "[[Fender_Stratocaster#Fender_Strat_Plus_Series|Strat Plus]]", as Beck had vetoed the use of his name to market that model.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazona.de/making-of-jeff-becks-guitar-shop/ | title=Making of: Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop | date=23 June 2019 | access-date=16 April 2024 | archive-date=15 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111851/https://www.amazona.de/making-of-jeff-becks-guitar-shop/ | url-status=live }}</ref> However, in 1991, [[Fender (company)|Fender]] did release a [[Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster|Jeff Beck Stratocaster]] with some of those same features, which as of 2024 has been on the market continuously, with updates at various times, and particularly significant changes made in 2001. An additional Jeff Beck Custom Shop stratocaster was released in 2004.

[[File:Jeff Beck in 1979.jpg|thumb|left|Beck playing a [[Fender Telecaster]] in 1979]]
Beck also played [[Fender Telecaster]] and [[Gibson Les Paul]] instruments, and continued to play these for special occasions even after the 1990s, when he had transitioned to the Stratocaster as his main instrument for live performances. [[Gibson Brands|Gibson]] released the limited edition ''Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood'' model in two different finishes in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gibson-launches-jeff-beck-les-paul-193677 |title=Gibson launches Jeff Beck Les Paul |work=Musicradar |last=Leonard |first=Michael |date=29 January 2009 |access-date=11 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111848/https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gibson-launches-jeff-beck-les-paul-193677 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beck's amplifiers were primarily [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] and [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]]. In his earlier days with the Yardbirds, Beck also used a 1954 [[Fender Esquire]] guitar (now owned by [[Seymour&nbsp;W. Duncan]] and housed in the Cleveland [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]])<ref>
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</ref> through [[Vox AC30]]s. He also played through a variety of [[fuzz pedal]]s and [[Delay (audio effect)|echo unit]]s along with this set-up and used the [[Pro Co RAT]] [[distortion pedal]]. The pickup is based on a Gibson pickup rewound by Duncan and used in a salvaged Telecaster dubbed the "Tele-Gib" which he had constructed as a gift to Beck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/seymour-w-duncan/the-story-of-the-tele-gib|title=The Story of the Tele-Gib|website=Seymourduncan.com|date=4 June 2012|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818070147/https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/seymour-w-duncan/the-story-of-the-tele-gib|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Scott Morgan (musician)|Scott Morgan]] of the [[Rationals (band)|Rationals]], who at one point shared a dressing room with the Yardbirds, recalls how Beck amplified his lead guitar through a [[Vox (company)|Vox]] Super Beatle while using banjo strings for the unwound G string on his guitar because "they didn't make sets with an unwound G at that point."<ref name="Scott Morgans rationals">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottmorganmusic.com/scott_rationals.html|title=Jeff Beck interview|author=Shimamoto, Ken|publisher=scottmorganmusic.com|access-date=1 February 2010|archive-date=11 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211222556/http://www.scottmorganmusic.com/scott_rationals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Imelda May and Jeff Beck 28 Mar2011.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Gibson Les Paul]] being played by Beck as he performs covers of [[Les Paul]] songs with [[Imelda May]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fretboardjournal.com/columns/jeff-beck-nycs-beacon-theater-march-28-2011/ |title=Jeff Beck at NYC's Beacon Theater on March 28, 2011 |work=Fretboard Journal |date=March 2011 |last=Thomas |first=John |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>]]
Beck stopped the regular use of a [[guitar pick]] in the 1980s. He produced a wide variety of sounds on the Stratocaster by using his thumb to pluck the guitar strings, his ring finger on the volume knob, and his little finger on the [[Tremolo arm|vibrato bar]]. By plucking a string and then 'fading in' the sound with the volume knob he created a unique sound that can resemble a human voice, among other effects. He frequently used [[wah-wah pedal]]s and [[Slide guitar|slides]] both live and in the studio. Eric Clapton once said, "With Jeff, it's all in his hands".<ref>
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Ninety of Beck's guitars are to be auctioned by [[Christie's]] in London on 22 January 2025, along with over 40 other items from his personal collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/christies-jeff-beck-guitar-auction/|title="It's time to part with them as Jeff wished": 90 of Jeff Beck's guitars, including his 'Oxblood' Gibson Les Paul, are headed to auction|website=Guitar.com &#124; All Things Guitar}}</ref> Some of the auction items will be on public display in Los Angeles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-beck-guitar-auction-2570549|title=Rock Icon Jeff Beck's Guitar Collection Hits the Auction Block|first=Richard Whiddington ShareShare This|last=Article|date=15 November 2024|website=Artnet News}}</ref> and the whole set will be shown in London prior to their sale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/jeff-beck-ap-christies-musicians-london-b2647714.html|title=Jeff Beck was one of rock's greatest guitarists. Now his instruments are up for auction|date=15 November 2024|website=The Independent}}</ref>