Editing Joe Strummer (section)

==Musical equipment==
[[File:Joe Strummer Live by Joe Kerrigan.jpg|thumb|upright|Strummer in 2001 with his guitar]]
Strummer's main guitar throughout his career was a 1966 [[Fender Telecaster]]. Strummer bought the guitar in its original sunburst finish in 1975, with the £120 he was paid to marry Afrikaaner Pamela Moolman, thereby allowing Moolman to remain in Britain.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} After joining the Clash, the guitar's body and pickguard were refinished in grey auto primer and then painted black. Over the years, the guitar would see numerous sticker configurations, with the most prominent and longest-lasting one stating "Ignore Alien Orders". Years of heavy wear and taped on set lists remain on the guitar to this day, and the only known modifications to it included the installation of an individual, six-saddle bridge, and Fender "f-style" tuning machines.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The [[Fender Custom Shop]] created a Joe Strummer tribute Telecaster in 2007 with a [[Relic'ing|reliced]] flat black finish and an exact replica of the neck profile of his '66 Telecaster.<ref name="fender-js" />

Strummer was naturally left-handed, but was taught to play guitar right-handed by his friend [[Tymon Dogg]]. Strummer had reckoned his left-handedness on a right-hand guitar as a drawback and claimed it caused him to be underdeveloped as a guitarist, although his style of playing was unique.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rockandrollparadise.com/joe-strummer-122002/|title=Joe Strummer, the genius songwriter behind the Clash|date=18 December 2015|website=Rock and Roll Paradise|language=en-US|access-date=4 December 2018|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003903/https://rockandrollparadise.com/joe-strummer-122002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He also used three [[Fender Esquire]] models, one from 1952, a white blonde with slab fretboard from the mid-1950s<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Jun/Maximum_Energy_The_Gear_of_the_Original_Punks.aspx?Page=2 |title=Maximum Energy: The Gear of the Original Punks |magazine=Premier Guitar |access-date=26 March 2012 |archive-date=22 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122092303/http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Jun/Maximum_Energy_The_Gear_of_the_Original_Punks.aspx?Page=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and another from early to mid-1960s with a white pick guard and rosewood fingerboard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strummerguitar.com/evolutionofalegend.html |title=A tribute to Joe Strummers Fender Telecaster guitar |website=Strummerguitar.com |date=10 April 1976 |access-date=26 March 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321161257/http://www.strummerguitar.com/evolutionofalegend.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Esquire is a one-pickup version of the Telecaster. Prior to using any Telecaster oriented guitar, before buying his 1966 model, he used as main guitars a [[Gretsch White Falcon]] and a 1964 [[Hofner]] Verithin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strummerguitar.com/evolutionofalegend.html |title=A tribute to Joe Strummers Fender Telecaster guitar |website=Strummerguitar.com |date=10 April 1976 |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> For amplification Strummer was known to use amplifiers such as a [[Roland Jazz Chorus]], a Selmer Bassman while he was in the 101ers, a [[Vox AC30]] and various [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall amplifiers]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/strummernews/vpost?id=2044598 |title=Unknown Forum |website=Websitetoolbox.com |access-date=17 June 2013 |archive-date=7 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107200300/http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/strummernews/vpost?id=2044598 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but his main amplifier was a [[Music Man (company)|Music Man]] HD 212,150.<ref>[http://www.rockstarsguitars.com/product.php?c=1&cat=111&scat=216] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217011818/http://www.rockstarsguitars.com/product.php?c=1&cat=111&scat=216|date=17 February 2012}}</ref> Strummer commented on his choice of amplifier with "I don't have time to search for those old Fender tube amps. The Music Man is the closest thing to that sound I've found" and that the "plastic motif on the front is repulsive."<ref>''Musician Magazine'' 1980</ref>