Equipment
Hawkins is seen playing Gibson Les Paul Customs almost exclusively. He is most commonly seen playing an alpine white model which he used with The Darkness (as seen in I Believe in a Thing Called Love & Love is Only a Feeling videos), and is still seen used with Hot Leg. He is also seen using a black Gibson Les Paul Custom, a custom painted blue Les Paul standard airbrushed with the mythical dog Black Shuck and Blythburgh church. It is rare to see him use another guitar, although he can be seen playing a custom Ibanez Jem for the song "Bald". It is also notable that Hawkins made use of Mesa Boogie dual and triple rectifier amplifiers rather than Marshall Amplification when performing with The Darkness. The stacks he was using had custom-made speaker cabs coated in red leather. During his time in Hot Leg he was exclusively seen using Cornford MK50H II's in white vinyl with two Cornford, 16-ohm, 4x12 cabinets loaded with Celestion "Vintage 30s". He also had a limited run of Justin Hawkins signature Les Paul Customs based on the '68 RI with abalone and mother of pearl "flame" inlays on the fretboard, a sparkle finish in either Silverburst or Pinkburst (Although a Blueburst and Redburst has been pictured, as well as a one off Gold Mirror finish done by SimS Custom Guitars). On 8 January 2005 Justin donated his custom Gibson redburst guitar to The Sun's great Tsunami Earthquake Appeal online auction. Since The Darkness reformation he has been seen using multiple modified Marshall 1959 Plexi guitar amps with a boosted gain stage, as for pedals, he's confirmed on Twitter that during solos he uses an Ibanez Tube Screamer or modified Boss distortion pedal.
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