Welcome to the Neil Young Technical Museum! Here, Rusted Moon presents Neil Young's guitars, amplifiers and other technical equipment as detailed 3D models. Everything from the musician's long career is covered, from the plastic ukulele of the 13-year-old "Young Neil" to the modern digital mixing console. Over 200 models are on display in total, and every fan can examine and study them at their leisure from all sides. Enjoy your tour of the museum!here on the Rusted Moon channel on Sketchfab.com
1. Neil Young's Gibson Les Paul "Old Black"
Items on display: 7
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Old Black 1968 with De Armond as bridge PU
Old Black 1970 with black P90 as bridge PU
Old Black 1973 with cream P90 as bridge PU
Old Black 1977 with Firebird bridge PU and sticker, played with "The Ducks"
Old Black 1978 with additional switch
Old Black 1986/87 with additional MIDI pickup and pre-amp
Old Black today
2. Neil Young's electric guitars
Items on display: 22
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Harmony Monterey with DeArmond pickup, played 1960 in Winnipeg
1956 Les Paul Jr., played 1961-1963 in Winnipeg
1960 Gretsch 6120, played 1963-1965 with "The Squires"
Rickenbacker 360 Mapleglo, played early 1966 in Toronto with "The Mynah Birds"
Guild DE-500, borrowed from "The Dillards" in April 1966
1960 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins, played since 1966
Gretsch White Falcon Mono, played 1967/68 with "Buffalo Springfield"
1953 Gibson Les Paul "Old Black" with DeArmond Dynasonic pickup and Bigsby B6, played 1968-1970
Gretsch White Falcon Stereo, played since 1969
1958 Gibson Flying V, played on Time Fades Away Tour 1973
1953 Gibson Les Paul "Old Black" with 2 P90 pickups and Bigsby B7, played with "Santa Monica Flyers" 1973
1953 Gibson Les Paul "Old Black" with Firebird mini-humbucker, played since 1974
1950 Fender Broadcaster, played since 1975
1956 Gibson Les Paul Jr. Mahogany, played since 1976
1953 Gibson Les Paul "Old Black" with Santa Cruz sticker, played 1977 with "The Ducks"
1958 Gibson Explorer, played 1982 on the Trans Tour
1964 Hagstrom I, played on tour 1982/83
1938 D'Angelico New Yorker Archtop with pickup, played 1983 with "The Shocking Pinks"
1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with mini-humbucker, backup for "Old Black"
1953 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with 2 P90 pickups, played 2003 on the Greendale tour, belongs to Larry Cragg
1956 Gibson Les Paul Jr. Sunburst, played 2008/2009
1960 National Studio 66, played 2010 in Pegi Young's band
3. Neil Young's acoustic guitars & banjos
Items on display: 20
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Harmony Monterey Archtop, played 1960-1961
Gibson B-25 12-String, played late 1965/early 1966 in Toronto
Martin D-18, played 1966 to 1970, gifted to Nils Lofgren
1940s Martin D-18
1962 Martin D-28 with vertical Martin logo and patched top, played since 1969
1968 Martin D-45, played since 1969
1927 Gibson Guitar Banjo GB-3, played since 1970
1938 D'Angelico Archtop, played since approx. 1974
Gibson J-200, played since approx. 1974
Guild G212 12-String, played on tour 1976
Martin D-28 "Hank", previous owner Hank Williams
Taylor 855 12-Strings, played since 1978
Takamine F360S, played on the Trans Tour 1982 and later
Takamine F400 12-String, played on the Trans Tour 1982
1930s National Resonator, played on tour 1983
Epiphone FT-145, used for composing since the mid-1980s
Guild M-20, played 2010 on the album "Le Noise" and on tour 2010/11
Don Musser Parlor Guitar, played live 2013/14, belongs to Pegi Young
Gibson L Century with fretboard and headstock made of pearloid plastic, played on tour 2018, belongs to Daryl Hannah
Ibanez Concord F360BK, played at the Fireside Sessions 2020
Gibson B-25, played at the Fireside Sessions 2020
4. Neil Young's ukuleles
Items on display: 3
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TV-Pal plastic ukulele, played 1958
Kala KA-P, played on tour 2016
Mitchell MU70N, played on tour in 2018 and 2025
5. Neil Young's guitar amplifiers
Items on display: 26
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Fender Tremolux
Fender Bassman 4x10
Fender Showman Head
1959 Magnatone Custom 280A
Magnatone Twilighter Stereo
Magnatone Twilighter Mono
Fender Vibrolux Tweed
Fender Deluxe Wide Panel
Magnatone 280A
Magnatone Monster
Fender Twin + Whizzer
National Glenwood 90
Marshall Full Stacks
FRAP Acoustic Pre-amp
Silvertone 1431
Silvertone Amp
Fender Tweed Deluxe + Whizzer
Gibson GA79
Epiphone Zephyr
Baldwin Exterminator
Buffalo Springfield Acoustic 260 Amp
Buffalo Springfield Fender Twin Reverb Amp
Traynor Amp
Fender Tremolux
Ampeg Echo Twin
Harmony H305/310
6. Neil Young's keyboard instruments & synthesizers
Items on display: 12
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Simmons SDS6 Drum Sequencer, used in 1983 on the Solo Trans Tour
LinnDrum drum machine, used during studio recordings 1986
Steinway grand piano
Hammond B3 organ & Leslie 122 speaker, played with CSNY
Wurlitzer 200 electric piano
Small grand piano with mounted Stringman synthesizer, played at solo shows 2014
Crumar/Univox Stringman Synthesizer, played since approx. 1975
1885 Estey pump organ
Sennheiser VSM 201 Vocoder, played from 1981 to 1987 on various albums and tours
NAD Synclavier II, played from 1981 to 1986 on various albums and tours
Piano, played since approx. 1976
Shortened grand piano ("Baby Grand"), painted by Neil Young's daughter Amber
7. Neil Young's effect pedals
Items on display: 10
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Little Lehle Looper/Switcher, turns effect devices on or off
Vox Tone Bender, used live with Buffalo Springfield, 1968
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, played live 2018
Alesis Microverb I
Korg SDD-3000 digital delay with Radial DI boxes and splitter, used live 2018 for the songs from the album "Le Noise"
Roland PK-5A Dynamic Midi-Pedal, used on the "Twisted Road" solo tour 2010/2011
MU-Tron Octav Divider
MXR Analog Delay
MXR Micro Amp
Boss Flanger BF-1
8. Neil Young's effect devices, technology & gimmicks
Items on display: 26
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External Reverb Pan on foam mat, used 2025
Simmons E-Drums, played on Solo Trans Tour 1983
Deagan Aurora 1000 Vibraphone
Nady "Nasty Cordless" FM Transmitter
Marxophone, played on "Word Record"
Herco Gold Flex 50 Nylon pick
Setup with 3 Korg SDD-3000 delays, Demeter Tube Direct stereo DI and 3 Countryman Type 58 DI boxes, used on the solo tour 2010
Glass harmonica, used on the album "Colorado"
Korg SDD-3000 Digital Delay, used 2010/2011
Whizzer, copper variant
Altec Lansing 1205 Cabinet with 1206 Mixer, used 1969 with "Crazy Horse"
Altec Lansing 1206 Mixer
Electric Coral Sitar, played 2007 in Pegi Young's band
Northwest Sound PA Cabinet
Red effect board with additionally built-in volume pedal, used during the recordings for the album "Ragged Glory"
1960s Fender Reverb Unit
Echoplex analog tape echo, switchable via the red effect board
Whizzer #1, built 1975 by Sal Trentino, controls one knob on the amplifier, 2 presets
Whizzer #2, built 1990 by Rick Davis, controls three knobs on the amplifier, 4 presets
Black effect board, backup for red board since 1982
"Crying Dove of Peace", stage decoration since the Rust Never Sleeps tour, built-in Stringman synthesizer
Red effect board, in use since 1978
Whizzer #2 by Rick Davis
CONN ST-11 Stroboscope tuners
Modified Fisher Price children's toy television, Rebel Content Tour
Lamp with "Love" lettering, stage decoration 2018
9. Neil Young's recording equipment and mixers
Items on display: 12
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Midas H3000 monitor mixer, used 2012-2016
Yamaha PM-2000-32, front-of-house mixer from the 1980s
Mackie 1202 compact mixer, used on tour 2012
DiGiCo Quantum 7 front-of-house mixer from the 2025 tour
DiGiCo SD12, digital mixing console for mixing the stage sound since 2019
1947 Voice-O-Graph recording booth
Sony 3348 digital 48-track recorder
Sony 3324 digital 24-track recorder
Studer A800 MK III analog 24-track tape recorder
Neve BCM-10 sidecar console
Green Board with 10 UA 610a pre-amps
Brass Board, 16 track mixing console, built by Rick Davis
10. Neil Young's microphones
Items on display: 14
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Sennheiser MD409, used for miking the Fender Deluxe amp
Shure 520DX "Green Bullet" harmonica microphone, used 2016 with POTR
Audix L5, used since 2020, mounted on harmonica holder
Shure SM98, used 1987-2009, mounted on harmonica holder
Sony ECM-50, used 1978-1980s, mounted on harmonica holder
Shure SM10A, used on Trans Tour 1982/83
Aiwa DM-13, used with "The Squires" around 1965
Aiwa DM-47, used in very early years with "The Squires"
Altec Lansing 650A, used live in the early days with Crazy Horse
Shure SM-56, used live 1970s
Shure 565, early 1970s
Beyerdynamic M88 N(C), 1976-1978
Neumann KMS 150, 1999-today
AKG C-535-EB, 1992-1998
11. DI Boxes & Switches
Items on display: 5
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Demeter Tube Direct STDB-1, used 2010
Countryman Type 85 DI box, used 2010
Little Lehle looper/switcher, used with Echoplex
Radial Engineering J48 active Direct Box
Custom DI Box
12. Neil Young's Guitar Tuners
Items on display: 3
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TC Electronic PolyTune, in use since 2024
CONN-ST-11- Strobotuners
CONN-ST-6, used in the early 1970s
13. Guitars rarely or never played live
Items on display: 14
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D'Angelico Archtop, played only in 1970
Fender Stratocaster Natural Blonde, on photo by Henry Diltz, 1971
Teisco Crown Professional, seen in the video for "This Town", 1996
Fender Esquire, played live at the Bill Graham Memorial, 1991
Washburn 175 Parlor, seen on photo from 1973 and the cover of the ORS 5-8 Box
Martin D-19, played in the studio on "Goin' Back", "Human Highway" and "Lost in Space"
Vagabond Travel Guitar, played live with REM at Bridge School, 1998
Harmony Stella H6134, played 1976 with Joni Mitchell
Kramer Ferrington EX-1, played at the Bridge School Benefit, 1990
Kramer Ferrington KFT-1, played at the Bridge School Benefit, 1990
Martin D-28s, seen on the 1971 Acoustic Solo Tour
Martin 5-18, on photo by Henry Diltz from the Harvest Session, 1971
Gretsch Duo Jet with Gibson pickups, seen on backstage photos from 1967
Gretsch 6130 Round-Up, seen on photos from the sessions for "American Stars'n Barn". 1977
14. Neil Youngs Drum Head Logos
Items on display: 13
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Bass Drum Pearl Jam 1995
Bass Drum Esquires
Bass Drum Squires 1965
Bass Drum Buffalo Springfield
Bass Drum Shocking Pinks
Bass Drum International Harvesters
Bass Drum Crazy Horse 2001
Bass Drum Crazy Horse Greendale
Bass Drum Continental Tour
Bass Drum Crazy Horse 2012
POTR/Chrome Hearts Bass Drum
Bass Drum Crazy Horse 2024
DW Bass Drum Chrome Hearts
15. Neil Young's amplifier decoration
Items on display: 7
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Fender Bassman with sign, 1973
Fender Deluxe with duck, 1977
Fender Deluxe with model car, 1987
Fender Deluxe with Mattel Big Jim action figure and photo of Crazy Horse Girls, 1976
Fender Twin on skateboard, 2008
Magnatone 280 with Lionel model house and Lionel CW-80 transformer, 2008
Magnatone 280 with Silvertone amplifier and two model cars, 1996
16. Neil Young's cars & houses
Items on display: 4
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Silver Eagle Tour Bus
Colorado barn from the album "Barn"
Neil Young's Topanga Canyon house
Neil Young's childhood home in Omemee
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