endorsed Washburn. During the mid 1980s, he used ESP guitars for a while, also getting Kirk Hammett his ESP endorsement. Scott uses a DigiTech signature Black 13 distortion pedal, and a DigiTech chorus pedal for his clean sounds. Many of his guitars have been equipped with custom made Seymour Duncan "El Diablo" pickups, but can also be seen using standard Seymour Duncan SH-4's and '59 pickups on several guitars, including his newest signature Jackson. He also recently began endorsing Evertune bridges. In late 2009, Ian ended his endorsement with Washburn and went back to Jackson guitars. He was seen using custom made Soloist and Randy Rhoads guitars during the 2009 Sonisphere Festival. On March 27, 2010, Ian announced the production of a new signature guitar by Jackson via Twitter and YouTube. He said it would be based on his Soloist from 1987. It has a silverburst finish, a single Seymour Duncan J.B. humbucker, lightning bolt inlays, and a string-thru/tune-o-matic bridge. A dual-humbucker version with a Floyd Rose tremolo will also be released. He stated, "I am so stoked to be back with Jackson." He was seen using this guitar while playing with Brian Posehn at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards and with the Damned Things at the 2011 Download Festival. Guitars Jackson Scott Ian Signature T-1000 Soloist Jackson custom T-1000 Randy Rhoads Jackson custom "NOT" Soloist Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas Dinky Gibson Flying V (1982, Used in the studio) Gibson "Thunderhorse" Explorer (Used at Download Festival 2011 with the Damned Things) Jackson JJ1 (USA-made, Seymour Duncan JB And Jazz pickups, Alder or Korina body with maple neck) Jackson JJ2 (USA-Made, Seymour Duncan El-Diablo pickups and a killswitch, alder body with maple neck or mahogany body with mahogany neck) Jackson JJ4 (Lower-end model, Asian-Made, with Duncan Designed pickups and a killswitch) Jackson JJ5 (5-string Baritone) Jackson Custom "NOT" Telecaster Charvel Surfcaster (with Seymour Duncan Humbucker in the Bridge Position and the stock Chandler Lipstick pickup in the angled Neck position: Main guitar for the Sound of White Noise era) Jackson Randy Rhoads (1982) Washburn SI75TI (Used Washburn from 2004 to 2009) Washburn WV540VASI Washburn WV40VASI Washburn SI60MW Washburn SI61G ESP M-100FM ESP Custom M-II and Telecasters (1985–1989) ESP TE-230SI (Signature model based on Scott Ian's red ESP Telecaster in the mid-to-late 1980s. Japan only) Seymour Duncan J.B. pickups Seymour Duncan El Diablo (Scott Ian custom shop pickups) D'Addario .9-.42 D'Addario