Jack White - Gretsch Green Machine

Jack White's "Green Machine" is a Gretsch "Triple Jet" hand built by Seattle based guitar craftsman Randy Parsons.

It features a Bigsby vibrato, built-in bullet microphone and "secret electronics", and was used extensively in White's time with The Raconteurs.

Parsons also built a copper "Triple Jet" for Jack, minus the microphone.

2006 Gretsch "Triple Jet" - Green

Jack White - Late 1950's Kay Arch-Top

Late 1950s Kay covered in paper and used for slide (tuned to an Open A) - this one is typically used live for open tuning for songs like Death Letter, Stop Breaking Down and 7 Nation Army.

Jack: "That was a Kay arch-top I got a few years back. My brother's wife owned a St.Vincent de Paul thrift store. I moved a refrigerator for them and they said, here, take this guitar for gas money or whatever."

"If I had a brand new Les Paul that stayed perfectly in tune, and some solid state amp and all this digital equipment - that's just too much opportunity. I wanna go in with one beat-up amplifier, one drum set, a guitar that doesn't stay in tune and just work with that. I love putting myself in a box, putting restrictions down, and taking it from there."

Why does he cover his Kay in paper?

Jack has stated very briefly that he does it for personal reasons and wishes not to speak about it.

Late 1950's Kay Archtop - Beige

Jack White - J.B. Hutto Montgomery Airline

1965 Airline - Red

Airline Guitars were guitars made in the United States from 1958-68 by VALCO and sold through Montgomery Ward. VALCO also made National and SUPRO brands. Today they are played by bands and artists including David Bowie, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Calexico but are most commonly associated with Jack White of The White Stripes. Original Res-O-Glas models now sell for $2,000-$3,000. The guitar is named after legendary bluesman and slide guitar artist J.B. Hutto.