Editing Robben Ford (section)

===Guitars===
Ford considers his first good electric a [[Guild Guitar Company|Guild]] Starfire III with a single Florentine (sharp) cutaway. He used a [https://www.vintageguitar.com/38119/fretprints-robben-ford/ Gibson L-5] when he played with [[Charlie Musselwhite]] and the Ford Band, although he never thought it was a great guitar. While playing with [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], Ford traded the L-5 plus $200 for a [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/image-9105 1964 Gibson Super 400CES] (which he sold in 1986). When Ford began playing with the [[L.A. Express]] and [[Joni Mitchell]], he used a 1958 Gibson dot-neck ES-335. At some point he also acquired a [https://www.vintageguitar.com/60708/pop-n-hiss-robben-ford-and-yellowjackets/ 1963 Gibson Es-335].

After Ford's ''[[Talk to Your Daughter]]'' album was released in 1988, Robben used a Robben Ford Signature model guitar created in a collaboration with Dan Smith of [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] and produced in Japan between 1987 and 1993. That guitar was based on the Fender Master Series Esprit Ultra that was produced from 1983 to 1986 in Japan. In 1987, new management at Fender authorized the first production of the Robben Ford Signature guitar. In 1994, production of the guitar moved from Japan to the [[Fender Custom Shop]]. Three models were produced: Ultra FM (with a carved maple top), Ultra SP (with a carved spruce top), and the Elite FM (with a carved flame maple top). The guitar line continued to be produced until 2002 when it was discontinued by Fender.

Sometimes he plays a vintage 1960 [[Fender Telecaster]], [[Gibson Les Paul]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vintageguitar.com/3401/robben-ford/|title=Robben Ford|work=Vintage Guitar® magazine|date=April 8, 2014 |access-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref> a 1963 Gibson SG,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/robben-ford-gets-lean-and-clean/23829|title=Robben Ford Gets Lean and Clean|work=Guitar Player Magazine® magazine|access-date=January 30, 2014}}</ref> a Gibson Es-335 12-string that he has set up as a 6-string, a [https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nashvillescene.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/ae/9ae373f0-1498-11ec-b068-c793ce8a694c/613f558cbff00.image.jpg?resize=990%2C687 1966 Epiphone Riviera] (with the original Bigsby tremolo removed and replaced with a stop tailpiece).

[[File:Dumble Overdrive Special on Robben Ford's Rig, 2008-09-12.jpg|thumb|198x198px|Ford's Dumble Overdrive Special]]
In a May 1–16, 2017 tour which ended in Niagara Falls NY, Ford debuted a newly acquired 1953 Gibson Les Paul.

In the summer of 2021 he teased a [[PRS Guitars|PRS]] [https://guitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PRS-Robben-Ford-McCarty-Signature@2000x1500-696x522.jpg Robben Ford Limited Edition McCarty signature guitar] which was finally released in October 2022.