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I will be expanding this article as soon as I receive a copy of the book, Rock 'n' Roll Soldier: A Memoir. The article is not yet in competed state. Garagepunk66 (talk) 07:39, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
An editor added some very detailed information about Kholer's guitars and equipment that some may be find interesting and helpful. I had to remove the material from the article, because it was unsourced and strays too far from the emphasis on personal biography necessary for this type of article (details about a musician's equipment are more appropriate in the bottom lists of articles about songs, for instance). However, I believe the information to be true. It was probably provided by Kohler, himself, or someone who has known him. Obviously, we can only use information provided by reliable 3rd party sources and cannot use original research or firsthand personal accounts in articles. So, I have moved the information here for the benefit of anyone interested in Kholer's equipment. It reads:
Instruments used included his first guitar, a Guild M-65 Freshman and a Silvertone Twin Twelve amp. In 1964 he purchased a 1963 Gretsch Tennessean and a Fender Showman amp used in The Satellites. In Vietnam he used a Fender styled no-name guitar and a Fender styled no-name amp purchased in Vietnam and used with The Electrical Banana. In the Soft Light, 1968, he used a Fender Telecaster with a factory Bigsby and still using his 1964 Fender Showman. In late 1969 he purchased a Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty used in Spectrum and Mad Wax. With Mad Wax in 1971 he ordered a Gibson Les Paul Custom with a sunburst finish built to his spec's from Gibson's custom shop, his main guitar until this day. Peavey amps were a new brand at that time and he purchase two British Stacks. He used the Peavey amps for only one gig and returned them to the music store the next day telling the store owner " You can keep this crap, order me a Marshall." He purchased two Marshall Super Lead 100 stacks. With Big Bubba & The Blockbusters he used one Marshall bottom and one Marshall Super Lead 100 for outdoor gigs, a 1964 Fender Bassman or a Marshall JCM 900 1-12 combo for in-door gigs. For the Satellites and Soft Light recording sessions he used the 1963 Gretsch Tennessean and the 1964 Fender Showman. For all other recordings he used the 1971 Les Paul Custom with the 1964 Fender Bassman. Other guitars purchased and used on gigs include a 1966 Rickenbacker 330 twelve-string, a 1971 Gibson Limited Edition Medallion Flying V #20, a 1983 Fender Stratocaster with EMG pickups, a 1992 Paul Reed Smith, a 1974 Les Paul Special/1955 Reissue.
