Jeff plays a Strat exclusively now. He used to alternate between a Les Paul and a Strat.

I got the Box Set "Beckology". It has some pre Yardbirds material on it. Even then, and he hadn't developed into the player he now is, you could hear him striving to get new and different sounds from his guitar. I think that Jeff has always searched for sounds, not notes from his instrument. He shapes them in a way that nobody else can. Apparently Hendrix was very much influenced by Beck. I find the difference to be that Jimi would take it to the edge and dive off, Jeff goes to the edge, peeks over and comes back.

I saw him a couple of years ago at Toronto's Massey Hall. He's quite into tecno now, which I wasn't crazy about, but he sure played the hell out of it.