Jonny Wickersham

Jonny "2 Bags" Wickersham (born May 26, 1968 [1]) is the current guitarist for the Californian punk rock band Social Distortion. He joined Social Distortion after the death of founding member and longtime friend, Dennis Danell, in February 2000. Previously, he had been a guitarist for U.S. Bombs, The Cadillac Tramps, and Youth Brigade from Southern California.

He has been touring with Social Distortion since the When the Angel's Sing Memorial Concert held in June 2000, which was held to benefit Dennis Danell's family. Wickersham also co-wrote "Angel's Wings", "Faithless" and "Nickels and Dimes" along with Mike Ness for Social Distortion's 2004 release Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll as well as "Machine Gun Blues", "Far Side of Nowhere" and "Take Care of Yourself" with Mike Ness on Social Distortion's latest release Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.

In 2008, Wickersham was on tour with Mike Ness' solo band along with Social Distortion.

The Vandals wrote a song about him.

Jonny uses an assortment of Gibson guitars and a Fender Telecaster. He has five Les Paul Juniors (a '55 sunburst, '57 TV, a double cut '59 cherry red and two Gibson VOS Les Paul Juniors with Luther Lee P-90s), a '54 Gibson Les Paul goldtop and a '52 Fender Blackguard Telecaster.

Wickersham uses Satellite Atom 36 amps through Marshall 1960TV 4x12s with Celestian speakers. He has been seen using many effects over the years including a Tubescreamer, a MXR GT-OD, a MXR Smart Gate and a MXR Micro Amp. Currently Jonny uses a Boss TU-2 Tuner and a Tone Freak Naked OD.^[1][2]

Selected discography

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