 During her first stint with Girlschool, Kelly Johnson used a 1980 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top guitar, modified with gold plated machine heads and DiMarzio pickups and an Ibanez Destroyer-II.She used Marshall 50 and 100 amplifiers and no pedals or effects.During her time staying in Los Angeles, she used instead a tiger striped Aria RS guitar, which she continued to use in the 1990s along with a Gibson SG.