Guitars ...

That's a pretty good thread.
Robert doesn't play Fender guitars since 1987 if we exept the bassVI.
He used his bass VI 'till 2004 with the exeption of the Reflection shows when he played three different Jazzmasters and THE bass VI.
I never understood why he played three diffrerent Jazzmaster reissues instead of his hown old one which sounds far better.
Reeves played his first Cure concerts with Robert's 62' modified bass VI until Reverend made a special model for him.
These Fender guitars built the Cure sound as we like it and the band definitely sounds different now.
It took me a long time to apreciate the sound of Robert's Gretch and Gibson sound, but they sounded very natural.
The actual guitar sound makes me feel very doubtfull as it seems to fit more the actual fashion than an original sound. Maybe that's the reason why they became a more consensual band these days: still very energic but less radical.
My biggest hope would be them to learn to play loud again and please Jason, stop playing with metronome, clicks and loops !

Let's come back to your thread, Fenders guitar used through the years (on stage only, it's quite impossible to know all the guitars the band uses in studio)...
Jazzmaster: 1979-1990 (August 1985- 1990 only for Shake dog shake) then 2011 for the Reflecton shows...
Bass VI: 1981-2004, then Robert on the Reflection shows then Reeves in 2012.
Stratocaster: Porl from 1984 to 1992.
Telecaster: 1985-1987. I think Perry also used one in 2002 or 2004 on TV shows but can't remember exactly.
Fender XII: 1987 and 2000.
Precision bass: 1979-1981 then 2011 for the Reflection shows. Also in 1983 and early 1984.
Jazz bass: 1989, 2000 and 2008.

For more precisions about all the intruments played by The Cure, have an eye here:http://www.wikicure.com/tikiwiki/

Maybe the answer is in some connection with the fact that he played recent Epiphone Casino reissue on Refections (at least on Lovecats, I believe).

It could be too simple but as a guitarist with big collection, he might just wanted to try out new guitars in "battle"?

they did it on the first trilogy. can't see why not doing this time

What's the guitar with all the knobs on the bottom of the body Robert used in 1990/1991 ?

Think it's an 88. Let Robert explain why he liked it.....

The bridge pickup is called "Piezo" pickup. They are (or were) used to get an acoustic-ish sound of electric guitars without having to switch instruments. Well, not exclusively, I think Robert mentions on that video that it sounds great if you mix the pickups. And the knbs are probably volume and tone for each pickup.

Man, I gotta get me one of those

It would be super cool to hear the isolated guitar tracks - I was gonna say "on albums that use these guitars" but realised that having isolated guitar tracks for all songs would be the ideal situation..... 

Does anyone have recent pics of robert's pedalboards? I remember seeing lots of Boss pedals in a few live shots...