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Fender
Mexican-made Telecaster“as far as live stuff goes, the tele serves me well.”
Said in Guitar Strings and Life Things: Alex Lahey on Rock, Roads, and Writing (FairbanksAlaska.com), April 2024
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13 items · Last checked What guitar does Alex Lahey play?
Alex Lahey has said she plays a Mexican Fender Telecaster live and swaps it with a Fender Mustang 90. On her board she has said she runs a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, a Z.Vex Fat Fuzz Factory, a TC Electronic Hall of Fame reverb and an Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy.
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Fender
Mustang 90“I usually swap between a Fender Mustang 90 and a standard series Telecaster.”
Said in A shield and a weapon: Alex Lahey talks guitar (Happy Mag), March 2018
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Silvertone
1966 Silvertone Jupiter“at the end of last year I bought this 1966 Silvertone Jupiter from Found Sound in Melbourne.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
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“I'm playing on a Fender California Series, the Malibu model, which is like a short scale parlour model with a Strat neck.”
Said in A shield and a weapon: Alex Lahey talks guitar (Happy Mag), March 2018
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“my go-to overdrive is a Boss Blues Driver.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
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Guitars
Has said they use
Fender
Mexican-made Telecaster“as far as live stuff goes, the tele serves me well.”
Said in Guitar Strings and Life Things: Alex Lahey on Rock, Roads, and Writing (FairbanksAlaska.com), April 2024
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Has said they use
Fender
Mustang 90“I usually swap between a Fender Mustang 90 and a standard series Telecaster.”
Said in A shield and a weapon: Alex Lahey talks guitar (Happy Mag), March 2018
Has said they use
Silvertone
1966 Silvertone Jupiter“at the end of last year I bought this 1966 Silvertone Jupiter from Found Sound in Melbourne.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
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Has said they use
“I'm playing on a Fender California Series, the Malibu model, which is like a short scale parlour model with a Strat neck.”
Said in A shield and a weapon: Alex Lahey talks guitar (Happy Mag), March 2018
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Stage
Has said they use
“my go-to overdrive is a Boss Blues Driver.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
Has said they use
ZVEX Effects
Fat Fuzz Factory“we use a Fat Fuzz Factory, a ballsy fuzz and a bit unstable at times, which suits those songs.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
Has said they use
TC Electronic
Hall of Fame Reverb“for my clean sound, I always use Hall of Fame reverb with the vibrato setting on the Memory Boy, just for that little bit of shimmer.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
Has said they use
Electro-Harmonix
Memory Boy“for my clean sound, I always use Hall of Fame reverb with the vibrato setting on the Memory Boy, just for that little bit of shimmer.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
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Studio
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“Apart from the tuning pedal, as a means to teaching myself about tone, I got a big Boss ME80 multi effects unit.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
Recording
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Fender
Twin Reverb“As far as amps, I think we were running through a Twin Reverb and maybe a Princeton every now and then.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
Has said they use
Fender
Princeton“As far as amps, I think we were running through a Twin Reverb and maybe a Princeton every now and then.”
Said in Alex Lahey: A-Grade Intent (Australian Musician), September 2016
On repeat
Has said they love
Brittany Howard
Jaime (Brittany Howard)“Brittany Howard's album from last year is a masterpiece”
Said in Alex Lahey chats new music, Christmas songs and Tony Hawk Pro Skater (Mixdown), November 2020
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Downtime
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Activision
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (PS4)“I've spent a bunch of time with the new PS4 release and it's so sick.”
Said in Alex Lahey chats new music, Christmas songs and Tony Hawk Pro Skater (Mixdown), November 2020
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About Alex Lahey's gear.
What guitar does Alex Lahey play?
Alex Lahey has said her main live guitar is a Mexican Fender Telecaster, the first real electric she bought at eighteen, and that she swaps between it and a Fender Mustang 90. She also writes on a 1966 Silvertone Jupiter.
What pedals does Alex Lahey use?
Alex Lahey has said she runs a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver as her go-to overdrive, a Z.Vex Fat Fuzz Factory, and a TC Electronic Hall of Fame reverb with the vibrato setting on an Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy for her clean sound.
What amp does Alex Lahey use?
Alex Lahey has said her early recordings ran through a Fender Twin Reverb and sometimes a Fender Princeton.
What acoustic guitar does Alex Lahey play?
Alex Lahey has said she played a Fender California Series Malibu, a short scale parlour model with a Strat neck, for a 2018 Happy Mag acoustic session.
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