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What guitar does Amyl and the Sniffers play?

Amyl and the Sniffers guitarist Declan Mehrtens uses a Gibson Explorer with a Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special, a Marshall JCM800 and Hiwatt Custom 100, and a SoloDallas Schaffer Replica. Bassist Gus Romer uses a Fender Precision Bass into an Ampeg SVT Classic with a Boss ODB-3 and MXR Distortion+.

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What guitar does Declan Mehrtens play?

Premier Guitar's 2025 Rig Rundown says he has played around 300 gigs on his Gibson Explorer, now fitted with a Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special, with an identical Explorer as backup and a Fender Telecaster Deluxe for Big Dreams.

What amps does Amyl and the Sniffers use?

Declan Mehrtens uses a Marshall JCM800 and a Hiwatt Custom 100, with a Daredevil Drive-Bi pushing the Hiwatt. Gus Romer uses an Ampeg SVT Classic.

What pedals does Declan Mehrtens use?

His 2025 board holds a SoloDallas Schaffer Replica, TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Noir, a modded Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, MXR Micro Flanger, two MXR Carbon Copy Minis and a Vox wah, run by a switcher built by Dave Friedman.

What bass does Gus Romer play?

Gus Romer plays a Fender Precision Bass, a 2023 or 2024 model, through an Ampeg SVT Classic, with a TC Electronic PolyTune 3, Boss ODB-3 and MXR Distortion+ on his board.

What strings does Declan Mehrtens use?

In 2022 Premier Guitar reported he was trialing .010 to .046 sets from D'Addario NYXL and Ernie Ball Paradigm, after earlier using coated Elixir strings.

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Amyl and the Sniffers are the Melbourne punk band fronted by Amy Taylor, behind Cartoon Darkness. This guide covers guitarist Declan Mehrtens' and bassist Gus Romer's rigs, by member, from Premier Guitar's 2022 and 2025 Rig Rundowns.

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