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What guitar does Asleep at the Wheel play?

Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson has been seen playing a one-off Fender Custom Shop Texas Telecaster, Collings SoCo and Eastside Jazz guitars, a Gibson J-200 and a Guild D-55 through a Fender '65 Super Reverb reissue. Cindy Cashdollar has been seen playing a SteelMaster D8 doubleneck into a Telonics TCA-500C.

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What guitars Asleep at the Wheel uses: a sourced gear guide

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Ray Benson: Guitars

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Ray Benson: Acoustics

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What guitar does Ray Benson play?

Ray Benson has been seen playing a big-body Texas Telecaster from the Fender Nashville Custom Shop with an ebony fretboard and neck humbucker, plus a 2016 Collings SoCo 16 LC Deluxe and a Collings Eastside Jazz LC.

What amp does Ray Benson use?

Premier Guitar reported that he went with a stock Fender '65 Super Reverb reissue, played Fender 354 medium picks and strung his electrics with John Pearse strings.

What acoustic guitars does Ray Benson play?

He has been seen touring with a Gibson J-200 with leather work by Kerry Wilcox and a Guild D-55, both with Barbera transducer pickups and John Pearse Bronze Wound mediums.

What lap steel does Cindy Cashdollar play?

Cindy Cashdollar has been seen playing a SteelMaster D8 doubleneck built by Herb Remington, tuned to C6 and E13, with a John Pearse tone bar and Acri Picks fingerpicks, into a Telonics TCA-500C amp.

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Asleep at the Wheel is the Western swing band Ray Benson founded in 1970, winners of nine Grammys. This guide covers the guitars, amps and steel rig of Ray Benson and longtime lap steel player Cindy Cashdollar, from their Premier Guitar Rig Rundown at the Grand Ole Opry.

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