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What guitar does Black Pumas play?

Adrian Quesada has been seen using a custom Fender Custom Shop Telecaster and a Gibson ES-345 through Fender Deluxe Reverbs, with a Strymon Flint and EHX Holy Grail. Eric Burton has been seen with a 1959 Gibson ES-125, an ES-335 and a Fender '65 Princeton Reverb.

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What guitar does Adrian Quesada play?

In Premier Guitar's 2024 rig rundown he was seen with a one-off Fender Custom Shop Telecaster and a Gibson ES-345, with his Gibson ES-446 now kept for the studio.

What amp does Adrian Quesada use?

A Fender Limited Edition Electric Blue '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb on tour, with an Electro-Voice SRO Alnico speaker, plus a '72 silver-panel Deluxe Reverb.

What guitar does Eric Burton play?

An all-original 1959 Gibson ES-125, a stock Gibson ES-335 for high-energy songs and a Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Thinline prototype, all through a Fender '65 Princeton Reverb.

What pedals does Adrian Quesada use?

His board has shown a Strymon Flint, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, Line 6 Echo Park, Catalinbread Echorec and Belle Epoch, Boss GE-7, EarthQuaker Park Fuzz, Fulltone Clyde Wah Deluxe and a Jam Pedals Ripple.

What bass does Black Pumas' bassist play?

Brendan Bond was seen with a 1974 Fender Precision Bass strung with D'Addario Chromes flatwounds, into a Fender Super Bassman and Bassman 410 Neo cab.

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Black Pumas are the Austin soul band led by guitarist and producer Adrian Quesada and singer Eric Burton. This guide covers the guitars, amps and pedals Quesada, Burton and touring bassist Brendan Bond showed in Premier Guitar's rig rundown.

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