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18 items · Last checked What guitar does Bloc Party play?
Russell Lissack has said his main guitar is a 2004 Fender American Ash Telecaster through Fender Hot Rod Deluxes, with Boss DD-3, DD-6 and DD-5 delays, an OS-2 and an EHX Synth9. Kele Okereke has said he played Fender Telecasters through a Vox AC30 and a Fender Blues Deluxe.
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Electro-Harmonix
Synth9 synthesizer machine“The Electro-Harmonix Synth9 pedal is quite a big part of this record”
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Vox
AC30“Yeah, it's a Vox AC30, then the Fender is a Blues Deluxe.”
Said in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
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Fender
Blues DeluxeSaid in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
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Line 6
DL4 Delay ModelerSaid in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
What guitars Bloc Party uses: a sourced gear guide
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Russell Lissack: guitars and amps
Said in Bloc Party's Russell Lissack: The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps, June 2022
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Fender
Player Plus Telecaster, Aged Candy Apple Red
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Said in Bloc Party's Russell Lissack: The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps, June 2022
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Fender
Billy Corgan Stratocaster
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Said in Bloc Party's Russell Lissack: The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps, June 2022
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Fender
Hot Rod Deluxe (two on stage)
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“We've been using them since 2004”
Said in Bloc Party's Russell Lissack: The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps, June 2022
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Russell Lissack: pedals
BOSS
GT-1000 (trial as an amp alternative)
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BOSS
DD-3 Digital Delay (two, plus a custom dual DD-3 box)
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BOSS
DD-6 Digital Delay (two)
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BOSS
OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion
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BOSS
Slicer dual tremolo
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Said in Bloc Party's Russell Lissack: The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps, June 2022
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Electro-Harmonix
Synth9 synthesizer machine“The Electro-Harmonix Synth9 pedal is quite a big part of this record”
Mantic
Flex Pro fuzz
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Mantic
Flex Pro fuzz“It's a fuzz pedal but it goes completely wild”
Said in Bloc Party's Russell Lissack: The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps, June 2022
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Hologram Electronics
Looping and glitch pedals
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Hologram Electronics
Looping and glitch pedalsSaid in Bloc Party's Russell Lissack: The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps, June 2022
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Kele Okereke: guitars and amps
Fender
American Telecaster with humbucker
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Said in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
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Fender
Sunburst Telecaster (Bloc Party)
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“I've played Telecasters all my life”
Said in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
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Vox
AC30“Yeah, it's a Vox AC30, then the Fender is a Blues Deluxe.”
Said in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
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Fender
Blues DeluxeSaid in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
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Kele Okereke: pedals
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Line 6
DL4 Delay ModelerSaid in Kele Okereke: I'm making sounds I could have never made before, May 2021
Questions
About Bloc Party's gear.
What guitar does Russell Lissack play?
A 2004 Fender American Ash Telecaster bought with Bloc Party's first advance, with a Seymour Duncan bridge pickup, backed by a Player Plus Telecaster and a Billy Corgan Strat.
What amp does Russell Lissack use?
Fender Hot Rod Deluxes, mainly on the dirty channel, two on stage. He has said the band have used them since 2004.
What pedals does Russell Lissack use?
Boss delays (two DD-3s, two DD-6s and a DD-5), a Boss OS-2 and Slicer, an EHX Synth9, a Mantic Flex Pro fuzz and Hologram looping pedals.
What guitar does Kele Okereke play?
Fender Telecasters: a sunburst Tele in Bloc Party and an American Telecaster with a humbucker, through a Vox AC30 and a Fender Blues Deluxe.
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Bloc Party are the London indie rock band fronted by Kele Okereke with guitarist Russell Lissack. This guide covers Lissack's Telecasters, Hot Rod Deluxes and Boss-heavy pedalboard, and Okereke's Telecasters and dual-amp home setup, from their Guitar World interviews.
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