Blondshell uses a Baby Taylor acoustic that she takes on tour to write in hotels and venues, and she keeps several Fender Telecasters at home. She has said she does not play guitar live, using it as a writing tool, and she has said she loves records like Tattoo You.
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“I have a baby Taylor, a really small guitar that I bring with me on tour, so I'll write in hotels and at venues and stuff.”
“so I guess I'm a Telly girl. It's 'cause it's bright, and it feels like the right shape for my body.”
“I was really obsessed with this one album when I was a kid, Tattoo You”
“It is just so nostalgic for me. It's so New York winter.”
“I love the album”
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“I have a baby Taylor, a really small guitar that I bring with me on tour, so I'll write in hotels and at venues and stuff.”
“so I guess I'm a Telly girl. It's 'cause it's bright, and it feels like the right shape for my body.”
“I was really obsessed with this one album when I was a kid, Tattoo You”
“It is just so nostalgic for me. It's so New York winter.”
“I love the album”
“Those albums came out around high school for me. It was a really formative time.”
She uses a small Baby Taylor acoustic on the road for writing and has a number of Fender Telecasters at home. She has said she does not play guitar on stage.
No. In a 2025 Interview Magazine conversation she said she only plays guitar as a tool to write and wants to focus on singing when she performs.
She has named The Rolling Stones' Tattoo You, Camera Obscura's My Maudlin Career, Jenny Lewis's The Voyager, Mitski's Puberty 2 and Bury Me at Makeout Creek, and R.E.M.'s Out of Time and Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks on vinyl.
She has pointed to New People by Danzy Senna and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.
Blondshell is the indie rock project of New York-born singer-songwriter Sabrina Teitelbaum. This guide covers the guitars she writes on and the records and books she has said she loves.
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