What guitar does Carl Broemel play?
Carl Broemel uses a Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded, a 1988 Les Paul with a Bigsby, a Creston Lea offset and a GFI Ultra pedal steel. He runs a Milkman The Amp, a Fender Princeton reissue and Carr Slant 6V heads, plus a Moog MF Delay and Eventide H9.
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“It was a guitar you bought at Sears for $20.”
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“I took my Fulltone [Tube] Tape Echoes on the road for a while,”
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What guitar does Carl Broemel play?
Carl Broemel uses a Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded, a 1988 Les Paul Standard with a Bigsby, a Creston Lea offset with Novak lipstick pickups, a Duesenberg in open G and a Custom Shop Telecaster with a Bigsby.
What pedal steel does Carl Broemel play?
He uses a GFI Ultra pedal steel tuned to E9.
What amp does Carl Broemel use?
He uses a Milkman The Amp into a Fender Princeton reissue, and Carr Slant 6V heads in stereo. In 2021 he was listed with a 1967 Princeton Reverb, a 1950s Tweed Deluxe and a 1968 Vibrolux.
What pedals does Carl Broemel use?
His boards include a Moog MF Delay, Fender The Pelt, MXR Phase 90, EHX POG III, Origin Effects SlideRIG, Hologram Chroma Console and two Eventide H9s, switched by GigRig QuarterMaster and G3S units.
What strings does Carl Broemel use?
He has been seen using D'Addario Nickel Wound strings, .011 to .049, with Dunlop .73 mm picks.
Carl Broemel is the guitarist and pedal steel player in My Morning Jacket and also releases solo records. This guide covers his guitars, pedal steel, amps and two pedalboards from Premier Guitar features in 2021 and 2025.
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