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What guitar does Daniel Donato play?

Daniel Donato has used a Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster and a DGN Custom Epoch T-style through a 1966 Fender Pro Reverb and a Fender Tone Master Pro. His board carries his Keeley Cosmic Country Phaser, a Keeley Noble Screamer, a Strymon TimeLine and an Eventide H90, with Ernie Ball Slinky strings.

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What guitar does Daniel Donato use?

He has used a Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster and DGN Custom Guitars Epoch semi-hollow T-styles built by Dan Neafsey, plus a Tangled String custom 00-size acoustic.

What amp does Daniel Donato use?

A 1966 Fender Pro Reverb converted to 2x12 with Weber speakers, his first black-panel amp, paired with a Fender Tone Master Pro set to a black-panel Twin Reverb program.

What pedals does Daniel Donato use?

His Keeley Cosmic Country Phaser, Keeley Noble Screamer and Rotary, a Dunlop CAE Wah, Gamechanger Audio Plus, Greer Lightspeed, Strymon TimeLine, Walrus R1, UAFX Max, DigiTech FreqOut and Eventide H90.

What strings does Daniel Donato use?

Ernie Ball Slinky sets gauged .010 to .052, with Dunlop Jazz III picks.

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Daniel Donato is the Nashville Telecaster player who leads the band Cosmic Country. This guide covers his 2025 live rig from Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown and feature, plus his Keeley signature phaser.

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