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What guitar does Dr. Dog play?

Dr. Dog's Toby Leaman has been seen using a J-style bass he built from StewMac parts through an Orange OB1-500, plus a Guild D-40 acoustic. Scott McMicken has been seen using a Hopf Saturn 63 and a Lil Trees Tall Friend through a Peavey Vulcan, with Strymon pedals.

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What guitar rigs Dr. Dog uses: a sourced gear guide

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Toby Leaman: bass and acoustic

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Scott McMicken: guitars and amp

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What bass does Toby Leaman play?

Premier Guitar's 2020 Rig Rundown shows a J-style bass he built from StewMac parts with a very thin neck, his main bass for nearly 20 years, played through an Orange OB1-500 head.

What guitar does Scott McMicken play?

On that tour he was seen with a Hopf Saturn 63 semi-hollow and a Lil Trees Tall Friend solidbody with treble and bass controls.

What amp does Scott McMicken use?

He was seen with a handwired solid-state Peavey Vulcan, which Premier Guitar described as his clean, high-headroom amp.

What pedals does Scott McMicken use?

His painted-over board held an Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth and four Strymon pedals: Flint, Ola, Riverside and Deco.

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Dr. Dog is the Philadelphia indie rock band founded by Scott McMicken and Toby Leaman. This guide covers the basses, guitars, amps and pedals the two showed Premier Guitar on the Critical Equation tour, member by member.

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