What guitar does FIDLAR play?
In Premier Guitar's 2018 Rig Rundown, FIDLAR have been seen using Fender gear across the band: Brandon Schwartzel's Mustang PJ basses and Super Bassman, Elvis Kuehn's Jazzmasters into a Music Man HD-130, and Zac Carper's 1982 Japanese Telecaster and 1966 Bassman, all strung with D'Addario NYXL.
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Brandon Schwartzel (bass)
Elvis Kuehn (guitar)
Zac Carper (guitar, vocals)
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What guitar does Zac Carper play?
Premier Guitar's 2018 Rig Rundown shows a lightweight black $75 guitar he found at Old Style Guitars as his main, with a 1982 Made in Japan Fender Telecaster as backup, into a 1966 Fender Bassman.
What guitar does Elvis Kuehn of FIDLAR play?
Two Fender Jazzmasters, played through a Music Man HD-130 Reverb after his Traynor head failed on the fall 2018 tour.
What bass does Brandon Schwartzel play?
Two Fender Mustang PJ basses provided by Fender, into a Fender Super Bassman, with EHX Bass Big Muff and Bass Micro Synth pedals.
What pedals does FIDLAR use?
Elvis Kuehn's board held a Klon KTR, Fulltone OCD, Death By Audio Fuzz War, Strymon El Capistan and more. Zac Carper's skate deck board had a Boss PS-5, EHX Memory Boy, EarthQuaker Talons and EHX Micro POG.
FIDLAR is the Los Angeles punk band of Zac Carper, Elvis Kuehn, Brandon Schwartzel and Max Kuehn. This guide covers the guitar and bass rigs shown in Premier Guitar's 2018 Rig Rundown, member by member.
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