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23 items · Last checked What guitar does Hunter Hayes play?
Hunter Hayes has a signature Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass. Premier Guitar's 2013 Rig Rundown showed his chalkboard 1996 Fender Strat Deluxe Plus with Lollar pickups and Ernie Ball Regular Slinkys, two vintage Fender Deluxes into Ladner 2x12s, and a Pedaltrain board with a Fulltone OCD, Analog Man King of Tone and TC Electronic delays.
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Ernie Ball Music Man Hunter Hayes Cutlass
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Ernie Ball Music Man Hunter Hayes Cutlass“I've never had an all-in-one guitar that really fully achieved all the ideas but this guitar always delivers.”
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Fender
1996 Fender Strat Deluxe Plus (chalkboard finish)
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Lollar
Lollar Blackface pickups
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Lollar
Lollar Blackface pickupsSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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What guitars Hunter Hayes uses: a sourced gear guide
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Guitars
Ernie Ball Music Man
Ernie Ball Music Man Hunter Hayes Cutlass
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Ernie Ball Music Man Hunter Hayes Cutlass“I've never had an all-in-one guitar that really fully achieved all the ideas but this guitar always delivers.”
Seen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Lollar
Lollar Blackface pickups
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Lollar
Lollar Blackface pickupsSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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LSR
LSR Roller Nut
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Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky stringsSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Ernie Ball
Paradigm strings
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Ernie Ball
Paradigm stringsSaid in Guitar World: Watch Hunter Hayes Discuss Ernie Ball Paradigm Strings, February 2018
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Rick Turner
Rick Turner electric with parametric EQ
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Rick Turner
Rick Turner electric with parametric EQSaid in MusicRadar: Hunter Hayes talks guitars, demoing and playing with the greats, December 2014
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Mario Martin
Mario Martin Serpentine
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Mario Martin
Mario Martin SerpentineSaid in MusicRadar: Hunter Hayes talks guitars, demoing and playing with the greats, December 2014
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Amps
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Ladner
Ladner 2x12 cabinets
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Ladner
Ladner 2x12 cabinetsSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Pedalboard
Shure
Wireless system
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Shure
Wireless systemSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Pedaltrain
Pedaltrain 2
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Pedaltrain
Pedaltrain 2Seen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Radial Engineering
Radial SGI
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Radial Engineering
Radial SGISeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Demeter
Compulator
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Demeter
CompulatorSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Keeley
Compressor (2-knob)
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Keeley
Compressor (2-knob)Seen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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TC Electronic
TC Electronic ND-1 Nova DelaySeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Analogman
Analog Man King of Tone
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Analogman
Analog Man King of ToneSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
TC Electronic
TC Electronic Flashback
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TC Electronic
TC Electronic FlashbackSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
3rd Power
3rd Power Amplification A/B box
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3rd Power
3rd Power Amplification A/B boxSeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Voodoo Lab
Voodoo Lab 4x4 power supply
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Voodoo Lab
Voodoo Lab 4x4 power supplySeen in Premier Guitar: Rig Rundown: Hunter Hayes, October 2013
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Questions
About Hunter Hayes's gear.
What guitar does Hunter Hayes play?
He has a signature Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass, released in 2019 with three custom single-coils, a 20dB boost and a piezo bridge. In 2013 Premier Guitar showed his No. 1 electric, a chalkboard-finished 1996 Fender Strat Deluxe Plus.
What amp does Hunter Hayes use?
Premier Guitar's 2013 Rig Rundown showed two vintage Fender Deluxes rehoused as heads, one for clean and one for lead, each driving a Ladner 2x12 cabinet.
What pedals does Hunter Hayes use?
His Pedaltrain 2 board held a Radial SGI, Boss TU-3, Demeter Compulator, Keeley Compressor, TC Electronic Nova Delay and Flashback, Fulltone OCD and Analog Man King of Tone, powered by a Voodoo Lab 4x4.
What strings does Hunter Hayes use?
Premier Guitar reported Ernie Ball Regular Slinkys on his main Strat, and in 2018 he appeared in an Ernie Ball video about the company's Paradigm strings.
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Hunter Hayes is the Louisiana-raised country multi-instrumentalist behind Wanted and I Want Crazy. This guide covers his Ernie Ball Music Man signature Cutlass, his chalkboard Strat, his Fender Deluxe amps and his pedalboard.
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