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Epiphone
Casino“I've been using Casinos since Turn On The Bright Lights.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
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Daniel Kessler has said he plays a 1967 Epiphone Casino and a 1960 Gretsch Anniversary through a Fender '65 Twin Reverb, with a Boss DD-5 and an Eventide Space. Paul Banks has said he plays a Gibson Les Paul Custom through Fender amps with MXR, Boss and Malekko delays. Sam Fogarino has played Ludwig and Gretsch drums.
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Gretsch
Anniversary“I played my 1960 Gretsch Anniversary on almost every song on the latest record”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
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Fender
'65 Twin Reverb“I've always liked reverb but with a slightly dirty, almost throwback 60s sound.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
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Fender
Princeton“my old Fender Princeton 60s amp that I use for recording”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
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Daniel Kessler's guitars and amps
Has said they use
Epiphone
Casino“I've been using Casinos since Turn On The Bright Lights.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Has said they use
Gretsch
Anniversary“I played my 1960 Gretsch Anniversary on almost every song on the latest record”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Seen using
Has said they use
Fender
'65 Twin Reverb“I've always liked reverb but with a slightly dirty, almost throwback 60s sound.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Has said they use
Fender
Princeton“my old Fender Princeton 60s amp that I use for recording”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Daniel Kessler's pedals
Has said they use
Eventide
Space reverb“It's better than any analogue.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Paul Banks's guitars and amps
Has said they use
Gibson
Les Paul Custom“I've owned my Les Paul Custom ever since high school, all those years ago.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Has said they use
Fender
Jaguar“the Jaguars are, I think, because of Kurt Cobain and John Frusciante as a child”
Said in Mixdown: Gear Rundown: Interpol, August 2026
Seen using
Gibson
Flying V“the coolest looking of all guitars.”
Seen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown: Interpol, August 2026
Seen using
Fender
Pro Reverb“we discovered that we had to disengage our amp reverb early on”
Seen in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Seen using
Paul Banks's pedals
Has said they use
“I like my bass tone to be a little bit juicier than the straight amp sound.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Seen using
Has said they use
Big Ear Pedals
Loaf“This is a really clever distortion pedal.”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Has said they use
Has said they use
“an old Boss DD-7 that has a couple of settings I really like”
Said in MusicRadar: Rig tour: Interpol, March 2015
Seen using
Seen using
Electro-Harmonix
Micro POGSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown: Interpol, August 2026
Carlos Dengler's bass rig
Seen using
Ampeg
SVT-CLSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown: Interpol, August 2026
Seen using
Ampeg
SVT-810ESeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown: Interpol, August 2026
Sam Fogarino's drums
Has said they use
Ludwig
Black Beauty“Between that and my Black Beauty, the two snares can take care of pretty much any room.”
Said in MusicRadar: Interpol's drum setup in pictures, May 2011
Has said they use
Akai Professional
MPC“I feed a click manually through a Roland pad, and that triggers a rimshot sound out of an Akai MPC.”
Said in MusicRadar: Interpol's drum setup in pictures, May 2011
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SponsoredHas said they use
Gretsch Drums
BroadkasterSaid in Gretsch Drums: Sam Fogarino artist profile, October 2026
SponsoredHas said they use
Gretsch Drums
USA Bronze SnareSaid in Gretsch Drums: Sam Fogarino artist profile, October 2026
Paul Banks's formative songs
Has said they love
“That whole record had a profound effect on me”
Said in The Line of Best Fit: Nine Songs: Interpol, August 2018
Has said they love
Aerosmith
Dream On“it's the one that made me want to play guitar”
Said in The Line of Best Fit: Nine Songs: Interpol, August 2018
Has said they love
Nirvana
Lithium“Nirvana were the group who solidified that ambition”
Said in The Line of Best Fit: Nine Songs: Interpol, August 2018
Has said they love
Michael Jackson
Billie Jean“It's a benchmark, what a classic.”
Said in The Line of Best Fit: Nine Songs: Interpol, August 2018
Has said they love
Jane's Addiction
Three Days“Jane's Addiction were another one of those bands that came later”
Said in The Line of Best Fit: Nine Songs: Interpol, August 2018
Has said they love
Led Zeppelin
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You“There's something about the acoustic guitar on this song that I love”
Said in The Line of Best Fit: Nine Songs: Interpol, August 2018
Questions
About Interpol's gear.
What guitars does Daniel Kessler play?
Kessler told MusicRadar that a 1967 Epiphone Casino and a 1960 Gretsch Anniversary are basically the only two guitars he has played in Interpol. He has also been seen with a fully hollow Gibson ES-330 as a backup.
What guitar does Paul Banks play?
Paul Banks has said his main guitar is the Gibson Les Paul Custom he has owned since high school. Mixdown reports he also plays a black Fender Jaguar and has been seen with a Gibson Flying V.
What pedals does Paul Banks use?
In MusicRadar's 2015 rig tour he named an MXR Micro Amp, an Xotic EP Booster, a Big Ear Loaf distortion and delays from MXR (Carbon Copy), Boss (DD-7) and Malekko (Ekko 616). Mixdown adds a Pro Co RAT 2 and an EHX Micro POG.
What drums does Sam Fogarino play?
In 2011 Fogarino told Rhythm about his Ludwig Classic kit with a 26 inch kick and a Ludwig Black Beauty snare. His Gretsch artist profile lists a Broadkaster kit and a USA Bronze snare.
What bass did Carlos Dengler play in Interpol?
Mixdown reports Dengler played a black Fender American Standard Jazz Bass through an Ampeg SVT-CL head and an SVT-810E cabinet.
What songs inspired Paul Banks?
In a 2018 Nine Songs interview, Banks said Aerosmith's Dream On made him want to play guitar, that N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton had a profound effect on him, and that Nirvana solidified his ambition to be a musician.
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Interpol are the New York band of Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino, with founding bassist Carlos Dengler on the first four albums, behind Turn On the Bright Lights, Antics, El Pintor and Marauder. This guide covers the guitars, amps, pedals, bass rig and drums each member has been seen with or talked about, plus the songs Paul Banks says shaped him.
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