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What gear does Jeff Buckley use?

Jeff Buckley played a borrowed 1983 Fender Telecaster as his main guitar, alongside a Rickenbacker 360/12 and a black Gibson Les Paul Custom. Clean tones came from a blackface Fender Vibrolux, his reverb from an Alesis QuadraVerb, and Mixdown says a Neumann 87 was used frequently while recording Grace.

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What was Jeff Buckley's main guitar?

A 1983 USA Fender Telecaster loaned to him by his friend Janine Nichols in 1991. Guitar.com says it stayed his number one from the East Village coffeehouse gigs through Grace until his death in 1997.

What amps did Jeff Buckley play through?

Mixdown lists a blackface Fender Vibrolux for clean tones and a Mesa/Boogie Tremoverb for overdriven songs. His official site says he and Michael Tighe ran into Fender Vibroverbs and Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier combos.

How did Jeff Buckley get the reverb on Hallelujah?

Mixdown credits an Alesis QuadraVerb rack unit, with Buckley using a modified version of its Taj Mahal preset.

What effects were in Jeff Buckley's rig?

His official site lists effects used by Jeff and the band, including a BOSS Hyper Fuzz, MXR Blue Box, Electro-Harmonix Hot Tubes, Digitech Whammy II, TC Electronic Stereo Chorus and a Morley A/B box.

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Jeff Buckley was the New York singer and guitarist behind Grace, who died in 1997. This guide covers the guitars, bass, amps, effects, strings and microphone documented by Mixdown, Guitar.com and the equipment list on his official site.

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