Top 5Uses
Stella
Parlor guitar“This thing is probably better suited for slide than it is anything else I do on it.”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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14 items · Last checked What guitar does Jesse Welles play?
Jesse Welles uses a Stella parlor guitar bought on Facebook Marketplace, a Gibson LG-2, a Martin 000-15SM and a Rockbridge 000 Smeck on tour. He has said he records at home into Logic with a Shure SM57 and SM7B, and earlier played a Memphis S-type through a Peavey Classic 50.
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Gibson
LG-2“I only play one guitar for the whole thing.”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Martin
000-15SMSaid in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Apple
Logic Pro“I put it into Logic.”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Shure
SM57Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Guitars
Uses
Stella
Parlor guitar“This thing is probably better suited for slide than it is anything else I do on it.”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Uses
Gibson
LG-2“I only play one guitar for the whole thing.”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Martin
000-15SMSaid in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Stage
Rockbridge Guitar Company
000 SmeckSaid in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Recording
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“I put it into Logic.”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
Has said they use
Has said they use
Shure
SM7B“You just get those two guys humming and put it in the computer.”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
Welles era
Memphis
S-type electric (early 70s, Japan)
Has said they use
“It's a copy made in Japan in the early 70s, and it's brilliant.”
Said in Interview: Jesse Wells, the man behind Welles (Guitar.com), November 2018
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Has said they use
Peavey
Classic 50“I put that with this Peavey Classic 50 that I got, and I was good for rock 'n' roll.”
Said in Interview: Jesse Wells, the man behind Welles (Guitar.com), November 2018
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Epiphone
Hummingbird“But my nice acoustic is an Epiphone Hummingbird. That thing's a real treat, man.”
Said in Interview: Jesse Wells, the man behind Welles (Guitar.com), November 2018
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Yamaha
Acoustic (80s model)
Has said they use
Yamaha
Acoustic (80s model)“I've got an old Yamaha I beat around on.”
Said in Interview: Jesse Wells, the man behind Welles (Guitar.com), November 2018
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Aria
Pro II Thor“So the other day I picked up an Aria Pro II Thor.”
Said in Interview: Jesse Wells, the man behind Welles (Guitar.com), November 2018
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Records that shaped me
Has said they love
The Beatles
Abbey Road“I loved that last track on Abbey Road”
Said in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
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Has said they love
The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandSaid in Meet Jesse Welles, Fiery Folksinger on the Rise (Acoustic Guitar), August 2025
Questions
About Jesse Welles's gear.
What guitar does Jesse Welles play?
Jesse Welles uses a Stella parlor guitar he bought for $80 on Facebook Marketplace, the guitar in his viral videos. He also has a Gibson LG-2 heard across Patchwork, a Martin 000-15SM bought for Farm Aid 2024 and a Rockbridge 000 Smeck he plays on tour.
What mic does Jesse Welles use?
Jesse Welles has said he records at home with a Shure SM57 and a Shure SM7B, running both into the computer.
What DAW does Jesse Welles use?
Jesse Welles has said he recorded Hells Welles, Patchwork and All Creatures Great and Small in his room in Arkansas and put the takes into Logic.
What amp does Jesse Welles use?
In a 2018 interview from the Welles band days, Jesse Welles said the Memphis S-type electric was paired with a Peavey Classic 50.
What albums got Jesse Welles into guitar?
Jesse Welles has said he had Sgt. Pepper's and Abbey Road at about ten or eleven, and loved the three guitar solos on The End from Abbey Road.
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Jesse Welles is an Arkansas singer-songwriter whose folk protest songs, filmed in the woods with a parlor guitar, found a huge audience in 2024. This guide covers the guitars, mics and recording setup he has described, plus the records that started it all.
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