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Ernie Ball Music Man
St. Vincent Goldie“That is my Music Man Goldie signature guitar through a reissue Marshall cranked in a room”
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29 items · Last checked What guitar does St. Vincent play?
Mixdown calls her Ernie Ball Music Man Goldie signature her primary guitar on All Born Screaming, which she recorded through a reissue Marshall and a Roland JC-40, with a Hologram Microcosm and an original Boss VB-2 on key tracks. Her live board uses two Eventide H9 Max pedals, and she plays Ernie Ball nylon 0.53 mm picks.
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Ernie Ball Music Man
St. Vincent signature“My guitar is similar in spirit, except when you dive bomb on the whammy bar, it stays in tune.”
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Albert Lee HHSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, St. Vincent, March 2026
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Kemper
Kemper Profiler RackSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, St. Vincent, March 2026
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What guitars St. Vincent uses: a sourced gear guide
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Guitars
SponsoredHas said they use
Ernie Ball Music Man
St. Vincent Goldie“That is my Music Man Goldie signature guitar through a reissue Marshall cranked in a room”
SponsoredUses
Ernie Ball Music Man
St. Vincent signature“My guitar is similar in spirit, except when you dive bomb on the whammy bar, it stays in tune.”
Seen using
Ernie Ball Music Man
Albert Lee HHSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, St. Vincent, March 2026
Fender
Custom Shop Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster
Has said they use
“A Strat is exactly what needs to happen here, so a Strat it shall be!”
Said in Guitar World: St. Vincent on real amps and stealing Josh Homme's tone secret, June 2024
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Gretsch
12-string
Has said they use
Gretsch
12-stringSaid in Guitar World: St. Vincent on real amps and stealing Josh Homme's tone secret, June 2024
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Amps
Roland
JC-40 Jazz Chorus
Has said they use
Roland
JC-40 Jazz Chorus“I recorded my Roland JC-40 with a Boss VB-2, the original one”
Seen using
Kemper
Kemper Profiler RackSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, St. Vincent, March 2026
Marshall
Reissue amp
Has said they use
Marshall
Reissue ampSaid in Guitar World: St. Vincent on real amps and stealing Josh Homme's tone secret, June 2024
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Pedals
Uses
Has said they use
Hologram Electronics
Microcosm“It was for that kaleidoscopic delay trail”
Seen using
Electro-Harmonix
Micro SynthSeen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, St. Vincent, March 2026
Has said they use
Heet Sound
EBow“There may be a couple EBow parts that are direct to the console”
Seen using
ZVEX Effects
MastotronSeen in CDM: The Harder Side of St. Vincent's Live Rig: Custom Rack, Eventide Stompboxes, MIDI, September 2012
Seen using
Death By Audio
Interstellar OverdriverSeen in CDM: The Harder Side of St. Vincent's Live Rig: Custom Rack, Eventide Stompboxes, MIDI, September 2012
Seen using
Seen using
Eventide
PitchFactorSeen in CDM: The Harder Side of St. Vincent's Live Rig: Custom Rack, Eventide Stompboxes, MIDI, September 2012
Seen using
Eventide
Space reverbSeen in CDM: The Harder Side of St. Vincent's Live Rig: Custom Rack, Eventide Stompboxes, MIDI, September 2012
BOSS
VB-2 Vibrato (original)
Has said they use
“VB-2, the original one”
Said in Guitar World: St. Vincent on real amps and stealing Josh Homme's tone secret, June 2024
Cooper FX
Outward
Has said they use
Cooper FX
Outward“It just makes everything sound melted and gnarly, just disturbing.”
Said in Guitar World: St. Vincent on real amps and stealing Josh Homme's tone secret, June 2024
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Strings, picks and mics
Has said they use
Ernie Ball
Nylon Guitar Picks, Thin 0.53mm“My pick of choice is the Ernie Ball nylon light (0.53mm).”
Seen using
Seen in Mixdown: Gear Rundown, St. Vincent, March 2026
Has said they use
Studio
Coles
Stereo ribbon mics on her amps
Has said they use
Said in Guitar World: St. Vincent on real amps and stealing Josh Homme's tone secret, June 2024
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AKG
C12 on guitar cabinets
Has said they use
Neve
Decca mixing console
Has said they use
Said in Guitar World: St. Vincent on real amps and stealing Josh Homme's tone secret, June 2024
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Records she loves
Has said they love
Steely Dan
The Royal Scam“Those guitar solos on [1976 album] The Royal Scam are so iconic that I want to hear them verbatim.”
Has said they love
Steely Dan
AjaListen
Has said they love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland“His guitar playing is just fire, it's like lightning.”
Said in Guitar World: St. Vincent explains why Jimi Hendrix's playing is fire, August 2024
Questions
About St. Vincent's gear.
What guitar does St. Vincent play?
Her Ernie Ball Music Man signature models: the original St. Vincent, launched in 2016 and inspired by the Harmony Bobkats she collected, and the gold-foil Goldie, her main guitar on All Born Screaming. She also played a Mike McCready signature Strat on that album.
What amps does St. Vincent use?
For All Born Screaming she went back to real amps: a reissue Marshall for dirty tones and a Roland JC-40 for clean funk parts. Mixdown reports she moved to a Kemper for live shows after the St. Vincent album cycle.
What pedals does St. Vincent use?
She used a Hologram Microcosm, a Cooper FX Outward and an original Boss VB-2 on All Born Screaming. Her 2012 board had a ZVEX Mastotron, Death By Audio Interstellar Overdriver, Boss PS-5 Super Shifter and Eventide PitchFactor and Space.
What picks and strings does St. Vincent use?
She told Total Guitar her pick of choice is the Ernie Ball nylon light (0.53 mm), and Mixdown reports Ernie Ball Regular Slinky strings.
What records does St. Vincent love?
She has called the solos on Steely Dan's The Royal Scam so iconic she wants to hear them verbatim, also loves Peg from Aja, and has said Jimi Hendrix's Crosstown Traffic, from Electric Ladyland, got her into rock guitar.
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St. Vincent is Annie Clark, the guitarist, singer and producer behind Strange Mercy, St. Vincent, Masseduction and the Grammy-winning All Born Screaming. This guide covers her Ernie Ball Music Man signature guitars, the amps and pedals from her records and live rigs, and records she has named.
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