What guitar does Steve Gunn play?
Steve Gunn has said his 1970 Guild D-35 was his primary guitar, alongside a Rick Kelly Bowery Pine T-style, a Fender American Professional Jaguar and a Martin 000-18, run through Fender Twin Reverb and Princeton amps with wahs, a Catalinbread Belle Epoch, an Xotic SP Compressor and Maxon and MXR delays.
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“That's pretty much my primary guitar now”
“I really like the mid-range and tone of this guitar.”
“I bought the Cordoba and it felt like it changed how I was writing.”
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About Steve Gunn's gear.
What acoustic guitar does Steve Gunn play?
He told Guitar.com in 2021 that a 1970 Guild D-35 was his primary guitar. He has also recorded with a Martin 000-18, a Pleinview L-00, a Cordoba C5 and a borrowed Aria AC30.
What electric guitar does Steve Gunn play?
Premier Guitar's 2014 list names a custom Rick Kelly Bowery Pine T-style. For The Unseen In Between he said he used a Fender American Professional Jaguar and a custom Fret Sounds S-type.
What amps does Steve Gunn use?
His 2014 Premier Guitar list shows a 1960s Sano 10-watt and a 1970s Fender Twin Reverb. He has also named a vintage Fender Princeton and a Fender Deluxe Reverb on recordings.
What pedals does Steve Gunn use?
He has named an RMC wah, a Dunlop Cry Baby, an Xotic SP Compressor, EarthQuaker Palisades, EHX Soul Food, a Catalinbread Belle Epoch, an MXR Carbon Copy, a Maxon AD999 and a ZVEX Super Hard-On.
Steve Gunn is the Philadelphia born, Brooklyn based guitarist and songwriter known for The Unseen In Between and Other You. This guide covers the guitars, amps and pedals he has named in interviews and Premier Guitar gear lists.
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