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Kenny Chesney - your all american guitar slinging country music super hero. That's right, Kenny Chesney does more than just sing - he also plays guitar on stage. Kenny sure knows a nice instrument too. playing mainly Gibson electric guitars and Takamine Acoustic guitars. I warn you, it was very hard to find any info on what Kenny plays, but I did some research and will share this secret info with you below ;) A lot of my speculation is based off of live pictures of Kenny and random articles across the internet. Let's see what Kenny Chesney's Guitar Gear rig and Equipment looks like! If you have anything you can add to this article, send your info through the contact form on the site.  Kenny Chesney on the Gibson Les Paul  Want to sound like Kenny? Click the gear for more info & to buy at Musician's Friend
It is a fact that Kenny plays Gibson guitars. On the Gibson site there was a blurb about how Kenny's favorite guitar is the Gibson Les Paul Standard (an awesome guitar by the way). Let's checkout the first picture:  Nice Les Paul Kenny! What we have here appears to be a Gibson Les Paul standard. Click the following pic for more info on this model and if you are smart, buy this puppy - you will love this guitar. It's one of the most popular guitars of all time:   Moving on to the next picture:  Kenny rocking out on stage It looks to me like Kenny Chesney is playing a Gibson Les Paul classic in this picture. Click the following pic for more info on this guitar (another awesome guitar)   Next pic of Kenny with a Gibson Les Paul:  A blue Les Paul Kenny's guitar in this picture sure looks like a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's neck electric guitar in the Midnight Manhatten color:   Let's move on to Kenny's acoustic guitars:  Kenny Chesney with a Takamine Kenny appears to play only Takamine acoustic guitars. The one in the picture looks to be a Takamine EF341SC Acoustic Guitar (a nice guitar - you need it!):   Kenny Chesney with a nice Takamine Acoustic I have a couple guesses about the above guitar. It is definitely a Taine acostic guitar. I think it is either a EAN10C acoustic:  or a Takamine ESF48C acoustic guitar:  Both of those Takamine acoustics are awesome guitars and sound and play awesome. For amplfiers, there is even less info. Kenny Chesney is a Peavy endorser. On their site there is a bio for him but it mysteriously doesn't list the gear he uses. There is however this paragraph in a different section of the site: "Chesney's band uses Peavey T-Max® bass amplifiers and Classic® 30 and Nashville Series steel guitar amplifiers". Here is the Peavey Nashville amp: 
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