Keith Urban has been in many magazines, and is a well known celebrity. But don't forget, Keith Urban isn't just a celebrity, he is one awesome guitar twanging country player, who plays a mean guitar.

Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Keith Urban's Guitar Rig.

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 Guitars

- Fender 40th Anniversary Custom Shop Telecaster

- Nashville Anniversary Telecaster with the Neck and middle pickups removed

- Fender Clapton Stratocaster

- Gibson SG guitar

- Gibson Les Paul Juniors

- Gibson acoustics (in the below pic he appears to be playing a Gbison Acoustic Advanced Jumbo guitar)

- '63 Gibson Melody Maker

 - Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

- Mini Maton – EMD/6 "Diesel Special" acoustic

Amps and cabinets

Notes: Keith uses many different amplifiers.

- Matchless DC30 2x12 combo's
- Matchless 2x12 Cab's
- Matchless DC30 head
- 2002 Marshall JTM 45 offset reissue

- Marshall JCM800 2203 head: 

- Marshall 4x12 cabinets

 - Hiwatt Custom 50 amps and Cabinets

- 65 Amps 

Effects
- 2 GCX loop switchers with a Bradshaw Foot Controller

- Carl Martin Compressor

- Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Wah

- Fulltone Overdrive (Blue)

- Fulltone Overdrive (Yellow - with comp settings)
- Phaser
- Line 6 Echo Pro

- Boss Digital Delay pedal

- Boss Blues Driver

- Klon Centaur
- Pro Co Rat

Strings
- D'addario EXL115 strings

- D'addario EXP12 strings

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Anonymous   |2010-06-22 22:53:37 He uses maton acoustic guitars, mainly the mini models Reply 0   0

Kris  - Melody Maker   |2010-05-18 09:17:11 I have also seen him play what looks to be a red Gibson melody maker. Reply 0   0

Shayne  - 6 String Banjo   |2009-02-11 19:02:30 Keith also plays a 6 string banjo on some of his tracks. The model he uses is the B-6 made by the Deering Banjo Co. He isn't listed under artist endorsements but if you go to the online store/prices section and select banjos...then select the B-6 model they say it's the model he uses. Hope this helps any other guitar players wanting the banjo sound without the learning curve. Reply 1   0

A.J. Soldo  - Backline Technician   |2008-10-25 13:09:46 Keith is very fussy about his guitar tone and he constantly changing his gear. After he got done using Plexi's and Marchless he went to Bad Cat Heads and Cabs as well as a few combos. Shortly after that, after playing with Sheryl Crow's guitarist rig he switched to 65 amps. Most likely he was using the Royal Albert with a couple of four twelve cabs. THEN, he switched to two Hiwatt Custom 50's with Hiwatt cabs. I think he prefers to have two 50 watt, or near, instead of one 100 watt heads. Word on the street is he is changing his cabs soon to custom built, but not sure if he is sticking with the Hiwatt heads. Reply 6   0

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