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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 (bought it in 1999 in NY, when he first visited USA)
- Nashville Anniversary Telecaster with the Neck and middle pickups removed
 
- Fender Clapton Stratocasters (has 3 on the road)
 
- Gibson SG guitar
 
- Gibson Les Paul Juniors ('57)
- Gibson acoustics (in the below pic he appears to be playing a Gbison Acoustic Advanced Jumbo guitar)
- '63 Gibson Melody Maker
- Gibson '52 Les Paul Gold Top (bridge by Joe Glazier)
 
- Mini Maton – EMD/6 "Diesel Special" acoustic
- Gibson '62 ES-335 guitar (sunburst)
- Fender La Cabronita Telecaster (his is white)
- Martin OMJM John Mayer acoustic
- Dan Strain Danocaster guitar (blonde, maple neck)
- Pensa-Suhr guitar (bridge has 2 single coils wired in series)
- Fender cracked mirror finish telecaster (built by Fender masterbuilder)
Amps and cabinets
Notes: Keith uses many different amplifiers.
- vintage Fender amp heads
- Suhr amplifier head
- Marshall '69 Super Bass
- Alessandro open back 2x12 cabs
- 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
- Bad Cat amps (according to Bad Cat website)
Effects
Keith's 2011 Rig had the following gear:
- Boss Volume pedal
- Midi Switcher
- Boss Compression Sustainer pedal
- Analogman Juicer
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+
- Shure wireless UR-4 Dual Receivers
- Avalon U5 D.I. (acoustics)
- Radial JX44 Air Control
- Dunlop Rack Wah
- Effect Gizmo rack unit
- Klon Centaur pedal
- Boss GE-7 EQ pedal
- Demeter The Compulator
- Wampler Ego Compressor pedal
- Suhr Koko Boost pedal
- T-Rex Alberta Overdrive
- MXR Distortion III
- Boss Chorus CE-2 pedal
- XTS Precision Overdrive
- MXR GT-OD pedal
- Pro Co The Rat (original)
- MXR Bass Octave Deluxe pedal
- Wampler Pinnacle Distortion
- Palmer speaker simulator
- TC Electronic G-Major
- Marshall Valvestate amp in rack
- Wampler Paisley Drive
- B.K. Butler Tube Driver
Keith has also been seen using:
- 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
Strings and Picks
- D'Addario EXL110 Nickel Wound, Regular Light, 10-46
- D'Addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze, Light, 12-53
- D'Addario EXL115 strings
- D'addario EXP12 strings
- Dunlop Herco grey medium picks .75mm |
Comments
Not sure how I noticed it... but Gibson is misspelled the second time.
Just pointing that out...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6uNUsVfby4 - Amps & Effects
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.