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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 Sg Standard Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry

- Gibson Les Paul Juniors ('57)

Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Junior Single Cut Reissue Vos Electric Guitar Tv Yellow

- Gibson acoustics (in a pic he appears to be playing a Gibson 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)

Gibson Es-335 Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar Vintage Burst

- Fender La Cabronita Telecaster (his is white)

- Martin OMJM John Mayer acoustic

Martin Special Edition Omjm John Mayer Signature Orchestra Model Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

- 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

Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet

- Hiwatt Custom 50 amps and Cabinets

Hiwatt Custom 7 7w Tube Guitar Amp Head

- 65 Amps

- Bad Cat amps (according to Bad Cat website)

 


Effects

Keith's 2011 Rig had the following gear:

- Boss Volume pedal

Boss FV-500H Mono 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

T-Rex Engineering Alberta Distortion Pedal

- MXR Distortion III

MXR M-115 Distortion III Pedal

- 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