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The Killers - Dave Keuning Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:38

David Keuning is the guitarist for the American rock band The Killers. In 2000 Dave moved to Las Vegas because he felt he was missing out on great shows while living in Iowa. He worked at The Venetian for a while before finally starting the band The Killers. Good thing for us music heads that he did!

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in The Killers guitar player Dave Keuning's Guitar Rig.

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Guitars
- Fender Starcaster (looks like a Gibson Vegas, Also in the "For Reasons Unknown" video)
- Ibanez Destroyer (looks like a larger Gibson Explorer)
- Red Epiphone G-400 used in the early days

Epiphone G-400 SG Electric Guitar Cherry

- Gretsch White Falcon (seen in the "Bones" music video)

Gretsch Guitars G7593 White Falcon 1 Electric Guitar White

- Ebony Gibson Les Paul Custom

Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Ebony

- Fender Stratocaster candy apple red, most likely an American one

Fender American Stratocaster Electric Guitar Candy Cola Rosewood Fretboard

- Gibson SG Supreme in the "Read My Mind" video

Gibson SG Supreme Electric Guitar with '57 Humbuckers Transparent Black

- Gibson ES-335 dot ebony

Gibson ES-335 Dot Plain-top Electric Guitar with Gloss Finish Ebony

- Gibson Flying V

Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry




Amps and Cabinets
- Hiwatt Gilmour 100 head

Hiwatt DG-103 Custom 100 David Gilmour Signature Tube Guitar Amp Head Black

- Hiwatt 4x12 cabs

Hiwatt Custom 300W 4X12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Black

- Fender Hot Rod Deville used in junction with an angled hiwait cabinet

Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 Black




Effects and More

Note: some of his pedals are Keeley modded. Also, Dave's pedals are in a rack.

- Boss DD-6 (for longer delay)

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal

- Boss EQ pedal

Boss GE-7 Equalizer Pedal

- Boss TU-2 tuner pedal

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner

- Boss CE-1 chorus pedal (try the ce-5 below)

Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble Pedal

- Ernie Ball Volume Pedal

Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal

- MXR Phase 100 pedals

MXR M-107 Phase 100 Effects Pedal

- Digitech Whammy

DigiTech Whammy Pedal with MIDI Control

- Ibanez Analog Chorus

Ibanez CS9 Stereo Chorus Reissue

- 2 Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamers on different settings (keeley moddded)

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Effects Pedal

- Dunlop Classic Wah (keeley modded)

Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal


- Furman Power Conditioner

- Voodoo Lab GCX Switchers

Voodoo Lab GCX Guitar Audio Switcher

- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply

- Axess Electronics CFX4 Control Function Switcher

- Fishman Aura Dreadnought

Fishman Aura Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Imaging Pedal

- T-Rex Room-Mate pedal

T-Rex Room-Mate Tube Reverb Guitar Pedal

- Tone Freaks Buff Puff

- Ibanez RC99 Analog Chorus Keeley mod)

- Ibanez AD99 Analog Delay pedal Keeley mod)

- Boss TR-2 Tremolo pedal (Keeley mod)

Boss TR-2 Tremolo Pedal

- Electro Harmonix Sovtek Big Muff pi

Electro-Harmonix Classics USSR Big Muff PI Distortion / Sustainer Guitar Effects Pedal

Last Updated on Monday, 28 February 2011 10:40
 

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+1 #21 Sg jr.acefire 2011-06-23 00:56
sites.google.com/.../... I found this picture from toronto on the Sam's Town tour. He has what appears to be a Gibson SG Junior.
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0 #20 RE: The Killers - Dave Keuning Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentmattm 2011-03-13 17:45
Quoting charlie:
Does anyone know what guitar Dave uses on the Royal Albert hall live dvd? It resembles a semi-hollow fender tele but the headstock is different...


It's a 1970's Fender Starcaster, Google them. I think they were made from 75 79/80. They're very very rare guitars. Your probably looking at about £2000-2500 for one.
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0 #19 royal albert hallcharlie 2011-03-13 10:49
Does anyone know what guitar Dave uses on the Royal Albert hall live dvd? It resembles a semi-hollow fender tele but the headstock is different...
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0 #18 RE: The Killers - Dave Keuning Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentcj 2010-12-23 22:15
I noticed Dave's Ibanez Destroyer has aftermarket pickups in it..I was hoping blp or someone could shed some light on this.
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+2 #17 RE: The Killers - Dave Keuning Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentmatt 2010-12-15 18:26
Quoting Fake Name:
Dave has said himself that he uses only boss pedals to keep them a consistency in the pedals (height, etc).


I heard him say that - he lied.

Listen to what blp is saying..
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+2 #16 ron 2010-08-07 13:14
does anybody know what songs he uses the mxr phase 100 on?
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+3 #15 brightside, my list , T.I.U.L. -- Live versions...blp 2010-08-06 21:06
brightside..... "red" gain ch both devilles and dg103(dry) w/ a "blue" mod ts9 in the chorus sections

my list...big muff on the outro

tiul....od2 ? "red" gain on the devilles w/ "blue" ts9 until the "chicks/percussive" chugs(od1 devilles) then pre chorus clean ch part.
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+4 #14 blp 2010-08-06 21:00
brightside (live) is both deville's gain channel "red" setting w/ the hiwatt(dry) and on the chorus we add a tube screamer, his rhythm 'blue" led keeley ts9. on the record, thats just how its eq'd and whatever guitar he used.
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0 #13 \"This is your life\" guitar sound?mr.maker 2010-08-05 12:45
does anyone know how he gets that weird effect at the first of "this is your life"?
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0 #12 \"My List\" Distorted toneAndy 2010-05-20 14:28
blp, if you happen to see this would you happen to know how Dave got that amazing distorted sound on "My List" from the sams town album.thanks
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-1 #11 hanfreds 2010-05-12 14:21
what pedals does he use on Mr Brightside? I really want it :/
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0 #10 Guest 2010-02-24 15:50
wow. i thank you very much,Dave Keuning is my Favorite guitarist.
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+4 #9 blp 2010-02-24 13:10
....it was modified shortly after the first one was built. lost the demeter acoustic preamp, added a classical guitar fishman aura, added the trex room-mate, and a keeley mod trem.
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+4 #8 blp 2010-02-24 13:05
chorus: dustland(riffs), read my mind(whole song), bones(whole song), 2nd half of shadowplay.

muff: river(riffs), tranquilize(intro), neon tiger(outro solo).
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0 #7 Chorus usageAcefire 2010-01-30 07:12
what songs does dave use the chorus effect on,and what songs does he use the Big Muff on?,do you know,ive always been very curious about that
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0 #6 check this photo I need helpTavian Rodriguez 2010-01-26 06:20
hello every one, one day I saw in the killers fan site a photograph when dave keuning playing in coachella 2004, in the picture you can see his analog pedals, CHECK IT OUT IN THIS LINK

thekillersfansite.com/.../...

someone can help me and tell me what pedal are in this photograph? I wait answer my mail is

THANX
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+5 #5 guitar tech, the killersblp 2010-01-25 21:37
his "A" and "B" rigs DO NO contain the ibanez anaolg chorus, chorus ensemble or the EQ pedal. the ad99 and ac99 are both keeley modded. the wah, if we use a pedalboard that has one on it(one pedalboard is the midi controller and the 2nd is angled w/ tuner, vol pedal and some have wahs), is a std classic dunlop that is keeley modded w/ a large LED in the lower left corner so he can see it clearly.

the ts9's are one 'blue" and one "white' LED keeley models. the big muff models vary, but all are keeley modded.

the DG103 drives a straight hiwatt cab, miked forward facing with the main and spare head in a rack behind the set cart. the devilles run all the fx.....only one has the whammy for the octave effect and are rear facing and miked w/ their 2nd spkr outs hitting the other two forward facing hiwatt cabs and ARE NOT miked.
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-1 #4 interestingAd keuning 2010-01-25 05:57
hey dude I saw you comment could you tell me where and when Dave Keuning say that?
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+1 #3 PedalsFake Name 2010-01-24 19:13
Dave has said himself that he uses only boss pedals to keep them a consistency in the pedals (height, etc).
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0 #2 yeahFantastik 2009-12-08 14:27
thanx for the information, almost I get the Dave Keuning killer sound
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+6 #1 Dave boardacefire 2009-08-12 14:43
www.flickr.com/.../72157608499363501
that appears to be whats on daves pedalboard at the moment or atleast around the time day & age came out
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