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Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment

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Alexander Turner is an English musician and member of Sheffield band, Arctic Monkeys. He is the band's lead vocalist and plays lead guitar for the band, as well as being the songwriter.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Alex Turner's guitar rig.

CoolClick the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's FriendCool

 

Guitars

- Fender Jazzmaster

Fender American Vintage '65 Jazzmaster Electric Guitar 3-Tone Sunburst Rosewood Fingerboard

- Fender Arctic White American standard Stratocaster (maple fretboard)

Fender 2012 American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar With Maple Fingerboard 3-Tone Sunburst Maple Fingerboard

-  black Mexican standard Fender Stratocaster guitar (maple fretboard)

Fender Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar Black Maple Fingerboard

-  black Fender Bronco with a black pickguard and rosewood fretboard

- Gretsch Spectra Sonic

- Ovation Viper

- Martin GT-75 guitar (red)

- Steve Met custom made Jazzmaster style guitar

- Gibson Les Paul custom (black)

Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Black

 

 

Amps and Cabinets
-  Orange AD30T amplifiers (used in the past)

Orange Amplifiers Ad Series Ad30htc 30W Tube Guitar Amp Head Black

-  Fender Vibroverb for clean tones

-  Selmer Zodiac 30 watt for more distorted tones

- Vox AC30

Vox Custom Ac30c2x 30W 2X12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Black

 

 

 

Effects and More
- Pro Co Rat 2 distortion pedals

Pro Co Rat2 Distortion Pedal

- Boss TU-2 tuner

Boss Tu-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner

- Ibanez TS-808 Vintage Tubescreamer overdrive pedal

Ibanez Ts808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue

- Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere MK2

Hughes & Kettner Tube Tools Tube Rotosphere Mkii

- Danelectro Reel Echo

Danelectro Reel Echo Tape Simulator Pedal

- Boss LS-2 Line Selector

Boss Ls-2 Line Selector/Power Supply

- Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Xo Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Dunlop DC Brick Power Supply

Dunlop Dc-Brick Multi-Power Supply

- Boss DM-1

- Dunlop Univibe

- Cornell First Fuzz

- Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1

- Morley Power Wah

Morley Power Wah Pedal

- Coopersonic Valveslapper or Fender Blender

Fender Fender Blender Custom Octave/Fuzz Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus pedal

Electro-Harmonix Xo Holy Grail Plus Variable Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal

- MXR Micro Amp pedal

Mxr M-133 Micro Amp Pedal

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0 # Fender BroncoBryce 2013-02-26 23:20
Shot in the [censored]ing dark, but anyone able to get a good look at the pickup on his Bronco? Original (Completely black) or something different? What could be used otherwise.

I have a 71 Bronco, and looking to beef it up.
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentGuest 2013-01-24 04:28
Does anybody know what acoustic guitars and acoustic pickups Alex uses?
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentBerke 2012-08-08 00:04
does anybody know which pedal is used in the ''All My Own Stunts'' intro by Alex Turner
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0 # Ummmm...Aaron 2012-06-12 21:35
I swear he uses a Fender Aerodyne Strat?
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentJaxTeller 2012-05-20 18:02
Does Alex use only Fender Vibroverb amp for clean tones, like in Fluorescent Adolescent for example? Or maybe it's because of some pedal effect?
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+1 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentphilsantos 2012-04-06 20:27
He also uses a black Gibson Les Paul :D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRGYeVVOWyM
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentMatthew Passmore 2012-03-28 05:25
Alex turner and Jamie Cook both use Vox AC30's also, I have a frontal image of the band at this same show, as the above picture of alex is taken, and they are using AC30's

Just a little fyi
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentRocknroll20thcentry 2012-02-21 21:31
in 2011 near december his Boronco has been stolen ://
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentRoy 2012-01-03 08:06
Quoting Jack268:
Just want to know that effect used in the teddy picker solo and i think the same one is used in plastic tramp, some sort of delay is it?


He used a H&K Rotosphere
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentJack268 2011-12-28 03:17
Just want to know that effect used in the teddy picker solo and i think the same one is used in plastic tramp, some sort of delay is it?
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0 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentjamelian 2011-12-25 10:18
what about alex's custom "jazzmaster"?
I think he made it with steve met guitars
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+2 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentRocknroll20thcentry 2011-07-02 19:54
on teddy picker in the studio alex playes his fender bronco and jamie playes alex's gibson les paul custom but at the radio big weekend gig jamie plays a fender telecaster 72 custom and alex plays the les paul custom. he also owns a gison j 45
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-3 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentPopOut 2011-06-18 15:52
He uses an Orange amp
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+2 # RE: Arctic Monkeys - Alex Turner Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentstoner_muff 2011-06-18 15:10
Quoting j:
those are a lot of pedals... and some of them are very expensive.
is there any multieffect pedal wich emulates those effects or at least that crazy sounds alex and miles do?
thnxs


if you use the memory boy and the rat distortion it will sound very close
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+7 # StringsJC 2011-01-19 23:38
what strings does he use?
they seems very trebly and I like that
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0 # effectsj 2010-07-24 10:30
those are a lot of pedals... and some of them are very expensive.
is there any multieffect pedal wich emulates those effects or at least that crazy sounds alex and miles do?
thnxs
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+1 # Tom 2010-06-09 08:58
He no longer has the white stratocaster with the maple fretboard (as seen in the video for "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor"). It was auctioned on ebay to raise money for the victims of the Haiti Earthquake (sold for around £4400 if memory serves).
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0 # black guitar on if you were ther bewarejohn 2010-01-25 02:38
on live at the apollo he uses this black guitar when hes playing 'if you there,beware'. i think its a gretch but does anyone know which model it is?
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0 # guitar replyRobert 2010-01-25 11:14
the guitar used on this is a gretsch spectra sonic.
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0 # acoustic gearjohn 2009-12-29 14:42
does somebody know what acoustic guitar alex uses with the last shaddow puppets, i thinks its a gibson, its sunburst but i dont know the type

thanks
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0 # Robert 2010-01-01 15:55
Gibson J-45
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+2 # Rob 2009-12-18 13:18
some one a wile ago referd to alexes red guitar and that is a martin gt 75 as a pose to the f65 i mentioned in past comments if you wish to put that on his gear list :-)
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0 # Mr.KowItAllJosh 2009-10-21 16:22
alex uses a morley power wah, the 'butterscotch' is an Ovation Viper in crying lightning video. he also uses a Boss CE-1 for Vibrato, and Coopersonic Valveslapper or Fender Blender for solos on the new album such as crying lightning, dangerous animals and fire and the thud.
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+1 # RED GUITARpsz 2009-08-03 17:34
anyone knows what´s the guitar that alex uses on the dvd Live at the Apollo, the red one used by miles kane too(not the telecaster). it´s used at daframe2r by alex and 505 by miles
I think it´s gretsch by i dont know.
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+1 # guitar alex uses at appolo red one answerRobert 2009-08-19 04:54
this guitar is a martin F-65 has a wounderfull sound to it :-)
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0 # Red Guitarpsz 2009-08-24 13:02
Yeah you`re right...
It´s an amazing guitar.. i´ve chenking some webs and it´s also a bit expensive...a relic from 1965 :sad:
Do u know if they`re making any reissue or if any brand is making a copy???

by the way thank u very much!!! :cheer:
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0 # Red guitar similar coppiesRob 2009-08-25 06:49
as im aware i no of no reissue of it but if youre looking for something that looks very similar i would take a quick look at a Gretsch G5122DC that looks verry like it but im not sure about anything similar to get those tones :-)
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0 # NoirieNOIRIE 2009-07-29 13:11
Hes using a natural black guard ovation vipe solid body guitar aswell.
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0 # new gearRobert 2009-07-26 14:57
i have done some digning and i have found some of new equptment alex now uses he also is now useing a new gutiar aswell as his jazzmaster the following are the new items you do not have listed if you wish to publish on the website and they are ,
the guitar is a , ovation viper. and the new pedals i can identify from photographs are a , corrnell - first fuzz. , Morely - ABY
this is acurate information i have taken from photographs thanks
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0 # new guitarRob 2009-07-26 11:27
alex has now started useing another new gutiar on certain tracks if you look at some pictures on there website youll see it looks like a les paul in a butterscotch clouor very similar thethe butterscotch style of the telecaster if any one could identify that one for me thanks
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0 # GearJTWalker 2009-07-09 19:57
As Already pointed out there are a few images of him using Jamie's Les Paul for recording. I've also heard a rumor that he is using a Wah now (Unsure of Which Model) on some new tracks.
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+1 # new guitars for new albumBTommo 2009-05-10 16:23
as someone has already pointed out he's now playing a fender jazzmaster, he's also playing/recording with a gibson les paul custom in ebony.
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+1 # alex turners gearrobert 2009-04-07 17:38
alex turner of the arctic monkeys now plays a fender jazzmaster if you whant to put it on his page
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