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Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:09
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Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
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Chris Shiflett is the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters. Shiflett joined the band after the release of their third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. Before joining the Foo Fighters, Shiflett was the lead guitarist for the energetic and well-known Bay Area punk rock band No Use for a Name.

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

Chris playing guitar with Foo Fighters

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

Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Custom

Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Black


- Gibson '57 Les Paul Goldtop reissue

Gibson Custom 57 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Electric Guitar Antique Gold


- Gibson Les Paul Junior reissue

Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Junior Custom Shop Reissue TV Yellow


- Gibson ES-335

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


- Gibson Firebird, 1968 non-reverse

Gibson Firebird V Electric Guitar Classic White Chrome Hardware


- Fender Telecaster (black. also white one.)

Fender American Standard Telecaster Electric Guitar Black Maple Fretboard


- Gretsch Brian Setzer Black Phoenix

Gretsch Guitars G6136LBP Brian Setzer Black Phoenix Guitar Black Chrome Hardware


- Gibson ES-135
- Gibson ES-347
- Gibson SG custom

Gibson Custom Les Paul SG Custom Maestro Ebony

- Assembled tele deluxe and Thinline style guitars made from Warmoth parts

- Gibson Flying V (black)

Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar Ebony

 





Amps

- Fender Bassman amplifier

Fender Vintage Reissue '59 Bassman LTD

- Vox AC-30 combo (fawn color, handwired)

Vox Hand-Wired AC30HW2X 30W 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Fawn

- Mesa/Boogie Road King
- Marshall JMP 50-watt amplifier head

Marshall 1959HW Handwired Plexi Head


- Fender Super Reverb

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Super Reverb Guitar Combo Amp

- Savage Blitz 50W 2x12 combo



 



Effects and more
- MXR EVH Flanger

 

MXR EVH-117 Eddie Van Halen Flanger


- MXR EVH Phaser Phase 90

MXR EVH Eddie Van Halen Phase 90


- Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler (x2)

Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal


- Boss TU-2 tuner pedal

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner


- Ernie Ball Volume pedal

Ernie Ball 6165 Stereo Volume/Pan Pedal


- Furman Power Conditioner

Furman PL-Pro D II Power Conditioner with Digital Volt Meter

- ProCo Rat pedal

Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Micro POG pedal

Electro-Harmonix XO Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator Guitar Effects Pedal

- Menatone The Red Snapper pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail pedal

Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal

- Fulltone Full Drive 2

Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET Overdrive/Clean Boost Guitar Effects Pedal Blue

- Voodoo Lab Amp Selector

Voodoo Lab Amp Selector

- Line 6 MM4

Line 6 MM4 Modulation Guitar Effects Pedal

- Line 6 M13

Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler Guitar Multi Effects Pedal

- Dunlop DVP1 Volume Pedal

Dunlop DVP1 Volume Guitar Effects Pedal

 

 

 

Strings
- D'Addario .011's guitar strings

D'Addario EXL115 Nickel Blues/Jazz Electric Guitar Strings Single

 

Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Chris Shiflett's guitar rig!

 



Last Updated on Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:42
 

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0 #31 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentLooking for answers 2011-11-18 09:33
Hey whatsup,

Does anyone have any good Foo Fighter settings (scenes) for the Line 6 M13?

Thanks.
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0 #30 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentEric 2011-10-24 13:01
Just to follow up on the Tele Deluxe:

www.warmoth.com/Stars/ChrisShiflett.aspx
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0 #29 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentAndyM 2011-09-26 14:57
Indeed lately he has been using the Line 6 M13. Here is a recent pic of his pedalboard if it shows up: line6.com/.../501cddc9.png
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0 #28 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentDom 2011-08-22 08:57
Hi all !

During the iTunes festival, he used a Duesenberg Fullerton tv white for the song "Long road to ruin".
Really great sounding and nice guitar !

Definitely need to test one... ;-)
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+2 #27 Vox settingsFrank 2011-07-30 01:21
Great site! I would love to see his actual settings on the ac30!
What kind of autowah was he using before using the line6 M13?

In Rope he uses the M13 and I guess its the Otto filter simulation pedal in the M13.

Let me know if you get some pics of his ac30 settings:)
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0 #26 new guitar gear picturesuberproaud 2011-07-21 10:33
Hi all. Just added new Chris Shiflett 2011 Foo Fighter guitar rig pictures to the rig page!
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0 #25 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentjason 2011-07-13 16:40
Quoting Sander:
I believe there's a guitar missing. In the Foo Fighters documentary you can clearly see Chris playing a white Fender Strat (with some black pickup in bridge position) which isn't yet listed here.


its a natural ash strat isnt it, not white, i have the same guitar with the same hotrails mini humbucker bridge pickup
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0 #24 'Shifty' Telecaster.....Conor Duffy 2011-07-11 14:51
The Tele your talking about is a home-made job made of Warmoth parts. The headstock, if you look closely has 'Shifty' rather than Fender in the signiture writing....
Seen in the link: www.flickr.com/.../photostream
Not really sure whether the pickups are duncans or not although I would be willing to bet they are SH-4's and SH-1N.....
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0 #23 Rope video guitarSpud 2011-07-11 13:10
Quoting nicccck:
sup, im curious to find out what the guitar is he uses in the rope video

its like a pearl white with a sparkly pickup guard that is the full width of the guitar,, any chance you can tell me


It's just a fender deluxe with a black, grey and white scratchguard (there is probably a proper name for the scratchguard but i don't know it)It's the guitar in the purple picture at the top of this page.
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0 #22 WHAT IS HIS GUITAR HE USES IN ROPEnicccck 2011-07-11 06:09
sup, im curious to find out what the guitar is he uses in the rope video

its like a pearl white with a sparkly pickup guard that is the full width of the guitar,, any chance you can tell me
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+1 #21 Distortion/Drive pedals on Wasting LightConor Duffy 2011-07-06 15:06
He uses a Mosfet Full-Drive 2 and a Menatone Red Snapper on Wasting Light!
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0 #20 questionrls 2011-07-06 12:37
Does anyone know which distortion pedal he used on wasting light, because i want to get that "Bridge Burning" sound.
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0 #19 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentSpud 2011-06-16 09:40
Quoting Robato:
On Pinkpop festival i saw him using a Gibson Flying V, here is the proof www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQWjco-NZfg

Yeah that guitar is in the times like these video as well
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0 #18 New guitarRobato 2011-06-16 07:32
On Pinkpop festival i saw him using a Gibson Flying V, here is the proof www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQWjco-NZfg
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0 #17 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentSpud 2011-06-06 13:04
I noticed that he has swapped out his pups in his 57 les paul for some Duncans, does anyone know what they are?
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0 #16 Chris and Fender Tele videouberproaud 2011-04-28 07:51
Fender just released a new video of Chris talking about Fender Telecasters www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZRJAcJn3mI
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0 #15 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentSander 2011-04-28 03:20
I believe there's a guitar missing. In the Foo Fighters documentary you can clearly see Chris playing a white Fender Strat (with some black pickup in bridge position) which isn't yet listed here.
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0 #14 Shifty TelecasterNathan 2011-04-25 18:14
The white Tele in the first picture is his "Shifty Telecaster" made out of Warmoth parts. I'm pretty sure it's also become his main guitar
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0 #13 New GearConor Duffy 2011-04-16 17:06
Chris now uses a Fender Bassman and a Vox AC 30 vintage white/cream colour live... Comment below as a great link to pics of his pedalboard! :lol:
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0 #12 RE: Foo Fighters - Chris Shiflett Guitar Gear Rig and Equipmentdman 2011-04-07 09:37
acapella.harmony-central.com/.../page273

scroll down and it shows you close up pics of dave pat and chris pedalboards racks and guitars
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-1 #11 Guest 2010-03-21 21:25
he still uses the dd-3 in his live rig
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0 #10 grardnr 2010-02-08 23:24
I think they're just using the mesa roadkings live, those things can do pretty much anything anyway.
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0 #9 Guest 2010-02-06 18:13
he uses a Savage Blitz 50W 2x12 combo for clean sounds
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+1 #8 Guest 2009-04-25 18:26
and i forgot he also uses a lehle dual amp switcher
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-1 #7 Guest 2009-04-25 18:24
this is chrises exact curent pedalboard in order
korg DT10 pedal tuner
ernie ball volume pedal
line 6 DL-4 delay modeler
MXR EVH phase 90
MXR EVH flanger
boss dynamic wah
mesa/boogie roadking chanel selecttor
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0 #6 Guest 2009-01-23 13:22
he also has a boss auto wah
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-1 #5 ampd 2009-01-18 01:47
he also uses a mesa roadking
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0 #4 Devin 2009-01-05 03:55
Aren't we forgetting about his ProCo Rat???
He uses that distortion unit...
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0 #3 guitarZach 2008-12-11 14:59
hey umm i think that the telecaster he uses is a nashville power telecaster. black with a maple fretboard.
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+1 #2 uberpro 2008-10-02 04:25
Actually, he has used the mxr and Line 6 gear. Check out this article with guitarplayer from 2005: www.guitarplayer.com/.../2308

Thanks for the info. It looks exactly like what guitargeek has though from 2000, which makes it older info. Can you give us your sources so we can verify and update the page if it is in fact newer info? Thanks!
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+1 #1 Something\'s WRONG.DB 2008-10-02 04:17
Umm... There's a slight mistake. He doesn't use MXR or Line6. He also has a few Boss pedals, a ProCo Rat II, and a crybaby wah. Here's the order of the rig:
Boss TU-2 Tuner-> Boss DD-3 Digital Delay->
Boss BF-2 Flanger-> ProCo Rat II-> Dunlop Crybaby Wah-> Boss CH-1 Super Chorus-> Whirlwind A/B Selector.
He also uses a Savage 2x12 combo.
His Gretsches have pinned-down bridges instead of the stocked ones.
He uses a Gretsch 1959 Nashville.
I've got my connections... :P
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