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Death Cab for Cutie - Chris Walla Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 09:39

Chris Walla is a guitar player in the band Death Cab for Cutie. Chris also was a DJ for KCWU, and has produced many indie rock albums.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Chris' Death Cab for Cutie guitar rig.

Chris on the Fender Starcaster 

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

 

Guitars
- 2001 Fender Telecaster '52 reissue (Harmonic Design pickups)

Fender American Vintage Series '52 Telecaster Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde


- Vox Virage DC hollowdbody guitar (in jet black)

Vox Virage Double-Cut Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar Jet Black


- 1976 Fender Starcaster
- 2002 Gibson ES-335 (Seymour Duncan 1959 pickups)

Gibson Custom ES-335 Dot Figured-top electric guitar with Gloss Finish Vintage Sunburst


- 2005 Gretsch Malcolm Young Duo Jet

Gretsch Guitars G6131SMY Malcolm Young I Signature Electric Guitar Natural


- 2005 Rickenbacker 6 string 660
- Gibson Acoustic



Amps and Cabinets
- 1964 Fender Tremolux amplifier
- 2007 Orange Tiny Terror (JQ modified front end)
- 2005 Dr. Z 2 x 10 speaker cabinets



Effects
- Boss TU-2 tuner pedal

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner


- MXR Micro Amp clean boost

MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal


- Fulltone Full Drive Overdrive pedal

Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET Overdrive/Clean Boost Guitar Effects Pedal Blue


- Keeley true-bypass modified Ibanez AD-9 delay

Maxon 9-Series AD-9 Pro Analog Delay Pedal


- Maxon AD-80 delay pedal
- HBE Dos Mos dual boost pedal
- ZVex Super Hard-On
- Radial Engineering Loopbone

Radial Loopbone Dual Effects Loop


- Whirlwind Selector

Whirlwind Selector A/B Box





Strings and Picks
- Jim Dunlop Picks
- D'Addario Strings (D'Addario site shows EXL110 Regular Light 10-46) 

D'Addario EXL110 Nickel Regular Light Electric Guitar Strings Single
Last Updated on Monday, 02 August 2010 07:58
 

Comments 

 
+1 #2 what??BusyBoxSt7 2009-12-11 16:01
That's not a Strat in the picture.. It's a 76 Starcaster (see for yourself if needed at:
deathcabforcutie.com/gear/

peace.
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+1 #1 matt 2009-03-02 05:37
He uses a Fender Starcaster, as shown in the picture you have.
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