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Tad Kubler is an American guitarist who plays lead guitar in the band The Hold Steady. Tad also has been a bass player in the band Lifter Puller.

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

Tad on guitar

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Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Standard

- Gibson SG

Gibson Sg Standard Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry

- Gibson Les Paul Junior

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

- Gibson ES-335

Gibson Es-335 Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar Vintage Burst

- Gibson Les Paul goldtop with P90 pickups

- Gibson double neck SG (red, 12 string/ 6 string)

DISCONTINUED - Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Electric Guitar






Amps

- Epiphone Blues Custom 30 watt 2x12 amplifiers







Effects and More
We've seen quite a few picture of Tad's pedalboard - here are the various pedals that have made their way onto it at one point or another.
- Boss TU-2

- Boss GE-7

- Boss BD-2

- Boss RV-5

- Boss OC-2

Boss OC-3 SUPER Octave Pedal

- Boss TR-2

- Boss DD-6

- Boss FZ-5

Boss FZ-5 Fuzz Pedal

- Boss HF-2 HighBand Flanger

- Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter

- Dunlop Crybaby Wah pedal

- Ernie Ball volume pedal

Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal

- MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-401 Boost Pedal

MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-401 Boost Pedal

- MXR Distortion +

- MXR Ten Band EQ M108

- MXR EVH Phase 90 and/or MXR Phase 90

- T-Rex Replica pedal

- T-Rex Fuel Tank Power supply

T-Rex Engineering Fuel Tank Classic Power Supply

 

Go to the next page for great pictures of Tad's guitar rig.

 


Here are some pictures of The Hold Steady's Tad Kubler's guitar gear. The picture that doesn't have Tad's foot on the board is by ZOMG Anna LOLZ. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license and was taken in 3/2009.  The image that DOES have Tad's legs in the picture is by bakrsdzn. Creative Commons licensed from flickr and from 2007.

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