Bill Kelliher is one of the guitar players in the Atlanta heavy metal band Mastodon.

Let's take a look at the gear and equipment that has been seen in Bill's guitar rig.

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Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul custom (black)

- 1982 Gibson Les Paul (Silverburst, Seymour Duncan Distortion SH-6 in the bridge)

- Gibson Explorer (Tobacco Burst Seymour Duncan Distortion SH-6 in the bridge)

- Gibson Explorer (White, EMG 81-X, EMG 85-X pickups. Also tried EMG-60X in this guitar)

- Gibson RD Reissue (Silverburst, Seymour Duncan Distortion SH-6 in the bridge)
- First Act custom 9-string Silverburst DC Lola
- Gibson Les Paul Tobacco Sunburst Custom with white binding
- 1980 Gibson Explorer (black and white color)
- Yamaha SGB3000
- Yamaha custom SBG1000 guitars

- Dan Armstrong clear plexi see-through guitar

- Reverend double cutaway

- Lace Nitro Hemi pickups




Amps and Cabinets

- Orange Thunderverb 200

- Orange PPC412C

- Marshall JCM800 2203 Reissue amplifier head

- Marshall 2203KK Kerry King model head

- Mills Acoustics Afterburner 4x12 cabs with celestion Vintage 30 speakers (x2)

- Diezel VH4 Amplifer head

- Marshall 4x12 Cabinets

- Laney VH100R head
- Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier





Effects and More
- Shure UR4D Wireless
- SKB PS-55 StageFive pedal board

- Korg DT-10 Tuner
- Ibanez TK999 Tube King pedal (he uses the US version)

- Guyatone MD-3 Micro digital delay

- Boss NS-2 pedal

- Boss RT-20 Rotary Speaker pedal

- Digitech FS3X Footswitch (used as sample trigger)

- Digitech Jamman looper pedal

- Radial Passive Direct Box

- MXR M-135 Smart Noise Gate

- Digitech Hardwire SC-2 Distortion

- Maxon AD999 delay

Strings and Picks
- D’Addario strings EXL145 (12-54)

- Dunlop strings 11-52 gauge
- Dunlop Tortex .73mm picks