Nils Lofgren is an American rock music singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Nils has performed as a solo artist, and is also a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band in addtion to being former member of Neil Young's Crazy Horse band.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Nils guitar rig.
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Guitars
- Fender Stratocasters (including 2 1961 strats that he uses often)
- Fender tele
- Fender Jazzmasters (including a '56)
- Gibson ’52 Goldtop Les Paul
- Epiphone Les Paul (used on Ringo Starr tours)
- Gretsch Black Falcon guitars
- Gretsch Black Penguin guitars (white penguin pictured below)
- Spector ARC6 guitar (2007)
- Takamine acoustic guitars (EF508C and EF341SC and more)
- Martin D-18 (given to him by Neil Young)
- Gibson L-10 acoustic
- Carter Pedal steel guitars
- Owens/Zeta Resonator Guitars
Amps and Cabinets
- Fender Twin Reverbs (more recently)
Also has used:
- Fender blackface Super Reverbs with 4 10" speakers
- Fender Hot Rod DeVille amplifiers
- Fender Vibro Kings with 3 10" speakers
Effects and more
- Electro-Harmonix POG Poly Octave Generator
- Barber Burn Unit Overdrives
- FullTone Fulldrive 2
- Line 6 DL4 Delay
- Boss OC-3 Octave pedals
- Boss DD-3 Delay Pedal
- Furman Power Conditioner
- Korg DTR tuner
- Peterson AutoStrobe 490
- Voodoo Lab Ground Control
- Digital Music GCX audio switcher
- Line 6 Pod Pro
- Digitech Whammy
Strings and Picks
- D’Addario 13–56 gauge (on the jazzmasters)
- D’Addario 11–52 gauge (on the Stratocasters)
- D’Addario medium gauge acoustic strings
- Herco or Golden Gate thumb picks
