Bartees Strange – Horror
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2025 album Horror.
Music from Horror
Gear Used On Horror
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Bartees Strange – Horror (2025). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Bartees Strange on Horror
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
Avg price: $1,900.00
In this cover of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" for SiriusXMU sessions, Bartees Strange can be seen playing a Gibson ES-125. The same guitar was used while recording the song "Backseat Banton", on 2025 album Horrors, according to guitar.com interview.
That Vibro Champ, invariably cranked, stayed in the mix throughout, with particular influence on Wants Needs and the closer Backseat Banton when in tandem with Bartees’ prized ‘65 Epiphone Casino and a Gibson ES-125T. “You know, it’s just all P-90s,” he says.
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In this photo, Bartees Strange can be seen with Epiphone Casino.
In a guitar.com interview, Bartees mentions a 1965 Epiphone Casino being used on "Backseat Banton" on his 2025 album "Horrors". This is probably not the guitar that is on the enclosed photo, as mainly sunburst Casinos were made in 1965.
That Vibro Champ, invariably cranked, stayed in the mix throughout, with particular influence on Wants Needs and the closer Backseat Banton when in tandem with Bartees’ prized ‘65 Epiphone Casino and a Gibson ES-125T. “You know, it’s just all P-90s,” he says.
Avg price: $1,192.56
Bartees Strange has two Jazzmasters; his 1959 Fender Jazzmaster, that he doesn't take on the road, and a Custom Shop, gold Jazzmaster, built by Jason Smith. His Custom Shop Jazzmaster is spec-wise identical to his 1959 Jazzmaster. In 2022, he used his Custom Shop Jazzmaster for "first four songs of the set", such as "Escape This Circus" and "In a Cab", according to 2022 Premier Guitar's rig rundown.
According to 2025 guitar.com interview, Bartees Strange used his 1959 Jazzmaster on his 2025 album, "Horrors".
To deliver Too Much’s increasingly antic, fuzz-bound soul, meanwhile, he ran his cherished ‘59 Jazzmaster, an ES-335 and a Telecaster on the bridge pickup through a Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl and a Vibro Champ.
Avg price: $3,626.70
According to 2025 guitar.com interview, Bartees Strange used a Gibson J-160E while recording his 2025 album, "Horror".
In a similar manner to his use of the J-160E to dredge up a very specific sound, while tracking Horror Bartees trusted instruments that could bring to life the things he was hearing in his head. Several tracks were written on bass — among them Hit It Quit It and Loop Defenders — and the approach there was very much to bring out gut-level low end.
Fender Duo-Sonic Electric Guitar
Avg price: $628.50
Used while recording 2025 album, "Horrors".
In a similar manner to his use of the J-160E to dredge up a very specific sound, while tracking Horror Bartees trusted instruments that could bring to life the things he was hearing in his head. Several tracks were written on bass — among them Hit It Quit It and Loop Defenders — and the approach there was very much to bring out gut-level low end. “I played bass on probably half the songs using a ‘67 Duo-Sonic,” Bartees says. “It’s just one little single coil pickup and it’s got flats on it. It’s ugly and bumpy, which is kind of the spirit of the record.”
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
Avg price: $3,499.00
Used on 2025 album "Horrors".
To deliver Too Much’s increasingly antic, fuzz-bound soul, meanwhile, he ran his cherished ‘59 Jazzmaster, an ES-335 and a Telecaster on the bridge pickup through a Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl and a Vibro Champ.
Effects Pedals used by Bartees Strange on Horror
Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl
Avg price: $339.00
Used while recording "Too Much" from 2025 album "Horrors".
To deliver Too Much’s increasingly antic, fuzz-bound soul, meanwhile, he ran his cherished ‘59 Jazzmaster, an ES-335 and a Telecaster on the bridge pickup through a Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl and a Vibro Champ.
Amplifiers used by Bartees Strange on Horror
Avg price: $699.99
Used throughout Bartees' 2025 album, "Horrors".
To deliver Too Much’s increasingly antic, fuzz-bound soul, meanwhile, he ran his cherished ‘59 Jazzmaster, an ES-335 and a Telecaster on the bridge pickup through a Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl and a Vibro Champ. That Vibro Champ, invariably cranked, stayed in the mix throughout, with particular influence on Wants Needs and the closer Backseat Banton when in tandem with Bartees’ prized ‘65 Epiphone Casino and a Gibson ES-125T. “You know, it’s just all P-90s,” he says.
