Dan Auerbach – Waiting on a Song

This guitar was commonly used by Dan early in his career. In this live performance of Thickfreakness, posted in 2007, you can see the guitar clearly at around 1:35. In 2017 Vintage Guitar interview, Auerbach mentioned that he used a late 60s Fender Telecaster on his 2017 solo album, "Waiting on a Song". It's possibly this Telecaster, visible in a 2017 performance of "Cherrybomb".

Auerbach used another Telecaster in 2018 at his Capitol Theatre performance. Judging by the color, and the white binding, it could be a 1960 or 1966 Telecaster, as seen in the photo.

In this photo, Dan Auerbach can be seen playing a Buck Owens American Guitar in a live performance with The Arcs, at the NPR Tiny Desk.

In this photo, Dan is seen using a Gibson Trini Lopez with a Bigsby, at a concert with the Arcs, in Vancouver, Canada. He is also seen playing in this photo, which comes from 2017 Vintage Guitar interview. In that same interview, it is mentioned that Auerbach used the guitar on his 2017 solo album, "Waiting on a Song".

Auerbach's Trini Lopez previously belonged to Mississippi Fred McDowell. As mentioned in 2017 Vintage Guitar interview

It’s no secret that I love Mississippi Fred McDowell,” says Dan Auerbach about one of his personal guitar heroes – and the blues legend’s Gibson Trini Lopez that recently became a particularly personal part of his instrument collection. I used to go to the public library in Akron and rent VHS tapes of the Alan Lomax ‘American Patchwork’ series with him playing. I’d take them home, pause and rewind, rewind and pause, watching his hands. They did good close-ups, which helped a lot as I tried to figure out the chord changes. Fast-forward to a couple years ago, when, through a friend, Auerbach was contacted by the person in St. Louis who at some point obtained the guitar and was interested in selling it to Auerbach. In the moment, he felt dizzy. It was crazy (long pause), because I used to stare at it in those videos. I never forgot the little jewels glued to the headstock and upper bout. It was just wild, ya’ know? We had to negotiate a bit, but really, there was no way I was going to let that thing go (laughs). It just meant so much to me. I had to put on such a poker face. I was like… I couldn’t sleep. But the seller was a really nice guy and wanted me to have it.

In may 2017 Auerbach can be seen using a Gibson J-180 on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Auerbach also used J-180 Everly on "Waiting on a Song", live at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 2017, as well as2018 NPR perfromance.

Auerbach used Gibson Country Western while recording his 2017 solo album, "Waiting on a Song", according to 2017 Vintage Guitar interview.

Auerbach used 12-string Kent Bonanza on his 2017 solo album, "Waiting on a Song", according to 2017 Vintage Guitar interview.

Auerbach used Aria 9441 on a perforance of "Waiting on a Song" in 2017, live at Lightning 100 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Auerbach used late 1960s blackface Fender Princeton while recording his 2017 album, "Waiting on a Song".

In this performance, Dan Auerbach uses a RE-20 from Electro-Voice for vocals.