Interpol – Antics

Daniel Kessler used a Gibson ES-335 standard guitar for the song 'Roland' on the Antics tour. In the video above, a clear picture of the guitar can be seen about 1:55.

Very little is known about this guitar. Is it actually Kessler's? What has happened to this guitar? This is clearly an ES-335 as it has humbuckers and not P-90's a pickups and a Gibson, as it doesn't have the Epiphone (which he's known to use) 'E' on it.

In this quote from Peter Katis, the producer for TOTBL and Antics, he says, “The band have used Fender amps from the beginning, augmenting their sound on their debut with a handful of pedals and preferring pedals to amp reverb, with the humble Alesis MicroVerb featuring heavily on TOTBL: “Cheaper reverbs have a sound that is darker and messier and cooler…” said Katis. “Without that little $50 piece of gear, the record would’ve sounded totally different.”

You can also see a Vox V810 Valve-Tone in this image.

In this screenshot from an article, Daniel Kessler can be seen talking about how the signal of his guitars is weak, and he needs to dress the sound up with effects: "But I’m also very lazy with effects. I use a couple of overdrives, a Boss DD-5 and an Eventide Space pedal, which is a new thing that I like. It's better than any analogue." (original source here, article dated March 31, 2015)

In this quote from Peter Katis, the producer of TOTBL and Antics, he says “The band have used Fender amps from the beginning, augmenting their sound on their debut with a handful of pedals and preferring pedals to amp reverb, with the humble Alesis MicroVerb featuring heavily on TOTBL: “Cheaper reverbs have a sound that is darker and messier and cooler…” said Katis. “Without that little $50 piece of gear, the record would’ve sounded totally different.”