The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten album cover

The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten

Album 2012

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2012 album Handwritten.

Music from Handwritten

Gear Used On Handwritten

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten (2012). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by Brian Fallon on Handwritten

Steel-string Acoustic Guitars

Gibson J-45

Avg price: $2,931.49

In a 2013 video by Gibson Germany, Brian Fallon is seen playing a Gibson J-45 during an acoustic performance of "Handwritten" while in Germany.

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar

Avg price: $5,483.90

Fallon uses at least two Les Paul Customs. According to The Music Zoo, where Fallon got those, he had used the ebony one (Ebony 58 LP with a walnut colored back) on "Handwritten". The other one is a Gibson Custom Shop Orange Sunset Fade Heavily Aged R9. More details and pictures on http://www.themusiczoo.com/blog/2013/brian-fallon-of-the-gaslight-anthem-visits-the-zoo/

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Gibson Custom Les Paul Goldtop Reissue 1956

Avg price: $5,073.46

“The main guitar that I use is a ’56 VOS Goldtop Gibson Les Paul. I flip the volume knobs, so that the bridge volume is closer to my finger – then I can grab it with my pinky and do volume swells.”

  • Brian Fallon, April 2011

Presumably used around the time of American Slang and Handwritten.