Brendan Benson

Brendon shows off his Guild M-75 at 0:30 in this Premier Guitar rundown. This is his primary guitar with the Raconteurs.

Premier Guitar:

It might be a ’60 or ’61. I got it several years ago, but I never played it. I had it in my mind that there was something wrong with it. It doesn’t sound as good as my blonde Aristocrat, but something happened, or else I got it totally wrong, because I picked that thing up before making this record. I just plugged it in, and wow, it sounded fucking great. What was I thinking? I was probably playing it through a weird amp.

(4:40 minute mark) - one of the pedals sitting on the shelves is Vox Germanium Fuzz Tone Bender.

At 14:26 of this video, Brendan Benson pulls out a Guild Starfire III from the "early 60s". He bought it because he's a fan of the Kinks' Dave Davies, who played a similar guitar.

At the 4:46 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Mastotron Fuzz Guitar Effects Pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

Clearly seen around the 9:14 mark is Brendan Benson's first amp, a Sears Silverstone, which he says, "became part of my sound. I took it all over the world."

At the back of the shelf, at 4:44 in this rig rundown, Brendan Benson's Radial Engineering Tonebone Headbone TS Switcher is visible.

Brendan Benson's MXR Micro Flanger is visible at 4:44 in this rig rundown.

At 6:05, top left corner you can see what looks like a very old Supro Bantam.

Brendan is seen here using a Fender Telecaster.

My Gibson Country Western. That’s been my guitar for years that I’ve always played and written on. Lately there’s a new horse in the running.

In this rig rundown with Premier Guitar, Benson says,

These are so fun, these Caroline pedals man. This reverb; forget about it!

Brendon Benson uses a Song of Kong pedal, as shown in this Premier Guitar rig rundown, from 2:09 to 4:18. Of this pedal he says, "Essentially you can sort of tune your guitar, your amp, your sound, to the room."

Clearly shown at the 4:55 mark, Brendan Benson describes this Catalinbread Formula No. 5 pedal as one of his go-to pedals, saying, "this is gain, just more gain."

Around 6:17 mark, Brendan Benson shows his Marshall Offset amplifier. He describes this one as "incredibly loud" and, according to him "it sounds amazing".

"Most of its junk but there's some good there's some gems in here" Brendan Benson at 4:41.

Brendan Plays this Deluxe Brandon Niederauer Atlantic in Sonic Blue in the attached video, and many others, especially with the Raconteurs.

It’s a Gibson J-45 gold top. I think it’s a custom shop. It’s a very limited-edition guitar that I found in Detroit and it has a gold top like a Les Paul, so it’s really bizarre.

According to Premier Guitar's interview, Benson uses the Marshall JTM45 Offset.

According to the Premier Guitar's interview, Benson uses the Herco Flex .75mm guitar pick.

At the 4:43 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Holy Grail Reverb pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:43 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:40 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Fulltone OCD pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:40 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Double Muff Pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

Brendan Benson talks about his Motor Ave BelAire guitar around 11:02 minute mark, and says about, "I had him put my son's name in the headstock there. These are incredible guitars. They sound amazing. The pickups are great. They're very cool, very heavy and very big."

Brendan Benson's Korg G4 Toneworks Rotary Speaker Simulator is visible at 4:44 in this rig rundown.

Visible at 4:44 in this rig rundown is Brendan Benson's Ibanez GE10.

"I really like this company here...these are kind of my go tos. These are great," Brendan Benson says about his three Catalinbread pedals, including the Pareidolia, at 4:57 in this rig rundown.

As the camera pans down on the enormous amount of pedals Brendan owns, you can see the Pulsar pedal on the top shelf on the left hand side.

Visible at 6:05 is a Reinhardt SV 18 Head & Cab.

A Marshall Bluesbreaker Combo Amp can be seen at 6:05 during this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar.