Frank Turner
UK punk & folk singer‐songwriter
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Frank Turner's Gear
In this post Frank is at the martin hq in nashville. He was there to pick up a new martin acoustic. he says that these are his go to acoustics for tour. Frank states that these are workhorse guitars
"Yeah, it's a Gibson J-45. It's a new guitar, but it's called the Antique Range, which is slightly confusing, but I'm a fully signed-up Gibson endorsee guy these days. They're great.
I mean, my reason for switching to them full time was at least partly influenced by their infrastructure. For instance, I have some really fantastic bespoke guitars that I like — in particular, a guitar that's made by one guy who's a luthier who lives in North Wales, Patrick James Eggle. It's one of the nicest guitars I've ever played in my life, but he's one guy. If I break a guitar in Melbourne, Australia, there's essentially nothing he can do about it.
The other thing about Gibson is that I beat the crap out of my guitars live — like, really. So live, I play a pair of Gibson Hummingbirds. They sound good and they play good and everything, but a big part of it for me is just that I can also throw pretty much anything at them and — touch wood — thus far, they've survived."
frank states that he started using martin guitars. he likes how sturdy they are, and how well they can take a beating. this is important because he notes that he had a history of breaking guitars live
According to Premier Guitar, the orange-burst Gibson Hummingbird is one of his two Gibson Hummingbirds he uses on stage. He wanted a guitar that would be road worthy. Frank likes to move around on stage, and swing his guitar around. Other acoustic guitars he has used would get damaged more frequently.
The electric guitar Turner uses is his Gibson ES-Les Paul in arctic white colour. Frank was sent this guitar by Gibson to use live. He needed a guitar that not only had the tone he liked, but was light enough for his liking. Frank states that he found out the guitar was a prototype doe a line that gibson never ended up releasing. Frank states that he had his guitar tech unwire the neck pickup and the pickup selecter. He did this because he never uses the neck pickup, and would accidentally switch pickups
For his amplifier, Turner uses the Kemper Profiler guitar head. he uses the kemper for songs where he uses a electric guitar rather than his acoustic
In the video Frank comes in with the pictured guitar and moves on to the natural finish version. In an interview with Syffal back in 2010 he says "My main guitar is a custom build, made for me by Patrick Eggle, partly built from an English Walnut tree that grew in the valley where I was raised. So it's pretty f*ing special, and it plays and sounds something awesome as well." But in 2014, he made the switch to Gibson Hummingbirds because "if [he] fks up a guitar (reasonably regular occurrence) in, say, New Zealand, Gibson can sort me out overnight, whereas Patrick, with the best will in the world, cannot. It made sense. Hummingbirds are also fucking delightful guitars to play. I still have my original Eggle and treasure it as my favourite."
In an Instagram post, Frank Turner is pictured rehearsing with the Sleeping Souls, playing an Epiphone Hummingbird acoustic guitar. Frank is known for his appreciation of Hummingbird acoustics.
FRank states that he uses custom molded in ear moniters made for him by JH audio. He said in ear mo itors where a god send when him and the band started using them
For complementing the acoustic pickups, Turner uses the Fishman Aura Spectrum DI Box. He has two of these Di Boxes on his pedal board at all times incase one breaks down. he uses a stock humingbird modeling tone to get close to the organic sound of the guitar.
Natural Epiphone Casino used on the "Get Better" tour.
According to Premier Guitar, Turner uses those strings on his Gibson Hummingbird acoustics.
Turner uses those strings on his Gibson ES-Les Paul, according to Premier Guitar's rig rundown.
According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Turner uses his Boss TU-3 pedal as his tuner.
According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Turner uses T-Rex Fuel Tank as his power supply.
To amplify his acoustics Turner uses a fishman infinity undersaddle pickup. he complements this pickup with a fishman aura di box
In this interview with Total Guitar, Frank shows his Gibson Country Western. This was one of the acoustics that Frank has in his guitar collection. He moded the guitar slightly to add a fishman undersaddle pickup to the guitar
In this intervies Frank talks about his signature acoustic guitar with Farida Guitars. he used this guitar until switching to a Gibson Hummingbird acoustics
Frank uses a kemper floor controller to controll his kemper profiler. he uses this when he plays electric guitar during a set. Frank switches betwen his clean, chorus, Ish (lower gain), and gritty (high gain) settings
Frank states that he uses ernie ball nylon picks
Frank uses a gibson les paul junior for some of the electric guitar songs. He originaly brought it out as a backup. However, it had such a diffrent tone from his other electric that he decided to use it on specific songs rather than just be a backup.
In this post Frank is at the martin hq in nashville. He was there to pick up a new martin acoustic. he says that these are his go to acoustics for tour. Frank states that these are workhorse guitars
In the Digital Tour Bus episode of "GEAR MASTERS," Frank Turner discusses using the Ernie Ball Jacquard Red Trellis Guitar Strap during his live performances.
In Premier Guitar's rig rundown, the Lehle Little Dual switcher is visible, as part of Turner's rig. He uses this pedal to switch between his Fishman acoustic DI boxes, and his kemper profiler. The pedal has a "both" switch that allows Frank to have both the sound from the di box and the kemper when he wants.
For his vocal Frank uses a wireless Shure sm58. The wireless mic gives him the freedom to move around on stage
Frank uses a wirless senhieser mic for his vocals. he uses a wireless mic so he can walk around on stage as well as going into the crowd without the worry of cables
In this post frank shows off the ssl 6 channel preamp he uses. He states he used this to track drums amd loved the tone
In this video Frank is interviewed about his gear. He states that on hid latest record he played alot more electric guitar. He states that for the past 6 or so years he had added more electric guitar into the set. One guitar he uses is a gibson sg junior
In this gear interview frank states he uses a Kemper rig. He states that he uses the floor model now, rather than the Kemper head he used to use. He states he uses the floor rig because it’s more efficient. Frank states he has one for the UK/Europe, and one for the states. Frank has a usb that he takes with him to transfer his tones between the two units. Frank choses the kemper for live shows because he feels it is more reliable and consistent than having a regular amp/pedal rig
Frank states that he has a tube screamer that he uses in the studio. He has it in his arsenal as well in case he is producing a band and they don’t have the right tool for the sound
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Discography
Take to the Road - Live At Shepherds Bush Empire 2009
2007
Sleep Is for the Week: Tenth Anniversary Edition (Live from the Vic, Swindon, 6th April 2007)
2007
Xtra Mile High Club, Vol. 1
2008
Love Ire & Song: Tenth Anniversary Edition (Demos and BBC Sessions)
2008
The First Three Years
2009
Love Ire & Song
2009
Poetry Of The Deed (Deluxe Edition)
2009
Poetry of the Deed: Tenth Anniversary Edition (B-sides)
2009
Poetry of the Deed: Tenth Anniversary Edition (Live at Union Chapel, London, 19th December 2009)
2009
Sleep Is For The Week
2010
Buddies
2011
England Keep My Bones (Deluxe Edition)
2011
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Somewhere Inbetween (Acoustic)
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Last Minutes and Lost Evenings
Frank Turner · 2012
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