Justin Vernon

"I think the thing I’m working with the most is the OP-1. It’s a sampler-based synthesizer, and I honestly think it’s the most important instrument that’s come into my life since I first picked up a guitar when I was 12 years old. I’m not exaggerating at all. I never leave the house without it. I don’t travel with the guitar anymore. I travel with just my OP-1. It’s been a big deal living with this thing. I love making music with it. I love traveling with it. I like using it as a writing extension. It’s a really special technology, essentially what a guitar is to me."

58:22 Justin mentions that he uses Pro Tools

Justin mentions at 5:16 that this mic was used heavily during the recording of the album Bon Iver, Bon Iver. He says, "It's so special. It's from the 50s. It's just got a look about it, and such a smooth sound."

"Justin Vernon spent a winter in his family’s hunting cabin in the woods of Wisconsin tracking and layering guitars, vocals and horns with his SM57." as it is mentioned in the article.

At 3:02 in this interview, Justin talks about his inspiration from Bruce Hornsby, and says, "I got that exact Korg M1."

Todd, guitar tech for Bon Iver, mentions in the comments of this Instagram post that Justin's Gibson SG Custom is a '67.

Bon Iver can be seen playing a La Patrie Etude Acoustic Guitar throughout this live performance of "Lump Sum."

Justin plays here a Harmony Stella acoustic guitar (although I don't know which model).

In this source you can see a picture of Justin Vernon's pedalboard which this item is placed at.

Justin is seen playing through this Fender Hot Rod Series amplifier, presumably back stage while on tour.

Can be seen wearing the headphones whilst performing

This photo, from the Instagram of Bon Iver's guitar tech, shows a Gibson LG-O, and includes a caption that reads, "@amystroup our green room LGO. He needs surgery. @boniver."

In this article it says Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) has a Neve 1073 Preamp in his April Base studio in Wisconsin

This Instagram post, by the guitar tech of Bon Iver, includes the caption: "@blobtower 's Acoustic and National board, as well as his vocal effects. @boniver #boniver." In the top of the photo Justin's TC Helicon Voicelive 2 can be seen.

In this picture we see Justin Vernon at Eaux Claires 2015 behind his key rig, containing a prophet 6.

an unusual Bon Iver track that Vernon sang through Auto-Tune

In this video performing the song "29 #Strafford APTS", Justin Vernon of Bon Iver uses a Gibson LG-2. It also appears in Bon Ivers performance of a rework of the song "Calgary" at the Sydney Opera House in 2016.

“Six of the saxes tracks have the Little Altar Boy. That is such an interesting and creative tool for changing the formant, and it has pitch shift capabilities up to 1 octave above or below the original. You can change the masculinity of how something sounds, and those saxophones are very dark, and they come in and build right before the drop, and by turning the formant down with that plug-in I created something that almost sounds like saturation, but that makes it a little bit tougher sounding"

Justin's Reverend Jetstream 390 is mentioned by Reverend Guitars in this tweet.

This article says Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) recorded vocals with an SM7 for his last album 22, A Million

In user-uploaded comments, Todd notes that Justin Vernon uses the Fender '59 Bassman LTD amp alongside his Vox AC30. While the specific model of the Bassman is speculative, this setup is highlighted in the original post.

Justin is seen here playing his Thinline Telecaster at an outdoor show in 2009.

This DAW is used to create the "Messina" instrument sound Chris Messina and Bon Iver came up with as stated in this article. Ableton 9 is most likely to be used because at the time of this article Ableton 10 was not available

Justin's guitar tech posts this image of a National Duolian.

Todd Lunneborg, Bon Iver's (Justin Vernon) guitar tech posts this 1970 Gibson ES-335 as being one of the guitars in Justin's lineup.

In the photo that starts with "Studio A..." The JHS Colour Box pedal is seen on the mixing console desk in Studio A of Bon Iver's studio April Base

In this article it says Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) used a Yamaha DX7 when recording his last album, 22, A Million. It also states this in the liner notes for the album

On XTS's website, they shared photos of the rack gear they built for Bon Iver. Strymon Flint can be seen in one of the rack tray.

In the comments of this Instagram post, Todd mentions Justin uses a Vox AC30 CCH, along with the matching 2x12 speaker cabinet.

Justin's guitar tech posts his custom Bischoff guitar. At :40s in this video it's mentioned that this was the guitar used live for the Grammy nominated song of the year "Holocene."