Kurt Rosenwinkel

I use some different pedals which help me to shape the transient portion of the tone. I like to shave off the attack a little bit and then bring back the transient using compression. One pedal that does this is the Line 6 DL-4. I also use a Boss OC-3 Super Octave to get bass notes only on the bottom range of the guitar.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the ProCo RAT distortion pedal.

One unit that I am really loving is the Fractal Axe-fx 3. This thing is a multi-effects processor and amp simulator, which I use for all of my regular effects like delay and reverb. I control the amount of delay with an expression pedal so that I can have big orchestral chords that envelope the space but then scale it back for leaner fast single lines.

In many recent live video's on YouTube and Kurt's social media you can see him use this guitar.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Wampler Ego Compressor, although the pedal he has is a bit different (possibly older?).

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Strymon Ola.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Strymon El Capistan.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Boss CS-3 compression sustainer.

This video shows Kurt Rosenwinkel and his D'angelico guitar.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the things that can be seen is the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the MXR Ten Band EQ pedal.

In this video Kurt is playing a Gibson ES-335.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Strymon BlueSky.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Lehle D.Loop.

In the second 20 of this video you can see it.

I use some different pedals which help me to shape the transient portion of the tone. I like to shave off the attack a little bit and then bring back the transient using compression. One pedal that does this is the Line 6 DL-4. I also use a Boss OC-3 Super Octave to get bass notes only on the bottom range of the guitar.

In this article, the main photograph is captioned with the model of the guitar Kurt can be seen playing. Kurt can also be seen playing this white Yamaha in many videos circa 2020.

The picture shows Kurt with his Ibanez Artcore Expressionist.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the EHX HOG guitar synthesizer.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the EHX HOG Foot controller.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Roland EV-5 expression pedal.

In the second 20 of this video you can see it. He has even two of them.

In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t7ZLYdLPuw&t=57s Kurt uses a Moffa guitar.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Lehle Parallel L Line Mixer.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Lehle Little Dual Amp Switcher.

This photo was taken in 2011 during Rosenwinkel's concert in The Charles Hotel in Boston. More photos can be seen here. In this particular pedalboard photo, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Peterson StroboStomp 2 tuner.

Kurt Rosenwinkel used a Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster for the finale performance at the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden. The guitar can be seen at 2:20 in the video. According to Rosenwinkel, Clapton gifted him the guitar with his signature.

On Instagram, Kurt Rosenwinkel confirms in the comments that he uses a Soloway S14 guitar. This information was shared in a post by Carnegie Hall, featuring a photo of Rosenwinkel performing.

In the video "Live From Emmet's Place Vol. 105 - Kurt Rosenwinkel" by Emmet Cohen, Kurt Rosenwinkel is seen using a Fractal FM3 at 3:49. It is known that Kurt frequently uses Fractal Audio products, switching between the FM3, FM9, and Axe-Fx III depending on the size of the gig.