Ben Gibbard

According to Ben Gibbard in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, the Death Cab for Cutie guitar player uses a ZVex Box of Rock. "This stays on all the time," Gibbard said at (16:35).

The Box Of Rock is a great pedal, but I found it was a little dark. The big distortion was a little bit murky, so the BB pedal has been doing all the big distortion stuff. And these actually layer pretty well; you can use the yellow side of the Box Of Rock, the overdrive side, with the BB, and they do gain up rather nicely.

Excerpted from this post which also discusses the live pedalboard used by Ben.

At 0:19 in this performance of "No Room in Frame," Ben Gibbered can be seen using a Fender Mustang.

In this Facebook photo posted by Toner Guitar Repair, the guitar shop says, "Ben Gibbard's (Death Cab for Cutie) G&L ASAT Bluesboy sent to me for repair. Note the solitary volume control. Both pickup are on simultaneously at all times." The bridge pickup looks to be a black Seymour Duncan, and the neck pickup appears to be a humbucker.

In another photo showing the wiring, they write, "This is the original wiring for Gibbard's Bluesboy. A bit messy with big globs of solder. No insulation to prevent shorts. The pot was worn & needed replacement. Note that both pickups are wired directly to the volume pot. There is no switch between the pickups & no tone pot." (source Facebook post)

According to Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard at 15:00 in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, the guitar player runs his Fender Mustangs through an ACME Silvertone 1484 guitar amp.

from supro: Here's a handful of shots of the band on their current tour, with frontman Ben Gibbard rocking a pair of Coronados!

According to Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, "I've never been happier since I went to the [Eventide] Space... Reverb pedal," he said at (17:45).

Gibbard identifies his guitar as a Gibson J-50 in the beginning of the video 0:00

Gibbard shows off his signature model Mustang in a video with Fender. It is based off his 1970’s Fender Mustangs, with the modifications he added to them

According to Ben Gibbard, the Death Cab for Cutie guitar player uses a ZVEX Super Duper 2-in-1 Boost Pedal in his live rig. "This is such a great pedal, I recommend one to any guitar player," Gibbard said at (16:00).

In this post, L.A. Sound Design shared the pedalboard they made for Death Cab for Cutie. There's a Strymon BlueSky seen on Ben's pedalboard.

The signal chain is detailed as follows:

The guitar board signal chain is as follows: Z-vex Super Duper----Voodoo Lab PX-8 (L1----TUNER----L2 BOX OF ROCK----L3 POG----L4 MXR CHORUS----L5 ZVEX LO FI-----L6 ED DISPATCH----L7 TIMELINE---L8----BLUE SKY) ---RADIAL SGI-TX.

In this photo of Ben Gibbard performing live, the large pedal on the left side of the pedal board (Ben's right) is a Line 6 DL4 Stompbox Delay Modeler.

Ben can be seen using his J-45 in this video from his NPR performance.

The Electro-Harmonix Micro POG can be spotted on Ben Gibbard's pedal board in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video at (18:00).

In this live performance on KEXP with Ben Gibbard, he uses an Epiphone Texan.

Ben used a Fender Coronado in the music video for "You are a tourist"

Ben Gibbard used the G&L Bluesboy Honey Sunburst guitar during Death Cab For Cutie's "Plans" tour for songs in standard tuning, as seen in the 2006 Expo 86 performance on YouTube. It may have also served as a backup or been replaced during the "Narrow Stairs" tour.

In this post, L.A. Sound Design shared the pedalboard they made for Death Cab for Cutie. There's an EQD Dispatch Master seen on Ben's pedalboard.

All I really wanted was the way my Supro at home sounds, with real pedals, and once we got that dialled, it was like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re never going back.’ I’m glad we went in this direction, although initially I was a little bit of a luddite.

Gibbard can be seen using the guitar live in this photo. He had another one in a different finish as well

In this video by Fender A Conversation With Ben Gibbard About "Black Sun", record producer Rich Costey talks about Ben Gibbard's vocals on the song Black Sun, and wanting Ben to sound raw as opposed to doubling up the vocals or using effects. Around 5:00 into the video:

It's so personal. I don't wanna hear him hiding behind some big effect. That vocal is him on an SM-7, just right here, telling you a story

The MXR Stereo Chorus can be spotted on Ben Gibbard's pedalboard in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video at (18:00).

In this live performance, Ben can be seen playing a semi-hollow version of the ASAT Classic Bluesboy guitar.

According to Premier Guitar.com "A Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 provides all the juice," to Ben Gibbard's pedalboard.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Gibbard used Boss GE-7 equalizer.

Throughout this video, Ben Gibbard can be seen using what I believe to be a Neumann KMS 104. He has also used it in other shows, including the following: https://youtu.be/gxU3Y1ot5yY

According to Ben Gibbard in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, the Deathcab for Cutie guitarist uses an Eventide Timefactor delay pedal. "These are great because you can store the settings elsewhere on a computer and then put them on a new pedal. These have been fairly bulletproof for me," Gibbard said at (17:15).

The Boss TU-2 tuner can be spotted on Ben Gibbard's pedalboard at (17:47) in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown.

For simple pedal switching on his live board, Ben Gibbard uses the Voodoo Lab Pedal Switcher, as seen in this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video at (18:10).

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