Ben Watt

Ben Watt - Gradually- Live at Whelans, Dublin, November 2016 Playing Fender Telecaster Thinline Deluxe

Ben Watt and Bernard Butler - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) using Ernie Ball volume pedal

Ben Watt and Bernard Butler - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) using his G6125 w/Bigsby

Here he mentions he describes his guitar as a 1959 model year http://benwatt.com/play/article/my-1959-gretsch-single-anniversary

18 August 2015

MY 1962 GRETSCH CLIPPER My '62 tobacco sunburst Gretsch Clipper. Bought for £200 in 1982. It became the sound of Summer into Winter, North Marine Drive and Eden. The thin hollow body and single pickup gives a warm jazzy tone but low sustain - great for chordal stuff. Gretsch originally made it as a no-frills entry-level guitar, but it has great character. When I bought it it had lost it's pick guard, so I had to source a new one. Still play it live to this day, although sometimes superceded by my Gretsch Single Anniversary 1959.

23 October 2015

MY 2009 NATIONAL "The Mississippi delta was shining like a National guitar," sang Paul Simon, and here is mine shining for all its worth. The original blues guitar, Nationals went out of production for many years and the old ones were always coveted but of mixed quality. Mark Knopfler famously put a 1937 National on the cover of Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms. But in recent years they have gone back into production. Many say they sound way better than before. The result is a whole new range of metal resonator guitars. I bought mine last year. It is a pre-owned 2009 National Style 'N' Reso-Phonic in 'German Silver'. It's not really silver. They just call it that. It's actually a nickel-played alloy. But it plays and sounds great. And I have just used it centrally on a track on my new album - the follow-up to Hendra - due out next Spring.

Ben Watt / 'Hendra' (Live at Northern Heights) playing his (1973) Guild F-50

His webpage describes his acoustics, but only Google's last web crawl captures this. The link is hungup on his webpage. A google search = <<"ben watt" guild guitar>> will yield this thumbnail of text.

5 - Ben Watt | Ben Watt, Musician, singer-songwriter, writer, DJ. benwatt.com/news/backstage-and-soundcheck-pics-2016?page=5 Bernard played a lot of the album on his new Gibson ES-295, the guitar made famous by Scotty Moore. I moved between electrics (1959 Gretsch Single Anniversary, 1972 Fender Thinline) and my acoustics (1973 Guild F50, 1993 Guild D4 12-string). I also played my metal 2009 National Reso-phonic. We also used the ...

Ben playing his Gibson Byrdland inhis Everthing But The Girl days 1985.

Everything But The Girl - Come On Home [PV] Ben using a red Fender Jaguar

Fender Bandmaster Amp spotted in his home studio in this clip supporting Tracey's solo release.

Tracey Thorn - Singles Bar - live at home

Tracey Thorn - Singles Bar - live at home Ben's Bandmaster rig spotted in home studio Supporting Tracey's solo release

Ben Watt and Bernard Butler - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

In a live performance on KEXP, Ben Watt is seen using the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones.

The Making of Hendra (2014) using an SM58

Ben Watt + Bernard Butler @ Brudenell Social Club – 14/11/13

Ben performs on his Hummingbird acoustic

Here Ben is backing Tracey on a Strat

Tracey Thorn - Singles Bar - live at home

Ben playing a solid body Tele live with EBTG

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