Brendan Benson

Brendon shows off his Guild M-75 at 0:30 in this Premier Guitar rundown. This is his primary guitar with the Raconteurs.

Premier Guitar:

It might be a ’60 or ’61. I got it several years ago, but I never played it. I had it in my mind that there was something wrong with it. It doesn’t sound as good as my blonde Aristocrat, but something happened, or else I got it totally wrong, because I picked that thing up before making this record. I just plugged it in, and wow, it sounded fucking great. What was I thinking? I was probably playing it through a weird amp.

This red 1965 Epiphany Casino was Brendan Benson's first vintage guitar as he says at the 12:02 minute mark: "This was the first expensive guitar I ever bought...it's served me well."

Brendan Benson talks about his Motor Ave BelAire guitar around 11:02 minute mark, and says about, "I had him put my son's name in the headstock there. These are incredible guitars. They sound amazing. The pickups are great. They're very cool, very heavy and very big."

Brendan is seen here using a Fender Telecaster.

Brendan is seen here using a Fender Telecaster.

Brendan can be seen in the video (12:01) with Epiphone Casino in his studio

Brendan Plays this Deluxe Brandon Niederauer Atlantic in Sonic Blue in the attached video, and many others, especially with the Raconteurs.

At 14:26 of this video, Brendan Benson pulls out a Guild Starfire III from the "early 60s". He bought it because he's a fan of the Kinks' Dave Davies, who played a similar guitar.

My Gibson Country Western. That’s been my guitar for years that I’ve always played and written on. Lately there’s a new horse in the running.

It’s a Gibson J-45 gold top. I think it’s a custom shop. It’s a very limited-edition guitar that I found in Detroit and it has a gold top like a Les Paul, so it’s really bizarre.

Yeah, I have this Charles Whitfill Thinline [T-style] that’s fucking awesome. It just plays beautifully. The pickups are amazing. They sound crazy good. That guy, Charles Whitfill, is a badass. I was going to say I don’t know why he’s not more well known, but he’s only one guy making guitars out of his house in Kentucky or something.

Clearly seen around the 9:14 mark is Brendan Benson's first amp, a Sears Silverstone, which he says, "became part of my sound. I took it all over the world."

Around 6:17 mark, Brendan Benson shows his Marshall Offset amplifier. He describes this one as "incredibly loud" and, according to him "it sounds amazing".

At the 7:21 minute mark, when the camera passes through Brendan's amps you can see the Fender Vibro King.

At 4:30 on top of the shelf you can see a VOX Night Train.

At 6:05, top left corner you can see what looks like a very old Supro Bantam.

Visible at 6:05 is a Reinhardt SV 18 Head & Cab.

A Marshall Bluesbreaker Combo Amp can be seen at 6:05 during this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar.

According to Premier Guitar's interview, Benson uses the Marshall JTM45 Offset.

Brendon Benson uses a Song of Kong pedal, as shown in this Premier Guitar rig rundown, from 2:09 to 4:18. Of this pedal he says, "Essentially you can sort of tune your guitar, your amp, your sound, to the room."

At the 4:43 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Holy Grail Reverb pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:46 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Mastotron Fuzz Guitar Effects Pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:46 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Micro Pog pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:43 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:40 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Fulltone OCD pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:40 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Double Muff Pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals.

At the 4:40 mark in Brendan Benson's rig rundown, his Way Huge Electronics Angry Troll pedal is visible as the camera pans over his pedals. The pedal was also mentioned in 2019 Premier Guitar interview.