Brent Mason

"It's unbelievable. I use it a lot. Awesome sound. Great meaty tone."

"Mason has delivered some of the most incredible Tele-whacking, chicken-pickin’, double-stopping, face-melting, mind-blowing solos in country music. For most of these sessions, he used a bastardized 1968 Fender Telecaster that he bought used in the ’80s for a few hundred dollars. Sporting a car primer finish applied by the previous owner, this Tele has been customized with a Joe Glaser B-Bender and a Gibson mini-humbucker at the neck position. A standard Tele 3-way switch controls the neck humbucker and Tele bridge pickups, while a blend knob brings in a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack that Mason added as a middle pickup."

"The session great’s PRS Brent Mason Signature model is decidedly non-Tele-like. Featuring a bolt-on maple neck, a PRS tremolo, Phase III locking tuners, Narrow 408 humbuckers in the bridge and neck positions, and a 305 single-coil in the middle, this versatile guitar has coil-splitting options that let Mason dial in a huge variety of sounds."

"For moody mellow tones, Mason goes to his stock, pre-Fender Gretsch 6120 Duane Eddy model. Mason takes advantage of the 6120’s Filter’Ttron pickups for twang and the stock Bigsby tremolo for vibe."

Under "guitars" section, his 1965 Fender Stratocaster is listed.

"Brent Mason's Gear

Guitars Modifi ed ’68 Fender Telecaster, ’65 Fender Stratocaster, ’68 Gibson SG, ’76 Gibson ES-335, ’73 goldtop Gibson Les Paul, PRS David Grissom, PRS SE Mike Mushok Baritone, PRS 12-string acoustic"

According to Premier Guitar, Mason uses the 1973 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop.

This is another Brent Mason signature guitar - from Valley Arts.

Actually a 1965. "It's just got a lot of character. It is fat and has that unmatched Fender sound. It stays clean, and breaks up in a nice way."

"It's great. I had this way way back - it's got a good grit sound, that transparent kind of Vox-y, Marshall-y in a way, but still sparkly. A good kind of grungy tone. A real versatile amp."

"For cabinets, Mason switches between a Little Walter tweed 2x12 loaded with 75-watt Celestion G12T-75s and a vintage Fender Bassman 2x12 with two Celestion Vintage 30s."

"For cabinets, Mason switches between a Little Walter tweed 2x12 loaded with 75-watt Celestion G12T-75s and a vintage Fender Bassman 2x12 with two Celestion Vintage 30s."

According to Premier Guitar article, Mason owns the 1967 Fender Deluxe Reverb.

According to amps section in Premier Guitar article, Mason uses the 1965 Fender Twin Reverb.

According to Premier Guitar's article, Mason uses the 1963 Fender Bandmaster.

The Wampler Ego Compressor can be seen in this photo of Brent Mason's pedalboard.

via Premier Gutiar

"The Radial Cabbone has made my life so much easier. Now on a session there is no hassle of switching speaker cables manually between cabs. At a click of a switch it's done! Best of all, the Cabbone does not mess with my tone!" - Mason about Radial Cabbone.

On Radial's website, Mason was featured as user of Trimode pedal.

Nashville player, Brent Mason, has been seen with his V4 KoT in recording sessions and borrowing Sol Philcox's KoT pedal when he plays out

"His signature Hot Wired is currently on v2. Also currently using the Ego Compressor, Faux Tape Echo and various modified units."

"The signal chain starts with a Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah into an Ernie Ball 6166 volume pedal. Next is a Wampler Ego Compressor, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer customized by Analog Man, a Visual Sound V2 Truetone Clean Boost, a Xotic Effects RC Booster, a Xotic Effects BB Preamp, and a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost."

"The signal chain starts with a Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah into an Ernie Ball 6166 volume pedal. Next is a Wampler Ego Compressor, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer customized by Analog Man, a Visual Sound V2 Truetone Clean Boost, a Xotic Effects RC Booster, a Xotic Effects BB Preamp, and a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost."

"The signal chain starts with a Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah into an Ernie Ball 6166 volume pedal. Next is a Wampler Ego Compressor, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer customized by Analog Man, a Visual Sound V2 Truetone Clean Boost, a Xotic Effects RC Booster, a Xotic Effects BB Preamp, and a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost."

"The signal chain starts with a Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah into an Ernie Ball 6166 volume pedal. Next is a Wampler Ego Compressor, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer customized by Analog Man, a Visual Sound V2 Truetone Clean Boost, a Xotic Effects RC Booster, a Xotic Effects BB Preamp, and a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost."

"The signal chain starts with a Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah into an Ernie Ball 6166 volume pedal. Next is a Wampler Ego Compressor, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer customized by Analog Man, a Visual Sound V2 Truetone Clean Boost, a Xotic Effects RC Booster, a Xotic Effects BB Preamp, and a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost."

"The signal chain starts with a Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah into an Ernie Ball 6166 volume pedal. Next is a Wampler Ego Compressor, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer customized by Analog Man, a Visual Sound V2 Truetone Clean Boost, a Xotic Effects RC Booster, a Xotic Effects BB Preamp, and a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost."

"The signal chain starts with a Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah into an Ernie Ball 6166 volume pedal. Next is a Wampler Ego Compressor, a Boss GE-7 Equalizer customized by Analog Man, a Visual Sound V2 Truetone Clean Boost, a Xotic Effects RC Booster, a Xotic Effects BB Preamp, and a Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Clean Boost."