Brent Rowan's Gear

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Gibson ES-335

Gibson ES-335

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
Color/Finish: Cherry Year: 1960

Brent Rowan used a 1960 Gibson ES-335 on Mark Chesnutt's song "Too Cold at Home," as noted by Zac Childs in Vintage Guitar® magazine.

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Brent Rowan extensively used a PRS Custom 22 on Montgomery Gentry’s Some People Change album, as confirmed by an interview with Zac Childs in Vintage Guitar® magazine.

Here he is demoing it.

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According to an article by Zac Childs in Vintage Guitar magazine, Brent Rowan's first "real" electric guitar was a 1971 Walnut Gibson ES-335TD.

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According to an interview with Brent Rowan in Vintage Guitar® magazine, one of his first pedals was an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone V1.

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One of Brent’s first pedals was a script logo Dyna Comp.

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Brent states he used a “black box” Echoplex during his early session days.

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Brent Rowan has confirmed in an interview with Vintage Guitar® magazine, conducted by Zac Childs, that he used the MXR M104 Distortion+ pedal during his early session days.

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Brent states he used an Electric Mistress in his early session days.

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Brent states he carried around a brown-tolex Princeton to his early sessions.

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Brent Rowan uses a Fender 1963 Jazzmaster to "get that sound in-between Fender and a Gretsch," as detailed in an article by Zac Childs in Vintage Guitar® magazine.

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Brent used a 1960 Stratocaster with a ‘58 neck on Bob Seger’s Face the Promise

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Brent used his ‘52 Tele on Kathy Mattea’s “Walk The Way The Wind Blows” and his early John Conlee work.

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In an interview with Vintage Guitar® magazine, Brent Rowan mentioned that he would bring in a pair of Shure SM57 microphones for recording, as reported by author Zac Childs.

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Brent says he owns a JTM45 as part of his amp collection.

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Brent states a plexi JMP 50 is in his amp collection.

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Brent mentions his use of a Carmen Ghia in his amp collection.

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In an article by Zac Childs for Vintage Guitar magazine, Brent Rowan mentions that he owns a Bogner Fish preamp in his collection.

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Brent says he uses a 100 watt Marshall with a 4x12 when doing “rocking stuff.”

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Brent owns a mid-60’s AC30 he bought from Billy Sanford who used it when playing for Roy Orbison.

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In an interview with Vintage Guitar® magazine, Brent Rowan states, "I have two Lexicon PCM 42s in my rack," confirming his use of this specific effects processor.

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Brent Rowan confirms he uses the Lexicon PCM-70 Reverb in his rack for circular delays, as stated in an interview with Zac Childs for Vintage Guitar® magazine.

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In an interview with Vintage Guitar® magazine, Brent Rowan mentioned that he has a dbx 160 in his rack.

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Brent says he has two 4x12 cabinets stocked with Celestion 30s.

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Brent says this is his current go to recording amp.

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He mentions using a modded BD-2 after a Keeley compressor so I assume he means a Keeley modded BD-2 too.

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According to an interview with Vintage Guitar® magazine by Zac Childs, Brent Rowan states that he "almost always uses a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo."

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Brent says he likes the Fulltone OCD.

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Brent says he uses a Strobo Tuner. I assume this one.

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Brent says he uses almost every Boss pedal made but the tremolo is his favorite.

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