Butch Walker

"I love these Yamaha FG180 acoustics. I have several original ones from the 70's-80's and they're always on records I do, at my house, backstage in dressing rooms and on the bus. Kinda secret recording weapons honestly. They just made a limited edition 50th Anniversary model and I'm blown away by it. Thanks for this baby, @yamahacorpus I will be playing it errday!" - Butch Walker via Facebook

For Fender sessions, Walker used Fender American Design Experience Telecaster.

For Fender sessions, Walker used Fender Custom Deluxe Reverb guitar amplifier.

Best Guitar I’ve ever Played. Period. Makes me play and sound better.” – Butch Walker

In a YouTube video titled "Butch Walker - Uncomfortably Numb," Butch Walker is seen playing a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster. This guitar, noted for its unique configuration, features two humbuckers, a standard Strat tremolo, a reverse headstock, and a cream distressed finish. During a 2018 performance at Irving Plaza in NYC, Butch's bandmate mentioned that the Fender Custom Shop crafted this instrument specifically for him.

this Silvertone Twin Twelve with matching cab fits the bill. “I use the head through different cabs a lot, to get a different sound,” he said.

"Oh hell yeah. Come to daddy. ... I sat for hours, as a wee 14yr old lad, learning the art of multitrack recording on this thing. Made some really damn good sounding jams on it. Matter of fact, I'm Doing an entire record on it when I get it." Butch Walker talking about his Tascam 244 via Facebook

"I found a new Holy Grail mic for my studio. The @soyuzmicrophones 017 is amazing. I'm not a "shoot out" guy (or technical purist), I just love music gear and know when something sounds great. Beck hit me up about this company a few weeks ago and I trust his ears as much as any pro engineer, etc... All I needed to know was that he, along with Nigel Godrich, Sylvia Massey and others put these up against their best vintage mics in their collections AND IT WON. very stoked to have this and get a few more. ?#?GearNerd?" - Butch Walker speaking about this microphone via Facebook

butchwalkerEverybody always wants me to post pics of my pedalboard. I don't. Because it isn't beautiful. It isn't organized. It isn't in order. It isn't much. It's actually very much just like me. But it is functional, easy, and awesome shit. L-R top: Keeley super modulation something something, TC electronics David Hasselhoff signature series reverb pedal, JHS superbolt (backup), JHS RubyRed ?R prototype (backup) Bottom row: Caroline kilobyte delay, JHS ?R signature pedal (soon to be released!), JHS Muffaletta sandwich fuzz, JHS colorbox, TC tuner. I don't play with a lot of gain. The amp is overdriving slightly. I play kinda hard. My fingers are caveman carrots. I can honestly say tho, if you like what to hear on the new record and live, 90% of that is my signature ?R pedal (coming out in the next week or so).

butchwalkerEverybody always wants me to post pics of my pedalboard. I don't. Because it isn't beautiful. It isn't organized. It isn't in order. It isn't much. It's actually very much just like me. But it is functional, easy, and awesome shit. L-R top: Keeley super modulation something something, TC electronics David Hasselhoff signature series reverb pedal, JHS superbolt (backup), JHS RubyRed ?R prototype (backup) Bottom row: Caroline kilobyte delay, JHS ?R signature pedal (soon to be released!), JHS Muffaletta sandwich fuzz, JHS colorbox, TC tuner. I don't play with a lot of gain. The amp is overdriving slightly. I play kinda hard. My fingers are caveman carrots. I can honestly say tho, if you like what to hear on the new record and live, 90% of that is my signature ?R pedal (coming out in the next week or so).

butchwalkerEverybody always wants me to post pics of my pedalboard. I don't. Because it isn't beautiful. It isn't organized. It isn't in order. It isn't much. It's actually very much just like me. But it is functional, easy, and awesome shit. L-R top: Keeley super modulation something something, TC electronics David Hasselhoff signature series reverb pedal, JHS superbolt (backup), JHS RubyRed ?R prototype (backup) Bottom row: Caroline kilobyte delay, JHS ?R signature pedal (soon to be released!), JHS Muffaletta sandwich fuzz, JHS colorbox, TC tuner. I don't play with a lot of gain. The amp is overdriving slightly. I play kinda hard. My fingers are caveman carrots. I can honestly say tho, if you like what to hear on the new record and live, 90% of that is my signature ?R pedal (coming out in the next week or so).

butchwalkerEverybody always wants me to post pics of my pedalboard. I don't. Because it isn't beautiful. It isn't organized. It isn't in order. It isn't much. It's actually very much just like me. But it is functional, easy, and awesome shit. L-R top: Keeley super modulation something something, TC electronics David Hasselhoff signature series reverb pedal, JHS superbolt (backup), JHS RubyRed ?R prototype (backup) Bottom row: Caroline kilobyte delay, JHS ?R signature pedal (soon to be released!), JHS Muffaletta sandwich fuzz, JHS colorbox, TC tuner. I don't play with a lot of gain. The amp is overdriving slightly. I play kinda hard. My fingers are caveman carrots. I can honestly say tho, if you like what to hear on the new record and live, 90% of that is my signature ?R pedal (coming out in the next week or so).

Everybody always wants me to post pics of my pedalboard. I don't. Because it isn't beautiful. It isn't organized. It isn't in order. It isn't much. It's actually very much just like me. But it is functional, easy, and awesome shit. L-R top: Keeley super modulation something something, TC electronics David Hasselhoff signature series reverb pedal, JHS superbolt (backup), JHS RubyRed ?R prototype (backup) Bottom row: Caroline kilobyte delay, JHS ?R signature pedal (soon to be released!), JHS Muffaletta sandwich fuzz, JHS colorbox, TC tuner. I don't play with a lot of gain. The amp is overdriving slightly. I play kinda hard. My fingers are caveman carrots. I can honestly say tho, if you like what to hear on the new record and live, 90% of that is my signature ?R pedal (coming out in the next week or so)

This ’68 Gibson Trini Lopez is one of Walker’s all-time favorites. “It’s on every record I do because I can grab it, and no matter the climate or where I am, it’s always in tune and plays perfect all way up the neck. Plus, it sounds insane – huge, big, bright, full – and it looks bitchin’.”

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Butch Walker has "been using the sh*t out of the 67se!"

"I plan on keeping it in the booth and always running. I have been using it on BG vocal and acoustic guitar too. Love it. I need another one!!!"

Butch has used it on main vocals for the last few albums he has produced, including Harry Connick Jr's "That Would Be Me" and Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon's first solo album,"Painkillers." Butch also went for it on The Wind and the Wave, Dove and the Wolf, and Reignwolf's latest albums, keeping it up on main vocal.

In April 2014, Butch Walker shared this photo on Instagram, showing his Guild Orpheum Series 14-Fret Slope-Shoulder MH Acoustic Guitar. He says, "Loving this Guild Orpheum acoustic! So good.."

"The Radial JD7 made my guitar sounds so much thicker and punchier. I think the Drag feature should be built into everything ever made!" - Walker about Radial JD7.

On Radial's website, Walker was listed as a user of Radial JDX.

On Radial's website, Walker was listed as a user of Radial JDV MK5.

For Fender sessions, along with Custom Deluxe Reverb, Walker also used Custom Princeton Reverb.

In this Gibson interview, Walker says he has a 1967 Gibson ES-335.

"Calling himself an “artist first,” Walker’s got the guitar collection to back it up. With his three favorite Gibsons being his ’67 ES-335, ’71 ES-355, and a late-’60s EB0 bass, Walker says, “Those are my Gibsons that I don’t take on the road. " - Walker about his "holy grail" Gibsons.

"Calling himself an “artist first,” Walker’s got the guitar collection to back it up. With his three favorite Gibsons being his ’67 ES-335, ’71 ES-355, and a late-’60s EB0 bass, Walker says, “Those are my Gibsons that I don’t take on the road. " - Walker about his Gibson EB-0 and other Gibson guitars.

"On his frequent tours, Walker always takes along a ’72 Les Paul, two newer Firebirds, a ’60s Les Paul Junior, an EB-3 bass, an '80 EDS-1275, and a ’62 Hummingbird. Though Walker says he began his collection by buying and selling various guitars, his producing job means he no longer has to sell any." - excerpt from Gibson interview.

"On his frequent tours, Walker always takes along a ’72 Les Paul, two newer Firebirds, a ’60s Les Paul Junior, an EB-3 bass, an '80 EDS-1275, and a ’62 Hummingbird. Though Walker says he began his collection by buying and selling various guitars, his producing job means he no longer has to sell any." - excerpt from Gibson interview.

"On his frequent tours, Walker always takes along a ’72 Les Paul, two newer Firebirds, a ’60s Les Paul Junior, an EB-3 bass, an '80 EDS-1275, and a ’62 Hummingbird. Though Walker says he began his collection by buying and selling various guitars, his producing job means he no longer has to sell any." - excerpt from Gibson interview.

"On his frequent tours, Walker always takes along a ’72 Les Paul, two newer Firebirds, a ’60s Les Paul Junior, an EB-3 bass, an '80 EDS-1275, and a ’62 Hummingbird. Though Walker says he began his collection by buying and selling various guitars, his producing job means he no longer has to sell any." - excerpt from Gibson interview.

"On his frequent tours, Walker always takes along a ’72 Les Paul, two newer Firebirds, a ’60s Les Paul Junior, an EB-3 bass, an '80 EDS-1275, and a ’62 Hummingbird. Though Walker says he began his collection by buying and selling various guitars, his producing job means he no longer has to sell any." - excerpt from Gibson interview.

butchwalkerEverybody always wants me to post pics of my pedalboard. I don't. Because it isn't beautiful. It isn't organized. It isn't in order. It isn't much. It's actually very much just like me. But it is functional, easy, and awesome shit. L-R top: Keeley super modulation something something, TC electronics David Hasselhoff signature series reverb pedal, JHS superbolt (backup), JHS RubyRed ?R prototype (backup) Bottom row: Caroline kilobyte delay, JHS ?R signature pedal (soon to be released!), JHS Muffaletta sandwich fuzz, JHS colorbox, TC tuner. I don't play with a lot of gain. The amp is overdriving slightly. I play kinda hard. My fingers are caveman carrots. I can honestly say tho, if you like what to hear on the new record and live, 90% of that is my signature ?R pedal (coming out in the next week or so).

butchwalkerEverybody always wants me to post pics of my pedalboard. I don't. Because it isn't beautiful. It isn't organized. It isn't in order. It isn't much. It's actually very much just like me. But it is functional, easy, and awesome shit. L-R top: Keeley super modulation something something, TC electronics David Hasselhoff signature series reverb pedal, JHS superbolt (backup), JHS RubyRed ?R prototype (backup) Bottom row: Caroline kilobyte delay, JHS ?R signature pedal (soon to be released!), JHS Muffaletta sandwich fuzz, JHS colorbox, TC tuner. I don't play with a lot of gain. The amp is overdriving slightly. I play kinda hard. My fingers are caveman carrots. I can honestly say tho, if you like what to hear on the new record and live, 90% of that is my signature ?R pedal (coming out in the next week or so).