Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein's Gear
A Boss Super Overdrive can be seen on Carrie's pedalboard between the Boss Blues Driver and Zvex Super Hard On.
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"My main guitar is a ‘72 Gibson SG. I’m really comfortable with the neck, and I perform the best on that guitar in the studio. So when I want a different tone, it’s usually a matter of changing the amp around, or plugging in a different pedal. Sometimes, we’ll crank up a Fender Champ or an old Ampeg for natural amp distortion. I’ll also use my main stage amp—a Vox AC30." - Carrie Brownstein.
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On the right of this photo from inside Carrie's house, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is seen on the pedalboard.
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In this performance picture, Carrie Brownstein is seen playing a Rickenbacker 330 Guitar.
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In this live performance image, Carrie Brownstein is seen playing her Guild S-100 Polara.
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"My go-to guitar is: a custom model by Reuben Cox, who owns Old Style Guitar Shop, in L.A. It looks like a semi-hollow-body Stratocaster, and it’s really lightweight. I will take two of those on tour, as well as something with big vibrato on it." - Carrie Brownstein.
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In this photo, Carrie can be seen playing a Gibson SG. And in this article, she says, "Something with the SG, like there’s two devil horns coming out. It’s a demon guitar. Angus Young, Pete Townshend…
“I liked the angularity of it and the bluntness of it, I felt like, that was sort of my style of playing and I’ve tried other guitars, but I just like the sound. I like a guitar that has a little bit of growliness to it – one that feels like the harder you play, it will react to that.”
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Thank you @catalinbread for these beautiful effects pedals! Excited to try them out. #madeinoregon
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On the left of this picture from inside Carrie's house, a Digitech Whammy 4 is visible on the floor.
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Thank you @catalinbread for these beautiful effects pedals! Excited to try them out. #madeinoregon
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In this Youtube video recorded for the official Fender channel, Carrie Brownstein is seen using a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster guitar.
This is also one of her main guitars in the promo content for Sleater-Kinney's new album, 'Path of wellness' (released June 2021).
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Playing this live on 2021 tour. 3 color sunburst with maple neck.
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A Music Man HD 120 2x12 Combo Amp can be seen behind Carrie Brownstein in this live performance photo.
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In the official music video for "Entertain", Carrie can be seen playing a 425 at :23s.
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In this interview, Carrie says that she uses Apple's Garage Band.
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Between 1993 and 1999 Carrie played a Red Epiphone SG before she started playing her 1972 Gibson SG. The guitar is/was on display in the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle.
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A Super Reverb can be seen at 0:25. Also, in a 2005 interview, Brownstein stated the following: "For most of the record, I used a Fender Super Reverb from the ’60s." (http://innocentwords.com/sleater-kinney-discusses-dark-politics-distorted-sounds-in-recent-album/)
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A Zvex Super Hard On can be seen on Carrie's board.
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In this interview, at the question "my to-go guitar", Carrie mentiones that she owns a 1972 Gibson SG.
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Her earphones can be seen in the top left corner of her Instagram photo.
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A Line 6 DL4 can be seen to the side of Carrie's pedalboard.
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In more recent years, her rig has also featured the robust RJM Mastermind PBC—essentially a rack mounting system in pedalboard format, complete with an internal line mixer and onboard MIDI controller.
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In a Wall Street Journal interview, Carrie Brownstein mentions using Beats by Dre Pro Headphones.
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In a photo uploaded to reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/xyz2mj/carrie_brownsteins_sleater_kinney_pedalboard/) you can see Carrie Brownstein uses the Eventide PitchFactor Harmonizer with tape markers on it to show what settings to put it at. It is on the far upper left of her board.
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In an imgur upload (https://imgur.com/a/sk-gear-LRNj37V ) taken from reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/xyz2mj/carrie_brownsteins_sleater_kinney_pedalboard/) you can see that Carrie Brownstein uses an Electro-Harmonix EH-4600 Small Clone. It is to the far bottom right of her kit. It has tape with an arrow on it pointing to set the knob to the upper right.
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In an Imgur upload titled "SK gear," Carrie Brownstein is shown using a Keeley Fuzz Bender, located at the bottom right of her kit.
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In an Imgur post from October 2022 titled "SK Gear," a photograph of what appears to be Carrie Brownstein's pedalboard includes the EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter as part of her setup.
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In an Imgur link from October 2022 titled "SK Gear," what appears to be Carrie Brownstein's pedalboard includes the EarthQuaker Devices Talons, confirming its use as part of her setup.
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In an Imgur link from October 2022 titled "SK Gear," what appears to be Carrie Brownstein's pedalboard includes the EarthQuaker Devices White Light, confirming its use as part of her setup.
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In an Imgur link from October 2022 titled "SK Gear," what appears to be Carrie Brownstein's pedalboard includes the MXR Carbon Copy, confirming its use as part of her setup.
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