Charlie Starr's Gear

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Charlie describes his Bad Bob at 3:50 in the video

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Charlie Starr mentions his Germino Club 40 amp at 8:28 in this rig rundown.

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The maker of Blackberry Smoke’s 50-watt Germino heads, Greg Germino, personally recommended this Germino Lead 55LV (left) to Starr, and is paired with a 4x12 cab. And the other Germino is a Master Model 50.

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Charlie Star mentions his Les Paul Junior at 0:41, calling it his main axe.

Charlie Starr was seen using a Gibson Les Paul Junior during a concert in Las Vegas, as evidenced by this photo.

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Charlie muestra su OD de Greer Amps en el minuto 10:32 de esta video entrevista de 2015.

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The maker of Blackberry Smoke’s 50-watt Germino heads, Greg Germino, personally recommended this Germino Lead 55LV (left) to Starr, and is paired with a 4x12 cab. And the other Germino is a Master Model 50.

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In a performance of "Waiting for the Thunder" on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland, Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke plays a Gibson ES-345 electric guitar.

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Starr maintains that this 1965 Fender Esquire in factory black, like his other single pickup guitars, sounds larger than most as there are less magnets interfering with the string vibration. He adds, “I’m told that it’s a physics thing. And I’m a physicist, so I subscribe to that theory.”

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Charlie describes his Jr B Bender at :50 in the video

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His is likely to be a custom shop model, as it comes with a binding on the body. Mainly used to play "Pretty Little Lie" because the intro riff and solo need a b-bender to be played.

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I saw him using it in many videos alternating it with a Martin acoustic.

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In a Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video, Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke demonstrates his use of the Fulltone Supa-Trem ST-1, mentioning that he sets the right switch to "Hard" with the mix set to zero.

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His is a 1962 model. You can see him playing it live sometimes as well.

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In the photo, Charlie Starr is seen using an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi Electric Guitar.

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"I can't say enough about the Gibson Custom Shop...This guitar is also very resonate and true to specs of the 1959 Les Paul," says Charlie Starr, at 2:13 in this video.

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"J.D. Simon, who we mentioned, brought a '60 Burst to a show and I played it," Charlie Starr says, at 2:43 in this rig rundown.

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This is a quote from Greg Germino, the amp builder, after I sent him the source picture, "Thanks for sending the picture. That is the 55LV on top of the 4 X 12 cab and the Master Model 50w on top of the smaller Echo Park cab on the left. Charlie was using this same set up staring around mid April which was when I delivered the MM50 prototype to him. Somewhere around a month or so ago he was using the 55LV with an Echo Park head and the smaller cab you see. I guess he has gone back to running the MM 50 head with the Echo Park cabinet."

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Charlie describes the Martin that Zach Brown gave him at 2:37 in the video

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En el minuto 11:08 Charlie menciona al MXR Phase 45 Script logo de su pedalboard.

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Puede verse este efecto en la cadena de Charlie Starr en el minuto 11:31 del video.

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In this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video, Charlie Starr shows off his Echopark '55 Gold guitar. According to Starr, Echopark's luthier Gabriel Curry is "a true artisan. His attention to detail is incredible. The body and neck of this guitar is 500 year old mahogany," Starr said at (5:30).

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Charlie describes his cabinet at 9:12 in the video.

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In the Songbirds Foundation's "Vault Sessions" video, Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke is seen playing a Gibson Flying V.

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Listed under Starr on the official Echopark artist page.

Guitars:

Downtowner, 55' Gold, DT series Echocaster, The 59'. 58' Albet.

Custom Acoustic 000

Amps: 2 Echopark Vibromatic23, tall boy , 2 12 cab

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Listed under Starr on the official Echopark artist page.

Guitars:

Downtowner, 55' Gold, DT series Echocaster, The 59'. 58' Albet.

Custom Acoustic 000

Amps: 2 Echopark Vibromatic23, tall boy , 2 12 cab

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Charlie describes his Cry Baby at 3:50 in the video

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In the YouTube video by Vintage Guitar titled "Charlie Starr Plays His '64 Firebird I," Charlie Starr can be seen using his 1964 Gibson Firebird I.

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In a live performance by Blackberry Smoke on September 9, 2016, at the Fillmore Silver Spring, Maryland, Charlie Starr can be seen playing a 1965 Gibson Firebird I Non-Reverse. This footage is available on Boleslaw's Deep Purple Family Fan Channel on YouTube.

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You can see him using the three pickup version of the model in the video in a standard tuning track.

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En el minuto 11:19 puede verse un Boss TU-3 en la pedalera de estudio de 2015 de Charlie Starr.

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