Christian Bland

In a YouTube video by Premier Guitar, Christian Bland of The Black Angels discusses his preference for 11-gauge strings on his 1962 Les Paul Gibson SG Custom. He mentions starting with lighter strings but switching to 11s around the time the band formed, indicating his consistent use of this setup.

Christian Bland is pictured with a southpaw Tom Cat on his official PureSalem Guitars artist page. He can be seen using a guitar of this model in some handpainted psychedelic finish at ACL Fest in 2013; time stamps are 2:34-2:36, 3:10-3:14, 3:25-3:30, 22:30-22:34, 27:00-27:03, and 27:10-27:17.

In their NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, Christian Bland of The Black Angels plays an Epiphone E442t Century 1963, adding a distinctive vintage sound to the performance.

In this video Christian Bland talks about his Univox Coily 12-String

Christian Bland's pedalboard live at Lollapalooza 2012

Christian Bland's pedalboard live at Lollapalooza 2012

In a live performance of "Blue Glue" by Christian Bland & The Revelators, Christian Bland is seen playing a Fender Custom Shop 1950 Vintage Custom Pine Esquire, as featured in the YouTube video by Ether Wave.

Christian Bland can be seen playing this unorthodox 12-string violin-shaped guitar made by Italian manufacturer EKO circa late 60's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkAYsOiijY

Here's the guitar fully visible during "You on the Run" performance. Time stamps are 28:05-28:12, 28:22-28:24, 29:19-29:26, 29:54-30:01, 30:27-30:36, 30:52-31:02, 31:29-31:40, 31:52-31:58, 32:23-32:29, 32:56-33:02.

He'd been using this guitar circa '11-'12 both with the Black Angels and the Revelators.

Black Angels Do512 Lounge Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-CNG6ip8JA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWKguze6d0

Christian Bland and the Revelators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAWkxggmtwk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8QUETBuoI0

The pedal is clearly visible on his pedalboard in this video. 0:34 time stamp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKyLXOcu83Y

In that video he talks about it and demonstrates how it sounds like. 15:44-16:21

https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/the-black-angels-left-handed-path

Hunt: We have a real deal Binson Echorec that played a huge role in recording the album, and there’s quite a story behind how we got it. Bland: So, I’m on my second Fulltone Tube Tape Echo. The first one I sold in Ireland to get a discount on a real Binson Echorec at a shop. I got $500 off the Echorec for the TTE and I paid another $1,500 for the Echorec. The very next day, the Echorec broke at our show in Manchester. We went to Paris for the next show and we took it to someone local to fix it, and were told it would be sorted out by the end of the day, and it ended up sitting there for an entire year—and it was never fixed! We retrieved it eventually from Paris and I brought it to Austin Vintage Guitars, and it was there for three weeks until they finally said they had no clue what to do. So—finally—we flew to Los Angeles and took it to our friend, who has a company called Acid Fuzz, and he pulled it off and fixed the thing!

Here are the videos of both his solo performance and the Revelators one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0tqXZQY-gw

The guitar is seen throughout the entire video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peecthwn8Q8

The guitar is clearly visible at 1:14-1:23, 3:17-3:22, 5:21-5:25, 8:13-8:15.

The 12 string guitar is what he goes for when performing "You On The Run". He used that one for the song too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpkp7-Adjik

The guitar is clearly visible at 0:47-0:54, 0:59-1:08, 1:23-1:29, 1:43, 2:31, 3:01, 3:18-3:20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuoN9iGPhcc

Christian plays this bass for "Death Song", can be seen at 1:10:03-1:10:10, 1:10:34-1:10:44 (in the background), 1:10:58-1:11:13 (partially in the background, still well visible), 1:11:33-1:11:45 (partially in the background, still well visible ),

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hOdxaFhra/

Mr. Bland with that Rick bass in a studio.

A Selmer Treble and Bass head is visible at the top of a Selmer Goliath speaker cabinet. This picture was probably made during shooting "Currency" video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U9B244Z3go

The gear is visible at 0:36.

A Selmer Goliath speaker cabinet is seen behind Christian. This picture was probably made during shooting "Currency" video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U9B244Z3go

The gear is visible at 0:36.

A Binson Echorec Baby is seen at the top of the Selmer Treble and Bass head. This picture was probably made during shooting "Currency" video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U9B244Z3go

The gear is visible at 0:36.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKqp45gjcfQ/

That Binson Echorec Baby was also used in recording the Black Angels' Death Song.

In a photo shared by Christian Bland on Instagram, the Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MKII can be identified by the distinct MKII lettering, indicating its use during the ONEMINUTEAFTERPROJECT at Levitation France 2014.

One can see Christian Bland playing a Rick 360 at the Black Angels' Rockpalast performance in '11.

The guitar is well visible at 14:42-14:44, 15:15-15:19, 16:10-16:12, 17:58-16:00, 19:05-19:10, 19:23-19:28, 21:12-21:17, 21:21-21:25.

In this Reverb gear rundown Christian Bland can be seen demonstrating the Depths starting at 3:51

In this Reverb gear rundown Christian Bland can be seen demonstrating the Dr Robert starting at 2:30

In this Reverb gear rundown Christian Bland can be seen demonstrating the Bigsky starting at 5:57

In this Reverb gear rundown Christian Bland can be seen demonstrating the Boss PS-5 starting at 10:22

Christian Bland is seen using a Vox Super Lynx Deluxe Electric Guitar in open G tuning, around 2004-2005. It's unclear if the guitar was his own or borrowed, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.