Doug Martsch

I’ve pretty much always used Fender Bassman amps. I started out with a Twin Reverb, but it died, and after I got it fixed it never sounded the same. I’ve had many Bassmans over the years—that’s the one for me.

"I have an old Fender Deluxe Reverb that I use quite a bit. " Doug referring to the gear in his most new album "Untethered Moon".

Doug Martsch uses a custom 1968 Marshall 50 Watt Plexi, built by Jim Roth in a Twin Reverb chassis, as detailed by imlikeajungle in the Archive source.

Used live circa 2000 but NOT for Live album and HBO Reverb video appearance, that was a Bassman

Doug has been recently(as of 2024) seen playing through a VOX AC-30, but still uses his Fender Bassman cabinet as a stand for his Vintage Echoplex delay.

In this Instagram post by killervintageguitars, the caption says "It was great to meet Doug Martsch from @builttospill on Saturday! They played an incredible show for the 30th anniversary of their album #thereisnothingwrongwithlove . Before the show we delivered this awesome late 80s Vox AC-30 to Doug and it sounded fantastic at @redflagstlvenue! Built to Spill rules and we are always happy to provide the best gear to the coolest guitarists!"

According to a Facebook fan page post by Jim Roth on May 19, 2025, Doug Martsch used a Blonde Fender Tremolux Amp (1964 Transitional), along with a 70's master volume Fender Twin and Mike Johnson's Tweed Champ, during the recording of TNWWL. The information is supported by an image available on Imgur.

According to a Facebook fan page post by Jim Roth on May 19, 2025, Doug Martsch used a Blonde Fender Tremolux Amp (1964 Transitional), along with a 70's master volume Fender Twin and Mike Johnson's Tweed Champ, during the recording of TNWWL. The information is supported by an image available on Imgur.

According to a Facebook fan page post by Jim Roth on May 19, 2025, Doug Martsch used a Blonde Fender Tremolux Amp (1964 Transitional), along with a 70's master volume Fender Twin and Mike Johnson's Tweed Champ, during the recording of TNWWL. The information is supported by an image available on Imgur.