Dylan Carlson

Carlson played this guitar during an Earth set at Fever in Tokyo, Japan (2014-6-6).

Carlson played this guitar during an Earth set at Crowbar in Brisbane Australia (2014-6-17).

Carlson played this guitar during his solo set at the First Unitarian Side Chapel in Philadelphia (2016-05-13).

Carlson's Tele is equipped with DiMarzio Fast TrackT neck pickup.

In an interview with PlugIn Music from June 2008, Carlson said the following about using Teles: "Well, I actually used one on “Phase III” on the first song “Harvey” and on “Tibetan Quaaludes.” And when I was, you know, gone for a while during my hiatus, I was listening to a lot of Tele players like Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan, and Roy Nichols (Merle Haggard’s guitar player), a lot of Cornell Dupree, that R&B player. So it was the guitar I was listening to a lot and I remember how much I liked it back in the day. So I wanted to try something new, and I like the Telecaster how basic it is. It’s kind of like a guitar you have to work at or work with. It’s not super-easy to play like a Les Paul. It has its own thing that you kind of have to kind of know…I don’t know. Early Led Zeppelin was actually done on Teles, and it was the first solid body and the simplest one, and so that had a lot to do with it."

Carlson uses his Vintage 52 often at his shows.

Carlson is playing a white Ibanez Iceman in this photo of him playing back in the days.

Carlson's Tele is equipped with Seymour Duncan Phat Cat P-90 neck pickup and a discontinued Joe Barden Bridge pickup.

In an interview with PlugIn Music from June 2008, Carlson said the following about using Teles: "Well, I actually used one on “Phase III” on the first song “Harvey” and on “Tibetan Quaaludes.” And when I was, you know, gone for a while during my hiatus, I was listening to a lot of Tele players like Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan, and Roy Nichols (Merle Haggard’s guitar player), a lot of Cornell Dupree, that R&B player. So it was the guitar I was listening to a lot and I remember how much I liked it back in the day. So I wanted to try something new, and I like the Telecaster how basic it is. It’s kind of like a guitar you have to work at or work with. It’s not super-easy to play like a Les Paul. It has its own thing that you kind of have to kind of know…I don’t know. Early Led Zeppelin was actually done on Teles, and it was the first solid body and the simplest one, and so that had a lot to do with it."

Carlson played this guitar during his solo set at The Devonshire Arms in Camden, London (2014-03-02).

In this photo, Carlson can be seen holding the Vox Phantom VI, which he used to work on "Kickstarter".

Carson can be seen using the guitar at the 34:24 mark and throughout.

In answer to Brown Noise Unit's question about what equipment Carlson used on the recording of Earth's 5th album Pentastar: In the Style of Demons: "I had an early Paul Reed Smith, the CE Bolt-on model if I remember correctly, courtesy of Sub Pop and the recording advance. The amp at the studio was a red Marshall JMP 100-watt head and two matching 4×12 cabinets, apparently owned by Ace Frehely at one point according to the studio folks."

In answer to Brown Noise Unit's question about what equipment Carlson used on the recording of Earth's 5th album Pentastar: In the Style of Demons: "I had an early Paul Reed Smith, the CE Bolt-on model if I remember correctly, courtesy of Sub Pop and the recording advance. The amp at the studio was a red Marshall JMP 100-watt head and two matching 4×12 cabinets, apparently owned by Ace Frehely at one point according to the studio folks."

In this photo Carlson can be seen playing through 4 Marshall heads with 4 4x12 cabs (2 slant, 2 straight).

In this photo Carlson can be seen playing through 4 Marshall heads with 4 4x12 cabs (2 slant, 2 straight).

In this photo Carlson can be seen playing through 4 Marshall heads with 4 4x12 cabs (2 slant, 2 straight).

In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Carlson mentions: "at home, I have my Fender Vibroverb."

In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Carlson mentions: "I just bought an Ampeg BT22, a 2×12 that I use, but it’s so heavy I haven’t taken it out yet. I’m going to put wheels on mine [laughs]." The B in BT22 must be misspelled.

In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Carlson mentions: "on tour, I mostly get a Twin, or a Deluxe Reverb, just to have."

In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Carlson mentions: "on tour, I mostly get a Twin, or a Deluxe Reverb, just to have."

In an interview with That's How Kids Die, Carlson mentions: "...this last tour because we had to fly in for the shows, I was using one of those new Crate powerblock little solid state heads which seemed to work pretty good. I’m all about smaller amps now."

In this photo, the vintage Orange OR120 is visible with a knob missing.

"thanks to @oblivioussurroundings for sellin this, and @hollythelamb for gettin it for me, i get to play it finally, the mighty acoustic 270 #solidstate #acousticamp"

"?Fender '59 Bassman ? wisht it was goin home with me (reissue)"

"The Dominator 1x15 combo w/ treble booster my albionic amplifier (my last instagram from england till sob september)"

In this photo, Carlson's amplifier rig is visible, with Marshall 1936 being on the bottom.

In this photo, we can see Carlson's Traynor YRM-1 reverb master head. He confirms in the comments that this is the Traynor guitar head.

In this photo, Carlson showed his amplifiers for the Sounthwestern run. The head is actually the head version of Music Man RD50 Head.