Dylan Carlson

Dylan Carlson frequently uses his Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster during performances, as evidenced by a photo taken at his show in Mexico City on October 8th, 2011.

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."

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

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."

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

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

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 Devonshire Arms in Camden, London (2014-03-02).

Bought in Jacksonville Florida, and named Gator. Dylan dropped a Dimarzio Dp188 pickup in the Bridge.

In an Instagram post Dylan Carlson mentions that for his current tour he’s using this guitar for songs in open Gb and calls the colour 'gunpowder'. See https://www.instagram.com/p/DOBp_AtDxXJ/?img_index=1&igsh=dnd6Y2l4dHN4OHVp.