Elizabeth Stokes

Q: What’s your current go-to guitar? A: "A G&L Tribute Fallout. I’ve played it for a few years now. I wanted a guitar that was light and small, and I tried all the usual suspects but nothing really spoke to me. I think I can be a bit contrarian, and I liked the idea of having a guitar that not as many people did. I watched a few video reviews of the Fallout, and liked that it had both a P90 and a humbucker, which you could blend, and the blend has ended up being my go-to pickup setting. The first time I held one in a shop it just felt right, the neck felt smooth and well-made and the body was light and comfortable. And it was pretty cheap, too!"

1:02 "Start off with the PolyTune tuner, it's nice to be in tune..."

"Then I've got the Rat, which it's just nice to have right on the board because sometimes my pedals break, and it feels like it can fill in for any of the other ones if something happens. But in the meantime, it's just like that next stage up of distortion" (04:20)

Q: Are you much of a gear nerd? A: "Only a little. I bought a nice MXR Carbon Copy delay last year, and previously I was playing [a delay pedal] I picked up for ten quid so it was quite a step up. The other five pedals on my board are all distortions or fuzzes"

In this YouTube video at around 7:34, Liz shows and talks about the LF7 on her pedalboard.

"I've got a Crowther Hot Cake... which is like my first distortion, my like most transparent one." Liz then mentions adjusting the controls on a song by song basis. (2:34-2:54 roughly)

"I've got this Keeley Compressor which I only use a couple times during the set. I basically have it at maximum level. It's just for the song 'Out of Sight.' It gives [the guitar] a clean boost and [filters out the guitar's low end]" Approx 01:08

At 07:06, Stokes comments "I switched to a Thermae for this tour just because we have a few different tempos I was switching back and forth [between] a lot... In this one it just means I can have a couple of presets." Stokes mentions using an MXR Carbon Copy, a pedal with no tap tempo meaning the user has to approximate a song's tempo using a time knob, for past Beths tours.

In the video, Elizabeth Stokes discusses her pedalboard and how she uses it for live performances. At around 05:12, Stokes talks about her Hoof and describes it as "my fuzz, which I'll use [on the bridge in 'Little Death'] ... [and] I use it for 'Silence is Golden' and I''ll combo it with my [King of Tone clone]"

In this 8/11/22 performance at The Grog Shop, Liz is playing through a Fender '68 Deluxe Reverb. It can also be seen during her Earthquaker Bored to Death video, though she does not discuss it.

Elizabeth uses her King of Tone clone to get her Crowther Hotcake to "the next level of distortion" (03:26). According to her, one of the sides is broken.

Liz is visibly playing out of one at 02:03

In the EarthQuaker Devices video titled "Board to Death- Liz Stokes (The Beths)," Elizabeth Stokes uses the CIOKS DC10 to power her effects pedals.

In this photograph taken at The Beths concert in Paris on June 13, 2023, we can see a Roland Jazz Chorus 40 amplifier being used by Elizabeth Stokes.

In this photograph of Elizabeth Stokes' pedalboard, taken at The Beths concert in Paris on June 13, 2023, we can see a Joyo JF-14 American Sound pedal.

Elizabeth Stokes played a Martin Guitars 000-15M accoustic guitar during The Beths' Tiny Desk Concert. This can be confirmed by watching the performance at the timestamp 5:09 in the video provided by NPR Music on YouTube.

And she played the Martin Guitars 000-15M also here on Coal Drops Sessions link: https://youtu.be/KpCfNBHr60o?t=2 Timestamp 0:02

Elizabeth Stokes, a singer and guitarist from The Beths, is confirmed to use a Trent Guitars Model 2 electric guitar. In an Instagram post shared by The Beths, Elizabeth describes her custom Trent M2 guitar, highlighting its specifications, such as its "faded fiesta red" finish, mini humbuckers, and a 24.75” scale. She expressed her satisfaction with the guitar, stating, "It just felt immediately amazing to play." The post also notes that her red Model 2 guitar was stolen in Paris, as reported by Guitar.com, and during a live performance on December 7, 2025, she appeared with a replacement white Model 2. The Instagram post was authored by The Beths and featured photography credits to @max_86b, @trentguitars, @kristinaskool, and @_chloescamera.

In a Reddit post titled "The Beths pedalboards" by user HudsonValleyChris, Elizabeth Stokes' pedalboard is shown in the third photo and includes the Cusack Music Pedal Cracker V2.