Emily Wolfe

Emily Wolfe can be seen playing an Epiphone Sheraton II in this 2016 perfomance of "Atta Blues" at Stubb's. This interview with Epiphone also mentions the Sheraton II saying:

The Sheraton II is my all time favorite guitar, no joke.

She is also questioned about how she chose the Sheraton II.

Strats and Teles have been the “Austin guitar” sound for so long. What’s the story of how you chose an Epiphone Sheraton II?

I’ve actually been a really big fan of B.B. King since I was little and six or seven years ago I went into a Guitar Center-- walked in, I had a budget, and I saw that guitar and it was the most-like a B.B. King guitar that I could find. At first I was kind of hesitant—I thought ‘man this is kind of big.’ But it’s totally now like my third arm. It’s kind of part of me now. And it’s really been a huge guitar in defining my writing sound. It’s basically my brand now. No one in Austin plays a Sheraton so I feel kind of cool (laughs). I was 20 when I got it—I’m 26 now.

Wolfe is a keen fan of hollowbody guitars. One of her tattoos commemorates the set of TV Jones pickups found in her old Gretsch 2420T. She had to sell the guitar to make rent, hence the commemoration in ink, but she’s still committed to hollow electrics.

Running into her board when we saw Wolfe play was a Gibson Memphis ES-335 – she’s recently been quite attached to her Epiphone Sheraton (one of our top picks for electric guitars under $1000), so we were wondering why the change. “I was afraid to bring mine because I’ve seen so many horror stories,” she says with a nervous laugh. Wolfe had flown over to Europe from the US. “Since it was just two shows – not worth the risk. But they let me borrow a Sheraton in Amsterdam and borrow a Memphis 335 here.”

A Strymon Flint can be seen in the middle of Emily's pedalboard in her instagram post.

Wolfe’s also a keen pedal buff, and approached a broad range of drives when she set out to add grit to her sound. But she eventually settled on a tried and tested classic: “I went through a bunch of different overdrive pedals, and none of them really sounded the way I heard an overdrive in my head until I found the Fulltone OCD.” She’d grabbed one of the limited black OCDs.

A core of Wolfe’s lead sound is an octave-up snarl– which comes from an EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle, running after the OCD.

The shootout was between the Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive and the MXR Super Badass Distortion. I plugged in the OCD and it was literally the sound that had been in my brain – I knew that was the sound. It was so cool, and I have never felt that way - that’s one of the reasons why I love pedals. But it’s the greatest feeling ever – other than playing live.

In this photo, which comes from Guitar Center's interview with Wolfe, Wolfe's pedalboard is shown. One of the pedals visible is the Radial ABY amp switcher.

In this photo, which comes from Guitar Center's interview with Wolfe, Wolfe's pedalboard is shown. One of the pedals visible is the MXR M-109 EQ.

In this photo, which comes from Guitar Center's interview with Wolfe, Wolfe's pedalboard is shown. One of the pedals visible is the MXR M-68 Uni-Vibe.

In this photo, which comes from Guitar Center's interview with Wolfe, Wolfe's pedalboard is shown. One of the pedals visible is the Fulltone Octafuzz.

In this photo, which comes from Guitar Center's interview with Wolfe, Wolfe's pedalboard is shown. One of the pedals visible is the TC Electronics X4 Alter Ego.

In this Instagram photo posted by Wolfe, the EHX Pitchfork can be seen.

According to Wolfe's Instagram profile, she received this pedal as a gift from Gary Clark Jr.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, one of the pedals that can be seen is the Earthquaker Levitation.

According to Wolfe's Instagram profile, she received this pedal as a gift from Kevin McKeown, frontman of the band Black Pistol Fire.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the Union Tube and Transistor Black Bumble Buzz.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the MXR M-108 Graphic EQ.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the Dunlop Fuzz Face Mini.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the EHX Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the Vertex Dynamic.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the DOD Gunslinger Distortion.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the Boss LS-2 Line Selector.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the Earthquaker Bit Commander.

In this photo, posted by Wolfe on her Instagram profile, her pedals are shown. One of the pedals visible is the EHX Bassballs.