Greg Kubacki

I purchased a rare baritone Gibson Explorer that I’m absolutely in love with. It’s a pretty simple guitar: 6 string, stock pickups and nothing else fancy but for some strange reason it just sounds perfect. We tune down to dropped Ab so the 28-inch scale neck makes the low notes sound huge, especially when you bend them. The whole guitar vibrates and sustains…it just sounds and feels right.

As far as effects I always have a** Boss PS3** as my first pedal going into a few Lexicon effects processors. I also use the effects in the AxeFX.

I’ve always heard nothing but amazing things about Mike Fortin, and after trying his 33 pedal I knew exactly why. Plugged it in, played one note and immediately drowned in the Kool-Aid. Whatever supernatural sonic trickery Mike was able to pack into that one friggin’ knob showcased his undeniable talent and genius. I’m hooked for life.”

In the studio I use just about anything, but mostly I stick with Mesa Boogies with an** Ibanez Tube Scream** in the front through a Mesa Rectifier cab with Celestion V30 speakers.

In the studio I use just about anything, but mostly I stick with Mesa Boogies with an Ibanez Tube Scream in the front through a Mesa Rectifier cab with Celestion V30 speakers

In the studio I use just about anything, but mostly I stick with Mesa Boogies with an Ibanez Tube Scream in the front through a Mesa Rectifier cab with Celestion V30 speakers

Live I’m currently using a Fractal Axe FX II XL with a Matrix Amplification GT 1000 power amp

Live I’m currently using a Fractal Axe FX II XL with a ** Matrix Amplification GT 1000 power amp**

Sometimes I’ll add an ISP Technologies Vector SL powered sub to add low-end. I learned this trick from Deftones‘ Stephen Carpenter and it really gives palm mutes a ton of extra weight and throw, which gets my gut more into the performance.

As far as effects I always have a Boss PS3 as my first pedal going into a few Lexicon effects processors. I also use the effects in the AxeFX.

I also have a **Fender baritone Telecaster **and an old ’65 Baritone Jazzmaster that’s completely beat to shit. I really like both of these guitars for recording clean tone stuff.

Greg Kubacki does not use the Fender SQ VM Baritone Jazzmaster BLK. This item was mistakenly selected. The correct Fender baritone Jazzmaster model has been updated in his profile.

I also have a Fender baritone Telecaster and an old ’65 Baritone Jazzmaster that’s completely beat to shit. I really like both of these guitars for recording clean tone stuff. For acoustics I’ll play whatever is laying around in the studio.