Ian D'Sa's Guitars

"I play Stratocasters mainly live, it's a Fat Strat Deluxe with the hum bucker pickup," says Ian D'Sa, in this interview.

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"And in the studios I play a '52 Telecaster reissue for all the clean stuff," says Ian D'Sa, in this interview.

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"...for all the heavier stuff I played a '58 Gibson Junior," says Ian D'Sa, in this interview.

Used on Billy Talent III primarily, as well as the Rusted From The Rain film clip. I don't think he used it before III and I haven't seen it since.

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At beginning of video Ian shows his main guitar and names it

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In the start of the video appears Ian playing the intro of Pins and Needles with this guitar in the studio.

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Ian uses a Gibson ES-335 during some Billy Talent rehersals, and he also used it to record some solos during the tracking of Billy Talent III in 2009.

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"and I use Gibson Les Paul Juniors and Silverbursts for the heavy stuff"

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At 5:17 he's talking about it.

"this guitar was custom made for me [...] Nik Huber Guitars, very nice guitar. I've been playing it the whole tour."

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At 0:53 in the video, the camera pans up on a TV yellow Gibson Les Paul Special.

The body shape (single-cut with no curve), pickups (two P90's) and controls (two volume and two tone) of the guitar are identical to an LP Special and the headstock is definitely Gibson. However, the bridge is a 'Tune-O-Matic' instead of the usual 'wraparound' bridge, so this guitar could be modified or a special-edition.

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