Jenn Wasner

Wasner can be seen playing the Reverend Jetstream HB in this February 2011 photo. She has owned at least two and they are among her main guitars. Wasner herself mentions them in the following interviews:

Reverend Guitars, "12 Questions with Jenn Wasner" (2013)

How did you hear about Reverend?

Saw a friend playing a Jetstream at a show once and asked about it. Bought my first one on a whim to take on tour the next day. I bought a second one a few months later. They’ve been my absolute top choice ever since.

What Reverend guitar(s)/basses are you using?

I own two Jetstream HB’s.

What do you like about your Reverend guitar?

It’s sturdy and well made, easy to play, the pickups are loud, warm, and sound amazing. It’s affordable enough that I can take it on tour and kick the shit out of it, worry free.

Music Radar, "10 questions for Jenn Wasner" by Michael Astley-Brown (August, 17 2016)

1. What was your first guitar and when did you get it?

"My mom taught me my first few chords on guitar, so I guess technically my first guitar was the old Fender acoustic that she kept in her closet. I didn't get a proper guitar of my own until much, much later - I wasn't primarily a guitarist, so I mostly just borrowed them from other people. The first guitar I actually purchased was my first of many Reverend guitars - a sunburst Jetstream HB."

Music Radar, "Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner: 'With a guitar you can make it into anything you want. It’s endlessly variable'" by Matt Parker (April 9, 2018)

“Reverend have been such an incredibly generous and amazing company to work with. I love their guitars, so I have a bunch of them. I have a few different guitars, because when we play live my propensity for alternate tunings makes it very difficult to play a full set seamlessly, so I tend to bring a lot of guitars with me. It’s not just for senseless excess! Before I got the Reverend signature, I was playing either a Charger or a Jetstream, two of their other models.

"The Reverend Jenn Wasner Signature JW-1 combines the dynamic power of the Charger HB with the visual aesthetic of Jenn’s projects (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes, Dungeonesse). We partnered with the Baltimore textile artist who created Jenn’s stage wear, April Camlin, to create the graphic, called “Optic Interruption.” The visual effect is as dynamic as the sound."

An "all-black, seventies-era" Mustang was Wasner's electric first guitar. She mentions it in two interviews:

Reverend Guitars, "12 Questions with Jenn Wasner" (2013)

What was your first electric guitar?

An all-black, seventies-era Fender Mustang that I still totally love. Odd story about that guitar in particular: although I bought it from a third party before we had ever met, turns out it used to belong to my good friends Chris and Mickey Freeland, two excellent Baltimore musicians and producers who helped to record Wye Oak’s last two albums

Music Radar, "10 questions for Jenn Wasner" by Michael Astley-Brown (August, 17 2016)

3. Is there a guitar, or piece of gear, that you regret letting go?

"Yeah, I once owned a beautiful all-black '70s-era Fender Mustang that I wish I had held onto."

Wasner's H64, gifted by a friend, was used during the writing of The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs and for the recording of Head of Roses, as described in the following interviews. It can be seen in this performance recorded prior March 26, 2021 (at 16:52), this performance recorded prior May 6, 2021 (at 2:33), this performance recorded prior to July 1, 2021, and this performance recorded prior to November 15, 2021 (at 0:16).

Music Radar, "10 questions for Jenn Wasner" by Michael Astley-Brown (August, 17 2016)

2. The building's burning down - what one guitar do you save?

"Probably my '60s-era semi-hollow body Harmony Rocket - because it was a gift from a friend, and because it's old and beautiful and difficult to replace!"

Music Radar, "Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner: 'With a guitar you can make it into anything you want. It’s endlessly variable'" by Matt Parker (April 9, 2018)

“One of my favourite guitars that I have was a gift from a friend, years ago - it’s a Harmony Rocket, a semi-hollow-bodied guitar from the '50s that is just gorgeous. The song You Of All People has sort of a distinctly different vibe to it and that was something I wrote on the Harmony as opposed to one of the Reverends.”

Guitar World, "Flock of Dimes' Jenn Wasner: 'I'm such a fan of altered tunings. That's one of my favorite things about guitar – the malleability of it'" by Matt Parker (April 7, 2021)

What were you using on the guitar side for this record?

“Well, one of the guitars that I use a lot on this record was actually a guitar that I've owned for a really long time. It is this old, beautiful semi-hollow body Harmony Rocket. It's got the Bigsby tremolo and it's absolutely gorgeous, but it was just never the right guitar for the moment.

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And was there anything else that you leaned on a lot in this record?

“For Price Of Blue, it was like a multitude of guitars! I used Nick's dad's '80s Strat for the lead guitar on the guitar solo. And the Harmony was layered in. And also my Reverend model that they made it for me, I used that a bunch on that – I can't say enough good things about Reverend as a company, I love their guitars.

Reddit, r/indieheads, "hi, I'm Jenn Wasner AKA Flock of Dimes, AMA!" by u/heyitswaz (May 19, 2021), reply to u/ChristmasInJuly

ChristmasInJuly Tell us about your gear (guitar/synth/vocals)! Was there anything essential you used for Head of Roses? Any recording tips/secrets that happened at Betty’s? :)

heyitswaz Guitar-wise, I mostly played my harmony rocket semi-hollow body guitar, and of course my signature Reverend JW-1.

Wasner used a Charger HB prior to the release of her signature Reverend model, as stated in this April 9, 2018 Music Radar interview. While she only names a Charger, the HB can be extrapolated from the product description of the JW-1, which names the Charger HB as an inspiration.

Reverend Guitars, Jenn Wasner Signature JW-1 product description (June 2016)

The Reverend Jenn Wasner Signature JW-1 combines the dynamic power of the Charger HB with the visual aesthetic of Jenn’s projects (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes, Dungeonesse).

Music Radar, "Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner: 'With a guitar you can make it into anything you want. It’s endlessly variable'" by Matt Parker (April 9, 2018)

Before I got the Reverend signature, I was playing either a Charger or a Jetstream, two of their other models.