Jessica Dobson

In this video Jessica is talking about her Benson amps and her relationship with them. One of the amps she's used on tour is a 60's Supro Thunderbolt. There is a picture of the amp in the video and in the accompanying article on Premiere Guitar: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/30945-rig-rundown-deep-sea-divers-jessica-dobson

In this video, Jessica can be seen using the VOX AC30 Guitar Combo Amp. The amp appears behind her at 3:09, 11:10, 15:29, 16:28, and 18:06.

What do you love about Benson Amps? Is the Benson Tall Bird your primary reverb? As a fairly low wattage amp, do you find it to be enough live?

"I do well with very limited options concerning gear in general. I really like that the Benson Monarch is just Volume, Tone, and a Mid-range boost switch. It pairs really nicely with my Jazzmaster too.

The Benson Tall Bird is by far my favorite reverb that I’ve ever used and I use it all the time. It’s all tube and really rich sounding. You can get some pretty huge cavernous sounds out of it without losing any volume (that’s the biggest downfall of the Holy Grail) and it’s never splashy or thin sounding. If I had to go with a pedal instead of the Tall Bird, I would definitely pick up a Strymon Blue Sky.

I personally don’t mind that it is a lower wattage amp, but I’m sure that if I joined Swans I wouldn’t be bringing it with me."

In the KEXP from home session, you can see her playing thru the Nathan Jr.

In this rig rundown video on youtube she talks about her relationship with Benson amps and she talks about how she's playing through the Chimera at 21:50