Kid Congo Powers

"And in The Cramps I used a Univox Superfuzz – very classic and very great. I wouldn’t mind getting another one."

"Then I went to a Boss Super Overdrive for a while."

"Replacing the somewhat irreplaceable Super Fuzz on Kid Congo’s pedal board is the Death By Audio Fuzz War. “I find [it] very useful, and very lovely the kind of fuzz I can get out of that. It actually works really well with the Gretsch, I like it a lot. A lot of fuzzes just kind of fly away, the minute it comes out of your amp it dissipates, but that is actually a much nicer fuzz.”

"In New York City I’ve started playing a modern Blues Jr. combo. The real reason is because I saw Nels Cline playing one and it sounded amazing. And he told me that they’re so loud and so powerful and they’re tube amps and they sound great. And so I actually bought one and its actually serving me very well."

"Kid Congo’s go to amp at the moment is a Fender Pro Reverb, an amp which is highly sought after these days. Although not super successful when it was first made and released in the ‘60s and ‘70s due to its lower output, it has seen a recent resurgence from players who want a Fender amp that is dirtier than the usual Twins or Deluxes."

"And then I got the mustard colored MXR distortion and I really loved that and I have one now - and that was kind of Bad Seeds."

"I like to use tremolo. That’s why I like to use the Fender Twin because they have tremolo on them."

"Despite being ‘a Strat guy’, Kid Congo moved over to a Gretsch for the new album, citing problems with clashing with his bandmate’s Mosrite as the reason. “He’s very twangy and very high end-ey and I think we were just torturing people with high end… I always wanted to try a Gretsch, and I love their sound,” he says. In his search for a more complementary guitar the Gretsch seemed like the perfect fit, and whilst he’s still finding out all its particulars it is firming as a solid replacement for his beloved Strats. “It’s a much warmer sound, so it’s different.”"

In this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H78FVQFX0QU), you can see his spitfire guitar.

In this live video on KEXP, you can see Kid Congo and his squier stratocaster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6a5_zdLNKI).

"The Strats that Kid Congo likes specifically are the original Fender Squier’s from the mid-‘80s, the Japanese made E Series. “They just sound amazing, they’re great. I’ve tried other ones and they just never sounded the same, so I always seek them out when I can.” Though he enjoys the warmer sound of the Gretsch, there is a clear preference for these guitars, as he has used them for many years." https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/columns/gear-rundown-kid-congo-powers/

"At home for making demos, especially for making electronic stuff, I actually use a Roland VS1680 sixteen-track hard drive studio. I have that at my house and I like that because it has a lot of plug-ins. You can plug guitars and instruments into each track which is really good and really different than a computer interface."

In this Youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKx9bz4eSmg), you san see at 1:24 Kid Congo playing with his Danelectro 67 Dano.

"Made by a small guitar company from Iowa, this pedal was given to Kid Congo a while ago, but sat unused for years and is now having its day in the sun. “It has two buttons, two levels on it, and that’s really good. They gave me one at a music conference, and it sat in my bag for like three years [until] I pulled it out and was like ‘This is great!’ So I’ve been using that.”

In this video at 0:43, Kid Congo is using his Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Max pedal.

According to the Eastwood's website, Kid Congo Powers uses the Eastwood Sidejack Baritone.

Kid Congo can also be seen playing with this Gibson ES-175 Arctic White on this picture : https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/kid-congo-powers-performs-in-congo-norvell-at-the-palace-in-news-photo/1190914290 But also on this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVSeXl0FRY

In this video, Kid Congo is using a Korg Kaoss Pad 2 at 10:39.

Regarding Kid Congo's description of the Sioux Guitars pedal he's using, it looks like he's using a Sioux Guitars Pierce Street Red : “It has two buttons, two levels on it, and that’s really good. They gave me one at a music conference, and it sat in my bag for like three years [until] I pulled it out and was like ‘This is great!’ So I’ve been using that.”

"Another pedal on Kid Congo’s board is a Boss Tremolo which has been Keeley modded to compensate for the volume drop when in use. “I’ve got a Keeley modded-out Boss Tremolo, because those too would fall away when you pressed the tremolo, so now it just gets much louder.” "

Du spieltest da eine Gitarre mit einem Fledermaus-Stencil.

Oh ja, das war eine Ibanez Explorer oder eine Destroyer oder so was in der Art. Es war die Kopie einer Gibson, mit so einer Art Biker-Fledermaus als Deko. The CRAMPS hatten diese Gitarre bereits, ich habe sie also nicht gekauft, sie wurde mir überlassen. Und sie hatten eine Gibson Explorer mit derselben Form. Die Ibanez war nur eine andere Marke und ich hatte sie während meiner gesamten Zeit mit den CRAMPS.

https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/kid-congo-powers-5773

In this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI6_LBHR8nc&t=914s) at 19:04, Kid Congo can be seen (despite the poor quality) playing with this Ibanez Destroyer.

In this video at 0:43, Kid Congo is using his Modtone MT-CT Chromatic Tuner.

In a video posted on the official Reuss Musical Instruments Youtube channel, guitarist Kid Congo Powers introduces his signature pedal, The Tingler. This dual pedal features the Goo Goo Fuzz on one side and the Backslide Overdrive on the other. Kid Congo Powers explicitly mentioned using the Goo Goo Fuzz prior to developing his signature pedal.