Kurt Vile's Gear

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In this video you can see the Orville logo at about 2:32 you have to pause it just right to see it. Plus you can tell from the paint it’s a custom

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In this photo, Vile is seen playing the Greco Les Paul Standard. This photo originates from Reverb's The Gear Of Riot Fest 2014.

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On his Facebook page, Kurt Vile mentions using a customized Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster, featuring Seymour Duncan Antiquity II pickups.

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At 39min 20sec in the rigrundown Kurt talks about playing acoustic thru a Vox AC30

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In this article Rob Laakso, Kurt Vile's bandmate and engineer on the album B'lieve I'm Goin Down..., tells about some equipment used in the making of the record:

He takes the recording of Vile’s resonator on “All in a Daze Work” as an example. “We used a Neumann U 67 on it, and there was another condenser on his vocal—maybe a [Neumann] 47 or a 48. I was just going through the instrumentals for the record, and it’s kind of funny. There’s a lot of bleed in my so-called microphone mix on that song, but those two mics give it that sound.

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In this July 15, 2021 Instagram story, Kurt shows his Abominable Electronics Unholy Grail - Killer Acid version.

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In this photo, we can see Kurt Vile's Telecaster.

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At about 36min 15min in the rig rundown Kurt talks about his Mustang in the attached video.

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At 44min 40sec in the attached video Kurt talks about the Maggie pedal

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In this photo, Vile is seen with Gold Tone PBS-D resonator guitar.

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at the 45min 30sec mark Kurt plays a loop and as he explains he recorded it with his Yamaha CS-60.

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The DL4 can clearly be seen in this photo of Kurt.

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In this video Kurt Vile is playing on a DiPinto Belvedere Deluxe guitar.

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It’s a 1961 Guild Starfire Hollow Body guitar. It’s awesome. Ray Davies played one of them. I got it off one of the main drags in New York. I play a lot of acoustic songs, but also a lot of ones on electric. I always felt like I was stuck playing either acoustic or electric live, and it didn’t sound quite right. I could probably play my whole set with this new guitar, though. I bought it literally yesterday.

In a Premier Guitar interview, this guitar was said to be used "for playing around the house".

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Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile.

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at the 28min 15sec mark Kurt talks about his Jazzmaster in the attached video.

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In this photo, Vile is visible with Casio SK-1.

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on 7/15/13 according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the ZVex Box Of Rock.

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From Guitar Player December 2018:

"What effect are you using to make that strange vocal-like guitar sound on "Loading Zones"?

"It's a Ludwig [Phase II] guitar synth. It's the same one used on "The Diamond Sea", which is one of my favorite Sonic Youth songs."

https://issuu.com/yorgui/docs/guitarplayer122018/50

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In this instagram story, Kurt shows his Moog Matriarch Synthesizer.

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This picture shows his amp before a gig in 2013

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on 7/15/13 according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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Part of Kurt Vile's live gear at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama on 7/15/13 according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513

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In an interview with Premier Guitar titled "Kurt Vile: Just Let It Flow," Kurt Vile discusses his use of the Fender Jaguar.

In this Brooklyn Vegan interview, Kurt Vile is playing a Sunburst Fender Jaguar.

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Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile.

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Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile.

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the Ibanez CS9 pedal.

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Kurt can be seen holding an old Zenon guitar (the single pickup version) on his Contsant Hitmaker album cover.

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At 39:20, he uses it to run an acoustic guitar through it

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