Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile's Guitars
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
In this photo, Vile is seen playing the Greco Les Paul Standard. This photo originates from Reverb's The Gear Of Riot Fest 2014.
On his Facebook page, Kurt Vile mentions using a customized Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster, featuring Seymour Duncan Antiquity II pickups.
In this photo, we can see Kurt Vile's Telecaster.
At about 36min 15min in the rig rundown Kurt talks about his Mustang in the attached video.
In this photo, Vile is seen with Gold Tone PBS-D resonator guitar.
In this video Kurt Vile is playing on a DiPinto Belvedere Deluxe guitar.
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".
at the 28min 15sec mark Kurt talks about his Jazzmaster in the attached video.
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.
Kurt can be seen holding an old Zenon guitar (the single pickup version) on his Contsant Hitmaker album cover.
Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile. Martin Custom 00 Hybrids are one of those listed.
According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, he bought this guitar at Chicago Music Exchange. He also writes a lot of songs on it, and he uses it on "Jesus Fever".
Here’s a video of Vile performing a song on a vintage Gibson LG-0. Likely borrowed.
In an interview with Premier Guitar, Kurt Vile discusses his use of the Martin DC-16RGTE acoustic guitar.
Guitar spotted during The Gear of Riot Fest 2014
Kurt Vile is confirmed to use the Fender American Original 60's Jaguar, as evidenced by an image of him with the guitar featured on the official Fender website.
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