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

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

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

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

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Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile. Martin Custom 00 Hybrids are one of those listed.

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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".

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Here’s a video of Vile performing a song on a vintage Gibson LG-0. Likely borrowed.

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In an interview with Premier Guitar, Kurt Vile discusses his use of the Martin DC-16RGTE acoustic guitar.

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Used in new "Loading Zone" video

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Guitar spotted during The Gear of Riot Fest 2014

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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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This is a community-built gear list for Kurt Vile.

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