Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile's Gear
In this instagram story, Kurt shows his Roland SP-404A audio sampler.
Kurt Vile can be seen using the FM4 in this picture
Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile. Martin Custom 00 Hybrids are one of those listed.
In an interview with Premier Guitar, Kurt Vile discusses using the MXR M169 Carbon Copy delay pedal as part of his gear setup.
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".
At 23:20 minute mark, Vile is seen setting up the Boss RC-30 loop station.
at 39min 50sec in the attached video Kurt talks about the 1967 Fender Bassman
at 41min 18sec in the attached video talks about his re-cased Sovtek
Here’s a video of Vile performing a song on a vintage Gibson LG-0. Likely borrowed.
Kurt mentions at a rig rundown with premier guitar that his number to 64 Fender jaguar was having some tuning issues so he uses other strings along with not even slinkys instead of the beefy slinkys on that guitar
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video featuring Kurt Vile and the Violators, a packet of Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom Slinky Guitar Strings (10-52) is visible near Kurt Vile's guitar rack, indicating his use of these strings.
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
In an interview with Premier Guitar, Kurt Vile discusses his use of the Martin DC-16RGTE acoustic guitar.
Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile.
In this article Rob Laakso, Kurt Vile's bandmate and engineer on the Album B'lieve I'm Going Down, says: “One thing was definitely handy for the pitch vibrato that Kurt wanted on the clean guitars,” he recalls. “We weren’t hauling our own amps around, so I was able to cobble together a pretty decent one out of the Eventide ModFactor. I remember at one studio, there was a Watkins Tremolo amp that we were all excited to use, but it made a horrible humming sound and wasn’t working right. Then across the room they had a Gibson stereo tube amp and that wasn’t working right either, so I busted out the Eventide and had a pitch vibrato that made everyone happy. That definitely appears on the record—almost any pitch vibrato you hear on the album, it’s probably that.”
According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses ten band MXR EQ to reduce the feedback that Martin produces.
According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses two tuners with one being the Boss TU-3.
at about the 44min 40sec mark Kurt talks about the Voodoo Lab's Amp Selector
Kurt mentions that he uses other strings such as power slinkys, not even slinkys and regular slinkys
Those pickups are used on Kurt's Strat, according to his Facebook post.
Part of Kurt Vile's live gear on 7/15/13 at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama according to http://otherbandsstuff.com/post/55807999945/kurt-vile-the-violators-71513
Guitar spotted during The Gear of Riot Fest 2014
Kurt Vile's gear is listed as a part of this interview with Kurt Vile.
According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the Maxon OD808.
At 23:22 minute mark, Boss DD-7 delay can be seen in the photo, judging by the text on the pedal.
at about the 41:00 min mark you can see the Eventide on Kurt's board
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video featuring Kurt Vile & the Violators, Kurt Vile is seen using Ernie Ball Power Slinky Guitar Strings (11-48) alongside other types like Beefy Slinkys and Not Even Slinkys.
This pickup is used on his Fender Telecaster, according to his Facebook posts.
According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Vile uses the Boss TU-2 tuner.
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