Lukas Nelson's Gear

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"For my gigs I have a Magnatone [Twilighter] amp, the reissue that Ted Kornblum has been doing, and they’re just incredible—they’ve got the greatest tone."

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"Sometimes, if I can’t get those, I’ll use a [Fender] Super Reverb or a Deluxe Reverb together—I run two amps in stereo. But Magnatone is what I'm using right now."

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In this rig rundown with Premier Guitar, Lukas says he rarely uses pedals but:

...just the last few shows I put this Blues Driver in there and it gets a little more crunch but honestly, I run most of my shows straight through the amps.

He adds:

I get that Blues Driver for a little growl. It's a real nice raw, visceral sort of sound. And it really breaks up well when you got this setup here.

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In this photo, Nelson is seen playing the Martin 000-15M with tape-on pickup.

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Lukas Nelson is frequently seen playing a late-'90s Fender Stratocaster equipped with a Rio Grande bridge humbucker, as captured in various images available through Alamy.

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In this video from Gibson, Lukas Nelson discusses his '56 Les Paul Junior signature.

At 2:25 Lukas says:

When I found out Gibson wanted to make a guitar for me, I thought that was fantastic, but I wanted to make sure that it was right. The 1956 Les Paul Junior has a few specifications that single it out. And the way the bridge and this old original P-90 pickup, we spent a lot of time on the intonation, getting the intonation right. If you'll see the bridge is sort of angled.

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In this photo, Nelson is seen playing the 1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior. The year of the Les Paul is confirmed in this article.

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"Sometimes, if I can’t get those, I’ll use a [Fender] Super Reverb or a Deluxe Reverb together—I run two amps in stereo. But Magnatone is what I'm using right now."

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