Mike Kinsella
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Mike could be seen playing this guitar at the Webster Hall until somebody stole it a few months ago
Mike can be spotted playing a Fender Telecaster at the Reading Festival 2015 1:00
There's a great shot of the Caverns V2 at 26:12 in their session on KEXP.
During the live performance of "Stay Home / The One With The Wurlitzer" at Webster Hall in NYC, Mike Kinsella is seen using a Fender '65 Twin Reverb amplifier. This performance is available on the Polyvinyl Records YouTube channel.
His entire pedalboard can be seen from this interview.
Can be clearly seen on his pedalboard at 34:38 in this KEXP video
In the Audiotree session titled "Owen - Love Is Not Enough - Live from Thalia Hall," Mike Kinsella plays a 1998 Guild D-4 acoustic guitar.
Mike can bee seen playing this guitar at the Gibson Sessions in London
3:44 you can see his headphones marked HD 280 Pro
Uses this telecaster custom in almost all live performances of never meant
Visible in this photo from this July 6, 2015 J-Reviews interview.
Visible in this photo from this July 6, 2015 J-Reviews interview.
Visible in this photo from this July 6, 2015 J-Reviews interview.
You can see a Chopper T bridge pickup in the black telecaster he played at Pitchfork Music Festival 2017 at 23:56.
Can be clearly seen on his pedalboard at 34:38 in this KEXP video
Visible in this photo from this July 6, 2015 J-Reviews interview.
Visible in this photo from this July 6, 2015 J-Reviews interview.
On the mark 13:31 of this video, Mike talks about his EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run. It's his second delay pedal and he uses it live when he needs a tap delay.
On the mark 14:52 of this video, Mike talks about his Holy Grail. He explains that it's his backup reverb pedal.
On the mark 16:00 of this video, Mike talks about his EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker.
On the mark 6:58 of this video, Mike talks about his Fender Player Plus Telecaster that was gifted to him by Joe Trohman from Fall out Boy after their guitars were stolen. Mike says that this is his number one guitar. It has a hot rail on the bridge position, probably thanks to Joe.
According to this article posted by Premier Guitar, Mike Kinsella currently uses a pair of Fender Deluxe Reverb reissues while on tour with American Football.
"Fenders have long been part of the band’s tone and on this North American run Kinsella used a pair of Fender Deluxe Reverb reissues. He’s plugging into them both to give a fuller, spacier, dreamier stereo effect."
In Mike Kinsella;s interview with Premier Guitar they spend time and highlight the segment as Mike playing a Fender Vintera 70's Telecaster Custom at CME. This segment starts at the 8:37 mark of the interview.
In this YouTube video of a live performance of "The One with the Tambourine" during the solo section around the 3:00 minute mark you can see Mike Kinsella grab a unknown branded Ebow sustainer device to get the infinite sustains sound you hear during the solo (note I don't know what ebow he uses so I just selected the first one)
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