Richard Hawley's Guitars

"The way it kind of feeds back is heavenly...The playability is just amazing," says Hawley, about his Gibson ES-335, at 0:30 in this video.

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"The thing that intrigued me about it was that it wasn't totally solid, it's got pockets inside," says Hawley, when he begins talking about his Gibson ES-295 at 4:16 in this video.

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Hawley can be seen playing a Danelectro Longhorn Baritone at 0:24 in this performance of "Disney Time" with Jarvis Cocker.

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Hawley can be seen with a Rickenbacker 330/12 at 0:15 in this video.

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Hawley states in this Sound On Sound article: “I have about 50 or 60 guitars: old Gretsches like the ’64 Tennessean, ’66 Country Gent, ’65 Clipper, ’66 Nashville, three 6120s of varying vintage, a lovely ’66 Gibson 335, a Baldwin 12–string from ’67, a ’50s Silvertone, a couple of baritones."

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Hawley states in this Sound On Sound article: “I have about 50 or 60 guitars: old Gretsches like the ’64 Tennessean, ’66 Country Gent, ’65 Clipper, ’66 Nashville, three 6120s of varying vintage, a lovely ’66 Gibson 335, a Baldwin 12–string from ’67, a ’50s Silvertone, a couple of baritones."

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On the official Gretsch website, Hawley's artist page states that he uses a Gretsch G6196T Country Club guitar.

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Hawley's artist page, on the official Gretsch website, states that he uses a Duane Eddy guitar.

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"As a solo musician, Hawley has released six studio albums Following the success of his award-winning, hugely acclaimed 2009 album ‘Truelove’s Gutter’, Gretsch guitar fanatic Richard Hawley released his sixth studio album, ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ - his first for new label Parlophone - on 7th May." - Gretsch Guitars.

You from Richard's artist page that he plays a Gretsch G6136TSL Silver Falcon w/ Bigsby.

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Hawley used a 1963 model on Truelove's Gutter, as reported in Guitar Buyer, October 2009: "Then the old lake placid blue ‘63 Fender Jaguar – that’s unreal, that. When you play an instrument like that, you can see why people piss their pants over the pre-CBS Fenders, because they’re just a universe apart."

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Richard Hawley uses the Eastwood Sidejack Baritone DLX during his solo performances, as confirmed by Eastwood Guitars.

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Used on Truelove's Gutter, according to Guitar Buyer, October 2009: "...an old Burns, a little black Nu-Sonic, which is on some stuff. It’s got that ‘hrrraaang’ to it, you know?”

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According to Gretsch official website (https://www.gretschguitars.com/artists/richard-hawley-profile), Richard is playing with a G6120T-55 Vintage Select Edition '55 Chet Atkins.

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