Samantha Fish

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

Category 5 Amplification’s owner Don Ritter worked with Fish on this custom Andrew 2x12 amp with a matching silver tolex extension cab. The amp and cab each have 10” and 12” speakers. Fish was turned on to Category 5 amps by some of her favorite blues players, such as Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes, and Tab Benoit. She prefers a “monster amp” tone, and plays mostly on Channel 2.

The Delaney SF1 Samantha Fish Signature Telecaster is prominently featured on the cover of Samantha Fish's album, as shown in the image from Delaney Guitars. This demonstrates her connection to the instrument.

Mentor and producer Mike Zito gave Fish the MXR Custom Badass Modified O.D. as a present.

Fish keeps a Fender Blacktop Telecaster in dropped-D or open G tuning for playing slide during live shows. The Blacktop, which she acquired while on the Girls with Guitars Tour, also has Klein pickups and a rosewood fretboard.

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

At 9:06 in the Premier Guitar Rig Rundown Video from Oct 2019, Samantha says she uses the 50w Category 5 "Andrew" as her "backup amp" and a Camille Combo amp 2x12 in case the Andrew goes down... and states she usually uses a Category 5 Camille Head (90w) through a 4x12 cab as her main amp

In a 2008 Premier Guitar article showcasing the Category 5 Amplifier line of amps, 14 different models (3 "Fender-y" sounding amps, like Samantha uses, Ivan 20w, Andrew 50w, Camelle 90w) were listed - https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/beyond-the-blues-amp-category-5-amplification

The Category 5 Amplification website currently doesn't contain any info at all, despite Samantha Fish promoting them and using their gear as recently as October 2019, although used models do show up on eBay and Reverb from time to time. But here is an article providing additional info about Category 5 Amplifiers - https://www.mercurymagnetics.com/premier-guitar-product-review-category-5-tempest-and-1900/

A note was sent to Category 5 Amplification asking about the current availability of these amps, and asking if they would update the website with current information regarding their line of handwired boutique amplifiers. The owner, Don Ritter, wrote back and said an update for the website is in the works. They still have all of their amp models available, with a 3-6 month backlog. Contact Don at 469-556-3757 if you'd like more info or to make arrangements to have an amp built for you. https://category5amps.com/

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, Reverb was able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

From this Premier Guitar article:

Fish uses minimal effects, but has a Fulltone OCD for when she’s playing smaller clubs and can’t crank her amp but needs gain distortion.

At 2:37 in her Rig Rundown video, Samantha discusses her Danelectro baritone.

More info: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29557-rig-rundown-samantha-fish-2019

In the 2013 Rig Rundown by Premier Guitar, Samantha revealed her newest acquisition (given to her by her boyfriend) at 9:58 - a gorgeous Dean Resonator Thin Body Chrome/Gold Acoustic Electric Guitar that she said she was looking forward to using on her upcoming records. Here's the link to it at Dean Guitars - https://www.deanguitars.com/query?upc=819998003289

At 16:56 in her Rig Rundown video, Samantha discusses the Tidewater tremelo that she uses in conjuction with her Danelectro baritone guitar.

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

In this acoustic performance of Crow Jane, Fish can be seen playing her all-koa Taylor K24ce. She also refers to it specifically in an interview with Premeir Guitar, saying, "For the acoustic stuff, everything you hear is my Taylor Koa, the K24ce." (https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/26550-samantha-fish-from-cowtown-to-coldwater?page=2)

In an interview with Premier Guitar, Samantha Fish discusses using the Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner as part of her guitar rig.

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

In an interview with Premier Guitar, Samantha Fish discusses her use of the Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 wah pedal as part of her streamlined effects setup.

During her recent tour stop in Chicago, we were able to catch up with Samantha to check out her pedalboard and take a look at her favorite guitars.

In this article from 2022, an updated list of Samantha's gear lists her Fender Jaguar HH Vintera https://www.guitarlobby.com/samantha-fish-guitars-and-gear/

Fish mentioned the use of Fender Jazzmaster in the end-of-the-year Guitar World 2022 issue.

I got a Fender Jazzmaster. I have had a couple Jaguars before and loved them, but I was looking for something similar with a little more grit. It does the job and then some.

Samantha Fish is seen using the Teisco Del Ray ET-200 guitar during a live performance of "I'm Done Runnin'," as captured in the video on her official YouTube channel.