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Steve Holmes uses a back Fender Jazzmaster, which can be seen 1:36 into this video from the Pitchfork Music Festival in 2017.

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Steve Holmes uses what looks like the Fender American Elite Telecaster Aged Cherry Burst, which can be seen clearly at 19:36 in this live performance from 2017.

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Holmes and Kinsella appear to have unlocked another layer in their collaboration, and they got a lot of change out of some EarthQuaker pedals, notably the Dispatch Master reverb. There are moments, particularly the seven-minute opener Silhouettes, that tend towards somnambulistic six-string bliss.

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at 16:00 you get a whole band shot you can see both Steve and Mike use a 65'

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Picture taken by me at the American Football concert in St. Louis, MO on September 14, 2019.

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Picture taken by me at the American Football concert in St. Louis, MO on September 14, 2019.

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On the mark 22:18 of this video, Steve talks about his Ernie Ball Volume Pedal.

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On the mark 22:13 of this video, Steve talks about his Walrus Audio Emissary. He uses it for signal boost.

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In his Rig Rundown Steve Holmes mentions at the 20:59 mark that for the first American Football LP he used a Marshall 8080 Valvestate.

"the first record I actually technically was playing a Marshall 8080 valve state (...) that was the amp I owned when I was a teenager."

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https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/american-football

In the American Football Rig Rundown article posted on Premier Guitar a Fender Jaguar is shown as one of the guitars that Steve Holmes uses live with American Football.

Based on the vibrato that is positioned much closer to the (tune-o-matic) bridge than usual on a Jaguar, its most likely a Fender Classic Player Jaguar.

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