Thomas Brenneck

Role

Guitarist Music Producer

Genre

Funk / Soul Jazz Brass & Military

Group

The Budos Band Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings El Michels Affair

Credits

$oul $old $eparately 1950 Make My Bed

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Role

Guitarist Music Producer

Genre

Funk / Soul Jazz Brass & Military

Group

The Budos Band Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings El Michels Affair

Credits

$oul $old $eparately 1950 Make My Bed

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Harmony H74

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Used on Charles Bradley's No Time for Dreaming (as mentioned by Brenneck in this March 15, 2011 Electronic Musician interview) and with The Budos Band, as is visible in this Dec 13, 2011 documentary by Daptone Records. A photo of Brenneck with the guitar can also be seen in this Reverb.com feature about Daptone's House of Soul at 3:00.

“Some of these tracks have the crunchiest organ and Rhodes sounds,” Brenneck explains, “because they were getting bounced with the guitar [a ’66 Harmony H74 through a ’68 Ampeg Gemini amp], and of course every time you bounce, you get another generation of tape compression. You don’t really need outboard gear when you do that, and you can end up with some really tough-sounding shit. Then you’ve got Bradley and the horn players just pinning the needles with tape distortion; there’s no way I’m gonna record it again if what they just did is magic. It’s all about commitment and hard work beforehand, and I think the sound just comes naturally as a result of that.”

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Teisco ET-230 K-2L

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Featured in this August 27, 2013 Instagram post.

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Fender Jaguar

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Featured in this July 20, 2012 Instagram post.

63' super jag! Thanks @kishalady

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Harmony H73 Roy Smeck

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Visible in this photo of Brenneck.

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Supro S676 Carlisle

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Used with The Budos Band, as featured in this September 18, 2012 Instagram post.

Setting up for a Budos recording session.

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Kay Thin Twin K-161

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

2023 KEXP performance, Orpheum branded Thin Twin.

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