Tim Brennan's Gear

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He uses a Barney Kessel Custom according to this Rig Rundown video. It is said at 1:14. He says "It's the best sounding guitar I have".

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At 0:33 mark he says his No. 1 is a 1968 Gibson ES-345 with a varitone and a natural mahogany finish.

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At exactly 0:58 he pulls out a 1980 ES-335. It has a broken varitone, which has been bypassed.

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At 3:09, underneath a silver-chassis Bassman, there is a Bandmaster that says "JAMES!" on the grill cloth. However, it is his amplifier.

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In this video, along with the other pedals, at 4:53 on the far right there is a Holy Grail Reverberator effect.

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One can clearly see a TS-9 on Tim's minimalistic pedalboard at 4:54.

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At the very start (00:01) when they are playing 'Cadence to Arms' Tim can clearly be seen playing a Jazzmaster. He started using this during the recording of 'XI Short Stories of Pain and Glory'

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In this video Tim can clearly be seen rocking the black guitar, white strap look with his Jazzmaster and the Ernie Ball Polypro Strap

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In this video Tim sits his Band Master on top of his Bassbreaker Combo

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equipment used Roland: FR-3x

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At 4:04 you can see a small stack of Bassman 4x12 Cabinets, he has been using them extensively since Going Out In Style.

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At 4:53 the camera pans over Tim's pedalboard, which features a TU-3.

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At 4:54 there is a clear shot of an AD9. It has tape over the front of the effect.

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In this article from Seymour Duncan's Website it says he uses them in his ES-335's

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