Will Swan

In this picture you can see Will playing a Fender Stratocaster

As shown in this photo, Swan is playing a white Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar, he also has one in red.

A 1983 model with custom pickups that Will Picked up for the tours surrounding the release of Dance Gavin Dance's seventh release, "Istant Gratification".

Will Swan used the Electra x710 extensively during the Downtown Battle Mountain II era. His Instagram post hints at its significance in the creative process for the new Dance Gavin Dance record, reflecting on the personal nature of his music.

In a 2020 Guitar World interview, Swan says about his signature model:

Kiesel instruments are so versatile, they can cover all styles and extremely well.

The guitar was mentioned in 2021 Premier Guitar interview.

"I like jumping around to different types of guitars," admits Dance Gavin Dance guitarist Will Swan. Over the years, he's taken the stage with 6-strings from Fender, Gibson, Kauer, and Halo. "I was opposed to signing to any particular company because I'd be tied down to that and wouldn't be able to play something else if I got the feeling to," he adds. However, after meeting Kiesel's VP Jeff Kiesel and touring their factory, Swan was comfortable with the SoCal custom shop knowing his wandering tastes would always be served. "I just realized they do so many things so well. I can go to Kiesel and play all the varieties I want and not have to compromise on tone or anything, since they're so flexible on what they offer," he says. He worked alongside Jeff to design his signature model based on their LP-style CS6 (or California Singlecut). Highlights include a mahogany body decked out with a 4A flamed-maple top, a 5-piece mahogany neck paired with an ebony fretboard, and a set of Kiesel's Beryllium humbuckers. He landed on those because they're lower output and more classic-sounding. This is the first iteration of his namesake guitar.

Used on tour with Sianvar

Used on the All Stars Tour in 2015. A friend of the band, Ben Wiacek of A Lot Like Birds, works for Kauer guitars.

Seen mostly on the tours surrounding Mothership, this model appears to be the 2015 Less+, as evidenced by the toggle switch instead of a fourth knob. However, the pickups appear to be swapped.

In this video playthrough of "Son of a Robot" for Kiesel Guitars. You can see Will Swan is using a Kiesel SC6 guitar. for the entire video and is currently endorsed by Kiesel Guitars.

Will Swan acquired a Halo Salvus guitar, featuring an Evertune bridge, for the 2017 Vans Warped Tour, as mentioned in his Instagram post.

"The shameless self-promoter in me says I should use the signature, but I just go for tone and feel," admits Swan. So while he tours with a pair of his signature Kiesel WS6 models, he says this is his current crush: a custom Delos model with Kiesel Lithium single-coils. (Fun fact: Only Jeff Kiesel is able to pull off this splashy purple flame finish.) Swan has used the Delos extensively on the last two Dance Gavin Dance releases (2018's Artificial Selection and 2020's Afterburner).

In this live Performance, along with old Dance Gavin Dance performances, Will Swan can be seen using Stephen Carpenter SC_20 Green guitar.

Will Swan uses a 7-string Kiesel Crescent guitar during the performance of the song "The Ghost of Billy Royalton," as evidenced in a live recording from the Aftershock Festival 2023 in Sacramento, CA, available on YouTube by Thomas Busby.