William DuVall

Here you can see William DuVall playing a Gibson Les Paul Heritage Cherry burst.

Here is a picture of a bearded William DuVall playing a black Gibson Les Paul Custom.

In a photo posted on his official Instagram page, William DuVall is seen with the Panthera II Supreme #15-3026, featuring an AAA Flamed Maple top, during a performance at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on August 12, 2016.

"Amp-wise, this band has always favored a hot-rodded Marshall philosophy. My own taste still tends towards the old non-master-volume models, or boutique amps that are sort of trying to reproduce the non-master-volume Marshalls or Vox amps of the ’60s. But it’s been cool to discover some of the really good companies that are making a more high-end nuclear amp, like Bogner. Cantrell’s been using Friedman Marshas on tour for the last couple of years, and I really like the sound of those. I actually used one of his Marshas for the solo in “Phantom Limb.” It was my number one Les Paul through the Marsha and it was a wrap. I nailed it in one take or two because it just sounded so right."

On his Instagram page, William DuVall shared a photo from the Beacon Theater in New York City, taken on July 25, 2016. The image, credited to Tracy Ketcher, shows DuVall with his Framus Diablo Supreme #12-2349 in a 3 Tone Sunburst finish, highlighting its use during the Alice in Chains tour.

Here is Duvall playing a Guild 12 string acoustic.

You know what, here’s the other thing, occasionally I’ll need maybe like a phase shifter sound or some kind of a little modulation thing, sometimes it’s a chorus or a little echo. […] So for pedals I have one of those Carbon Copy things and then a little orange MXR phaser - it’s not the 90, I’m just using the really little one right now…

Well, here’s the thing, I’m not looking at these things so much as signature pieces. What I wanted was the most functional boutique Marshall-style amplifier that we could make without having a billion knobs on it. I wanted something that had the best of all world when it comes to functionality and simplicity and quality component and tone. That’s what George and I were after with the DVL-1. The idea is that anyone with any guitar can plug into it and find what they’re looking for. It wasn’t like ‘oh, you’re playing my amp.’ No. You’re playing your amp. I just helped bring it into being. I didn’t see one out there so I helped bring one into the world.

I’m running cabs. Metropoulos used to make these cabinets that were replicas of the '68 4x12s that Marshall used to do back when they were more heavy duty. The joints were more solid and the birch that they used was great. everything was thicker and heavier duty and I think the cab dimensions were even a little bit bigger back then. So all the guys who were using stacks back then, like Hendrix, not the extra tall cabinets though - those are really cool in their own way - I’m just talking about the standard 4x12s that were made in '67 and '68, George made exact replicas of those. He did kind of an obsessive reverse engineering thing like Stephens Design did on the pickups and he built these things. He had the '67 ones that had the pinstripe grill cloth, he had [EC Collins] do the grills for those. Then the '68 ones had the basket weave and I got a couple of those '68 ones and god those are good cabinets.

William DuVall is listed on the Matchless Amplifiers website as a user of the Matchless HC-30 Guitar Amp Head.

When I was nine, going on ten, I got my first electric which was a Fender Mustang. So that was my first real guitar – that was the one I started my first bands with. It was a brand new Fender Mustang in sunburst from 1977.

I had the Vintage 30s and then the 70th anniversary gold 30 watt speakers Celestions - I have two of each in each cabinet. They’re amazing.

Duvall plays the Gibson Hummingbird for many acoustic performances such as Nutshell in the video shown.

The Framus Talisman is the signature model of William DuVall released in 2018

In the video "Alice In Chains - Check My Brain (Live at Sonisphere Knebworth, UK, 2010) HD," William DuVall can be seen using the Jim Dunlop Solid Strap D3809 Black, as captured by Simon Y on YouTube.

In this article, Alice in Chains frontman William DuVall states “So for pedals I have one of those Carbon Copy things and then a little orange MXR phaser - it’s not the 90, I’m just using the really little one right now…”

In the Premier Guitar Rig Rundown featuring Jerry Cantrell, at approximately 0:48, Cantrell mentions that William DuVall used Bogner Fish preamps during the "Black Gives Way to Blue" tour.

William DuVall is confirmed to use the LTD Hybrid-400, as he is pictured with this guitar in the ESP Catalog of 2006. Additionally, a promotional video by GearWire features an ESP booth employee mentioning DuVall's use of this model.