William Tyler

No. I have a 1955 Martin D-18 that’s my main guitar and was the only guitar I played on the record besides a Nashville high-strung Yamaha that belongs to Tucker [Martine, producer/engineer] that I used to double some parts here and there. The Martin was my uncle’s guitar. He passed away recently, but he gave me that guitar out of nowhere. I had gone to visit him and he used to collect instruments and had all of this random stuff in his attic, and he was like, “Oh yeah, I have this guitar for you.” It was in terrible shape. The neck was coming off and it’s one that was built before Martin started putting truss rods in their guitars, so it required quite a bit of work when I got it back to Nashville. The neck had to be reset twice at a shop called Cotten Music, and the first job got it playable—but the action was really high. They got it right the second time and it had a refret about eight years ago. That guitar has been through a lot since. It has traveled a ton with me, so at this point it feels like a material extension of myself.

William plays TC Electronic Flashback x4 in this video.

William plays BilT SS Zaftig guitar in this video.

William plays Line 6 DL4 in this video.

William plays EQD Avalanche Run in this video.

William plays Boss TR-2 in this video.

William plays EQD Organizer in this video.

William plays Hilton volume pedal in this video.

William Tyler uses the Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo Pedal V2, as evidenced by his 2024 pedalboard.

William Tyler is confirmed to use the Strymon blueSky Reverberator V2 on his 2024 pedalboard, as evidenced by the image available on Equipboard.

William Tyler uses the Strymon Flint on his 2024 pedalboard, as evidenced by a photograph of the setup.

The Strymon Deco Tape Saturation and Doubletracker Delay Pedal V2 is confirmed to be part of William Tyler's 2024 pedalboard, as evidenced by the image found on Equipboard.

William Tyler uses the Electro-Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper on his 2024 pedalboard, as evidenced by the image provided on Equipboard.

William Tyler is confirmed to use the Line 6 DL4 MkII, as evidenced by his 2024 pedalboard.

The Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer is confirmed to be used by guitarist William Tyler, as evidenced by a photograph of his 2024 pedalboard.

Guitarist William Tyler utilized the Hologram Electronics Microcosm on his album Time Indefinite for "low-pass filter looping and really weird granular stuff," as reported by Bradley Bambarger in Premier Guitar.

William Tyler used a Gibson '74 SG Electric Guitar on his album Time Indefinite, as confirmed in an article by Bradley Bambarger for Premier Guitar titled "Guitarist William Tyler: 'It’s Important for Artists to Push Themselves'."