Richard Hawley

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

From Guitar Buyer, October 2009: “I’ve got a Fender Prosonic that’s a right warhorse – it’s been around the world with me, that has. I bought it the first week I started working with Pulp. The Prosonic is kind of the mainstay but I use it in stereo with either a Fender Deluxe or with an old 1963 Fender Tremolux. The Prosonic’s quite harsh. I don’t mean that in a bad way, but its sound is very direct so adding the Tremolux kind of softens that off."

From Guitar Buyer magazine, October 2009: "I also use an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb, which is great and can be quite extreme.”

"The way it kind of feeds back is heavenly...The playability is just amazing," says Hawley, about his Gibson ES-335, at 0:30 in this video.

"The thing that intrigued me about it was that it wasn't totally solid, it's got pockets inside," says Hawley, when he begins talking about his Gibson ES-295 at 4:16 in this video.

Hawley can be seen playing a Danelectro Longhorn Baritone at 0:24 in this performance of "Disney Time" with Jarvis Cocker.

In this Sound On Sound article, it is stated that Hawley uses a Peavey 5150; "I have a Selmer Zodiac and an old Rac amp from the ’40s that gets an airing now and again. That was used on ‘Serious’ with a Fender speaker cab, a Peavey 5150 for a more modern sound and an ancient Gretsch amp previously owned by a Mr G Harrison from Liverpool — don’t know if it’s the G Harrison."

In this Sound On Sound article, there is a photo of Hawley's pedal board, which includes a Dunlop TS-1 Stereo Tremolo;

He uses that effect in his pedal rig. The only black pedal from Boss that has orange knobs is HM-2 Heavy Metal. Highly recommended :)

Hawley can be seen with a Rickenbacker 330/12 at 0:15 in this video.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

From Guitar Buyer magazine, October 2009: "I really only ever use one distortion pedal, and that’s this Ross pedal that I got when I was 13, when I swapped it with my next-door neighbour for a fishing reel,” says Hawley.

“It’s got this creamy distortion but the control knobs fell off years ago. That’s got a great sound and it has to be maintained regularly. I have to make sure that it’s clean because it’s pretty knackered – it’s been stomped on so many times – but I’ve used it throughout my career from my first ever band right up to last week... but I’ve never been able to find another one.”

http://imgur.com/4MjCz8S Also used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

From Guitar Buyer, October 2009: "I also use what I call a ‘double Wemmy’ for anything where I need a bit more aggression. I’ve got two WEM Dominator amps that I picked up for 30 quid each, and they’re great. They just add an immediate edge to things. They’re fantastic if you’ve got a guitar with single-coil pickups like the ‘63 Fender Jaguar – you plug that in and it’s ‘hello!'"

Hawley states in this Sound On Sound article: “I have about 50 or 60 guitars: old Gretsches like the ’64 Tennessean, ’66 Country Gent, ’65 Clipper, ’66 Nashville, three 6120s of varying vintage, a lovely ’66 Gibson 335, a Baldwin 12–string from ’67, a ’50s Silvertone, a couple of baritones."

Hawley states in this Sound On Sound article: “I have about 50 or 60 guitars: old Gretsches like the ’64 Tennessean, ’66 Country Gent, ’65 Clipper, ’66 Nashville, three 6120s of varying vintage, a lovely ’66 Gibson 335, a Baldwin 12–string from ’67, a ’50s Silvertone, a couple of baritones."

Hawley can be seen, in this picture, playing a blue Eastwood Sidejack Bass VI.

On the official Gretsch website, Hawley's artist page states that he uses a Gretsch G6196T Country Club guitar.

Hawley's artist page, on the official Gretsch website, states that he uses a Duane Eddy guitar.

"As a solo musician, Hawley has released six studio albums Following the success of his award-winning, hugely acclaimed 2009 album ‘Truelove’s Gutter’, Gretsch guitar fanatic Richard Hawley released his sixth studio album, ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ - his first for new label Parlophone - on 7th May." - Gretsch Guitars.

You from Richard's artist page that he plays a Gretsch G6136TSL Silver Falcon w/ Bigsby.

In this Sound On Sound article, there is a photo of Hawley's pedal board, which includes a Boss CS-3.

In this Sound On Sound article, there is a photo of Hawley's pedalboard, which includes a Digitech DigiDelay.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Hawley used a 1963 model on Truelove's Gutter, as reported in Guitar Buyer, October 2009: "Then the old lake placid blue ‘63 Fender Jaguar – that’s unreal, that. When you play an instrument like that, you can see why people piss their pants over the pre-CBS Fenders, because they’re just a universe apart."

From Guitar Buyer, October 2009: "I also use a Burns Orbit 2 amp a lot. It’s a transistor amp but it’s immense. The fucking volume off it’s unreal – it can kill ya!”