Bill Frisell may be the biggest gearhead in jazz. He is a jazz guitar maestro known for experimenting with effects and incorporating many different genres with jazz. With the amount of gear he’s used I could only expect Kurt Rosenwinkel to match him in terms of gear. Bill has gone without effects on just as many sessions as he does without effects. He likes to keep things musical. Read more to find out Bill Frisell’s Gear.
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Guitars:
In this video, Bill talks about his current guitar, guitars he’s owned and about his effects. He mainly uses telecasters and feels “most at home” on telecasters.
Bill Frisell: I’m Bill Frisell and I play the guitar and, well, I love music, I play music, that’s pretty much all I’ve done my whole life. Cadillac 1959 under fades into Lovesick Blues. Well, I mean really I think pretty much for as long as I can remember I think music, you know I kind of connect it, my earliest memories I think are. Frisell is a guitarist and I expected this to be in 'classical guitar' notation where the stems indicate thumb and the rest fingers or something like that since it says PVG and not tab. But instead the music lines are broken across the treble and bass staves.
Guitars he uses or has used: Sonic mania mod studio. Spice girls torrent download.
- Fender Telecasters
- One of them is a Fender Telecaster Relic with Suhr Pickups
- Fender Stratocasters
- Fender Mustang – his first guitar
- Fender Jaguar – his second guitar
- Fender Jazzmaster Custom
- Fender Esquire Guitar (1950s)
- Gibson LG-2 Acoustic
- Anderson Guitars (hollowbody / archtops)
- Collings Stateman LC (guitar in video) – with TV Jones Filteron Pickups and a Bigsby Tremolo
- Klein Guitars – funny looking guitars that he doesn’t use anymore
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Amps:
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Bill usually uses a Fender Deluxe Reverb when performing live. He uses a vintage Gibson GA-18 and other amps at home.
Bill Frisell Telecaster
- Carr Sportsman Amp (amp in photo above)
- Gibson GA-18
Effects:
Bill Frisell Guitar Gear
His pedalboard in the video in the beginning is more or less his current setup.
Effects he uses or has used:
- Aguilar Audiolex
- Boss TU-2 Tuner
- Digitech PDS-8000
- EHX 16-Second Delay (discontinued)
- Guyatone VT-X Vintage Tremolo
- Lexicon MPX 1000 Reverb
- Line 6 DL4 Delay – one of his favorite delays
- Roland GR-300 Synth
- Way Huge Electronics Ringworm Ring Modulator
- Zvex Super Ringtone
Other:
Sources: Premiere Guitar Interview, Guitar World Interview, Guitar Player Interview