Bill Frisell’s Gear


Bill Frisell playing one of his Klein guitars.

Main Guitar(s):

  • 1975 Fender Stratocaster
  • 1974 Fender Telecaster
  • Klein Electric Guitars
  • Andersen Guitars
  • Yanuziello Guitars

Amps:

  • Fender Princeton Reverb Amp
  • Mesa Boogie Subway Blues
  • Gibson GA-18 and GA-50

Effects/Pedals:

  • Volume pedal
  • ProCo RAT Distortion Pedal
  • Ibanez Tube Screamer
  • Line 6 Delay Modeler
  • Boss DD1 digital delay pedal
  • Electro Harmonix 16 second delay
  • Digitech 8 second delay
  • Lexicon MPX-100 Multieffect
  • Alesis Microverb
  • TC electronic compressor

Strings:

  • D’Addario EXL115 strings
  • Gibson flatpicks (teardrop shaped)

Other Guitars:

  • Gibson SG
  • Gibson J-45
  • Gibson 446
  • Collings D-1 dreadnought
  • Martin mahogany
  • Tacoma Papoose

Info:

  • Quote: “Sometimes I will be hearing an orchestra in my head and I’m trying to get that sound to come out on the guitar. I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.”