Trey Anastasio's Guitars, Amps, Pedals & Other Gear (2024)

"The Seymour Duncan SH-1s ... are the same pickups in Trey's guitars" - from Paul Languedoc, who made Trey's guitars. "I've tried other pickups in my guitars and I always come back to the Duncan."

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Trey Anastasio plays a Languedoc guitar, which he shows off in this video at (0:10). "It's a long scale length...the length from the nut to the bridge is the same as a Strat," Anastasio said. "I wanted it to have the bite of a Strat and the kindof meat of a hollowbody...so the body is completely...

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Trey Anastasio uses the Ross Compressor to "squash" his Ibanez tube screamers, the Phish guitarist says in this video at (3:30). His current pedal was a gift from fans who missed Trey's guitar tone from earlier Phish days.

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Anastasio has been using two tube screamers "since the early days" according to the Phish guitarist in this video at (3:05). One is set on full scream for sustain and one on light distortion, sometimes both at once. He uses them when he's not using his digital effects.

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Trey Anastasio has been using this amp since he bought it in the mid-80s, in part because he believes "being familiar with your gear is more important than having really good gear," he said in this video at (4:10).

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Anastasio has been using an Alesis Microverb since the mid-80's. "It's like a backwards delay," the guitarist said at (6:00). "It's a delay, but it's flipped around backwards, so it comes toward you," he said.

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Anastasio also plays through a Univox Univibe. "The Univibe, of course is made famous by Jimi Hendrix," the Phish guitarist said at (6:30). "I got it specifically because I spent 8 million hours listening to Band of Gypsies when I was growing up."

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Trey Anastasio uses an original Ibanez DM2000, "that was one of the first digital delays ever made," Anastasio said at (4:40).

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In this tweet, Trey is seen using a Fender EOB on-stage.

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Here he is playing a Jaguar, in a video about his album "Traveler"

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"The first tube that the guitar signal meets inside the amp is a 12AT7 (instead of 12AX7). The "Vibrato" circuit was reconfigured into a "midrange boost" (we added another pot and knob to the front face of the amp where the 2nd input usually went). We replaced the stock speaker (Utah 12") with a ...

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Anastasio uses a TC electronics Nova Repeater, as seen in this video at (6:14). According to the Phish guitarist, he got it, "just for a tiny little echo...and then when we were in the Storage Jam, I finally started fooling around with it, because we were fooling around inside that storage box, I...

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Trey most frequently uses the pitch bender, which allows the user to bend pitches using the expression pedal to various degrees up or down. Trey almost always uses this feature in its middle position, which is 2 half steps down. So by depressing the expression pedal, the guitar tone sweeps down...

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"We did some Way Huge SUPA PUSS mods for Trey in 2015, as the BLEND on them comes up too fast, he just wanted a little delay so we found a mod to make it easier to dial in."

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He uses Key 9 live on stage.

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You can see the Bogner Shiva behind Trey's pedal setup.

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At 3:10 the Cry Baby can be seen next to the two Tube Screamers. He mentions that 'it's off most of the time'.

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A pedal preamp to control leslie speakers.

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"Sid showed my his Boss pedal board with the modified DS-1/Pro he is using. Sid installed the JRC inline chip himself (not easy!) as he initially had our SUPER mod but was not really happy. Now he likes the PRO a lot, and after their practice he gave me another of his DS-1 pedals to modify for hi...

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From website: "Trey Anastasio from Phish got a pair of Bicomps before his solo tour and the recording of their album in late 2002. He has been and is still using two of our Silver mod TS9/808 pedals in his live rigs with all the bands and combinations he plays with."

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"Sid showed my his Boss pedal board with the modified DS-1/Pro he is using. Sid installed the JRC inline chip himself (not easy!) as he initially had our SUPER mod but was not really happy. Now he likes the PRO a lot, and after their practice he gave me another of his DS-1 pedals to modify for hi...

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In this picture from A Trey Trio(plus one) show in Charlottsville, you can see the Komet amp in the back. This is a great amp that was designed by Ken Fischer before his unfortunate passing. Trey loves this amp and has been playin live with it for under a year. In this video he talkes in detail a...

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At 6:00 Trey mentions this pedal and says he's "been using it since Nectar's".

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In this source, Trey Anastasio is pictured playing a Martin JC-40 Cutaway electric/acoustic guitar.

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Coming from several artists who are more than capable of affording an original Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe such as Trey Anastasio, Michael Landau and others, they choose the Black Cat Vibe above all else. There’s a reason for this.

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According to Analogman's website, Anastasio used Boss BF-2 flanger, which looks slightly brighter than the usual versions.

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According to 2004 concert photos, Anastasio used old RMC3 wah pedal.

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Featured on the official product page.

"I’ve been using a ribbon mic on Trey’s guitar since 2009 and I love it, but I wanted to improve the sonic quality, so we bought a guitaRF. What a difference it made. The guitar came into focus, had more punch and a level of isolation wa...

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According to Analogman's pedalboard photo, Anastasio used Boss PSM-5 power supply in his pedalboard.

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