Kenny Wayne Shepherd is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. From an early age Kenny excelled at blues guitar. Over the years Kenny has played with many famous acts and had many hit blues singles.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Kenny Wayne Shephard's guitar rig. Note that he may not always use the gear listed in his rig for every show.
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Guitars
- Fender Kenny Wayne Shepherd Signature Stratocaster Electric Guitar
- Variety of Fender Stratocasters (many of them custom shop)
- Fender custom shop relic of Kenny's 1961 Strat (sunburst)
- Fender Jimi Hendrix Monterey Pop strat
- Benito acoustics
- Martin Kenny Wayne Shephard acoustic guitar and other Martin guitars
- 1958 Fender Stratocaster
- 1961 Fender Strat
- 1931 National Duolian C series
- SRV “Charlie” Lipstick Special Guitar repro, made by Rene Martinez (white with lipstick pickups)
- 1964 Gibson L-30 Acoustic
- Yamaha SE150 guitar
- vintage 1959 Fender hardtail strat (3-tone sunburst, maple neck)
- prototype Fender 1960 relic guitar (once owned by Keith Richards)
- Wayne Kramer signature strat (American flag paint job)
Amps
- Fender '65 Twin Reverb amps (has been using these more recently than the marshall and fuchs)
- Fender 1964 blackface Vibroverb re-issue amplifiers (15" JBL speaker)
- Fuchs amp
- Marshall stacks
- Dumble Overdrive Special amp and Tweedle-Dee Deluxe amp
- Fender '57 tweed Twin custom shop reissue
Effects
- Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
- Ibanez TS-808HW Tube Screamer
- Dunlop Crybaby MC-404 CAE wah pedal
- Roger Mayer and Tychobrahe Octavia
- Line 6 DL4 delay pedal
- Dunlop Uni-Vibe re-issue
- Analog Man Bi-Chorus pedal
- Analog Man King of Tone overdrive (he's called this his Secret Weapon in Guitar World)
- Chandler Tube Driver
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2
- Boss TU-2 pedal
- Hermida Audio Zendrive
- Analog Man AR20DL Analog Delay
- Analog Man Captain Coconut octave/chorus pedal
- Analog Man A/B Box
- Sennheiser EW300 Wireless
- Pigtronix Phaser ("Anywhere the Wind blows". Used along with two chorus pedals)
- 60's Vox Clyde McCoy wah pedal
- Jam Pedals Delay Llama pedal (Analog delay pedal)
- Electro-Harmonix POG 2 pedal (Used for a Beatles cover song)
Strings and Picks
- Ernie Ball Power Slinky (11, 14, 18, 28, 38, 58 gauge) electric guitar strings (fyi - you can remove the 48 from the 7-string set to get these gauges)
- Fender Extra Heavy guitar picks
Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Kenny Wayne Shepherds guitar rig!
Thanks to the generosity of Robert Trudeau we have some awesome pictures from April 2008 of Kenny Wayne Shepherd's guitar rig. You'll see a good view of the pedals, guitars and amps that Kenny uses live. Thanks again Mr Trudeau for sending us the great pictures!
Click on the images to enlarge them to fullsize in a shadowbox.
