1953 Fender Telecaster, 1959 Fender Stratocaster, 1952 Fender
Telecaster, 1960 Fender Telecaster Custom, 1968 Thinline Fender
Telecaster, 1960 Gibson ES-335, Martin Quad- 28, Martin Quad-
18, Gibson Les Paul Deluxe with a chambered body, Duesenberg
Double Cat 12, Duesenberg Mandola 12-string
Little Walter VG- 50, Little Walter 1x12 cabinet
with Celestion G12T- 75 speakers
Custom Audiotech Guitar Systems A/B splitter, EBS UniChorus,
Boss TR- 2 Tremolo, Robert Keeley-modified Boss DD- 3 Digital
Delay, Boss DD- 3 Digital Delay, Hermida Audio Zendrive, Creation
Audio Labs MK. 4. 23 Clean Boost Pedal, Boss CS- 3 Compres-
sion Sustainer, ( 2) Boss TU- 2 (one for electric, one for acoustic),
Wampler Faux Spring Reverb, Benado Effects Pedalboard
D’Addario .010–.046 on standard-tuned guitars, D’Addario
.0105–.048 for guitars tuned down a half step, Planet Waves
medium picks, Voodoo Lab Pedal Power
This 1953 Fender Telecaster is
Vince’s No. 1 guitar. He picked
up the guitar at Del City Music
in Del City, Oklahoma, nearly 30
years ago. According to Gill’s tech,
Benny Garcia, everything is totally
original except for a Seymour Duncan pickup in the neck position.
This all-original 1959 Fender
Stratocaster was purchased by
Gill from Duane Eddy’s son. Each
night, Gill changes his set list, and
even what guitars he uses on each
song, but recently he has been us-
ing this on “Pretty Little Adriana.”
Gill acquired this 1952 Fender
Tele, formerly owned by Larry
Black, a few years ago and uses
it on “Which Bridge to Burn.”
This 1960 Fender Tele Custom
used to belong to Gill’s writing
partner Will Owsley. Tragically
he took his own life. Gill tunes it
down a half step and uses it on
“I Still Believe in You” and “Take
Your Memory.”
1960 Gibson ES-335 Dot Neck
with a stop tailpiece.
These Martin guitars are based
on a George Gruhn design. The
Quad 28 (left) has a herringbone inlay and the Quad 18 is
a stripped-down version. Both
feature D-Tar pickups.
Mid-2000s Gibson Les Paul Deluxe with a chambered body. Gill
usually keeps this guitar tuned
down a half step.
This Duesenberg Double Cat 12 is
sometimes used on “Never Alone.”
At a recent performance with
Sting, Gill used this Duesenberg
Mandola 12-String on Sting’s
“Fields of Gold.”
This mid-’60s Fender Thinline
Telecaster goes through several dif-
ferent setups during the course of
a tour. Here, Gill removed the sixth
string and tuned it a la Keith Rich-
ards to open G (D–G–D–G–B–D).
This guitar survived the Nashville
flood, thanks to Joe Glaser.
