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"My main squeeze for a long time was a ’66 Fender Mustang that I toured with and recorded with for years," Ty says, in this article.

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I have a Death By Audio Fuzz War pedal, which is pretty much the only pedal I like using these days.

Another article by Premier Guitar:

I’ve got a fuzz pedal I like to use called the Octave Clang. It’s got a bit of a curve to the sound—like, it creeps. I mainly use that and the Fuzz War, both Death By Audio pedals.

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"I have just one amp I like to record with—a ’72 Fender Quad Reverb. It’s like a double Twin with four 12" speakers."

Wow, that must be pretty heavy.

"Yeah, but it breaks up in the best way ... it sounds like Dick Dale on steroids."

Another interview with Premier Guitar:

But the koto we recorded like I would record my electric guitar: either through my regular setup [a Fender Quad Reverb] or with a DI, which I like doing a lot just because it sucks the air out and has that fingers-on-your-face kind of a sound. And actually, the bouzouki has a pickup in it. I think it’s a contact mic, so it sounds pretty awful, but if you blow it out and fuck it up, it sounds cool. The koto has a guitar pickup in it, too. I think someone hot-rodded that thing [laughs].

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Seen live along with his other current pedals, Ty has been seen switching the settings around but he would use the 1 o’clock position, giving him tones such as the solo tone on Every1's a Winner and tones useful for songs on his newer records, especially Emotional Mugger.

This pedal was also listed on the Premier Guitar's 2019 interview with Segall.

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Starting at about 3:33, a Big Muff can be seen at Ty's feet

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Ty Segall is seen here playing a sunburst Fender Jaguar Electric Guitar.

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"I have an old [Electro-Harmonix] Small Stone that I really love. Also, Albini had an EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter phaser that was really cool, too. The Small Stone only has two settings, and it sounds like [the band] Big Star or something."

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In this interview Ty says he uses a MusicMan HD-130.

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You can see him in this video playing a Music Man HD-150 Reverb stacked on top of his Quad Reverb. It appears to be running through a Marshall straight 4x12 cab.

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At 5:35 Segall talks about his drum kit

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Ty helped design this limited edition pedal for Death by Audio

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In this video, Ty can be seen using a black Travis Bean TB1000S.

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at 47:49, a moog minifooger box can be seen at ty's feet with 4 knobs and no switch in the middle. the effect can also be heard throughout the video, and the only other 2 pedals at his feet are easily identifyable as a death by audio fuzz war and boss tuner

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Ty is seen here performing with his Hagstrom II model guitar.

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Used in some studio recording during his early career such as on the single 'Skin', and often during live shows such as the live performance at Amoeba in 2009, which can be seen 4:00 minutes into the performance.

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"Also, Albini had an EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter phaser that was really cool, too. The Small Stone only has two settings, and it sounds like [the band] Big Star or something. The EarthQuaker is more extreme. When you hit the fuzz on it, it kind of spazzes out a little bit, which is ideal. I’m not a fan of subtle effect use."

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Segall wrote and recorded much of Manipulator using a 1977 Gibson ES-335, a guitar he bought specifically for the project. "I'm kind of superstitious," he says, "In that I like to get a new guitar to write a new record. If there is a specific sound to it that you're not used to, it definitely affects your brain and your creativity, and makes you have a more open mind when writing new songs. This guitar has a coil-tap switch on it, which means you can switch the humbuckers to single coils, so there's like four different sounds you can get out of it."

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All over the record, though, is an Eventide H949 Harmonizer. That’s the main effect. Usually, on all my other records, I’m using a [Roland] Space Echo or a tape echo, but I’ve become completely infatuated with the Eventide. It’s the effect that Bowie used on [1977’s] Low—just a crazy ’80s[-ish] effect, but you can do really fucked-up, weird shit on it. All the weird, echo-y, spaced-out stuff is coming from that.

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In this photo, Ty can be seen sitting behind a TAC Scorpion Recording Console.

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Ty Segall is seen here playing a sunburst Fender Telecaster.

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"I have a Tascam 388 8-track at my house, and I just demo songs out like they would be for a record."

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Ty Segall is known for using Fender Twin Reverb Silverface amplifiers to achieve his signature sound, as seen in a photo from Poppressinternational.

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Seen live often but here on the cover of Deforming Lobes

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When playing in Goggs, Ty uses a DBA Octave Clang with his guitar rig.

Premier Guitar:

I’ve got a fuzz pedal I like to use called the Octave Clang. It’s got a bit of a curve to the sound—like, it creeps. I mainly use that and the Fuzz War, both Death By Audio pedals.

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In a 2009 performance at Amoeba, Ty Segall played a Gibson SG Melody Maker, as seen in a video by THEE ATTIC on YouTube.

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Ty Segall is seen here playing a Gibson Les Paul Standard.

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All over the record, though, is an Eventide H949 Harmonizer. That’s the main effect. Usually, on all my other records, I’m using a [Roland] Space Echo or a tape echo, but I’ve become completely infatuated with the Eventide. It’s the effect that Bowie used on [1977’s] Low—just a crazy ’80s[-ish] effect, but you can do really fucked-up, weird shit on it. All the weird, echo-y, spaced-out stuff is coming from that.

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Ty Segall is seen here playing a VOX V230 Tempest XII

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According to this Premier Guitar article on Ty Segall, he uses a "1970s Ampeg B-15."

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Ty is seen using this guitar in this 2009 video.

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