Brent Mason's Gear
Guitars
Modifi ed ’68 Fender Telecaster, ’65 Fender
Stratocaster, ’68 Gibson SG, ’76 Gibson
ES-335, ’73 goldtop Gibson Les Paul,
PRS David Grissom, PRS SE Mike Mushok
Baritone, PRS 12-string acoustic
Amps
’67 Fender Deluxe Reverb, ’65 Fender Twin
Reverb,’65 Fender Bassman, ’63 Fender Bandmaster,
silverface Fender Twin Reverb (modifi
ed to head format), Matchless DC30 driving a
Matchless 2x12 cab, various Little Walter amps
Effects
Wampler Hot Wired Brent Mason Overdrive/
Distortion, Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23
Clean Boost, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Boss
GE-7 Graphic Equalizer, Analog Man-modded
Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Wampler Ego Compressor,
Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man
with Hazarai, Visual Sound Visual Volume,
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal Jr., Xotic Effects BB
Preamp, Vox wah, Strymon El Capistan, Line
6 DL4 Delay Modeler, Benado multi-effector,
other effects “in piles in a box somewhere”
Strings, Picks, and Accessories
Herco blue thumbpick, Boss TU-2 Tuner,
D’Addario straps, George L’s and Planet
Waves cables
Youtube It
To see Brent mason
chicken-pickin’ up
a storm, check out
the following clips
on YouTube.com.
In this clip from his new Recording Guitar DVD, Mason demonstrates his approach to layering different guitar flavors on a single tune.
The session stud smokes his
way through his signature
tune “Hot Wired.”
Mason sings “Since I Fell For
You,” then takes a burning guitar
solo punctuated by George
Benson-style scat singing.
Bebop meets country on this
2010 video featuring Mason and
his brother Randy.