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Rig Rundown: Band of Skulls

The English rock band travels heavy with Fender solidbodies and Gretsch semi-hollows while proving that pedal swaps make a group closer.

On the other end of the spectrum, Marsden uses a stock Gretsch G6118T-LTV 130th Anniversary Junior that is specific to what he calls “phase two” of the band’s sound—centered around their third album Himalayan—which was Gretsch semi- and hollowbodies into cranked Fender combos.

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