by Topfive
Ben Monder is an eccentric guitarist who has released creative solo albums and many albums as a sideman. He has worked with jazz greats such as Paul Motian as well pop legend, David Bowie. He has used the same or similar gear for years and has recently added some newer effects. Read more to find out Ben Monder’s Gear.
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Guitars:
- Ibanez AS-50 - His main guitar which he got in 1983
- Ibanez AS153
- Martin 0-18 (1936) Acoustic Guitar
- Partscaster Strat - A Fender style guitar built with a bunch of different parts
Amps:
- Music Man RD-112 - Mainly for gigs
- Fender Princeton Reverb (1968)
- Fender Deluxe Reverb (1966) - He sometimes runs this stereo with the Music Man
- Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
- Ampeg B-15 Portaflex Bass Amp - Used on Bloom
Effects:
- Aguilar Octamizer Octave
- Boss CS-3 Compressor
- Boss DD-3 Delay
- Boss OC-3 Octave
- Ernie Ball Volume
- Fulltone Mini DejáVibe
- Lexicon LPX-1 Reverb (modded)
- MXR Carbon Copy Delay (current delay)
- ProCo RAT Distortion (Keeley Mod)
- Strymon BlueSky Reverberator
- Walrus Audio Mayflower Overdrive
- Walrus Audio Deep Six Compressor
Other:
Sources: Guitar Player Interview, Premiere Guitar Interview, Ibanez Video, Blog
A nice video of his solo playing: