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Ben Gibbard:
GUITARS:
1985 Fender Bullet (sunburst)
1974 Fender Thinline Telecaster (black)
AMPS AND CABINETS:
Sears Silvertone Twin Twelve with homemade 2x10 cabinet
Fender Blues Junior 1x10 combo
PEDALS:
Tuborat Distortion
BOSS DD-3 digital delay
BOSS TR-2 tremolo
BOSS TU-2 stage tuner
Morely a/b box
Nick Harmer
GUITARS:
1977 Fender P-bass/Black/Maple Fretboard/Warmoth Neck/Badd Ass II Bridge/Duncan Antiquity Pickups
2000 Fender P-bass/Sunburst/Maple Fretboard/Warmoth Neck/Bad Ass II Bridge/Duncan Antiquity Pickups
AMPS AND CABIENTS:
2002 Ampeg SVT Anniversary Classic Head/All Tube
2002 Ampeg 8x10 Anniversary Cab/Eminence Delta 10s
PEDALS:
Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner
Pro Co Turbo Rat
Maxon Analog Delay
MXR Double Shot Distortion
MXR Bass DI+
ETC.:
Dunlop Tortex 1.14 Sharp Picks
D'Addario EXL 160 Strings (50-105)
Fort Bryan Straps
Jason McGerr
DRUMS:
Ludwig Classic Maple drums in Red Sparkle:
10x14 tom
16x18 floor tom
14x26 bass drum
6.5x14 or 5x14 black beauty snare drum
CYMBALS:
Paiste Dark Energy Cymbals:
15" Mark I hi hats
18" Mark I crash
20" Mark I ride
22" Mark II ride
ETC.:
Remo Drumheads:
Snare top/bottom: coated emperor/ambassador snare
Torns top/bottom: coated emperor/clear ambassador
Bass drum: clear powerstroke 3 with Ludwig logo front
+Tama iron cobra pedals, DW hardward and Ludwig hardware
Vic Firth 5B wood top sticks
Roland SPDS electronic sampling pad
XL Specialties protector drum cases and Titan hardware cases
Chris Walla:
GUITARS:
Fender Telecaster '52 reissure (2001); Harmonic Design Super 90 and Vintage Plus pickups
Gibson ES-335 (2003); refretted by Mike Lull
Gibson L6-S (1980); Seymour Duncan '59 and Seth Lover pickups;re-fretted by Mike Lull
Fender Precision Bass (1977); re-fretted by Mike Lull
AMPS AND CABINETS:
Fender Hot Rod DeVille has been replaced by Dr. Z Route '66; two different DeVilles ceased to function over the course of the spring tour
PEDALS:
Boss TU-2 tuner
Fulltone Full Drive 2 overdrive pedal
Fulltone Distortion Pro distortion pedal
Boss DM-3 delay pedal