Rig Rundown – Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba
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In early May 2015, Premier Guitar crashed Dashboard Confessional’s rehearsal in Nashville and met with Chris Carrabba between songs. Carrabba revealed the acoustic/electric rig that drove Dashboard from emo obscurity to the soundtrack of Spider-Man 2.
Carrabba loves old guitars. For electrics, he tours with a 1961 Gibson Les Paul Jr. and a racing striped 1967 Fender Mustang with a matching headstock. Both are strung with D’Addario EJ21.
For acoustics, Carrabba goes with his beloved and beaten 1970 Martin 0-18 and his 2014 custom-made Martin 00-18 with 3-piece back. The acoustics are strung up with D’Addario EJ17 strings and Carrabba prefers Dunlop Shell Plastic thumb picks and Paige capos.
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Originally posted by UC5J-hZ4wNf7OlkzIn49LHoQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG-GwZHoRiI
Pretty criminal how this guy doesn’t have a signature model fender or acoustic.
I’m really fascinated and moved by the thought that our instruments will pass on and be owned and used by someone else. My two sons are little, but I bought each of them an acoustic guitar to have for when they are older. They’ll have them when I am gone, and hopefully they’ll be able to pass them to their kids.
Enough gear talk. Sing “Hell On The Throat” already
I like the jacket buttons hitting that thing the whole time.
"Acoustic guitar. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk."
This rundown is dope af!
Kurt& Chris..4ever
any thoughts on if the heel cap is the best place for the strap button?
Vegans would cry if they found out what his custom acoustic is made of.
What the fuck just happened
Wow, CC is really full of himself. One of the longest rig rundowns ever for one of the smallest lists of gear… (insert massive eye roll here)
Nice Rolex
Chris: "I don't want an artefact that I can't hand to anyone to play"
Also Chris: "Here's two incredibly rare SGs with Les Paul Junior on the headstock"
Carraba is just the right amount of weird
I wish he still rocked the Gibson jumbos
did he seriously just have all his guitars lying on the floor?!?! @ 13:00
God damn this dude is well spoken
They should change their name to the Haircut Professionals
This was pretty cool.
smells like teen spirit mustang 🙂
This is probably my favorite rig rundown to date. Plus Chris' acoustic tone is just heaven. Amazing player. TONE IS IN THE HANDS.
Is that a 2-tone Rolex Datejust Chris is wearing? Also, he appears to be wearing a wedding ring. I've never known Chris to be married or even partnered for that matter. Was he married at that time? I saw him live in Dublin last year and he made reference to his mother (or possibly grandmother) asking him when he's "going to find a nice girl".