Equipment
Jeff Lang primarily plays acoustic guitars, although he has an unorthodox way of amplifying them, running a combination of a built-in microphone and a Sunrise magnetic pick-up together for his clean acoustic sound, whilst also running the output of the Sunrise pick-up through various effects through an electric guitar amplifier allowing him to obtain both acoustic and distorted electric guitar tones from the same guitar. This approach has been hugely influential in the Australian scene, particularly after well-known guitarist John Butler was inspired by Jeff's playing and sound to pursue a very similar setup. Some of the guitars he has used live and in the studio are:
- Churchill Guitars - acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars and acoustic lap steels built by David Churchill in Ballarat, Australia.
- Beeton Brass Guitars - built by Greg Beeton in Belmont North, Australia
- National Reso-Glass Guitars - Dobro-like guitars from the 1960s.
- 1960's Guyatone Electric Guitar
- 1976 Fender Starcaster
- Turkish Electric Baglama Saz
- Godin Glissentar
- 1950's Harmony Mandolin
- 1930's Kalamazoo Acoustic
- 1930's Oahu Hawaiian Guitar
- 1930's Regal Dobro
- 1980's Fender Squire Stratocaster modified with Teisco Pickups
- 1950's Supro Lap Steel
- Valco Reso Phonic
- Tim Kill Weissenborn and fretless acoustic Guitars
- Stomp Box
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