, June 2012
Guitars Hinds favored Gibson Flying V's, typically in silverburst finishes, but owned a wide variety of guitars including a Goldtop Les Paul, a Les Paul Florentine, a Lucite Flying V built by the Electrical Guitar Company, a Gibson SG, a Gibson SG Custom, Gibson Explorers, an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi Guitar (used in the video for "Oblivion"), and a Michael Kelly Phoenix Hollowbody. He also had two custom
First Act guitars: a 6-string used in the video for "Colony of Birchmen" (which has asymmetrical horns such as those seen on a Mosrite guitar, a Bigsby vibrato, silverburst finish, and a Mastodon logo inlaid on the headstock) and a 12-string DC Lola, also with a silverburst finish, used on the Unholy Alliance 3 tour to capture a fuller sound while guitarist Bill Kelliher was too ill to perform. He used a 1964 Fender Stratocaster and a 1952 Fender Telecaster while recording "Crack the Skye". During live performances, Hinds favored his various Silverburst Flying V's. He often performed the solos and more melodic parts, whereas
Bill Kelliher most often took rhythm duties. As of 2014, Hinds had also added a PRS Starla to his collection, as seen in the Motherload video as well as live performances of the song. As revealed in the "Tune-Ups" section of the October 2007 issue of
Guitar World, the two guitarists primarily used three tunings: D Standard (E standard down one whole step, D G C F A D), Drop C tuning (D Standard tuning with the low D string tuned down an additional whole step, C G C F A D), and a third tuning similar to Drop C, but with the lowest string tuned down to A (A G C F A D). In April 2016
Epiphone Guitars announced a signature guitar for him based on his Silverburst Flying V Custom and featuring his signature Lace Hammer Claw pickups.
Straps Hinds used vintage-style guitar straps with psychedelic prints including custom models from Overdrive Straps.
Amplifiers Hinds was featured in
Marshall magazine as a JCM 800 2203 player, although since 2010 had favored
Orange's Thunderverb Series Amplifiers. In 2014, he was back to using
Marshall JMP series amplifiers and a Diezel VH-4. In 2018 Orange released a Brent Hinds signature Terror head. In 2021, Hinds began endorsing the Victory Amplifiers Super Sheriff amps with custom Victory 412 speaker cabinets.
Effects Hinds used a Boss Compressor CS-3, Boss Tuner TU-2, Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9, Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler, and Voodoo Labs Pedal Power. In 2014, he was seen using a Boss Digital Delay (DD-6), an ISP Technologies Decimator, an MXR Phase 90, MXR GT-OD, an Ernie Ball VP Junior, and a Dunlop 105Q bass wah.
Guitar rig and signal flow A detailed gear diagram of Brent Hinds' 2014 Mastodon guitar rig is well-documented. ==Influence and style==