The Kay K6533 Value Leader is a Kay electric guitar. It pairs well with the Fender Prosonic and the Orange Matamp.

Kay K6533 Value Leader

Kay · electric guitar

Jack White's Kay K6533 Value Leader is the guitar behind one of the most recognizable riffs in modern rock, the low, bass-like line from Seven Nation Army. A modest archtop with a spruce top, maple back and sides, a single DeArmond pickup wired with nothing but an on-off switch, and a floating rosewood bridge, it was originally a tobacco sunburst finish before White covered it in kraft paper in 2001, reportedly to cut down on feedback through the F-holes. Tuned to open A and run through a Big Muff fuzz pedal, playing on the fifteenth fret let White generate frequencies low enough to mimic a bass guitar, a technique built entirely around this specific guitar's quirks that became the foundation of the White Stripes' biggest hit.

  • modern
  • open
  • big muff
  • simple
  • rock
  • slide
  • vintage
  • fuzz

Genres the Kay K6533 Value Leader is commonly used in

  • Rock
  • Grunge
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Stoner Rock
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  • Blues Rock
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Amps that pair well with the Kay K6533 Value Leader

Fender Prosonic

amplifier

21% match

Fender Prosonic's warm balances out the bright tone

Orange Matamp

Orange

21% match

Where this leans bright, Orange Matamp answers back smooth

Magnatone Twilighter Stereo 22W Head

Magnatone

21% match

Magnatone Twilighter Stereo 22W Head stacks modulated on top of the fuzzy already here

Fender Vibrolux 6G11

amplifier

tonal match

Fender Vibrolux 6G11 layers modulated onto an already fuzzy signal

Fender Vibro-King Custom 60W 3x10 Tube Guitar Combo Amp

amplifier

tonal match

Fender Vibro-King Custom 60W 3x10 Tube Guitar Combo Amp stacks modulated on top of the fuzzy already here

Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp

Gibson

tonal match

Put Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward modulated

Pedals that stack with the Kay K6533 Value Leader

Caroline Guitar Company Icarus

Caroline Guitar Company

20% match

Caroline Guitar Company Icarus stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here

Catalinbread Epoch Boost EP-3

Catalinbread

20% match

Catalinbread Epoch Boost EP-3 stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here

Matthews Effects The Pocket Drive Overdrive Boost

Matthews Effects

tonal match
$105via Reverb

Run fuzzy into Matthews Effects The Pocket Drive Overdrive Boost for more clean boost on top

Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo

Dunlop

tonal match

Run Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Anarchy Audio Flutterby Tremolo

Anarchy Audio

tonal match

Anarchy Audio Flutterby Tremolo layers clean boost onto an already fuzzy signal

Eventide Riptide

Eventide

tonal match
$236.21via Reverb

Eventide Riptide stacks modulated on top of the fuzzy already here

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp

Dunlop

tonal match
$135via Reverb

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it

SolidGoldFX NU-33

Solidgoldfx

tonal match

SolidGoldFX NU-33 stacks modulated on top of the fuzzy already here

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Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Fender Prosonic, Orange Matamp, Magnatone Twilighter Stereo 22W Head — Fender Prosonic's warm balances out the bright tone.

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