Mac DeMarco’s Epiphone FT-79 Texan

Brand: Epiphone
Model: FT-79 Texan

Mac has used an Epiphone FT-79 Texan since at least around 2019, but it has recently become his main acoustic guitar, the one he used on most of the recent shows (around 2023/24), Based on the photos, it’s a vintage model, probably from the 60s (based on the headstock logo), and it features a dark sunburst finish.

On a few ocassions, Mac had it fitted with a Sunrise S2 soundhole pickup.

Mac DeMarco – Live from a French Chicken Restaurant, 2024.

In some of the most recent shows, a photograph can be seen glued on top of the guitar. If you happen to know who the person on the photo is, please be sure to leave a comment below.

Mac DeMarco – Live from a French Chicken Restaurant, 2024.

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black_saab900
black_saab900
5 days ago

Photograph: Michael Jackson wearing a Kahala Hilton cap in 1988.

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Last edited 5 days ago by black_saab900
car
car
9 months ago

the person on the picture is micheal jackson. mac is known to have an appreciation for him and “moving like mike” off of 2012’s rock n roll nightclub is about him.

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