“For most of the songs, you need old, dead strings for sure, or else it does not sound right”: Nick Baxter reveals the setup secrets and custom Gibson acoustics behind Timothée Chalamet’s tone in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan with Gibson acoustics in a still from A Complete Unknown, the James Mangold biopic about the iconic singer-songwriter.

Nick Baxter, the executive music producer of forthcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet in the lead role, has revealed how they nailed Dylan’s tone for the film – with a little help from Gibson and its team of luthiers.

It was a tall order. Not only would Chalamet have to look like a young Bob Dylan, he had to sound like him, too.