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winterburn69

Jan 27, 2008
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#1
Hi JMJ,

From what I've seen listed in your discography, you've played a fair bit of guitar credits, but it rarely gets talked about here, and since I don't believe you have a sub forum on offsets.com:

What do you like gear-wise?

Do you have a guitar practice routine, if so, what's that like?

What do you like pairing together? (Guitar, amp, pedal? I recall seeing on Instragram you've got a Tele w/ some mods & Strat)

Favourite guitar amps?

Any specific pedals & pedal combos you'd recommend for guitar over bass?

Thank you very much!
 
#2
Hey,

Gear wise, my guitars are: Rick 360, Strat, Hagstrom Impala, Yamaha SGB 3000, heavily modified Tele Custom, heavily modified Jaguar and Jazzmaster, Hagstrom VIking 12 string, and Harmony Bobkat. A few others, can't remember. Acoustics: Guild D50, vintage Yamaha, vintage Gibson Dove.

Amps: '65 Deluxe Reverb, '64 Princeton Reverb, '65 Supro Thunderbolt, '80 Roland JC-120, various others.

Pedals: millions of them. I am agnostic when it comes to pedals suited for guitar vs. bass and I think it is a mistake to consider them separate in any way.

Practice: none, never.

Pairings: I rarely stick with the same thing twice. Generally just trying to never get into routines and always feed off the potential inspiration in a scenario.
 
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#3
Sweet amps.

Sweeter geetars.

Pedals: I'm definitely realizing this. Pedals I'd previously written off as being sucky for bass I'm now re-visiting and finding they're amazing for guitar (or the other way around)

How does a monster player such as yourself not practice? you just plug in and play killer stuff?

I love this not trying the same thing twice and will most certainly apply it to myself. I'm close to a hundred pedals and it seems I'm usually comboing the same pedals together.

Thanks as always for your responses!
 
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winterburn69 said:
Sweet amps.

Sweeter geetars.

Pedals: I'm definitely realizing this. Pedals I'd previously written off as being sucky for bass I'm now re-visiting and finding they're amazing for guitar (or the other way around)

How does a monster player such as yourself not practice? you just plug in and play killer stuff?

I love this not trying the same thing twice and will most certainly apply it to myself. I'm close to a hundred pedals and it seems I'm usually comboing the same pedals together.

Thanks as always for your responses!
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Practice tends to put me into patterns. I rely on instincts rather than form or technique. Sounds pretentious, but it isn't really. I just plug in and react. I have enough years behind me on both instruments that I just attempt to play from the heart and that's all I care about. Warts and all.
 
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Edit: Didn't realize this thread was specifically directed to JMJ. Anyway...

Lately I've been into lower powered 6V6 amps. My main amp is an At Mars Specialist (modified Bell & Howell Filmosound projector amp), and I just got a Swart STR Tremolo which I also love.

Guitar-wise I have a pair of Rhoney Oceana Jrs that are my main band guitars. The single P90 setup is really ideal for what we do, which is 3 piece indie/power pop stuff. My other loves are Teles, Jazzmasters, and Danelectros. I generally prefer a longer scale if I'm playing lead. I have a vintage all mahogany Martin 00-17 that is my forever acoustic guitar.

Effects-wise I like it simple. With my band I use a Creation MK 4.23 clean boost (also excellent on bass), a small box reissue Maxon AD80 analog delay, a Demeter Tremulator tremolo pedal, and a Catalinbread Talisman plate reverb pedal. The Demeter tremolo doubles as a second boost most of the time. I just turn the depth down. It's fun to play with other sounds, and I do love a Rat for certain things, but I've just learned that for me less is more, especially when trying to sing.

I just like a pure sound with a little hair on and subtle bed of reverb most of the time. As you might be able to tell from my username, Tom Verlaine is a big influence, with Johnny Marr being another.

Practice-wise, since I play almost all original material there's a little less focus on learning other people's songs though I almost always learn something when I do. Most of my practice is playing electric guitar unplugged fingerstyle.
 
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marqueemoon said:
Edit: Didn't realize this thread was specifically directed to JMJ. Anyway...

Lately I've been into lower powered 6V6 amps. My main amp is an At Mars Specialist (modified Bell & Howell Filmosound projector amp), and I just got a Swart STR Tremolo which I also love.

Guitar-wise I have a pair of Rhoney Oceana Jrs that are my main band guitars. The single P90 setup is really ideal for what we do, which is 3 piece indie/power pop stuff. My other loves are Teles, Jazzmasters, and Danelectros. I generally prefer a longer scale if I'm playing lead. I have a vintage all mahogany Martin 00-17 that is my forever acoustic guitar.

Effects-wise I like it simple. With my band I use a Creation MK 4.23 clean boost (also excellent on bass), a small box reissue Maxon AD80 analog delay, a Demeter Tremulator tremolo pedal, and a Catalinbread Talisman plate reverb pedal. The Demeter tremolo doubles as a second boost most of the time. I just turn the depth down. It's fun to play with other sounds, and I do love a Rat for certain things, but I've just learned that for me less is more, especially when trying to sing.

I just like a pure sound with a little hair on and subtle bed of reverb most of the time. As you might be able to tell from my username, Tom Verlaine is a big influence, with Johnny Marr being another.

Practice-wise, since I play almost all original material there's a little less focus on learning other people's songs though I almost always learn something when I do. Most of my practice is playing electric guitar unplugged fingerstyle.
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The more the merrier!

I'm a fairly longtime bassist but I haven't been playing guitar very long (under a year) so all comments and tips are most certainly welcome. The 6 strings is very much a completely different beast.
 
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jmjbassplayer said:
Practice tends to put me into patterns. I rely on instincts rather than form or technique. Sounds pretentious, but it isn't really. I just plug in and react. I have enough years behind me on both instruments that I just attempt to play from the heart and that's all I care about. Warts and all.
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When you phrase it like that it completely makes sense, and completely un-pretentious. Thanks very much for clearing that up.
 
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jmjbassplayer said:
Better NOS orange drop caps, better tone pots, new nut, mastery bridge. Everything else is fine, though I may get some Novak pickups for both someday.
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So they're currently stock pickups? I'm in the process of putting SD Antiquities into my Jazzmaster. Pretty excited for what it will sound like when it's done.

Those Mastery bridges seem pretty stellar and everyone seems to love them though.
 
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