John's Gear

If anyone can tell me that would be cool, but if John himself reads this:

Can anyone tell me what kind of acoustic electric Guitar does John play?
is it a chet akins?

thanks for the info

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<I'm pretty sure he plays Fender Telecasters and Gibson Les Pauls>

He also has a Jaguar, and if I remember correctly he uses a modified Strat in the Absolutely video.

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Honestly man when i saw him in New York I think i saw a Guild. Its thin though like the Chet Atkins style but i'm pretty sure its a Guild. Charlie might play the same type to. not completely sure though..Cool . later on my friends.thomas

http://www.guildguitars.com/gear/gear.php?partno=3956010 here you go my friend, i think this might be what your looking for. Its my best guess anyway

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all i know is that he paid $2000 for it , b/c at his last show some of us were watching it and asking if any one wanted to buy it for $20 , when we told john he said nice too bad i paid $2000

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<<Any idea what he uses the Jag on?>>

I know he used it on Dirty Poet, cause there were pictures of him recording it, but I've seen live pictures with him playing it as well.

thanks , i dont knwo how i remebered seeing it. i just look at that stuff during shows..glad i could help..later..thomas

John has not played his tele out live in a long time. For the past couple of years he has played a wine red Gibson Les Paul Standard. At his last gig at the Mercury Lounge he was playing a Gibson SG.

I don't know what type of acoustic he plays with live, but it is red and thin and he has had it for at least the past two years.

Brian has not played that Fender Strat out live in years! He is almost always playing a gold top Gibson Les Paul Standard or a red Gibson ES.

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At the show in Missouri John was playing a Guild. The link someone posted above looks like it. Charlie was playing the same guitar, just a dif. shade of red. They were very very nice guitars if i may say so. I wouldn't doubt that they are worth alot.

Alysha

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end faster than i would have liked

cool, a technical question!

ok, here goes...

i pretty much play a Fender Telesonic all the time...i love that guitar...i have a few other Telecasters that i play occasionally, as well...Teles have been my main guitar for about 10 years...

i also have a few Gibson Les Pauls (most notably a red, '58 re-issue, thick neck!) that i love...i play that for the heavier sounds...

i have a '67 Fender Jazzmaster that i bought because i love Nirvana... i play that when i want to sound dirty and delicate all at once...same for the Fender Jaguar that i played on "Dirty Poet", "Leelee..." and others...

i did just buy a '67 Gibson SG that is like my new toy...thats all i play right now...i busted out my old Marshall JCM 800 50 watt head so i can sound like Angus Young (AC/DC)...its fun, baby...and LOUD...

i usually stick to my Peavey Classic 50 watt heads with a Peavey 4X12 cabinet...i know everyone uses Marshall cabs, but honestly, i like SO much bottom end on my guitar and you cannot get it from a Marshall (unless its on 10 and NOONE can play that loud unless you are in a studio or in Metallica)...the Peavey cabs just have more bottom...they're like the J-Lo of cabs!!!!


acoutics: a Martin D-35 is my main recording and acoustic performance guitar...i also use a thinline Guild Peregrine live (so does Charlie)...they sound so good through an amp! so, yes i do run the Guilds through a DI for the acoustic sound and through my amp to double up the sound and even dirty it up sometimes...

i dont use many effects, but i love the Morley switchless Wah, the Morley Q-Zone, Line 6 delay, MXR Phaser (think the beginning of "So Far Away"), the Ibanez TS9 and TS10 Tubscreamers for leads, occasionally a Boss Auto Wah ("Something Has Gone Wrong", "Sweeter Than"), and a volume pedal...

i sometime use funky tunings ("Brand New Me", "Devil You Know") and i use capos ALOT...

thanks!

john

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dropped "D" for "Devil" and the G string (ha!) is a half step up for the second guitar on "Brand New Me", with a capo on the 7th fret...

john

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Hey John

On "Brand New Me"

What you play is standard right?

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ahh i was right on the guild. keep rocking john and same with everyone else