Mike Campbell is one of those rare musicians that always has the perfect guitar part for a song and the perfect tone to back it up. Here is a player who can use any vintage amp in the world and he sticks with the basic small Fender non reverb combo’s.
I have always loved Brian Setzer’s playing, tone and kick ass attitude. No one can make a Gretsch guitar swing through a Fender amp quite the the way Brian does.
I had a chance this weekend to spend some quality headphone time with some of my favorite dual guitar bands: The Strokes, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones to name a few. I have always loved two guitars players that together can create a sonic landscape that extends way beyond what either player can do on their own.
Jim Weider and his Fargen signature JW-40 amplifer will be on tour in Italy. Check out Jim’s great playing and fat tones!
The Silvertone 1485 amp is favored by Jack white of The White Stripes, which means it went from a funky/junky thrift store amp to the top $$$ eBay desire of every roots guitar player in the world!
Session Five of our Jamcast interview with guitar great Steve Vai, you’ll hear Steve talk about the design process of his signature Ibanez Jem guitar and his signature Carvin Legacy amp.
Josh Smith is one fantastic guitarist and a super cool guy. Here is a recent sound clip he posted playing through his custom Fargen Blackbird 40 tube amplifier.
I ran the idea of an interview geared towards “real music based questions” rather than just another guitar based gear interview. He liked the idea and kindly agreed to do the interview with me. I caught up with Joe in September 2007 and here is what he had to say.
This custom one of a kind poplar 1 x 12″ Fargen Olde 800 was built for the very talented Ty Taylor of The Ty Taylor Review.
The Fargen JW-40 was painstakingly developed over the course of 2 solid years. Benjamin Fargen worked closely with guitarist Jim Weider to develop the look and sound of this brand new Fargen amp design. Jim’s years of recording, touring, collection of vintage amps and his ear for killer guitar tones guided us as we worked to develop a signature amp that sets a new standard.