If the American Acoustasonic were a car, it would be a high-performance SUV
Cort KX508MS
Cort G260CS
Cort GB74Gig
Cort B4 Plus AS RM
Cort Action HH4
It’s like a Gibson frankenstein SG / Les Paul Custom neck with a Flying V headstock
It’s been crowdsurfing several times and it’s still in one piece
Basses are all just tools... Having them isn’t going to do anything to make you much better
My best lines are usually the ones that reinforce the groove and not so much the ones that are clever or showy
Les Paul Modern
G-45 Studio
Now I make as many electrics as I do acoustics. But who really makes electrics nowadays in quantity [in the USA]?
A passion for guitar playing and making runs through Robert Godin’s veins - he’s been making guitars from Québec for almost 50 years
This is not the big boom like the time of The Beatles, but there’s a lot of interest in the guitar: every time I do a clinic it’s full
He’s taken a step back from the business in recent years, but Robert is still a presence on the teaching and clinic scene
We have to adapt to the younger generation: they don’t learn in the same way as we did
Maybe it’s the absence of that aggression that a lot of rock bands have... I just want to make music that feels good
I’m trying to make it sound like a voice or like an instrument that’s made out of a gourd, or something that has skin on it
Houston is an international city. The people I grew up with weren’t like blues guys
I’m not doing a whole lot, but what I was playing just sort of sat [right] with it
Its clarity and headroom make a superb platform for all kinds of pedals
The rockier, riff-based sound of Page and Kossoff has been a major influence on Joe’s songwriting
A lot of the seed of who I am is rooted in two songs, Sting’s Englishman In New York and Hendrix’s version of All Along The Watchtower
Bohemian Rhapsody is a great example of a track to play to somebody who isn’t quite sure what progressive rock is
I use a Fender Precision which has a 70s Jazz neck on it, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickups and a Badass bridge - that’s my go-to instrument
Playing bass chords and picking accuracy are very important to me
This is like one long mutiny! I’m definitely not in charge
Most people… don’t want to think about the fact that dying is part of life. I’m at the end of my life, so I have to look at it
I ended up making music in my own time at home. It sounded terrible when I started out, but I was just documenting ideas
Simplicity is still the key... The tone that shines through will come from the fingers and amplifier
Some people have described it as jazzy, which I would say does a disservice to jazz ha ha!
I have such a lovely audience who are supportive of what I want to do, I don’t think they want me to become more commercial
This is the most old-school cool you’ll get for under £500
Our friend sent us the sound of a tractor scraping bottles up off the floor... that ended up becoming the basis for Scrape
I think it makes it more difficult for any artist to break through when you can’t be put into a simple box
The GE300 packs 108 digital amp models, as well as 164 effects, 43 optional factory cab sims and a fully featured IR loader
I think recording myself has helped me become a better rhythm player - even just getting two guitars as tight as possible is a challenge
After almost two years of fighting the Chinese courts have awarded Electro-Harmonix a nearly six-figure judgement
EHX president Mike Matthews
They’d be like, ‘Why’s your guitar buzzing?’ and I’d be like, ‘It’s an electric guitar, that’s what it does!’