guitars. There’s no way I could be a good
And, if was good enough for the Beatles, it’s
It just has a nice, warm sound that you can only
steward of all these guitars.”
good enough for me! So, I’ve got a couple
get from being around for 70 years.
of Epiphone Casinos. I also switch between
[WM] Years ago, I learned so much from
my small-body McPherson and my Collings
[WM] What particular sound are you going for
you acoustically. Lately, I often see you
OM2H. At home and on my new record I play
on the electric as a rhythm player? What is in
playing electric.
my 1964 Gibson Country Western. You can
your signal chain?
see it on some of the videos of our recording
PAUL: Yes, I’ve been playing an Epiphone
here in Brooklyn. It has an old sound with a lot
PAUL: A tuner and a RAT pedal. That’s it.
Casino. That’s my preferred electric guitar when
of character and I don’t take it on the road. I
Old school RAT pedal. I’m just using it to get
leading because it’s not a shredder. You don’t
just don’t want it to take much of a beating,
a slightly crunchy rhythm sound on certain
shred on it. It’s just an excellent, hybrid-rhythm
you know. I’ve got an old 1941 pre-war Martin
songs. I like it just slightly broken up, and my
guitar between an acoustic and an electric.
acoustic that I use when I’m recording demos.
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