[Jeffrey] My first guitar love was John Mayer’s to me will be what ends up on the record. It [Jeffrey] Sure. I’m always trying to pair with
Room for Squares album. I grew up in the just happens naturally and spontaneously in the sound of either the other guitars on stage or
Indie Rock and Emo era, so those have been the moment. I think every musician has that, the song itself. A basic go-to instrument would
huge influences on me. I could name a list of whether they develop it or learn to tap into it be a Tele or a Strat. The great thing about a
hundreds of bands that no one has ever heard or not. The other fifty percent of my parts are single-coil guitar like a Telecaster, is that it’s
of, but some of the bigger ones would be Death developed over time, and sometimes it can always going to be clear, bright, and clean. You
Cab for Cutie, or Pedro the Lion. Coldplay has be a real grind. The guitar part for “In the can have pedals beef it up and make the sound
always been a first love of mine. They write River” took three weeks, and probably eight wider and thicker, or muddier if you need to,
great guitar parts, and every instrument has its different versions of the song before we really but you can always scale back to a very clean,
place in the band. They don’t overcrowd a song had something. I had to do a lot of interfacing clear signal. So, a Tele and a Strat are great,
with too many melodies or parts. Everything in with Ian, the keyboard player, who was holding very versatile guitars.
their music seems really focused and clear, and down the other parts of the melody. We bounce I love that about them. ideas back and forth a lot and tweak the ideas I play a lot of Gretsch guitars because with the
together to find the best melody for the space Filter’trons they have a big, wide, beefy sound,
[WM] How do you come up with your guitar and deciding which instrument it would sound but with a lot of top-end clarity. Nothing sounds
parts? Do you just hear it in the moment and best on. like a Gretsch – they’re very unique, so it’s easy
play it as it comes to you, or do you work out all
of your parts in advance; or a blend of the two?
to pick up a Gretsch and pair well with whatever
[WM] You have a pretty broad range of guitars the other guitarists are bringing. If they bring
in your “go-to” collection. For those who don’t something with humbuckers, then the Gretsch
[Jeffrey] I think that a lot of my best stuff has have quite as deep a selection, can you explain is going to be clearer and brighter than that.
happened in the spur of the moment. Probably why you turn to a certain instrument when you Or, if they bring a Tele, then the Gretsch will be
fifty percent of the time, the first thing that came do? wider and thicker.
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