вЂњIвЂ™ve been lucky enough to play a few guitars that have you know been owned by players far superior to me. Not to be outdone in the celebrity guitar stakes, Justin has his own story: вЂњI spent some time in LA, and Daniel Lavinsky owns one of Elliot SmithвЂ™s old nylon-string guitars. A lot of the baritone stuff is the Shuker guitar doubled with the Esquire, which has this really sharp sound.вЂќ Keyboardist Timothy Lanham tracked additional guitars through aВ Fender Tweed that used to belong to ZZ Top, while Freddie made use of a prestigious backup guitar.ДЄs he explains: вЂњI used an old Fender Esquire that used to belong to Stevie Ray Vaughan to do some double tracking. Working in El Paso meant the band also got their hands on some legendary Texas gear. ItвЂ™s got a P-90 in it and aВ Brian May Tri-Sonic in the neck, and an active mid booster.вЂќ

We took aВ Jaguar-shaped body and he madeВ the body in layers so itвЂ™s chambered but it doesnвЂ™t have f-holes. вЂњWe designed a guitar together, and since then IвЂ™ve sold all my vintage guitars. After 10 years IвЂ™m still a complete luddite and beginner Justin Young I retain no information about gear whatsoever. I found aВ luthier, John Shuker, who works in the Peak District and heвЂ™s aВ genius. Why should it take two hours every time you want to find a sound? So this time IВ only took one guitar. вЂњRoss got so impatient with me because every song I was like, вЂI wonder what sound we should use?вЂ™ He was like, вЂFor fuckвЂ™s sake, itвЂ™s just aВ guitar! What are you doing?вЂ™ By the end of that record I thought maybe heвЂ™s right. This is something heвЂ™s been thinking about since the making of the bandвЂ™s 2018 album Combat Sports, when he had aВ memorable exchange with producer Ross Orton, whose clients also include Arctic Monkeys. That really saved the day because itвЂ™s quite difficult to do a fuzz sound you havenвЂ™t really heard before.вЂќДЄlthough heвЂ™s an obvious guitar nerd, Freddie is philosophical about the dangers of disappearing up oneвЂ™s own posterior in pursuit of tone. ItвЂ™s vintage butВ also quite unique and contemporary. IВ call it the Bumble Beast because it sounds like a bee in a can, but itвЂ™s super-powerful. вЂњIВ thought, вЂItвЂ™s probably rubbish,вЂ™ but I used it out of politeness, and it was the coolest-sounding pedal. вЂњOur bass player, ГЃrni made me this pedal for my birthday,вЂќ Freddie says. And then there is theВ bandвЂ™s secret weapon. Reverb and modulation come from an Eventide H9. The amp sounds on Back In Love City come courtesy of three Sonic Ranch house amps: a 60-watt Komet head into an old Vox Greenback cab for cleans, a 15-watt Divided By 13 amp for dirty, and a vintage Fender Champ for filth, all with hisВ two always-on pedals, the EarthQuaker Organizer and a Z.Vex Super Duper 2-in-1 boost. Now I send everything through the Space Echo whether thereвЂ™s slapback on it or not, just to get the EQ.вЂќ He uses a Space Echo which gives the compression at the front end, gives it that ping. вЂњI was talking to the guys at Gretsch about Brian Setzer.

He also passes on a tip from aВ rockabilly legend.

Teisco guitar reverb