Carl Sports the goldtop Les Paul. Jim's got his single body 12 string gibson and his semi hollowbody whatever. But do u kats know of anything else they got, such as amps, what pedals they use. and like what the bassist and drummer sport. i haven't seen too many mmj videos. OH and do any of u know what reverd/echoe/delay the use.
mmj's music makes me feel like I'm 8 years old again.
Tommy plays the bass
as far as pedals, I think Jim has a mountain bike once
go here p-man:
http://www.mymorningjacket.com/cgi-local/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=themusic;action=display;num=1148104312
I dig:
(http://static.flickr.com/68/220663978_b3abf72269_m.jpg)
there's a better thread than that around here... but here's what i can recollect.
[size=16]Jim[/size]
Electric Guitars:
Gibson ES-355
one is a sunburst, there was an older red one which
doesn't seem to be used anymore and another is
black.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/_bonnaroo04-02.jpg)
Gibson Flying V
He has actually had two of these, both with mirror
pickguards. From pictures I've seen, it looks like the
older one's pickguard was being held in place with
some fashionable black electrical tape (that's the
one in the picture, there), thus the new one would
be a replacement.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/_bonna04-01.jpg)
Ovation 12-String - red
used on What A Wonderful Man
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2005/chicago-061805-05.jpg)
1976 Fender Strat - sunburst
used in 2005 on Lay Low's solo (he would
perform the beginning of the song guitar-less). Now
the Flying V is used for that part. Also used on
Anytime.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2005/buffalo062905-05.jpg)
Ibanez Iceman - Sunburst
From what I can tell, used once at Austin City Limits
Fest in 2004
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/_acl-fest091804-01.jpg)
Acoustic Guitars
Gibson J-185
His primary acoustic guitar. Has a full-soundhole
pickup of some type. Used for sheer rock madness
on It Beats 4 U, and for dripping sweet southern-
fried, chicken-pickin', Colonel Sanders down-home
southern goodness on tunes like Golden.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2006/hunter060406-05.jpg)
Takamine something-or-other
Jim doesn't actually know which model it is, but it
was the guitar he began writing music on. Has
three holographic stickers on the lower body past
the bridge. He doesn't normally play it live
anymore.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2003/bluebird-05.jpg)
Amplifier
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb head on top of a 2x12 Mesa Boogie cabinet. I've been told a story about Jim having used to use a Mesa Nomad (I believe, correct me if I'm wrong) in the early days, and that those things are constructed so that there's a horribly noticable break in the signal when the channels are switched. And that the entire rest of the band was quite relieved when he got rid of it and picked up the Tremoverb. Useless, but fun, piece of knowledge.
(http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/bogarts061004-05.jpg)
(amp on the left, there)
Effects
MXR Phase 90
Used mainly on Phone Went West and Run Thru.
There has to be more, but these are the ones where
it's blatant.
there are suresly more effects, but I have no idea what those would be. please help me out on this one.
i'll do Carl later.
Quotethere's a better thread than that around here... but here's what i can recollect.
Jim
Electric Guitars:
Gibson ES-355
one is a sunburst, there was an older red one which
doesn't seem to be used anymore and another is
black. black is used mainly - from what I've noticed -
on Dondante.
Gibson Flying V -
He has actually had two of these, both with mirror
pickguards. From pictures I've seen, it looks like the
older one's pickguard was being held in place with
some fashionable black electrical tape, thus the
new one would be a replacement.
Ovation 12-String - red
used on What A Wonderful Man
Fender early 70's sunburst Strat
used earlier in 2005 on Lay Low's solo (he would
perform the beginning of the song guitar-less). Now
the Flying V is used for that part.
Ibanez Iceman - Sunburst
From what I can tell, used once at Austin City Limits
Fest in 2004
Acoustic Guitars
Gibson J-185
His primary acoustic guitar. Has a full-soundhole
pickup of some type. Used for sheer rock madness
on It Beats 4 U, and for dripping sweet southern-
fried, chicken-pickin', Colonel Sanders down-home
southern goodness on tunes like Golden.
Takamine something-or-other
Jim doesn't actually know which model it is, but it
was the guitar he began writing music on. Has
three holographic stickers on the lower body past
the bridge. He doesn't normally play it live
anymore.
Amplifier
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier head on top of a 2x12 Mesa Boogie cabinet. I've been told a story about Jim having used to use a Mesa Nomad (I believe, correct me if I'm wrong) in the early days, and that those things are constructed so that there's a horribly noticable break in the signal when the channels are switched. And that the entire rest of the band was quite relieved when he got rid of it and picked up the Dual Rectifier. Useless, but fun, piece of knowledge.
Effects
MXR Phase 90
Used mainly on Phone Went West and Run Thru.
There has to be more, but these are the ones where
it's blatant.
there are suresly more effects, but I have no idea what those would be. please help me out on this one.
i'll do Carl later.
the impressive thing is Tom knew that off the top of his head.
fucking accelerated readers...
HAHAHA
i didn't know about the iceman until i went digging for pictures of the 12-string to make sure it was an Ovation and not a Fender...
Nice legwork T
Quotemmj's music makes me feel like I'm 8 years old again.
haha, was that just to piss me off?
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but dude, tom E, u are the bomb. and amen to jims iceman.
Yer that was a great post Tom, cheers for that! :)
Tom lives for these threads.
Show off.
:P
Quoteblack is used mainly - from what I've noticed - on Dondante.
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At Pukkelpop, he used the black guitar for a couple songs. Quite certainly on both Off The Record and Run Thru.
If this matters at all ::)
Thanks for posting that list, Tom.
Regarding the guitars with the holographic stickers - I swear I saw Jim use both of them as recently as the Oct. 05 show at Roxy... I remember squinting to see what exactly the stickers were of, because I was only about 2 ft. away yet still couldn't make any of it out, though... I thought one of them might have been an astronaught or something.
Surely one of you guys know what the stickers are of...
Don't we have 3-4 threads on this already? Maybe Tom can copy and paste all of this info so that it will be ready the next time somebody asks it. :)
im pretty sure jim told me his strat is a 76. we spoke about it about a year after i told him he needed a strat and we had the standard gibson vs epiphone argument. i was suprised the first time i saw him play it and though my memory is fuzzy im pretty sure he said it was a 76.
well then. i'll make it a 76 then. and i'll fix the info about the takamine. i remember seeing pics and thinkin i needed to change it, but i guess i forgot. i think i'll email him this and ask him if he can add anything and fix anything that's wrong. maybe we can have an official sticky equipment thread when it's all worked out.
to be honest thats my ONLY complaint about this website and really MOST band websites. they need a guitargeek style equip page that shows what pedals they use, how they are set up, what amps, guitars, basses, drums, keys, etc.
it would even be awesome if they got all uber geeky and talked about which instruments they used on which songs. some people think thats overkill but i think its awesome.
It should probably be it's own site.......mabey you or Tom could start that up. It WOULD be cool.
Well, if we really wanted to be dorky, we could start making lists here.
I definitely remember that the 12-string is used on "What a Wonderful Man".
The flying V is on "One Big Holiday".
The ES-35 is "Gideon".
That's all I can remember off the top of my head.
What about the keybords? Anybody know anything there?
Jim's amp is more than just a Dual Rectifier. It's a Tremoverb head which has a completely different sound and a way better spring reverb. It's also wired differently and has either 80 or 100 watts. CAn't remember which. He probably gets them custom from Mesa now as they're out of production. The dual rectifer and the recto verb don't sound the same. Talk to Mesa if you're really interested.
Sorry to argue, but this is coming from my knowledge of Mesa's (as I've wanted one for some time) and the fact that the Rectoverb's and Tremoverb's came as combo amplifiers. Again, I may be an idiot, but I always thought they were basically a Single and Dual Rectifier (respectively) housed in a 2x12 cabinet? Jim has a head and cabinet, which leads me to think it's a pretty standard Dual Rectifier.
I'm gonna go do some diggin.
ah, i apologize. just did some research some comparisons with the photos from live shows, and it's definitely a tremoverb.