Gear Rundown w/ Brent Mason - Legendary Nashville Session Player: Guitars, Strings, Amps | Part One
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2021
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This clip was shot in the rehearsal hall known as Soundcheck here in Nashville in June, 2005. Five years later, Soundcheck was flooded.
In this video I talk to Brent Mason. Brent is one of the most in demand session guitarists in Nashville. He's played on so many hit records from the 80's and 90's and even to this day.
Brent talks about some of his gear and guitars including his favorite amps and guitars that he has used in sessions.
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Learn to play Nashville-Style guitar with legendary session player, Brent Mason: prf.hn/l/KjLZBoO
What a humble guy!
I’ve said it before but the best musicians are the studio guys!
Great interview Joe.👍
Thanks again Cal…. Joe
Definitely agree with you on the humble ones being studio dudes. Love listening to them all , big fan of lil Tommy bukovac at the moment
Brent is a good friend of mine and one of the nicest guys you'll ever hope to meet!!! He was kind enough to give me a PRS Brent Mason model which is my Number One!! Him and his family would have me over for Thanksgiving every year which I looked forward too!! Since I had to live Nashville I really miss him, his brother Randy (an amazing musician in his own right!) and his wonderful parents Arlene and Doyt!!! Hope I can get back to visit soon!!! Did I mention Brent is the best guitar picker you'll ever hear??
Thanks again Steve… Joe
How can we not enjoy interviews like this ? I was always interested in the musicians who played on the sessions, it was the first thing I looked for and it was disappointing when an LP didn't have the list of musicians.
Thanks again Shooter….Joe
You can take Skype lessons from Brent Mason, how cool is that.
It’s always nice to hear from the men and woman that make the sounds that move your feet.
Thanks Mike…. Joe
That was awesome to see the legend and his gear from 15 years ago. Thank you for this great video!
Wow! That tone!!!
I love all these videos, appreciate you digging into the archives to post this gem in particular. Please keep them coming, great work.
Thanks for watching Don…..Joe
Hell I have been a Brent Mason fan for years. I just don't have his talent. He is one of the great Nashville players.
Hi Joe, Thank you for these wonderful videos, I want to congratulate on 100K, it’s just fantastic what you have built this Musicians Hall of Fame into❤️
Again you’re extremely kind David…. Joe
Brent mason is one of the best & my fav studio guitarist!
Me too Jon…. Joe
Love this special treat, such detail, wonderful Keep up great work Joe
Thanks again Nelly….Joe
I used to rehearse there in 2000. Great facility.
Another gem of a video. As a player, this was a great study. Thanks for this.
Thanks T…. Much appreciated… Joe
Thanks again, Joe! These are diamonds in the rough! Keep up the good, no GREAT work!!
Thanks Tony…. Joe
I click on a video from you Joe and when you introduced yourself I smile. I love this channel and I wish you the very best. I’m sure glad you’re making these videos for us. Thank you sir👍🏻
Thanks Sweet…. I appreciate it… best, Joe
Very cool, thanks for sharing the clip :)
Thanks for watching Brian…. Joe
A very humble guy, but a monster with six strings. Thank you, Joe for sharing the shop talk. You can never get enough of a good thing! 👍
Thanks again 707… Joe
I was told that Krazy Glue formula was introduced during the Korean war to deal with field wounds.
Excellent.
Thanks Joe
Thank you Jack.. Joe
Just had my appendix removed Joe, think the Doc used super glue- now I can't get out of my jeans.
Well that is one cool Telecaster recently acquired a Telecaster and found out how great they are I can see I got to have one of those benders Brent was playing on the Bradley Barn sessions that's where I know him from obviously one of the best players around
I agree. Played one yrs ago in a studio in Atlanta, making a demo. My guitar kept cutting out, I was getting frustrated. The OLD man working the board, said "Well, we have an old one in the back. Like to try it?" I said yes. He brought out an OLD Butterscotch Tele, with a U (huge) neck, literally blew the dust off. Tuned it up, that guitar rang like a bell! I'd always liked them, as Muddy Waters played one, James Burton, etc., but didn't want one just because those guys had one. After playing that old Tele, I understood why so many great guitarist had them. It took 10 yrs, but in 1995, I could afford a used one. Bought a 1992, plus a decent little Peavey amp (yes I was suprised too.), plus the case for a grand! It's a great guitar. In 2004 put a 4 Way Tele Mod Switch, on, it gave me the usual 3 selections, plus both pickups wired in Series.(gave it a little bite), then in 2015 put the 5 Way Super Switch, on it. It gave me the regular 3 selections,plus both in Series,plus both 1/2 out of phase.(I have TBX so only 1/2 out of phase. Teles without TBX get Both 100% out of phase.) I love how easy & fast the neck is, it's pure butter! Wouldn't take $4K, for it. It's been through earthquakes,tornadoes, being dropped, dragged across country,brass statues falling on it, plus my grandkids inquisitive minds. It still holds it tune, perfectly intonated,etc. Leo Fender got it right the first time. They can handle any genre. (Sorry I went on so long, but there's nothing like a Telecaster.)
Joe I haven’t been long found your channel I watch an interview with Vince Gill that how I found you just on my phone & watch the 3 part interview so you have a life time fan I love the history of country music I’m just happy I found you you do so much I am thankful for you
Thanks Patricia…. I appreciate your support…. Best, Joe
Thanks Joe, Brent is one of my hero guitar players! What a talent he has knowing what, when and where in a song to use his tonal knowledge. I have to get me one of his signature Telecasters!
Thanks Cow Town… Joe
Great interview, Joe! I’ve been a fan of Brents for a long while. I miss the old Gibson Shop in Opry Mills he referred to.
Thanks Mike… joe
good stuff joe keep them coming ...
Keep watching Lee and I’ll try to keep sharing new interviews… I appreciate it very much…. Joe
Those are really hot licks! I would like to find a book of transcriptions just on the staff no tabs or numbers needed.
Joe, Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!💫
Thanks Larry… more Brent coming… Joe
Brent is for real
Brent is besides a true gifted guitarplayer also a very nice person !
Great interview. And Brent is correct about using glue to close surgery and/or injury. They still do it. Liquid bandage is a great tool for the musician.
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts RSG…. Joe
Brent is an equally fine jazz soloist!
"Not a very pleasant-looking guitar." It's my baby!
I kinda like it. It seems to be very versatile with the different pick-ups and blending control.
He's a really good jazz player.. I'm surprised he hasn't done more with that.
He played one of the greatest solos on Doug jernigan album, on the song, 'one note samba'.
If anyone has that record, they should put that up. Really great soul out of this guy.
Brent, one of the more well known musicians in the industry but a good testament to those young up and coming musicians that being a successful musician doesnt always mean having your name in lights and achieving super star status with a mansion, a fleet of sports cars and women hanging on each arm... In fact the large majority of successful musicians are not well known at all and are making a good living doing what they love..
So, you youngsters pay attention.. You could work in a factory, busting your knuckles and taking flack from a supervisor who hates life for 30 years or you can do what you love,, if you work for it.. Brent and many others are living proof.. Success isnt measured by your bank account,,, Its measured by happiness and how many people you influence in a positive way..
A Master I got to see him do a Jazz Fusion set during summer NAMM a few years ago.
PRS's, EVH's and many many others are great guitars but I have also been drawn to the more traditional stuff. I related when be said he liked Gretch, tele's, strats and Les Pauls. Infact when I look at a headstock on one that says something different I loose interest. Except for Epi's and some Squiers. Just me though. Great interview Joe. 👍🏻😎
Thanks for watching David….Joe
I built a similar 3 pickup tele last year, except it has a toggle (on/off) switch for the middle pickup.
This guy is a great guitar player.
Thanks for watching Barnekkid…. joe
Caveat with heavier gauge strings - while guitar tuned down to Eb to compensate etc 🙃
Try a full double step bend on the “B” rocking a set of 12’s and see how much that half step down means..... NOT MUCH.
Thanks Joe. Another great interview. I'm always a bit jealous when people have 30+ guitars, don't get me wrong, if I'd kept all the guitars I ever owned, including the $5 Egmunds(that was the new price at the old Woolco),& Japanese electrics, etc. I'd probably have over 100, yet no where to keep them. I've only got 3 now, plus an $85 bass, & still have no place to keep them. Any way great little snippet, he's a modest guy too, I like that. (By the way my name is Gil [like a fish has😉) Be good, if you can't do that, be careful.
Gil.. thanks for watching and sharing… by the way … my baby grandson’s name is Finn:)…. Best, Joe
Cool, thanks - wanted to see his latest pedalboard.
Bob… yeah this was recorded about 15 years ago. There are newer interviews with his present gear run down I’m sure…. Best, Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum oh ok thanks
Damn ! He's just Killer
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Kent…..Joe
MONSTER MUSICIAN......BIGTIME !
Wow, Brent’s Telecaster is BadAss!
Thanks for watching 21…. Joe
I wonder if Fender got the Deluxe Nashville Tele idea from Mr. Mason? It's a three-noiseless single coil set-up without a mini HB, but it's very similar. Great video!
Thanks for watching Randal…. Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Sure thing, Joe. I really enjoy the work you do. I hope you keep producing these wonderful videos. Peace.
The reason Fender called it the Nashville Telecaster was because quite a few people in the country music industry had similar setups on their Teles. Fender introduced their Nashville Tele Nashville Tele model in the early 90s, and it has gone through quite a few changes between the early models and the current ones. They even offered them with B-benders for a few years, and there was another model called the Nashville Power Tele that had a piezo pickup in the bridge for “acoustic” tones in addition to the two regular Tele neck and bridge pickups and the Strat middle pickup.
Brent Mason is the Eddie Van Halen of country guitar pickin does anybody else agree?
Absolutely agree and that is the exact description I’ve often used for Brent
1:12 why is the saddle on the B string adjusted so far forward ? what's with the B string saddle ?
Peanuts…. It’s a number of factors one being the circumference of the string and how far the action is above the 12th fret before it will note. Everything starts over at the 12th fret or the double dots. The bridge saddles allow you to set the intonation.( tune the guitar both above and below the 12th fret) This means if you hit the E string open and the closed on the 13th fret it will sound the same except a octove higher. Best… Joe
I had that same question. It looks quite weird, but I can’t imagine it’s wrong.
I think everyone missed the fact that he has a b bender where the saddle has been replaced. It looks out of place but it is part of the b bender mechanism.
Dermabond is the stuff. Super glue for wounds.
Thanks for sharing Skittles….Joe
I have a Fender Telecaster Brent Mason and in the past have a Valley Arts Brent Mason...the Valley was GREAT but the Fender is GREAT 100.0
Thanks for sharing David….Joe
The musician that fills the gap and blends in spice's for the Artist recording! And Brent has a video hotlicks Chicken/ pickin ! Country! I believe he got Nashville musician of year award awhile back! Talented Fingers, ok Brent bend those strings and make the Mule cry! LoL! In his hey day!
Thanks for watching Patrick…Joe
Super glue was invented to seal up wounds in the field in Nam to hold until medvac out.. I seen it first hand 70-71.. Thanks Joe.
Wow that's interesting. I use it from time to time to seal cuts, so I can make through a gig or a rehearsal. I found out by coincidence that it is good for sealing up cuts and hardening fingertips.
Blue… thanks for your service… you guys are the real heros… sincerely, Joe
Last reunion gig I played with my high school band a few years ago my fingers blistered so badly from losing my calluses I had to pour super glue on top of my ring finger to make a hard thimble like covering to play and it worked great… I just kept adding a few drops during the set list… best… Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum You need to practice more Joe! 😎 Love your channel sir!
With out question Brent Mason is to country guitar what Tony Rice is to Bluegrass guitar. From Guthrie Trapp, Andy Woods, James Mitchell , Johnny Highland etc, Brent Masons influence is blatantly obvious. He revolutionized country guitar to say the lest
Rotosound 🤪
TURN THE GUITAR'S VOLUME DOWN.......DANG !!!
DANG!!!!! If it’s too loud your too old!!! Shhhhhh
He doesn't know who is influenced by him? lol How about every kid that picked up a guitar because of a country song in the 90's! World class individual and the reason I myself am playing.