Out of a fluke I saw her melody maker in a guitar shop and decided I was going to pick it up and play it. Originally I was not turned on by the guitar and didn't want a chick guitar being a metalhead. I started playing it and loved it. Bought it.
Austin Adams Its not about the number of notes,it about how its delivered via soul.It was always been understood that way until recently,i guess?? Remember there are things called "genres" of music.Could Eric Clapton play punk music and make it sound good?of course not.
***** It depends on the band and the time period. One could say country music is even lower with I IV V using just the notes A, C,D,E and G and the first four frets. Obviously some country artists have brought in other elements to make what they are doing sound country. The same goes with punk such as with (Iggy Pop and) The Stooges.
do people even realize all of joan jetts hits are covers. I love Joan jett . johnny thunders is my fav guitar player but come on . its not some form of art that only a few have mastered. thats rediculous
Plug & play. I love it. Been doing the same thing for 35 years myself. I call it "Low & Go". Straight into my Marshall Artist head & 4×12 cabinet. That & my Gibson SG. I really dig musicians that are famous who keep it simple.
Met Joan twenty years ago through bassists Kasim Sulton who was playing with her for a few years. She is an awesome human being. No muss no fuss just a straight up groovy chick
I worked for a local stage crew years back and in 2008 I met the whole joan jett crew and they are some of the chillest people I've been around when working stages. They let me check out the instruments, hang with the band and gave me tons of picks. All which were against the rules of the venue haha
I saw her last year with this setup, I sneaked down to about the 5th row center and heard the guitars close up. After hearing local bands all the time playing through their tons of crap rigs hearing Joan Jett was like...your hearing the tone of her guitar, not any coloration at all from some big chain of effects. Less really is more. It made me rethink my whole approach to how I use the equipment in my rig.
I believe the Musicman HD130 preamp section is SS [with the exception of the early models equipped a 12AX7 phase-inverter], with a tube output section [6CA7/EL34]
I met Joan and her Runaways back in 77 or so. I was on my way to my lounge gig at the Elyria Holiday Inn, when the elevator stopped and in walked the girls. I had my LP GoldtopmDeluxe with Grover’s, and Joan’s like, “Dude, I have the same guitar”! I let her check it out, but they had a gig to get to as did I. They said they were going to hook up with us later, but the girls got “involved” somewhere else, but we did party with their road crew till the sun came up. The next nite Sandy West, R.I.P., hung out with us at our gig.
These rig rundown vids are great. I'm not a MegaFan of bands like Joan Jett or Heart but it's very interesting to see what they use and how they use it. Good stuff, PG!
one of my local independent music stores, long since closed, had a Gibson Melody Maker autographed by Joan Jett for a while, going back to second half of the 1980's here, wonder where it is now, it was silver if I remember correctly love the simple setup, after over a decade of playing trans amps I switched back to valve last month, a hand tweaked Fender Blues Jr clone, and there's no comparison, imo. Have pretty much stopped using my pedals as straight into amp sounds so good on its own
Those rigs are good simple rigs. Nothing but good honest tones there. The only rig of note that I remember seeing that was even simpler belonged to Carlos Santana. Pretty cool to see an absolute legend plays a rig as simple as mine.
The amp tech wasn't paying attention, The Musicman amp has a tube power section with a solid state preamp. Early models had a 12ax7a phase inverter. Great amps. Love them.
I used a Music Man HD 130 for yrs , these days I use my Rivera modded fender twin reverb 2 I still have my HD 130 but dont use it much anymore. I also use some vintage EV speakers. Great sound.
Well...they are basically morons. So you don't want to hear that. Lots of New Yorky duuuhhh...YO VINNIE......ya can't get a good pizza anywhere...you know NYC New Jersey meathead shit...
I saw Joan's sound check in Houston around '87 or '88. It LOOKED like she was playing a Marshall. After a few test chords from both players, I was disappointed in the individual sounds of both. Then, they all played the beginning of Crimson and Clover... hairs stood up on my neck. Just the most beautiful combination.
Saw an interview where Ted Nugent said he didn’t respect Joan Jett as a musician. Ahahaha you know you’re really cool when Ted Nugent craps on you! Joan Jett Rocks and is an excellent musician and guitarist! Period.
Someone said the Red Rhodes pickup she had in one guitar had the ceramic magnets , not the alnico magnets . The ceramic magnets are more snarly voiced and pissed off sounding but they still have the definition , you can hear each string . I'd like to hear it through an AC15 . It would sound really pissed off .
It's 2015, can you guys buy a couple clip on microphones and do away with the handheld mess? So much information is lost while your interviewer is waving it back and forth, it makes your videos look and sound like a small time Nebraska Newscast.
Always been my favorite guitar body shape. I think my dream guitar would be basically an aged silver burst like the Adam Jones signature Les Paul except double cutaway.
I had one of these guitars in the '70s. Didn't know what I had, then, but wish I had it now. You know, I'm still confused about the different Melody Maker guitars styles, pickup selections, etc. Oh, mine had a slender single coil bridge pickup, like a Fender.
I have 3 I got from Red. He used to work at Fender and built his correct to spec. They are vintage wound single coils, reverse wound middle and a little hotter on the bridge pickup. Look up "Velvet Hammer Pick-Ups" on facebook and message Jeff. Maybe he has some humbuckers. It doesn't hurt to ask.
saw the black hearts warm up the Who in Orlando Fla. in 1983.... they started the set with a Sex Pistols song; black leather I believe. It was hot as hell , Joan was in a blue velvet suit, the rest in basic black. The band was tight and held that size event perfectly...she's the real deal! How about a rig rundown on Wilco Jones from Dr. Feelgood...he's the man!!
Just acquired a black face music man 210 that I suspect may have been one of Joans.. Has several cigarette melts along the front edge and a very strong scent. Is it?
smilinachya They have been out for awhile so people generally knows what works and what doesn't work with them. If the amp came out recently, guitarists would be complaining of the brightness and chime.
Joan Doug and Hal listen to me please your guitar tech needs either a raise in payment or some type of acknowledgement from you and your fans he is absolutely amazing and has incredible knowledge about guitars and your gear and instruments please take that into consideration
Her tech seems like a cool guy. Funny and polite. Cool to see him play her guitar, and he really seems like a guitar gear lover.
Easly my favourite rig rundown. Joan and her band totally understand the less is more principal. This is how rock n roll is played folks.
Yeah, tell that to Pink Floyd, buddy
I’m glad I’m not the only guitar player who likes to keep his strings on until i NEEDS to replace them.
I also hate the sound of the new strings :D
Me, too!!!!! Now I'm going to say, "I just do what Joan Jett does."
You got that right… Until one breaks, they ain't getting changed
Out of a fluke I saw her melody maker in a guitar shop and decided I was going to pick it up and play it. Originally I was not turned on by the guitar and didn't want a chick guitar being a metalhead. I started playing it and loved it. Bought it.
It amazes me how simple she is yet she has such a powerful sound. Joan Jett is a badass!
Austin Adams
Its not about the number of notes,it about how its delivered via soul.It was always been understood that way until recently,i guess?? Remember there are things called "genres" of music.Could Eric Clapton play punk music and make it sound good?of course not.
***** punk is the lowest form of music?! Let me be the first of many punks to invite you to kiss our asses...that is all
***** It depends on the band and the time period. One could say country music is even lower with I IV V using just the notes A, C,D,E and G and the first four frets. Obviously some country artists have brought in other elements to make what they are doing sound country. The same goes with punk such as with (Iggy Pop and) The Stooges.
I love punk but it is really easy to learn and Clapton of course could crunch out three chords with some speed and attitude.
do people even realize all of joan jetts hits are covers. I love Joan jett . johnny thunders is my fav guitar player but come on . its not some form of art that only a few have mastered. thats rediculous
Plug & play. I love it. Been doing the same thing for 35 years myself. I call it "Low & Go". Straight into my Marshall Artist head & 4×12 cabinet. That & my Gibson SG. I really dig musicians that are famous who keep it simple.
Joan Jett is such a classic musician . Great guitars and Amps !!!!!!
This is the most enthusiastic guitar tech I've ever seen in one of these videos.
Acdc tech is absolutely my favourite. You can feel the passion and enthusiasm even more than this guy somehow
Check out RHCP's rig rundowns (both Josh and Flea). Ian and Tracey are a very good example of techs who clearly love their jobs!
Joan & the Blackhearts are awesome! Die hard lover since the early 80's!
Met Joan twenty years ago through bassists Kasim Sulton who was playing with her for a few years. She is an awesome human being. No muss no fuss just a straight up groovy chick
I worked for a local stage crew years back and in 2008 I met the whole joan jett crew and they are some of the chillest people I've been around when working stages. They let me check out the instruments, hang with the band and gave me tons of picks. All which were against the rules of the venue haha
Yeah , I worked as a stage hand some time a go. Talking to anyone in the band was a big no no
Great Band live! The black hearts are very consistent. Deliver it every night. And of course Joan Jett is awesome
Worst most cringe worthy show I have ever witnessed was suck ass Joan Jett. Maybe it should be Joan Meth.
I saw her last year with this setup, I sneaked down to about the 5th row center and heard the guitars close up. After hearing local bands all the time playing through their tons of crap rigs hearing Joan Jett was like...your hearing the tone of her guitar, not any coloration at all from some big chain of effects. Less really is more. It made me rethink my whole approach to how I use the equipment in my rig.
I love the simplicity of their guitar rigs!! Im a believer that less is more!
cool to see Joan Jett running those Velvet Hammer pickups, they were invented and produced by my Uncle Red Roads,
I believe the Musicman HD130 preamp section is SS [with the exception of the early models equipped a 12AX7 phase-inverter], with a tube output section [6CA7/EL34]
I met Joan and her Runaways back in 77 or so. I was on my way to my lounge gig at the Elyria Holiday Inn, when the elevator stopped and in walked the girls. I had my LP GoldtopmDeluxe with Grover’s, and Joan’s like, “Dude, I have the same guitar”! I let her check it out, but they had a gig to get to as did I. They said they were going to hook up with us later, but the girls got “involved” somewhere else, but we did party with their road crew till the sun came up. The next nite Sandy West, R.I.P., hung out with us at our gig.
These rig rundown vids are great. I'm not a MegaFan of bands like Joan Jett or Heart but it's very interesting to see what they use and how they use it. Good stuff, PG!
Ever notice that experts are mild? An awesome band with a great sound. The dude explains it like it's the most normal thing in the universe.
one of my local independent music stores, long since closed, had a Gibson Melody Maker autographed by Joan Jett for a while, going back to second half of the 1980's here, wonder where it is now, it was silver if I remember correctly
love the simple setup, after over a decade of playing trans amps I switched back to valve last month, a hand tweaked Fender Blues Jr clone, and there's no comparison, imo. Have pretty much stopped using my pedals as straight into amp sounds so good on its own
Those rigs are good simple rigs. Nothing but good honest tones there. The only rig of note that I remember seeing that was even simpler belonged to Carlos Santana. Pretty cool to see an absolute legend plays a rig as simple as mine.
Joan turned me on to the Velvet Hammer back in '81 I've used them on my strat ever since.
I love Joan because...She keeps the same gear forever. There's no reason to chase gear, man.
One of the best guitars that ever owned was a Ebony DC Melody Maker Special with a Bigsby back in 73-74.
So awesome - all of those stickers that Dougie has on his pedal board, I gave to him. He's an old friend and a great guy and musician.
Quit lying bitch
marco abreo it’s a joke bro
I don't like American rock, but Joan is a hard working, smart musician.
I had a Cherry 1965 double cut, dual pick up, Melody Maker, that I gigged with in the 60's. ...I sure wish that I still had it.
The amp tech wasn't paying attention, The Musicman amp has a tube power section with a solid state preamp. Early models had a 12ax7a phase inverter. Great amps. Love them.
Maybe he’s just a dummy
Yeah, I caught that.
Excellent! No fake excitement or endless Awesomes and Cools. More Shawn!
Love the ampeg svt played them most of my career. I use 2 8x10 & 1 4x10. Recently switched from rack mount svt 4 to old svt tube heads.
I appreciate hearing that Joan doesn't like to change strings and will them until they're dead. Not I don't feel like I'm just lazy.
So, "awesome", and, so, "rock-and-roll" !!!
As, Always !!! ❤
man this guy is awesome, he has a lot of passion for the music and the band, awesome video
Get this guy a glass of water.
I used a Music Man HD 130 for yrs , these days I use my Rivera modded fender twin reverb 2 I still have my HD 130 but dont use it much anymore. I also use some vintage EV speakers. Great sound.
Basics. Where rock n roll started. Perfect.
Joan Jett is rock n' roll!
Joan is my hero.
It's so disappointing when the actual player isn't present for these.
Sometimes I’d rather have the tech do it because they usually know the little details
Well...they are basically morons. So you don't want to hear that. Lots of New Yorky duuuhhh...YO VINNIE......ya can't get a good pizza anywhere...you know NYC New Jersey meathead shit...
Usually the gear guy knows more or can explain it better.
@@rd812 I don't care
It seems like an easy cop out to have someone else handle your gear and interviews like this
Awesome.
4:17 Joan describes her pickups as the tone of Peavey T-60 pickups. She loves those.
It’s good to see a simple set up. My board only has 4 effects. You can get lost in the gear.
D'Addario 1046 seems to be the most popular strings in a lot PG Rig Rundowns.
Realy cool how she kept her guitars in great condition probably never even got fret buzz
I love them.
I saw Joan's sound check in Houston around '87 or '88. It LOOKED like she was playing a Marshall. After a few test chords from both players, I was disappointed in the individual sounds of both.
Then, they all played the beginning of Crimson and Clover... hairs stood up on my neck. Just the most beautiful combination.
What a great guy Zack is
I would call the second guitar's finish "Teisco Crimsonbust".
Nailed it!
My first guitar @ 1973 was a Lindell made by Tiesco. Same finish.
Saw an interview where Ted Nugent said he didn’t respect Joan Jett as a musician. Ahahaha you know you’re really cool when Ted Nugent craps on you! Joan Jett Rocks and is an excellent musician and guitarist! Period.
14:50 Gary & Kasim both played bass with their fingers rather than using a pick.
Sweet!, thanks for this!
You can tell Zach's an easy going dependable tech. That's like a stripped down military rock setup. No messin' around.
has to be the easiest guitar tech gig ever :-) I like her approach to her gear and sound - it's her hands, not the gear that really does it...
I would love to have that job. Guitar tech.
I like that the treble knob on the bass amp is missing.
I really want one of her White signature models
Someone said the Red Rhodes pickup she had in one guitar had the ceramic magnets , not the alnico magnets . The ceramic magnets are more snarly voiced and pissed off sounding but they still have the definition , you can hear each string . I'd like to hear it through an AC15 . It would sound really pissed off .
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO SOME RIG RUNDOWNS ON THE WARPED TOUR THISS SUMMERR
elijah Klein absolutely that would be so awesome
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It's 2015, can you guys buy a couple clip on microphones and do away with the handheld mess? So much information is lost while your interviewer is waving it back and forth, it makes your videos look and sound like a small time Nebraska Newscast.
That Marshall amp has bass mids and treble all set on 10. Best way always with Marshall.
Meh, Angus runs them all at 3... best all Marshall rock tone of the past 40 years.
Always been my favorite guitar body shape. I think my dream guitar would be basically an aged silver burst like the Adam Jones signature Les Paul except double cutaway.
I had one of these guitars in the '70s. Didn't know what I had, then, but wish I had it now. You know, I'm still confused about the different Melody Maker guitars styles, pickup selections, etc. Oh, mine had a slender single coil bridge pickup, like a Fender.
9:18 Got it backwards. They have a solid state pre and a tube power section.
3:19 That earring sets the tone.
that must be a hell of a lot of Hard work for Zach, having to be a guitar/bass technitian for Joan, Doug and Hal
not really once you get used to it...
Glad I found this channel, subscribed \m/
"He only uses the Wah and the delay. And the tremolo. And the Flanger"
Old school as shit. I love it!!
Why did Joan stop playing her original white Melody Maker and her old Epiphone Melody Maker?
He was wrong about the amp its a solid state preamp and tube power. I know because I own one.
I like That yellow SG I got a Vintage SG copy.
Velvet Hammer Pick-Ups are on facebook. Red Rhodes' son, Jeff may have some left, if you're lucky.
I'd love to have some...
I have 3 I got from Red. He used to work at Fender and built his correct to spec. They are vintage wound single coils, reverse wound middle and a little hotter on the bridge pickup. Look up "Velvet Hammer Pick-Ups" on facebook and message Jeff. Maybe he has some humbuckers. It doesn't hurt to ask.
very cool :)
+John Kiene Do you still know where to get a red Rhodes Velvet Hammer Pickup similar to Joans.
Music Man amps have solid state preamps and tube power amps. Odd combination
saw the black hearts warm up the Who in Orlando Fla. in 1983.... they started the set with a Sex Pistols song; black leather I believe. It was hot as hell , Joan was in a blue velvet suit, the rest in basic black. The band was tight and held that size event perfectly...she's the real deal! How about a rig rundown on Wilco Jones from Dr. Feelgood...he's the man!!
+jim doherty ooopps ...Wilco Johnson!!
+jim doherty Wilko Johnson -- Telecaster and fingers. Wonder if he even owns a pedal. Helluva guy. One of a kind. "She does it right..."
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Great!
Just acquired a black face music man 210 that I suspect may have been one of Joans.. Has several cigarette melts along the front edge and a very strong scent. Is it?
Could you make a video of Lita Ford's rig too please?
Not sure Lita could keep up.
Where is SHE now?
Lita was hot.
Joan Jett is still at it.
i found the same amp to be a perfect rocker.
Eyyyyy Minnesota
Hey, does anybody remember or know where Brett went?. He was Joan's guitar tech in the early 90s.
Love my AC30.
John Hardin They sound great.
smilinachya They have been out for awhile so people generally knows what works and what doesn't work with them. If the amp came out recently, guitarists would be complaining of the brightness and chime.
orlock20
I also love to plug into a 1959SLP when I get a chance. Or a Soldano SLO 100.
Solid state pre amp w/tube power amp
the belly button sticker is from a awesome group called LUXX
I'm not a huge fan of Joan, but I saw her live a few years ago at Lollapalooza and damn she sounds good.
MM amps are SS pre and tube power, tho' some had a tube distortion/limiter in the pre.
Been playing Melody Makers since I was 14..........have a 1965 currently Great simple guitars
Which guitar is more beat up
Billie Joes "Blue" or Joan Jetts Melody maker?
PunkSkater Pizza Blue is older, so I’d guess Blue, but they both play the shit out of their guitars.
I thought hd130’s had tube power amp and solid state preamp?
You are correct
Joan Doug and Hal listen to me please your guitar tech needs either a raise in payment or some type of acknowledgement from you and your fans he is absolutely amazing and has incredible knowledge about guitars and your gear and instruments please take that into consideration
Nope... MusicMan HD130 is FET Preamp (solid state) with a 12AX7 driver for the the 4 EL34 (not 6L6s) power tubes. I know... I own one...
Musicman has solid state preamp tube power amp.
The guy who wrote the song AND wrote the exact guitar riffs,,,,died of covid,,,,
i didn't think burstbuckers were so expensive
Please do a rig rundown for Paramore the next time they tour!!!
Siavash Massoudi they're rig is so good now since after laughter so that would be great
Siavash Massoudi they be a very interesting band to see and learn about what musical instruments and the other gear they use
The tech didn't like that the interviewer having his hand on his shoulder for a Lil tooo long.
RIP Zak Godwin. Killed by a hit & run driver Dec 10th 2022
Got to know your stuff to be A tech, but man what a gig huh?