Ferran II d'Aragó Butthurt much? He may not be a virtuoso, but he sure as hell is a god in my eyes in that he saw and demonstrated a new dimension of sonic experimentation with his guitar work.
@@alexiacob9738 currently from what’s been heard in interviews. I think he said something along the lines of “I’m getting old. I don’t want to be 70 when I’m still making music, if I still can do it today I might as well go for it today too.
How many Jazzmasters do you have? “Not a lot...10...maybe 12?...probably 12....well, there’s more....I guess 25......(pause)....I need more, you know”. Lol.
Give this man a signature model...Mascis has 2, Thurston and Lee have theirs, Costello’s has one, TVL has one. This man has arguably innovated way more than anyone ever thought possible on a Jazzmaster...he deserves it.
yeah but you're not getting tape on a fender guitar from a factory and the bridge pulled back is what a lot of people do. It makes the tuning a lot more stable.
I would sell three of my jazzmasters for one of those. I still don't quite get how he's bending without really pushing down on the tremolo arm. It's actually pretty hard to imitate his style, even with the tape trick
I got a Staytrem trem arm and it sits way higher. It has a little rubber lock on the end keeps it from falling out but still is loose enough to keep in your hand while you strum. It works wonders for me and its like $40
It's thanks to him, Thurston Moore, J Mascis and Robert Smith that over the years I've not only bought four Jazzmasters , but i've also spent most of my spare time playing and listening to amazing music. It's the sweetest yet most overwhelming addiction a human being can experience. Thanks Kevin for making my uncool teenage years so cool!
back in 2008, kevin shields walked right by me.. i still regret not saying anything to him, but i honestly don't know what i'd say if i had the chance again. probably thank you.
Don't regret it. It doesn't always go the way you hope. I ran into James Iha of the Pumpkins and I went up and said Thank you. He looked at me like I was an alien.
I lucked out big time and got to hang out with him after their first Portland show. He got me high. I couldn't think of anything to say either, but that was the high point of my year.
since the goddamn album didn't come with lyric sheet, the lyrics available on the internet are not official and clearly not 100% correct, but that's not what i hear when i listen. the first word she says, to me, sounds like either "sleep" or "speak".
In St. Paul it was more like VRWWWWW VROOOOO VREEEEE VROOOO VRWWWWW VROOOOO VREEEEE VROOOO He's clearly doing something different nowadays when he plays Only Shallow.
What people think Kevin is: "For that part I use an advanced system so the sound feels immersive." Real Kevin: "I was about to play a song and the guitar I borrowed had the tremolo locked high, so I went with it." F*^%$n Legend
As a young man in love I heard the album “Loveless” every weekend of my life for a year. You see, my girl went to college about 2 hours away. Every weekend she’d come home to see me and be together. Traditionally I’d drive her the 2 hours back to her school every Sunday evening. I’d help her bring some items back in her dorm, laundry and what not. We’d both walk out to my car and I’d drive back through the exit. Only then my girlfriend would get out of the car. (She really didn’t want to be left alone) Every time I’d watch her cross the parking lot about to wrestle another week of exams, testing and studying. I’d switch my CD changer to “Loveless” MBV and sadly listen on as I made my way home. The whole album made me reflect upon my state at the time and how I really felt about the woman I fell in love with that long college year. Really were simpler times back then.
This guy has inspired me so much. Him and J. Mascis made me buy a Jazzmaster. Wish I had serious people who I could start a band with in this fucking city.
know the feel bruh. Welp, I don't have a jazzmaster by now (I WANT ONE SO BAD THO) but he inspire me to stack distortion pedals + lots of reverb + my beloved whammy
You and me both man. Although I’m more inspired by the likes of Fugazi and Nirvana, I love Dino’s first couple albums and Loveless is great. I’m not some huge fan but he’s obviously a fantastic guitarist
Yep,I was there! I went to college in 93, there was a first years Mystery Tour bus night out organised. We got in the bus at Athlone, it ended up at Moats or Trim at a mystery venue, the mystery band was MBV! I only knew one song from the Dave Fanning radio show. We were all drunk, gig of course was loud and mind-blowing. When it ended the band walked through the baffled crowd and I got to have a few words with Belinda who was quite sweet
I also saw Kevin play with Primal Scream about 7 years ago, I have no idea wtf he was doing with that guitar, the alien sounds he made where insane, never heard anything like it in my life and I've seen a thousand bands plus over the last 30 years!
I saw MBV live in Tokyo this summer. When people ask me what it was like, I say it's as if a giant made of sound had swallowed me whole, and I resided in his stomach for an hour and a half. A life altering experience - Kevin Shields is truly unparalleled in his musical genius.
@5:50 "People's brains, they need to hear where it comes up into tune." It's using the trem to bring the notes up into tune to create an auditory sense of anticipatory tension then release as each note is realized. With each chord played with this technique is akin to watching a camera lense coming into focus or like watching a Polaroid picture develop. The chords bloom.
man who remembers kevin talking about new mbv music this year, last year? he said all that stuff about new music coming out in 2019 and we neva got it:(
Don't remind me... It was around the time when he got those analog reissues of the two MBV albums done. He said new music and possibly done on an ep or 2
Depending on the frequency of your power grid your motor spins at a multiple of 50 or 60 hz (AC frequency times the amount of blades in the pump), put some friction on it to slow it down to the right pitch
Mr. Shields is the reason I have a Jazzmaster. I went with a Lee Ranaldo Jazzmaster. If Mr. Shields does a signature model, I'm selling my Jeep and buying 12 or 25 of 'em.
the first 6 years of his life in NYC really influenced his accent. The Irish is there (especially in some vowels) but pretty subtle, not your average Dub accent.
Saw him play with Primal Scream in Galway, Mani was on bass, great combo, of course there were incredible WTF sounds created by Kevin . What a privilege to experience. Nobody can do what he does, he's like out of this World.
chad feehan the Squier Vintage Modified jags and jazzmasters are arguably the best deals on the market today. That’s why Fender is killing it and Gibson is fucked
My main guitar is a highly modified 2010 Classic Player Jazzmaster. The thing literally stays in tune for weeks. Plays like absolute butter. I’ve got a Novak PAF in the bridge. Left handed volume pot (for swells) I also dropped it down to 500k and a PIO cap. I put a better cap in the “rhythm circuit” and applied that circuit to the bridge instead of neck pickup.
Whoever did this interview - thank you! All this time and I thought it was a studio tape recording effect, but it’s his playing. That’s extraordinary right there, just to watch him demonstrate it.
You will never know how many bands you have inspired @ the whole planet....and beyond! Brilliant sonic document for all generations.Blissed with all your tunes!
It’s cool to me that he’s just so normal and unassuming in real life. The press and music history in general made it seem like Kevin would be a really pretentious and self-involved person. Through this video, I get the impression that he just wants to make music and not have some responsibility of being a guitar deity. His sense of humor is also really dry and ordinary to me, which is great. Idk why I’m so amazed by this lol - the press just made me think so differently of him, like he’d be some difficult person.
I didn't know anything about these guitars or this music until I encountered Shields and his band. So glad I did. Strats and Teles are legendary guitars but it was these guitars that got me interested in Fender.
For me he is the great sound mastermind of electric guitar sound, in the same way Segovia made it for the classical. He invents, he knows how to create many creative, emotionally charged guitar sounds. Loveless is just divine, "Sometimes, to here knows when..." pure bliss sounds
Just saw them in St. Paul yesterday. Setlist: I Only Said When You Sleep New You (2013) (new song #1) (2018) (new song #2) (2018) Honey Power (new song #3) (2018) Cigarette In Your Bed Only Tomorrow (2013) Only Shallow What You Want Thorn Nothing Much To Lose Who Sees You (2013) To Here Knows When Slow Soon Wonder 2 (2013) Feed Me With Your Kiss You Made Me Realise (I have to say, "Only Tomorrow" is their best song, both as a recording and live. Most of the people in our audience clearly hadn't heard it before, but it still got one of the loudest cheers after it was done. If you haven't heard m b v (2013 album) yet, don't wait any longer.)
kmarasin I didn't even know MBV was playing in St. Paul after it was over and saw some guy on Reddit had a chance to meet the band backstage and even been written down as a plus one for the next show in Chicago!
Hey Fender! that (faded candy apple red?) heavy-flake custom paint '58 with the gold aluminum pickguard would make a KILLER signature guitar, and while you are at it PLEASE reissue a MIM version of the purple sparkle paint J Mascis signature Jazzmaster, I would buy both of them!
I think they are one in the same. That guitar has to be what J's signature model was based off. I mean how many vintage 50s sparkle Jazzmasters are there, and if J told him to buy it, it makes sense. So turns out we had a Kevin Shields signature all along.
@BeTheDeathOfMe kevin does actually use a J Mascis JM, though. I have seen MBV twice, 2013 and 2018. He used one of the Purple Mascis JMs for Slow on both shows. But it is telling that it is a guitar that only sees use once per show. I would imagine constant trem use like that would be an issue for tuning stability.
Ah wow, was lucky enough 2 meet Kevin at J Mascis in Dublin in 2015. He chatted away 2 me like a normal person, me drooling away about Loveless like an idiot. Love how J made Him buy that Jazzmaster, fate. Prince, Kevin and J, the reason I play guitar. Incredible video, thanks 4 posting :-)
Well from this video we can see the other fender acoustic and the classical guitar, all the guitar here were spotted so I got them all thanks to this video
It's great to see a musician who actually cares about their gear when they play live. It sucks when artists just use some multi FX pedals on tour that wasn't used in the studio.
Algunas veces los musicos crean sonidos unicos o innovadoras fortuitamente, que en ocaciones marcan una inflexion en la historia de la musica... Pero creo que Kevin es un fenomeno, explorador y manipulador del sonido como ningun otro guitarrista en el planeta tierra 😎🎸🎶🎼🎵🚀. Estoy agradecido por su legado discografíco 🔥🍻✌🏾. Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
A real kid getting excited about guitars- he mentions songs and trail-blazing techniques in passing- but loves the shape and function of guitars. Fantastic genius.
Fender, just give the man a signature model already. He’s done more for Jazzmasters in only three albums that most others would need giant back catalogues to achieve. Make it happen, I promise it will sell out immediately, even at the Johnny Marr Jaguar price point.
View Part 2 here! ua-cam.com/video/gxkzYCT2NGM/v-deo.html
“That metal thingy” words of a guitar god
Will Pilson melty?
That metal thingy vs The Whangy Bar. who wins?
Ferran II d'Aragó let the man live his life
Ferran II d'Aragó Butthurt much? He may not be a virtuoso, but he sure as hell is a god in my eyes in that he saw and demonstrated a new dimension of sonic experimentation with his guitar work.
He is a guitar virtuoso though
This man totally deserves a signature model, the album cover of loveless is literally a jazzmaster
I thought it was a Jag?
@@phillynott1060yeah it’s a Jag
@@phillynott1060he said it is a jazz master in an interview
@goo_90 you can tell from the pickups on the cover that its a jazzmaster
If this man wasn’t such a perfectionist and still released music we would be living in a utopian society by now
they’re working on two albums
@@porcelaein Seriously ?
@@alexiacob9738 currently from what’s been heard in interviews. I think he said something along the lines of “I’m getting old. I don’t want to be 70 when I’m still making music, if I still can do it today I might as well go for it today too.
@@shauncanuto7380 its been 4 years now lol
How many Jazzmasters do you have? “Not a lot...10...maybe 12?...probably 12....well, there’s more....I guess 25......(pause)....I need more, you know”. Lol.
"um yea looks like *glances over other room* looks like we're closing in on 32 today"
"maybe 25 but 12 good ones" LOL
@@RudyAyoub 0-3-5
Todor Kerev lol
Spoken like a *true* guitarist!!
Give this man a signature model...Mascis has 2, Thurston and Lee have theirs, Costello’s has one, TVL has one. This man has arguably innovated way more than anyone ever thought possible on a Jazzmaster...he deserves it.
Kevin Shields signature Jazzmaster? He deserves it
Totally agree
FENDER THIS IS WHAT WE NEED!!! DO IT
But his jazzmasters are completely stock. Any JM with a metal guard and a normal bridge would be a kevin shileds jazzmaster.
says in the video the bridge is pulled back and his tremolo arm has the tape added so it is in some way modified (albeit small modifications.)
yeah but you're not getting tape on a fender guitar from a factory and the bridge pulled back is what a lot of people do. It makes the tuning a lot more stable.
Can we finally get a Kevin Shields Signature Jazzmaster?
Jason Mays that would be incredible
I would sell three of my jazzmasters for one of those. I still don't quite get how he's bending without really pushing down on the tremolo arm. It's actually pretty hard to imitate his style, even with the tape trick
Problem is he’s got 12 of them
I would instantly pre order that.
I got a Staytrem trem arm and it sits way higher. It has a little rubber lock on the end keeps it from falling out but still is loose enough to keep in your hand while you strum. It works wonders for me and its like $40
The only man I know of who has 1 guitar for each song
I know! What a perfectionist. I'm the opposite; one guitar for all songs!
the members of sonic youth have had hundreds of guitars over the years as well.
@@Sr19769p tbf they smashed half of them
We never got to hear him play a single one ....
And what about johnny Greenwood
It's thanks to him, Thurston Moore, J Mascis and Robert Smith that over the years I've not only bought four Jazzmasters , but i've also spent most of my spare time playing and listening to amazing music. It's the sweetest yet most overwhelming addiction a human being can experience. Thanks Kevin for making my uncool teenage years so cool!
All the greatest and most creative either play Jazzmasters or Jaguars I swear. Roland Howard and Johnny Marr both made those suckers sing too.
@@BigDaddyZakk420 they both are among the most prominent Jaguar players
don't forget thom yorke from radiohead
Well said, sir!
back in 2008, kevin shields walked right by me.. i still regret not saying anything to him, but i honestly don't know what i'd say if i had the chance again. probably thank you.
Whenever I see him, I just make guitar sounds with my mouth. He understands.
haha makes sense
Don't regret it. It doesn't always go the way you hope. I ran into James Iha of the Pumpkins and I went up and said Thank you. He looked at me like I was an alien.
I lucked out big time and got to hang out with him after their first Portland show. He got me high. I couldn't think of anything to say either, but that was the high point of my year.
Plot twist: it was actually Brian May
VREEEE VROOOO VREEEE VROOOOOOO
Jake Whitson *dut* *dut* *dut* *dut*
hahahaha actually laughed out loud reading that!
sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep like a piiilloooooow
since the goddamn album didn't come with lyric sheet, the lyrics available on the internet are not official and clearly not 100% correct, but that's not what i hear when i listen. the first word she says, to me, sounds like either "sleep" or "speak".
In St. Paul it was more like VRWWWWW VROOOOO VREEEEE VROOOO VRWWWWW VROOOOO VREEEEE VROOOO
He's clearly doing something different nowadays when he plays Only Shallow.
What people think Kevin is: "For that part I use an advanced system so the sound feels immersive."
Real Kevin: "I was about to play a song and the guitar I borrowed had the tremolo locked high, so I went with it."
F*^%$n Legend
necessity is the mother of invention
Yeah, that seems to be how innovation often works. Accidents coupled with curiosity.
Agreed although it sorta helps when you’re friends with someone who works at one of the coolest record labels in history.
As a young man in love I heard the album “Loveless” every weekend of my life for a year. You see, my girl went to college about 2 hours away. Every weekend she’d come home to see me and be together. Traditionally I’d drive her the 2 hours back to her school every Sunday evening. I’d help her bring some items back in her dorm, laundry and what not. We’d both walk out to my car and I’d drive back through the exit. Only then my girlfriend would get out of the car. (She really didn’t want to be left alone) Every time I’d watch her cross the parking lot about to wrestle another week of exams, testing and studying. I’d switch my CD changer to “Loveless” MBV and sadly listen on as I made my way home. The whole album made me reflect upon my state at the time and how I really felt about the woman I fell in love with that long college year. Really were simpler times back then.
damn
This paragraph u wrote made me put on "when you sleep"
Shoegaze and melancholic young adult love go so well together...
Powerful 🙏
still together?
This guy has inspired me so much. Him and J. Mascis made me buy a Jazzmaster.
Wish I had serious people who I could start a band with in this fucking city.
know the feel bruh. Welp, I don't have a jazzmaster by now (I WANT ONE SO BAD THO) but he inspire me to stack distortion pedals + lots of reverb + my beloved whammy
You and me both man. Although I’m more inspired by the likes of Fugazi and Nirvana, I love Dino’s first couple albums and Loveless is great. I’m not some huge fan but he’s obviously a fantastic guitarist
Cody McGrew Fugazi still underrated to this day.
Fugazi is one of the fundamental bands that defined the sound of so many current genres...
Fuckin same
This man is a genius. Small venue, Marshall stacks, ear-bleeding volume and Belinda looking drop dead gorgeous. I am in Heaven.
Yep,I was there!
I went to college in 93, there was a first years Mystery Tour bus night out organised. We got in the bus at Athlone, it ended up at Moats or Trim at a mystery venue, the mystery band was MBV! I only knew one song from the Dave Fanning radio show. We were all drunk, gig of course was loud and mind-blowing.
When it ended the band walked through the baffled crowd and I got to have a few words with Belinda who was quite sweet
I also saw Kevin play with Primal Scream about 7 years ago, I
have no idea wtf he was doing with that guitar, the alien sounds he made where insane, never heard anything like it in my life and I've seen a thousand bands plus over the last 30 years!
he's got a guitar tuned to DAAAAD
isn't that amazing?
DAAAAD, Its just one big ass power chord.
The root the 5th and the octave. But the bends will be more noticeable from what ive noticed and tried
I remembered that I tuned my guitar to a ostrich tuning,FFFFFF once.......
I remembered tuning my guitar with an ostrich tuning,FFFFFF
DAAAAD Rock.
@@jaysonnabo7754 droning some velvet underground on it
I saw MBV live in Tokyo this summer. When people ask me what it was like, I say it's as if a giant made of sound had swallowed me whole, and I resided in his stomach for an hour and a half. A life altering experience - Kevin Shields is truly unparalleled in his musical genius.
Shields has his own unique way & theories for making music. That's why it still sounds fresh & grabs your head by the ears.
@5:50 "People's brains, they need to hear where it comes up into tune." It's using the trem to bring the notes up into tune to create an auditory sense of anticipatory tension then release as each note is realized. With each chord played with this technique is akin to watching a camera lense coming into focus or like watching a Polaroid picture develop. The chords bloom.
THE most original sound of the 90s. Thank you so much.
"50% of everything I do is out of tune." Sounds just fine to me, Kev.
He is a bit of a perfectionist
man who remembers kevin talking about new mbv music this year, last year? he said all that stuff about new music coming out in 2019 and we neva got it:(
Don't remind me... It was around the time when he got those analog reissues of the two MBV albums done. He said new music and possibly done on an ep or 2
and now finally it comes tomorrow
how do I tune my vacuum cleaner?
GabzitoHD haha good one funny man tells funny joke
Spiderman's ButtonUp games thanks m8 XDDDD
GabzitoHD haha funny man is welcome haha
It's all about the bridge, bro
Depending on the frequency of your power grid your motor spins at a multiple of 50 or 60 hz (AC frequency times the amount of blades in the pump), put some friction on it to slow it down to the right pitch
Never knew George Washington was such a god with a guitar.
stgstv!
Seriously why does he look so old? Wtf
@@SimMaster because he’s almost 60 lol
George Washington was a black man. If he's not yet, he will be.
‘Merica
im not kidding when i say i could listen this man talk about guitars until the end of time
I completely forgot how much I love this band.
Hands down one of the most inspiring musicians of the last few decades. Absolute genius. When are we getting a Kevin Shields signature? 🎸
His voice is really soothing ngl. Hearing someone talk about something they have full knowledge on is strangely nice on the ears.
Mr. Shields is the reason I have a Jazzmaster. I went with a Lee Ranaldo Jazzmaster. If Mr. Shields does a signature model, I'm selling my Jeep and buying 12 or 25 of 'em.
Just him mentioning Rowland S. Howard made me smile a sad smile.
RIP Rowland, gone but never forgotten
He created one of the greatest albums of all time; how does one create?! I never have.
the first 6 years of his life in NYC really influenced his accent. The Irish is there (especially in some vowels) but pretty subtle, not your average Dub accent.
I honestly got confused because I know he's not born and raised in the US but he sounded like he was for the first few seconds lol
@@somekid7 He was born in NYC - Queens I think.
@@crawfish666 with Irish parents in NYC, he probably had some inflection from the beginning (at least at home)
This room is like i imagine that heaven must be
An inventive Master of Texture Guitar..........
So going jazzmaster shopping in London with J Mascis and Kevin Shields sounds like the best thing ever
Kevin Shields is like a sonic sculptor with a unique vision. He uses the Jazzmasters to sculpt his art.
Saw him play with Primal Scream in Galway, Mani was on bass, great combo, of course there were incredible WTF sounds created by Kevin .
What a privilege to experience.
Nobody can do what he does, he's like out of this World.
Pretty sure that's not what Leo had in mind when he designed this guitar, and I love that!
Leo Fender wasn't really a guitarist!
They should’ve made a squier counterpart, the $2000 signatures guitar never sell well but the j mascis squier has sold pretty well
Spader Man i have a squier vintage modified jazzmaster. works for me, close enough for rock n roll.
chad feehan the Squier Vintage Modified jags and jazzmasters are arguably the best deals on the market today. That’s why Fender is killing it and Gibson is fucked
DAKOTA STATE UNIVERISTY?????
My main guitar is a highly modified 2010 Classic Player Jazzmaster. The thing literally stays in tune for weeks. Plays like absolute butter. I’ve got a Novak PAF in the bridge. Left handed volume pot (for swells) I also dropped it down to 500k and a PIO cap. I put a better cap in the “rhythm circuit” and applied that circuit to the bridge instead of neck pickup.
such a simple discovery lead to such a beautifully hypnotizing sound. Can't wait for the new material.
He is absolutely amazing.
I cant put this fella into words. Thats all I need to say
Whoever did this interview - thank you! All this time and I thought it was a studio tape recording effect, but it’s his playing. That’s extraordinary right there, just to watch him demonstrate it.
"A song from the You Made Me Realise EP called Thorn" *Slow starts playing* good going fender
But he starts talking about slow, did you even pay attention?
The goslings!
The Fender Jazzmaster may be one of the greatest guitars Leo designed with his team! Some of the most beautiful songs have been created!
This man is the main reason I bought a jazzmaster myself. Sonic mastermind.
Me too. 1800 bucks. And I'm a drummer.
Hah I'm a drummer, but I felt in love and I'm waiting for my first jazzmaster
He's like a wizard of guitar sound please teach me the ways master
Loudest guitar I've ever heard live. Kicks you in the head. In a great way.
You will never know how many bands you have inspired @ the whole planet....and beyond! Brilliant sonic document for all generations.Blissed with all your tunes!
It’s cool to me that he’s just so normal and unassuming in real life. The press and music history in general made it seem like Kevin would be a really pretentious and self-involved person. Through this video, I get the impression that he just wants to make music and not have some responsibility of being a guitar deity. His sense of humor is also really dry and ordinary to me, which is great. Idk why I’m so amazed by this lol - the press just made me think so differently of him, like he’d be some difficult person.
most influential guitarist in my eyes
Matthew Burrus whether he knows it or not.
He projects such peacefulness and tranquility.
“its like going forward, flying into space...”
Aleksandr Zirkou like their music
i could listen to this man talk forever
Kevin has definitely mellowed with age, he seems genuinely happy now
Dude delivered one riff so savage that it single handedly cemented him into guitar god history. And it wasn't even the best he's got!!!
The one who inspired me to play guitar. God bless you, Kevin 🙏🏻.
A living legend. His music changed my life.
I didn't know anything about these guitars or this music until I encountered Shields and his band. So glad I did. Strats and Teles are legendary guitars but it was these guitars that got me interested in Fender.
For me he is the great sound mastermind of electric guitar sound, in the same way Segovia made it for the classical. He invents, he knows how to create many creative, emotionally charged guitar sounds. Loveless is just divine, "Sometimes, to here knows when..." pure bliss sounds
This video is loooong overdue.
Anyone wanna start a shoegaze band with me?
I’m onboard with that!
luke that would be cool and neat
I'm down :)
Datvik same
yes
Give us a signature model
Even when I don’t understand what the fuck he’s talking about, it still resonates with me. Like the ramblings of any true genius.
the nicest man ever, really such a cool dude
FYI: mbv is touring the US now. Philly in a couple weeks then NYC and so on. Last time they did was five years ago. I fucking can't wait.
Im seeing them tommorow in LA!
Just saw them in St. Paul yesterday. Setlist:
I Only Said
When You Sleep
New You (2013)
(new song #1) (2018)
(new song #2) (2018)
Honey Power
(new song #3) (2018)
Cigarette In Your Bed
Only Tomorrow (2013)
Only Shallow
What You Want
Thorn
Nothing Much To Lose
Who Sees You (2013)
To Here Knows When
Slow
Soon
Wonder 2 (2013)
Feed Me With Your Kiss
You Made Me Realise
(I have to say, "Only Tomorrow" is their best song, both as a recording and live. Most of the people in our audience clearly hadn't heard it before, but it still got one of the loudest cheers after it was done. If you haven't heard m b v (2013 album) yet, don't wait any longer.)
kmarasin I didn't even know MBV was playing in St. Paul after it was over and saw some guy on Reddit had a chance to meet the band backstage and even been written down as a plus one for the next show in Chicago!
Hey Fender! that (faded candy apple red?) heavy-flake custom paint '58 with the gold aluminum pickguard would make a KILLER signature guitar, and while you are at it PLEASE reissue a MIM version of the purple sparkle paint J Mascis signature Jazzmaster, I would buy both of them!
I think they are one in the same. That guitar has to be what J's signature model was based off. I mean how many vintage 50s sparkle Jazzmasters are there, and if J told him to buy it, it makes sense. So turns out we had a Kevin Shields signature all along.
@BeTheDeathOfMe kevin does actually use a J Mascis JM, though.
I have seen MBV twice, 2013 and 2018. He used one of the Purple Mascis JMs for Slow on both shows.
But it is telling that it is a guitar that only sees use once per show. I would imagine constant trem use like that would be an issue for tuning stability.
Ah wow, was lucky enough 2 meet Kevin at J Mascis in Dublin in 2015. He chatted away 2 me like a normal person, me drooling away about Loveless like an idiot. Love how J made Him buy that Jazzmaster, fate. Prince, Kevin and J, the reason I play guitar. Incredible video, thanks 4 posting :-)
I owe everything ive produced to this guy. All my songs. PLEASE COME TO MEXICO AND DONT CANCEL THIS TIME. PLEASE
Absolutely love this band, thank you Fender for setting this up!
Get it... And that’s about all J said for the entire day 😀 🎸
Well from this video we can see the other fender acoustic and the classical guitar, all the guitar here were spotted so I got them all thanks to this video
It's great to see a musician who actually cares about their gear when they play live. It sucks when artists just use some multi FX pedals on tour that wasn't used in the studio.
My guitar hero xxx
If you haven't heard it for some reason, listen to the album Loveless. It's the greatest album ever made in my opinion.
Genius. Changed my life forever...
Algunas veces los musicos crean sonidos unicos o innovadoras fortuitamente, que en ocaciones marcan una inflexion en la historia de la musica... Pero creo que Kevin es un fenomeno, explorador y manipulador del sonido como ningun otro guitarrista en el planeta tierra 😎🎸🎶🎼🎵🚀. Estoy agradecido por su legado discografíco 🔥🍻✌🏾. Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
shields the GOAT
A real kid getting excited about guitars- he mentions songs and trail-blazing techniques in passing- but loves the shape and function of guitars. Fantastic genius.
Every time I come back to this video, it gives me inspiration to write a new song,.....EVERYTIME!!!
Fender is getting some killer interview, even if i dont know the guitarist im still interested
"the first song i ever used the tremolo arm on was a song called thorn." *plays slow* lmaooooo
So inspiring. Loved the bit about coming up into tune
Awesome! Thanks, Fender for recognizing this man! You rock!
I've never clicked on a video so fast
Same! He's the main reason why I started listening to more of shoegaze music
Yesssss
thanks kevin for you's beautiful music, peace from a 98' kid of france
He literally just got that guitar and those first 2 songs are some of the best I’ve ever heard
Fender, just give the man a signature model already. He’s done more for Jazzmasters in only three albums that most others would need giant back catalogues to achieve. Make it happen, I promise it will sell out immediately, even at the Johnny Marr Jaguar price point.
dad: come for dinner, the toys will be there when you get back
6 year old me: 1:11
3:10 I totally thought he was gonna do this weird turn around eye contact thing
😂😂😂😂
Love this guitar, the best kept secret of them all.
Hey, Fender. We haven’t forgotten about this video and how we all want a signature model!!!
So, by this video we've all learned that writing songs with different tunnings is a good excuse to buy more guitars
I cry watch this. What a legend
Kevin would be happy to know I did a paper on him and his sound in Uni and I got an A. My prof started listening to MBV after he graded it.
this guy is crazy, i love him
This... is... GLORIOUS
Kevin is a genius
Best guitarplayer of all freaking time! Massive sound like an huge fucking tsunami of beauty and awesomeness
Kevin Shields and Thom Yorke put me on the Jazzmaster