Johnny Marr Talks About His Guitar Sound With Boss UK - Boss GT-100 

Wow. How much did Boss flip out when Johnny Marr started playing "How Soon Is Now" through their digital effects unit? A million bucks in advertising could never be that persuasive.

the most sensible use of the GT 100 explained, by this charming man.

I could listen to Johnny Marr talk about guitars and music for days on end, and it still wouldn't give me my fix. This man is my biggest musical inspiration.

The simple things he does, just seem to come out sounding complex, deep and vast. Now there's a true artist.

Now _this_ is how RU-vid should be used! Well done Roland UK.

absolute genius, cant get enough of Johnny talking about anything remotely guitar

"You tell IT what sound to use; you don't let it tell you what sound to use" at 3:00 classic. Love

I wish I would have heard of this guy sooner, his guitar playing and guitar tone is amazing.

I find it amazing that Johnny Marr is using a Boss GT-100. Its what a £350 unit that anyone can get hold of anywhere! So much for all pro guitarists being collectors of high end boutique gear. Although he is using vintage fender guitars and amps, you would still expect him to be using something like the Axe fx or some other studio quality rack unit. I'm not slagging off Boss fx I own and have owned several boss stomps and they are solid staples for a lot of pros and beginners alike. I think snobbery is all too common in this world, and the key to finding good tone is spending time with your gear getting to know how to set it up rather than always lusting after the next thing that you believe will make you a better player! Great guitarist getting what he needs out of a good piece of kit!

Bought one of these because I heard Johnny was raving about them...... so easy to edit and "play around" with the settings..... had a Vox Tonelab LE - also a good unit but this is a step up!

damn Johnny's playing is nice.

In university, played in bands which covered the Smiths and never really cared about who the musicians were, just loved to get the sound as quickly and easily as possible. Now that I am 50 and been away from guitar playing for a long time, I am rediscovering the musicians, gear and art of sound in a different and deeper way - call it nostalgia or maybe finally having the wisdom (and time) to discover the artists and character behind the what I rushed through so quickly in my youth. Johnny Marr is a class act and incredible guitarist. Love that Fender worked with him on a signature model Jaguar. The Johnny Marr signature Jaguar is on my wishlist as well as the Boss GT-100 board.

Marr's new albums (The Messenger and Playland) are fucking amazing and under rated... People only see him as a Smith, but there's a lot lot more amazing about him.

very good video. the stars lined up when Johnny and Morrissey met.

Johnny's guitar just sounds so clean and great and I like how he's found different patches during "How Soon Is Now?" that give good accent between the verses and choruses. Very cool!

For those asking for the song around 3:15-3;25 its Bigmouth Strikes Again (Smiths song off The Queen Is Dead). When he's using the tremolo its How Soon Is Now? And the last song at the end is Wonderful Woman. All Smiths tunes except he plays New Town Velocity in this video too.

So glad I saw this video. Just for 4:01 where he plays the chorus of How Soon Is Now. I had been playing that wrong for ever.

Great review. Best I've seen in any multi-effects. Gets to the heart of what a multi-effects unit should do for a player.

1:10 is just so epic

What a legend

Great licks by johnny once again and great clean tones

3:14 nice one Johnny!

does anyone know if Mr Marr's patches are available? Such a nice fella

Exactly what I was searching for

Man he is so good.

Hmmm Quite interesting! Line6 HD500x owner here and a Smith Fan!

Great interview.

The man.

He's brilliant, isn't he!

This is the first Boss ME I have tried that made me leave my Vox tonelab s.e. at home and the more I use it the more I like it,still is nowhere close to the Kemper unit that is in the studio but good enough to gig and well done Boss, at last you have a contender. I still think that the chorus and echo sound from the Vox is for my ears perfection,just the drives are not there and this technology to build and use sounds is what Korg should have done instead of the AWEFUL valvtronics pedals they moved on to.

Can I download his presets?

Are the patches he used available to download anywhere?

The boss talks about the boss:-D

Cool stuff!

SO GOOD.

What shoes is he wearing?

Can it make sense buying this unit in 2022? I think yes, it's out at 400 euro but I think it worth... what's your opinion guys?

Perfect

Riff Master!

Tony Montana play a guitar???? jajajajaja...!!!

The Smiths are absolute heroes of mine, but I feel like if I was to aproach any of them I would be really disapointed and that they would be rude to me.

Was he using a Roland amp during this interview?

en minuto 4:48, ¿que canción es?o está improvisando?

Can anyone tell what cables and plugs Johnny uses?

What style of guitar playing does Johnny play. I know people will say its his own style of playing, but how do you start to play like him ?

Sad I know but...Does anyone know what 'make' his guitar strap is?

3.24 m = amazing !!

Does anyone know what amp/amps Johnny uses with the GT100? Does it sound good going directly into the mixing board? That would be very convenient for an open mic in a small venue.

Can someone tell me what song he's playing at 3:25

what Song is he playing from 4:45? Thanks

Whats the name of the song at 3.14 and again around 4.00?

Anyone know the song between 3:15 and 3:32 or is he just Jamming ??

song name at 4.45

What song from around 3:20-3:30

3:20 song?

I've just ordered mine. What is that separate (twin) foot switch and what does he use it for?

Find it hard to believe he uses this live?

This guy (who ever he is) is a traitor of the analogue sound...

This guy is a great guitarist. No need for a million notes per second. He fills the room w an orchestra of beauty.

3:24 holy shit I never realized he was doing so much on just one guitar in that part of the song...

What a great guitar player, his riffs are beautiful.

Stumbled on this vid looking for interesting / vintage setting ideas for the GT100. Got to be honest, I didn't recognize the name "Johnny Marr" until a couple minutes in, then had an idea of who he was, then Wiki'd him, then said "shite! of course." awesome sounds and a wonderful innovator of guitar style & sounds of my 80's. and by golly, looks like he's a heck-of-a-nice fellow, too. Cheers to you Mr. Marr.

Oh no I'm colorblind.

I'm pretty sure there's no one I watch and re-watch more for his/her ideas about sound/playing than Johnny Marr.

I give anything for his genuine patches

Long shot but anyone know what his shoes are?

That was deep. Very good. I wish he would do some more you tubes on this unit. Even I have the unit, it's nice to here other tones. Well done. Enjoyed the whole lot👍

legend live

Have so much respect for him, can listen to him talking about guitar for hours. Detailed and passionate in his explanations, more so when he designed his signature Fender Jaguar. Oh, and got awesome riffs too.

Question: Johnny is using what appears to be two additional Boss FS-5L single latched footswitches with the GT-100. What does this allow him to do that is above and beyond the GT-100 capabilities? And why two single footswitches as opposed to the BOSS dual switch unit or similar?

Damn he must have sold a lot of these things

Can we have the Johnny Marr patches please thank you

God I love that dude.

johnny darr-ling

Toni montana :P

They say certain people with a lot of money have "fuck you money." If this is true then Johnny Marr has "fuck you feel and musicality."

Cracking stuff

I'll always love his sounds, not over distorted. He is a tone guru.