Rig Rundown - Guthrie Trapp 

how true,its funny how people chase tone when "the tone" is their influence over any instrument, not the instrument/gear itself.case in point,listen to say"eddie van halen" or anyone reputable,consistent and recognizable play on any gear and you instantly know its them regardless of guitar,effects or amp. so as a wise man once said"tone is in your fingers" and that's just the way it is.

+rasm0225 I am guilty of that. I need to spend more time practicing and less time checking out Gear on You Tube.

+wayne smith yes but he also said that when he picks a different guitar he plays differently ;) so is the same with pedals and amps, their sound will influence different playing different ideas etc ... they are all the to inspire various ideas/feels. But yes I agree that obsessing over gear is not the answer but testing gear and letting it provoke some genius inside of you yes sure test as many as you can. If all is in the fingers than we would need no instrument AT ALL :) you need the pickups (but which alnico, ceramics, humbucker, single coil, P90) you need the pedals, you need an amp or amps (Steve Ray Vaughan ran a Fender into a Marshall if Im not mistaken) so gear is of importance to find "that sound" one is happy with it. So, you need both :) gear and fingers! End of sermon ;)

I thought it was a little tongue-in-cheek to mention gear obsession whilst being interviewed on rig rundown, a series dedicated to gear obsession.

I was thinking the same thing. I mean shit, I get it but I like to geek out as much as the next guy sometimes, you know.

You should try a private lesson with him. Well worth the peanuts it will cost you for the gold you get in return.

He plays in many styles.

Yo AP those true players don’t have time for all that bullshit .they are too busy puttin that work in.

...a man after my own rig. As H D Thoreau said, simplify!

63k now, still less than he deserves!

Real deal....he didnt say how much he paid for the guitar, why a secret? Sorry its a let down.

This guitar player could play a junk guitar and make it sound great . The price of any instrument is irrelevant in the hands of a virtuoso.

@@leslieperry3001 what you said is correct, however you avoided my observation. It was quite snobbish to completely ignore the question of the host asking a valid and reasonable question.

@@dragan4658 Oh, I didn’t catch that.

@@leslieperry3001 its ok no worries. I saw a couple, actually a few of his videos that I stumbled on today and thought Ide sub to the channel but then this avoidance of a legit question changed my mind. He could have at least given a ball park figure so as not to be rude. Cheers!

+Dan Oughton you forgot the 4th t telecaster

Craig Shipley probably because keeps that ODR on all the time, doesn't need anymore compression.

He's mentioned somewhere else it was not expensive. 6-700 bucks IIRC. Just knew it was the right axe.

He was using it when I heard him at Robert's Western World over ten years ago.

I LIKE CC DEVILLE AS WELL

Naylor used to work with Reverend I have one of his special design in my old Ampeg

DAZOFOZ1 It gives that appearance, but I think the screws are just corroded/rusty looking - not missing. I could be wrong, but both pups have that appearance.

+Eric sin sinner yeah could be if you would only use the "60s" reverb setting and the fenderish tremolo. the 63 harmonic trem setting is pretty good. its a good thing to have on your board if you got the space.

Nodald T. Rump Or if you have an extra $300 laying around

+Eric sin sinner true they are very expensive. But if your amp doesn't have trem or verb it's better than buying a big 600 -1500 dollar unit(very few of which have trem) Strymon make some of the best quality pedals you could buy. Sorry for getting so far away from the point of the original comment haha, I just really like that pedal

Nodald T. Rump Strymon is a great company, I think the BigSky and Mobius would be a better choice.

The Flint is much more versatile than the (wonderful) built in reverb. And if you're on a shaky stage the Flint won't crash and rumble like the Fender reverb. I used my pedal reverb the other night with my Princeton Reverb for that very reason.

That's not a roller. It's a darkened spot on the wood where he anchors his little finger; it's worn through the Chrysler Light Blue nitro lacquer.

No, the video is reversed on one of his Artistworks promos. Look at the amp in that promo, it’s a backwards Fender......

He says "unison," but he means unity--which is no cut and no gain. In simpler terms: output level is equal to input level.

It's when a "cartage company" doesn't bring your rig to a session from their warehouse. You bring your own in your vehicle.

... you need to stop drinking the tech kool-aid. There is a reason that session players continue to play tele and sg and strat and lp modeled guitars (60 year old technology), and are, in general, *not* playing Carvin necks, no matter how earthquake proof they are. There is a tonal quality to that 60 year old technology that has in fact, not really been improved upon. Intonation is, yes, extremely important. But tone is king.

I guess you didn't notice the bridge pieces are staggered and not vintage tele style. He was talking more about the simplicity of two pups and simple knobs...makes you play great instead of relying on gizmos . The guys in Nashville can play with a guitar/cord/amp....doesn't mean pedals and amps/guitars don't matter...just that those are the important part of being a player.

Brian York

Im sure john has got out much more than you buddy. .there isnt anything better than a tele

CrazyCow500 He must have gotten it for a price so cheap it may have been potentially insulting to the builder. A redwood tele would be insanely sick though.

+Benjamin Green it was 800 dollars.

This is a rig rundown.. that’s the whole point. Transcribe live stuff if you want to learn

@@JordanHigginsGuitar you missed the point of my comment. nevermind...

@@bebenavole my apologies. I misread your comment, my bad bud.