就吉他而言，为您开始这一切的时刻是什么？
“肯定是在看着我父亲在业余时间播放旧的Outlaw乡村歌曲。他偶尔会在大火或其他东西上堵塞，但他大部分时间都在业余时间放松身心。听到某人立即无所事事，这对我很有吸引力。”
What’s the one guitar or piece of gear that you couldn’t live without?
“这是我爷爷的1955年100％莱斯·保罗Jr. It’s the one guitar I loaded in the truck when we were put on an evac notice in 2020. There were a lot of wildfires in my area. It was freaky! Fortunately, everything ended up being fine and we didn’t have to leave. Strangely, one of the questions I have repeatedly asked on the podcast is ‘if the house is on fire what’s the one guitar you are saving.’ I never thought I’d have to actually answer that myself!”
您有一个“逃脱”的？
“I traded this super weird short scale Japanese guitar once. It was labelled ‘Marquis’ and had four independently switchable pickups. It just looked awesome. I should have just ponied up the extra $200 and kept that guitar. I have never been able to find it again. I was trying to be responsible, and I regret it!”
如果您曾经设计过签名吉他，那会是什么？
“One of my current favorites is myGrez GuitarsMendocino Baritone. It just sounds insane. It’s a gorgeous guitar as well. If I were to make the concept fully my own, I think I’d opt for an offset style (it’s a singlecut) with a half-inch shorter scale length. Barry probably wouldn’t do that though. He’s not an offset guy! But as is, it’s such a unique sound due to the way the hollow body interacts with theLollar金箔。太奇妙了。”
说到签名产品，您最近与大耳踏板合作推出了馅饼踏板的切片…
“这是一个有趣的故事。格兰特，卡伦[Big Ear Pedals]而且我是大量的披萨迷。我们一直都在谈论它，这显然是我播客上的“事物”。在锁定开始时，卡伦开始手绘踏板。为了展示自己的能力，她立即进行了一些设计。其中之一是意大利辣香肠披萨图形。格兰特看到这一点后，一个灯泡就熄灭了。他形成了基本概念，大约五分钟后给我打电话。他说的是“太疯狂了吗？”，我说：“绝对是，我们应该完全做！”
Why did you settle on a fuzz pedal?
“我有点痴迷。这些年来，我已经分支了很多，但是Fuzz是第一个真正使我爱上踏板的效果。Big Ear制作了我最喜欢的声音电路，我知道它们是多么细节。不仅有演讲，而且也有声音。曾经扎克·布洛伊尔斯神话踏板was involved, that sealed the deal.”
研发过程如何与大耳朵团队一起发展？
“精心！显然，它非常详细，但是发生的比眼睛还要多。Jesse Rhew来自粗鲁的技术helped us with the enclosure design. Which is something much more challenging than it may look. Totally engineering the folds/screw placement/welds/angle etc. from scratch is an entirely different ball game vs just ordering a 1590B style enclosure and drilling it.
最重要的是，它必须看起来完美，否则整个项目将浪费时间。F5 Metalworks从俄克拉荷马州出发，将美学带到了终点线上。测试了大量的粉末涂料/颜色以及几个印刷梯度。他们甚至不得不进行完全自定义的固定装置来实现这一目标。
Grant and I talked extensively about what we wanted and how we needed it to perform sonically. Zach Broyles was contacted because that dude has fantastic ears and really knows how to dial things in. Once he outlined the foundation of the fuzz, Big Ear spent countless hours tuning the circuit and having folks from the Nashville pedal scene lend their opinions as well. It was a crazy process. The most detail oriented collab I’ve been a part of by a wide margin. And I think it shows.”
您提供的最好的建议是什么？
“这是一件播客客人一直在发生的事情。人们只是一直说‘把它放在那里。直到您做什么，您将永远不会知道会发生什么。’这是一个很大的事实。在我职业生涯中发生的一切都是尝试事物并看到发生了什么的结果。相反，我发生的大多数负面事情都是无所作为的结果。无论您的“ IT”是什么，都将其放在那里。”
您是否曾经有过“脊柱水龙头”的时刻？
“One of the first shows I played was for a bunch of friends at an outdoor party. One of our friends lent us this really cheapEpiphonewith several major issues that made it too expensive to fix. We were playing on a grassy hillside, so we moved a large rock by the ‘stage’ before the show to smash it on. When the time came to smash the thing at the crescendo of the song, it simply would not break. I smashed it, maybe 20 times. It finally split, but it was significantly less dramatic than intended. I kinda just looked like a big flailing idiot.”
您的骑手的第一件事是什么？
“无论我所在的城市，什么美食都是众所周知的。如果我在费城，请给我最好的芝士牛排。如果我在迈阿密，请与古巴人联系。如果我在没有地区专业的地方，请与该地区最合法的纽约风格披萨联系起来。”
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