Rig Rundown – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
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Americana troubadour, Jason Isbell met with Premier Guitar’s Perry Bean at the Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to go deep about his guitars, Dumble-modified amps, and why his wife is the best at picking out gifts.
This 1961 Gibson ES-335 is the first really old and really awesome guitar that Isbell obtained and is mostly original with a few key upgrades. Isbell had famed Nashville luthier Joe Glaser give the guitar a refret and install a TonePros tailpiece along with new tuners because after years of use the originals started to look like “a dead man’s toe.”
A 2014 Gibson Collector’s Choice Les Paul goldtop (#12) is patterned after a ’57—scratches and all. After loading up the guitar with a pair of OX4 PAF-style pickups, Isbell considers this the best “new” Les Paul he’s played.
Isbell tweaked this 2014 Fender Custom Shop ’60 Tele Custom (which was built by Master Builder Paul Waller) by adding a black pickguard and a Twisted Tele pickup in the neck position.
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I just got a 79 Martin D18 and I love it. Great rundown!
I WISH I knew and could explain my gear like Jason. Playing like him wouldn't hurt either.
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For anyone who happens to be curious. I spoke to Tom Murphy recently and asked him about the "initials" thing. He said he did indeed sneak his initials in, but he did it because he had encountered fakes in the international market, so he started initialing them and adding other unique markings so he could prove the relic work was actually done by him.
My takeaway: if you’re buying a birthday present for Jason Isbell, the bar is HIGH.
What a great rig ! and those guitars are to die for. I've never seen such a clean and beautiful rig. Jason ! I'm in envy. Fabulous.
Interviewer dude needs to lay off the coke!
I believe Buddy Miller is a Davoli player.
I'm not a pro musician but no way I'dtake a guitar I really cared about on the road, unless I could sleep with it! Tone in at studio is less than any fears about live.
Which part of that rig makes you one of the greatest song writers of all time so I can order it ?
Flatwounds saved my fingers…
Watching this in 2021 and seeing the guitar that will become his Fender Signature Telecaster
PERRY. SHUT. UP
"I been really scoopin' at your gear, I wanna see what you got goin' on".
Things I've not heard spoken to me since lockdown … and to be honest never before 🙂
So basically the main takeaway from this is that Amanda Shires is an A++ gift giver
NEEEERRRRRRRDDDDD!!!!! I love it. Thanks for this.
I wish more people would play their rigs like Kenny Wayne Shepherd did on his. ????
This is my favorite Rig Rundown, I've watched this one a dozen times and the new one halfa dozen.
Jimbo Hart is a HELLUVA bass player!! Much respect from another 4-stringer!
I liked the world where you could earn a living just playing Guitars ????
Does anyone know the name of the capo?
Great rundown……I love fellow nerds with money!…lol….you can live
vicariously through them….
The best PAF ever says Jason Isabell, Derek St.Holmes
Saw them in Houston last night. They burnt down the Toyota Center. It was an amazing set.
Wow! I don't even listen to country music. I will now! Love this dude! Talented and COOOOOL dude!
I like that almost every piece of gear was given to them by someone else. That is good psychology at work. It's not just about the things. There are reminders of human connections.