Laur Joamets’ 1974 Fender Telecaster Was a Gift From His Dad & His No. 1 Guitar for Sturgill Simpson

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Sturgill Simpson’s longtime red-hot, right-hand man who covers rhythm, leads, and slide parts on this sentimental Tele that he was given to him from his father and has been upgraded with a pickup from the boss man.

You might think alt-country veteran Sturgill Simpson would need no introduction by this point in his career, but this year, he set out to reintroduce himself to the world—as Johnny Blue Skies. That’s the moniker he created for his new record, Passage du Desir, which was released in July on High Top Mountain. Simpson promised that the album was the first step in a new phase of his creative life; the next was the subsequent tour.

Simpson, looking his Waylon Jennings best, met up with Premier Guitar’s John Bohlinger before his headlining gig at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Sporting a new-to-him Gibson ES-335 and an army-camo jacket, he told Bohlinger he’s not trying to be a star guitarist: “I’m trying to be a much less educated version of Bob Weir,” he grins. The star turn is for the Estonian guitarist Laur Joamets, who handles plenty of leads along with pedal steel.

The guitar duo took us through their Blue Skies-era gear, featuring an array of Magnatone amplifiers, guitars old and new, and the simplest pedalboard you’ll ever see on an arena stage.

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Source Audio True Spring Reverb – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/mOg2va
T-Rex Replica – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkM3Mq

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