Sturgill Simpson Has No Pedalboard: He Only Needs Magnatone Panoramic Stereo Amps for Live Concerts
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The blazing-bluegrass-pickin’ singer-songwriter has gone electric (again) and has only relied on a pair of “bedroom” amps to pack arenas across the U.S.
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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Shop Sturgill Simpson's Gear:
Dunlop EP103 Echoplex – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LX7gb0
Fender Esquire – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Y9XVBR
Fender Stratocaster – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Py1vBY
Magnatone Panoramic Stereo – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/y2jrVy
Magnatone Varsity Reverb – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/yqRmvb
MXR Booster – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/K0eZGy
MXR Tap –https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7amJVd
Peterson Stomp Classic – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQLdLj
Peterson StroboStomp – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQLdLj
Source Audio True Spring Reverb – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/mOg2va
T-Rex Replica – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkM3Mq
at $4,400 for the amp that better be all he needs
“two tennis shoes in a dryer” ????????????
I would bet he has some sort of rack in the back. That reverb sounded too good aside from his tremolo.
Why not just use an optical gate on that mic? Then you can get the same effect without having to stand on a pad
Dudes a tuck kinda guy eh!! Lol
Panoramic Stereo is my Holy Grail Amp
Nothin' wrong with tennis shoes in a drier. i remember when i first heard that, and i'm a drummer, at least i identify as one, in the mid – late 70s, it was around 78 or so, when i heard the tennis shoes in the drier just over there (my room was in the basement) and i thought: what a great drum solo!
is that reverb coming from the amp?
He's got the late 70's Waylon hairdo going.
"I don't need no 150$ guitar pedal.. only need 7,000$ in amplifiers…"
A tuner, a stereo switch, a lily pad, two magnatones, a heavy bluegrass hand, and one atomic clock.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you : The Classic American Professional
What’s with the hospital shoes?
Unreal tone.
I think those amps sound like ass.
if that's all I was playing I wouldn't need a pedalboard either. Nor a grossly overpriced set of amps lmfao
thaat was some crappy paper static tone
A strobe a switch and a tuner. To all the “but that’s a pedal board”. Yeah but it’s not a bunch of fuzz or distortion or a centaur, what’s the issue?
I love the hosts posture lolol
I play stereo
lol need what’s that
Sturgill’s setup is so clean and sparse the interviewer was like “tell us about your strings” ????
I guess you don’t need a pedalboard when you’ve spent $7,000 on amplification.
That was very enjoyable
That's Sturgill on stage guitar sound is so fucking mid-70s cool