Rig Rundown – Brent Mason
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Mason has delivered some of the most incredible Tele-whacking, chicken-pickin’, double-stopping, face-melting, mind-blowing solos in country music. For most of these sessions, he used a bastardized 1968 Fender Telecaster that he bought used in the ’80s for a few hundred dollars.
Sporting a car primer finish applied by the previous owner, this Tele has been customized with a Joe Glaser B-Bender and a Gibson mini-humbucker at the neck position. A standard Tele 3-way switch controls the neck humbucker and Tele bridge pickups, while a blend knob brings in a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack that Mason added as a middle pickup.
The session great’s PRS Brent Mason Signature model is decidedly non-Tele-like. Featuring a bolt-on maple neck, a PRS tremolo, Phase III locking tuners, Narrow 408 humbuckers in the bridge and neck positions, and a 305 single-coil in the middle, this versatile guitar has coil-splitting options that let Mason dial in a huge variety of sounds.
For moody mellow tones, Mason goes to his stock, pre-Fender Gretsch 6120 Duane Eddy model. Mason takes advantage of the 6120’s Filter’Ttron pickups for twang and the stock Bigsby tremolo for vibe.
When he wants go low and rumbly, Mason plugs in his stock PRS SE Mike Mushok Baritone guitar. This mahogany-body beauty is usually tuned down to B.
For more info on Mason’s rig, visit: http://bit.ly/BrentMasonRR
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Watch Brent perform Working Man Blues live. He is the ultimate working man on the Telecaster.
The Tele that paid for the house is'nt allowed in the house.
I noticed Brian Jones used the Bassman. Clapton has the older model..56 or something.
For those that criticize Brent's interview skills…
Brent's just not a technical guy. He could easily say "I'm using a highly modified '67 Tele with a few Seymore Duncan pickups, a 'Blackface Deluxe Reverb, and here's my pedals. I don't really know the specifics of how they do what they do, but here are the amazing tones I get"
Brent is not a gear snob or even a gear guy. As a session player, he's a tone guy. He might use a $50 pedal that gets him exactly what he's looking for on a specific recording. Doesn't seem to matter much to him.
Physically demoing his rig is his way of talking about his rig. This is probably the way his heroes and mentors talked about their rigs, too; they just let their playing do the talking.
That pickup in the neck position on Brent Mason's signature Telecaster is a Vintage Mini Humbucker pickup from Seymour Duncan.
And I LOVE that pickup.
Two things are for certain. Brent does not drive a big black pickup truck and tailgate people on the road, and the camera person for this video has a one track mind.
So the Silver Sky is a revamped Brent Mason? Hum ????????
These studio guitarists always blow me away. The understanding of tone and when and when not to add line is always inspiring and really can learn a lot from it.
I'm always late to the party, it seems. Love seeing this.
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Brent Mason is the man.John is the best host that's why he has been working in Nashville for years. Great player also.He knows how to say just enough to keep the guest talking and stays out of the way.
When they are both staring at the app and Brent is just like… Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……. OMFG lolol
Great shoe
Haven't watched this video in a while. "Do you have one of those?" is still great.
can anyone suggest an essential albums where Brent Mason displayed his guitar prowess? thanks
A great reminder that these great, great players weren't playing custom shop 5k vintage guitars when they were cutting their teeth and blazing a trail. It was always a trade off here and there to make do, so they developed their own style and their own unique sound. Great interview
I never seen him to play with anymore….(prs)
I saw Brent with the Don Kelly Band In ‘82 when he first began playing at the Stagecoach on Murfreesboro rd in Nashville. It was a big club and very popular at the time. I remember Brent playing that tele.
Mr. Mason is so clearly on a different level–he doesn't say humbucker, he says "double coil." Genius.
This interview is kinda awkward in a funny way ????
is there an unwritten policy that these interviewers have to have f'd up hair. It's almost cliche'.
Why are these presenters so naff,,,,heyyyy man,,,lurve your I mean you're so great I'm a big faaannn. They never look normal. Nodding donkeys. Ffs
Interesting hearing Brent mention Don Kelly and the old Stagecoach bar. I remember those days… it was a big musician hangout back then.
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I love to here Brent and Lukathur play a gig together
Man I have tried those mega switching axes, and they are like whip cream on steak:) I ALWAYS come back to H/S 🙂
Hey Brent, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, and Rick Medlocke dontt use toys. Just saying
*67 tele????
Brent dresses like he’s auditioning for a professional dad lawn mowing competition????????????????????
Love Brent but wow that PRS signature really was not a good looking guitar!
I was expecting a real klon
Awsome I kinda like that one here have it give me yours lol
There is a name I remember setting a lot when I used to rip the liners it of CD cases as a kid. Right next to Rob Hajacos and Paul Franklin
So this is what a guitar rig ready for everything looks like …
Brents hands are so good it undermines how versatile his guitar is supposed to be.
Brent's is the Eddie van Halen of country playing…I think he just goes for it like Eddie does and killer stuff just flows out!!!
Brent Mason is a serious guitar hero and with the guitar turned up he never fails to impress. However, when it comes to conversation he fails to 'serve the song' completely. I don't think I've ever seen someone talk over and interrupt another person so much in my life. I guess everybody has something in their life that should get a little woodshed time.
Brent 'Van Halen' Mason. He looks like Eddie there. ????️
Brett has a lot to say which is great for us players . Good interview , Rig Rundown folks do a great job handling these genius people .
Let Johnny B talk…. damn man. Brent Mason is annoying as hell
master class
When Brent Mason asks you if it’s a great tone, there’s only one answer ????
Such a great player who also has no real interest whatsoever in gear, (double coil)? The sheer destruction at 18:05 when he finds out john doesnt have this obscure prs amp.
Brent is ridiculous .
Bohlinger is such a pro with how he handled himself with all those interruptions and still made a good Interview