MJR Guitar Selection

[the_satanic_rabbit]

I've been meaning to ask this for a long time but...whatever, here goes

MJR has a couple strats in addition to his ESP MII Deluxes.
Does anyone have any info on when he is recording with a strat and when it is a MII?
Surely, he has never used a strat on a rythm track, but sometimes...you definitely hear a strat sound on the leads.
I think it may be easier to tell with the older albums, since EMG active pickups have a more processed sound to them.
To me, I can really hear a stat-like lead tone on the solos in TeoF and the first solo in The Haunting. Or is that just coming from reverb that is enhancing the tone a bit, making it sound more natural?

Eternally confused ,

TSR

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

I'm a loser and I still don't have the first two albums, so I can't help you. But I would. You can bet he doesn't use the Strats on anything with the string-skip tapped arpeggios (they're hard to do and sound like ass on a Strat, but then again this is MJR, he could make a beat-to-hell Squire dominate).

 

[Zax666]

The intro to Masquerade '98 features BOTH the MIIs and Strats, IMO.

BTW MJR has a new addition to his collection - a Vigier.

It must be a great guitar to add to his MII-s. :drool:

 

[Julz]

He didin't use a strat in Communion and the Oracle did he? If he didn't he should have.

 

[Julz]

Actually, come to think, I reckon he didn't use a strat. Backing thed volume off a twin bucker guitar gives an almost identical sound.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

What is a vigier?

 

[Yngvai X]

The intro to Masquerade '98 features BOTH the MIIs and Strats, IMO.

BTW MJR has a new addition to his collection - a Vigier.

It must be a great guitar to add to his MII-s. :drool:

Whoa, where did you hear he got a Vigier?

 

[rockmanxpr]

What is a vigier?

Vigier is a French guitar company, heard they are REALLY nice to play

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

I checked out their site, (which isn't well designed IMO), but anyway...looks like some fancy schmacy shtuff. I wouldn't buy one, because it doesn't seem like there are many options, but it would be cool to try one out.

 

[Zax666]

Whoa, where did you hear he got a Vigier?

The French SymX homepage, I think.