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Welcome to the show.

We are delighted to welcome the brilliant Jack Ruch to Schwangri-La. Artist, educator and all-round great human, Jack is joining us today during a trip to the UK from his home in Nashville, Tennessee. We talk about his beginnings as a player and how his unique blend of blues and jazz has developed over the years.

There’s a huge amount of practical playing advice among plenty of ideas to develop in your own playing and tone.

Thanks so much for joining us Jack - enjoy the show!

Jack on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jackruch

The buzz in Jack’s guitar. Apols - turns out the ground wire to the bridge/tailpiece had come loose in the control cavity. Dan repaired it… albeit after the show!

Signal chain - it's exactly as you see it laid out on TheGigRig QMX6 true-bypass loop switcher. After QMX6, TheGigRig Humdinger is splitting the signal and sending everything to both amps.

Pedals & stuff in today’s episode
• TheGigRig QMX6
• TC Electronic PolyTune
• Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter
• Nobels ODR-1 Overdrive
• Analog Man King Of Tone
• Strymon Brigadier
• Boss / Analog Man TR-2 Tremolo

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Guitars in today’s show
• Gibson Custom 1959 Les Pul Standard, modified by Historic Makeovers

Amps in today’s show
• Fender Custom ’64 Handwired Deluxe Reverb with Celestion 100 speaker (the fancy anniversary alnico one)
• Fender ’65 Princeton Reverb with EVM10L speaker

Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
0:55 Hello Jack, who is Jack?
2:39 Guitar beginnings, blues & jazz
5:00 Ray Charles changes
7:15 Grant Green and melodic minor ideas
10:30 Guitar chops vs direction and intention
12:50 Dennis Chambers on the new record?!
18:41 Guitars and amps on the new record
21:00 Headspace for building a solo
21:53 Building a solo following the chords
27:57 Putting a II-V-I into a blues
29:10 Limitations are your friend
30:38 Jack’s courses - but which one?!
31:55 What is that Les Paul?
34:00 Moving to Nashville
36:10 Jack’s pedalboard essentials
38:10 Strymon Brigadier
43:00 Clean rhythm sounds… into KOT boost…
43:10… and KOT overdrive
45:20 The bloom in Jack’s pick attack
48:08 Damping and dynamics in picking
51:35 Space for dynamics in the band?
53:00 Balancing career paths
57:15 What strings do you use?
1:00:26 Explaining one of Jack’s solos
1:09:50 Jack plays us out


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