GEAR DATABASE

We meet a unique talent in playing, tone… and guitar building and repairs too!

Welcome to the show. What a special day. In fact, what another special day here at Schwangri-La as we welcome a wonderful human from Tulsa, Oklahoma: Seth Lee Jones. Seth brews a bewildering concoction of guitar goodness via his unique approach to playing, repairs and building. Fearlessly individual, his story is as fascinating as it is inspiring, as you’re about to find out.
Enjoy the show!

Seth’s signal chain explained…
Importantly, the Nobels overdrive and Keeley Compressor are always on. After that, if the pedal light is on, the pedal is on. The signal chain is as follows, in this order…

• Guitar
• Morley 20/20 Lead Wah
• TC Electronic Polytune 2 Mini
• Nobels ODR Mini Overdrive
• Keeley Compressor Mini
• Empress Drive
• Hilton Pro Guitar Volume Pedal
• Keeley Nocturne Reverb (mono input)
• Keeley Halo Delay (stereo in from reverb and stereo out)
• Amps x 2 (stereo in this instance today)

What’s the extra switch on the guitar?
It’s a Producer’s Switch a la Leland Sklar. Google it.

Seth online: https://sljguitarstulsa.com/

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🇺🇲 USA: Sweetwater - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/QjZyY3
🇦🇺 Australia: Pedal Empire - http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf
🇪🇺 Europe: Thomann https://clickfi.re/OG0N7ONe

Guitars in today’s show
• SLJ Custom Build
• Fender Custom Shop ’52 Telecaster Heavy Relic

Amps in today’s show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with Jensen P12R speaker
• Fender ’64 Custom Deluxe Reverb with Celestion 100 Alnico speaker

Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Coming up today
1:30 Welcome and hello
2:27 Let’s start with playing… WHAT?!
3:15 This guitar was a mistake
5:20 Seth’s modified Hipshot bender
6:43 Guitar Craft Academy at MI
8:25 Guitar repair career gets under way
12:00 How the T-style got its contours
13:30 Cut-down bridge plate and levers
14:55 Base tuning and bender function?
16:00 Seth’s slapback setting
16:55 Today’s amps?
18:20 Getting started with a slide and benders
19:30 Volume pedal and swells
21:15 Maybe I’m left-handed
22:45 Thanks for the encouragement mom!
23:45 Classical guitar and trumpet
24:35 A playing interlude
28:24 Dynamics with OD and comp always on
30:17 Empress Drive
31:14 Singing down the guitar neck?!
33:30 What we’re supposed to be doing
34:24 Classic guitar didn’t work out
36:00 Benders and T-style… in blues?!
41:45 From country to Kings X
45:15 Harmonica lick with the slide
46:35 What slide do you use?
49:00 Chorus?
50:55 Flat fingerboard, really?
53:25 Muting and damping. And levers?
55:35 But can you strum G, C and D?
56:50 Volume pedal, gain, guitar volume
58:00 Wah-wah
59:50 How to approach the open tuning?
1:02:25 Leave out the G string!
1:04:40 Ever play in standard tuning?
1:06:50 Going all-in to the open tuning
1:08:30 Sanding your strings down. Yep.
1:10:45 How often do you change strings?
1:13:00 What kind of thumbpick?
1:14:00 Carbon fibre… no truss rod!
1:20:00 Seth plays us out


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