Jason Richardson | Ernie Ball Music Man Artist Series Cutlass 7-String

We stopped by Jason Richardson's home studio for a discussion and a demo of his Artist Series Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass 7-String electric guitar. Jason shares the background on how he developed this model with EBMM and plays us through the various pickup sounds of this incredibly versatile guitar.
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[@GrahamsYouTube]

That guitar has some range of sounds, Djent to Telecaster!

[@tokolaguitarra]

Graham Cowley dude, it’s AMAZING! I’m huge on teles, strats, and humbuckers. This guitar is so versatile. Glad I bought it!

[@TheLemonKiller]

@Odell Mateo Tools are only as good as the user.

[@jarellano4395]

@@TheLemonKiller Absolutely. I've heard excellent guitarist's make Walmart guitars sound amazing. On the flip side, I've heard terrible guitarists make 2000 dollar les pauls sound like Walmart guitars.

[@tokolaguitarra]

Odell Mateo nothing beats a nice strat style guitar with singles, but splits sound great for their purpose. I have both - I love the sound of split humbuckers AND singles depending on the sound I’m going for. I now understand why people own multiple guitars lol! (I’ve only had one electric for 19 years up until last year - a strat).

[@toemasmeems]

@@tokolaguitarra dude i bought the Sterling and i can say you influenced me on that and i love it. So different from any 7 string

[@shawnyang3033]

Jason: shreds KZbin subtitle: [APPLAUSE]

[@stephenvanbellinghen933]

i was thinking he was rusty at metal playing til i heard that part

[@60fpsplanet]

Hahaha even YT auto subs knows how to praise JR 🤣

[@markpilon6959]

He's right it does say that!😂😂😂

[@scottclaremont4164]

plot twist - there was no interviewer, he's recorded it at his house and pretended

[@mftrezza]

Hahaha that made me laugh

[@manuelakani6763]

Scott Claremont 🩸

[@alexreever5788]

Hey i dont want to getted whooshed cause i cant tell if your bieng sarcastic or not but that is jasons house and he did film it by himself

[@tanchokdewan9020]

Guys listen to blotted science then some new shit ......

[@tanchokdewan9020]

Christain muzener are so clean.....I'm not pro

[@toemasmeems]

i miss going into Guitar Center and just gazing at a wall of stuff that I know I shouldn't buy but inevitably do anyways. 2020 really sucks

[@booblaa9734]

They just reopened where I am but you can't play anything :(

[@rjortiz4623]

Epic Shneak they’ve been opening and people are taking their sweet time jamming out in there while there’s a line at the front waiting to get in. Consider yourself lucky.

[@jodyrowe8166]

That's so me... missing my impulse buys bigtime :(

[@scotthewiseman2471]

I’ve been going to them when they only had 3 stores. I use to go to the one in Fountain Valley as a kid in the 70’s and look at the walls of guitars in amazement.

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

Funniest comment? "One thing people will notice when they pick one of these up at Guitar Center." Hahaha. I've been to all seven Guitar Center locations within six hours of my house and they have the following guitars: 45% Gibson (of that 80% Les Pauls and 20% SGs), 40% Fender (of that 75% Strats and 25% Teles) and the remaining 15% is a hodge-podge of lower-end Ibanez, Schecter, and LTD guitars. Once in a wild blue moon they might get in a used PRS, Dean, etc. etc. but that's rare. Let me know how things are up north or out west. Cheers.

[@toemasmeems]

literally this....every now and then theres a random nice ass Strandberg and Charvelss or a poorly set up JP. Also you forgot to mention these lame looking guitars called "Mitchell"

[@monsun4177]

That's sad actually...

[@ryanschindler923]

Dude same, ive been to many around the Dallas and Austin area and none of them had anything like this, at best they might have 1 guitar thats a 7 string and even then its not a super nice one

[@toemasmeems]

Kuokko

[@ballenwallen]

The one in my area has a section dedicated to signatures and what not that range from $4k to $15k, though it is a small section lol other than what you mentioned there are a few jacksons added in Haha

[@patricioesteban1845]

watching guitars with buckeye burl top on the internet is my new quarantine hobby lol

[@RTSRAZORBACK]

One of the best guitarists of the 2010/2020 era and he's like "you never really think you'll get to this stage... it's cool but weird to have a signature guitar" Mega humble imo, dude has been ripping the scene for the best part of a decade and he's like "wow, I'm good enough for a signature guitar?" 😂

[@MaestroJericho]

I think he's this eras super-shredder. You have Polyphia/Tosin/etc and Jason is like Richie Kotzen where he can rip, but play anything with anyone.

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

His music is meh, he just has amazing technique and speed. Nothing special

[@scotthewiseman2471]

The kid will grow into a player that deserves a signature guitar maybe. The tats show he’s prone to poor decisions, let’s hope he matures some.

[@MrBromansa]

@@scotthewiseman2471 Walk me through how having tattoos means you have poor decision-making skills please, I'm actually curious how you came to that conclusion.

[@jonnycakes123]

He is very humble, he’s honestly one of my idols. If you listen to some of his interviews one of his biggest milestones was getting a jp7 music man and you can tell that was a pinnacle moment in his life. Now music man and sterling make sig guitars for him. Not to mention the dude is a complete guitar god, totally deserves it.

[@terryvoorbij6260]

Jason "Tsuh heh" Richardson

[@ImBadWithNamesSadly]

If for some reason you wanna hear each pickups sets tests, it's here Single coil mode Both 4:32 Neck 4:56 Bridge 5:15 Humbucker mode Neck 6:17 Bridge 6:52 / 7:12 Both 8:25

[@whatskraken3886]

No i’m pretty sure you got these wrong

[@asd123-gv4cr]

pickups dont make a sonic difference anyways..

[@mrjackbilbo]

Jason richardson is one of the best dunkers of all time,.

[@thiendipham828]

This model never ever disappointed me!

[@toemasmeems]

Analogies used by Jason to describe this beautiful guitar; "beefy", "creamy", "liquidy". 😂😜 Music Man Richardson 7 is basically a nice pot roast it is confirmed.

[@thedefiant6244]

Love that tone

[@SafelandingRecords]

1:22 that audio edit tho

[@naveenwilson-moola5570]

Huh?

[@alezsides]

Who Are You? you can tell there's an audio edit when he goes "there's a music man in the \ bridge"

[@naveenwilson-moola5570]

Alex Sides thanks. Totally missed that 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@miinpajamas6680]

What are u to be able to point that out?

[@nightpandas7178]

Actually one of the coolest signatures I've ever seen

[@toemasmeems]

The fact that it took that long to get a siignature guitar when terrible KZbinrs had one before is mind blowing. Id love to play this instrument one day. Much love

[@ranajoyshil]

Haha, he had the prototype for while lol

[@Ignore14]

Well to be fair it's Music Man and they don't usually rush stuff out

[@toemasmeems]

@@Ignore14 yeah ive just recently discovered the quality of Music Man instruments. I dont know why i didnt pay any attention before.

[@an_38kitkashyap]

@@toemasmeems By terrible youtubers you mean? Sorry, but I never heard a youtubers with a signature guitar. Any help?......Just a few examples would do.

[@toemasmeems]

@@an_38kitkashyap Agufish

[@sonic-dna7742]

Going to see him with All That Remains in a few hours!! Stoked!

[@wastelanda7x]

Wow what a versatile and beautiful instrument. I have a thing for signature models and I got my eye on this one.

[@manuelliste5048]

8:25 that's Nasty dude

[@regus69]

you sly dog you

[@NeilDjents]

Manuel Liste i see what you did there

[@arieldargy3482]

Aviator by Polyphia if you want to know 👌

[@eleseje]

@@arieldargy3482 Aviator? HAAAHHA Nasty if you want to know

[@NeilDjents]

@@arieldargy3482 nope lol

[@Guithulhu]

Damn, that thing sounds absolutely beastly!!!

[@yigitalpdikmen331]

In my opinion, nice to have that kind of home studio. It looks like a professional studio in somewhere. Absolutely don't look like a home studio.

[@rolypolyyy]

That's his home studio. It's a room in his apartment and he Twitch streams from there. Check out his channel sometime and you'll see

[@yigitalpdikmen331]

@@rolypolyyy i know :)

[@foreskinawareness3697]

I wish Brandon Ellis and him would start something.

[@6oundStudio]

a relationship, perhaps

[@foreskinawareness3697]

6ound Studio one can only hope boo

[@tzuyuhypetrain9791]

maybe make a baby

[@seinfan9]

I saw this guy play when he was basically fresh out of high school doing small gigs. He was extremely talented then playing for All Shall Perish. Crazy to think he's now somebody noteworthy enough to be sponsored by a company.

[@atwinchester]

4:32 I don't know if the guitar is out of tune on purpose or not, but the dissonance in this makes it sound beautiful

[@shinhumphries5649]

I don't think it's out of tune, just dissonant. That part of the song (tendinitis) has a really dissonant final chord in the progression and resolves after that. It's also a lot more subtle in the original recording with the backing.

[@Nibblerr]

It is out of tune. You can hear it on the rest of the stuff he plays.

[@rebelrocker7494]

Sweet ,It Looks Great and Sounds Great ...Rock On ..💙🤘🖤

[@BrianBower]

Jason is a player that I look up to!

[@joeantolak4629]

I could listen to this all day great review very versatile instrument

[@nissanbling]

That guitar is so damn sick, it's tones are amazing as well

[@asd123-gv4cr]

no it doesnt.. the sound would be the same plugged into that amp as any other guitar..

[@gergoretvari6373]

@@asd123-gv4cr so tonewood is just a myth

[@rockero4ever450]

Can’t wait to get mine!

[@MattBlackUK]

Looks and sounds great 👌

[@IceCubeNETWORK873]

I Like The Tone In This one!

[@ranajoyshil]

That's life goal right there.

[@SchnellRiff]

Holy ****, beautiful guitar! Keep it up!

[@ayoutubeaccount864]

Buckeye Burl sounds like a cartoon character

[@anemonaloco]

Kongrats! Jason you deserve more.

[@alterI4]

For those who are criticizing the tone, more than likely for Covid reasons Jason probably had to just record this with whatever Camera mic is picking it up. A lot of guitar reviews will run the sound through a mixer first and have it recorded on some kind of recording software where they can further refine the sound. I don’t think he got to do this for this interview otherwise you could probably pick up the more subtle frequencies.

[@godguitar6016]

8:39 Do you see the veins on his right hand?

[@allrelative3065]

If only I could afford this guitar! Have always wanted a 7 string.

[@tevetorbes456]

Great chops man......

[@hannahwarriner6528]

I Love You Jason Richardson..

[@UltraViolent21]

I want that guitar! 🤘

[@ramlim4314]

-about switch placement- "like here..." *oofs prs* "like here...." *oofs les paul*

[@synhet84]

i just bought a solar V, the switch is between the tone and the volume knobs. I couldn't have picked a worse switch placement myself... like... why?

[@jwspitz35]

@prinniesforeveryone I mean there are other Solar bodies lmao you don't HAVE to get a V

[@goodnice2564]

nice guitar play

[@eddiesidorov8635]

That top is next level. I’ll stick to my tele and strat but the duality of this is amazing. The only issue I have with splitting coils doesn’t really give you a true single coil sound, just like on my tele combining the two single coils doesn’t really duplicate a humbucker. Technology has gotten the difference really close recently though.

[@EmmanLopez1201]

Man I really wish I could play like him

[@jbmarsrps4199]

sick guitar man 💪😎👌

[@braydonellis2872]

God damn im a 17 year old guitar beginer and this is the #1 guitar player who I really really look up to 🥺🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️god he's amazing

[@jaybat4634]

I’ll tell you one thing, as you progress more and more his guitar playing becomes even more amazing. I’ve only been a fan for about two years now and every time I progress in a technique it becomes more evident just how flawless his playing is. Keep up your hard work and don’t give up on the guitar!

[@brute633]

He is so good I deliberately never clicked on any of his stuff for a few years lol he's a freak

[@SeaCryptWeave]

agreed

[@michelraizor5145]

It's out`world crunch song man. It's crazy.

[@ctsaustin]

saw his cutlass at a gc in nyc right down the street from time square and boi-

[@Santiago.248]

I need that guitar in my life 🤤😍

[@RemmyRiffs]

4 G's and it's yours lol. Super expensive for a guitar that isn't even custom shop...

[@ThatIrishCowboy]

Love you Jason especially that red color of your guitar so gorgeous but the intro music was...something else? Lol sick guitar though!

[@nirvana77811]

That's a like pretty sick guitar like bro like rock on like YEAH

[@teerawutthansom5157]

Very good

[@RichLunaMusic]

Bolt-on necks bug me but this one...I like this one.

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Cool

[@TelipatiEvolustions]

Music man are solid guitar

[@spade2you]

Wish the JP series had coil splitting for positions 1 and 3. Might look at one of these some days for the versatility. I'm not much of a metal dude, but like something that plays fast with a lot of tones.

[@RudeXII]

this is the most utilitarian guitar I've ever seen. Man was like, I need it to do this, this, and this. They were like, we got you fam

[@isaackle]

You haven’t seen the majesty yet then! John Petrucci really got a sweet deal there

[@xlr8bassline]

4:56 is my favorite

[@Major4D]

They had one at my local guitar center and it was so freaking dirty! Can’t decide between this, sterling jp, or a schecter

[@coffeelosophyband3571]

Chelsea Grind 🤘🏼🔥

[@tmayne220]

one of the sickest metal/shredder guitarists ive ever heard, and those guitars are sick... prefer the Abasis he's now playing on though :P

[@masoncarvir]

John Mayer ❤️ Mateus

[@michaeltaylors2456]

I want to like his music, I really do. He is a great player though. I have a regular cutlas.

[@liammcknight3845]

Beautiful guitar and love the buckeye burl wood look! Thinking of doing that for my custom guitar! Also, why bolt one? Just seems cheap, more bulky and a waste for such a beautiful high end guitar. Should have been neck through no?

[@hispanicwithaguitarwhy4118]

4:56 sounds likes Costa Del Sol from Final Fantasy VII

[@higler.]

8:25 solo from "Nasty" by Polyphia

[@KiriFigueiredo]

what song is this 6:17?

[@isaacfayman]

Anyone know the song in the very beginning?

[@tompettit6889]

hahaha imagine playing at an open mic night with this guitar

[@3745green]

I'm glad someone else said this. "Oh yeah I always bring my 2+k 7 string to open mics."

[@tompettit6889]

@@3745green I mean its a sick guitar but imagine thinking "oh i'm glad i've got this boost for wonderwall, would of been shit otherwise"

[@superbae9916]

How do I get that amp effect?! 🥺🔥

[@Sphereal]

For some reason he sounds better on the Majesty models.

[@numetalinkin]

Well... The Majesty uses dimarzio pickups

[@SoyAlberto127]

the pickups on his cutlass sound like shit

[@sourcescience]

They have been tweaked and improved over years. He’s 25 years behind.

[@stefanozurich]

The majesty pickups aren’t nearly as bright and harsh which makes them sound great with distortion but you’ll never get those bright vintage cleans from them.

[@petruccijr2270]

@@stefanozurich you've clearly never heard petrucci play clean...

[@shovedintograves]

I’m not a guitarist, but this guitar sounds super versatile, and super bitchin’.

[@86250r]

1:18 "ive been obsessed with this wood for literally over a decade now" LMFAO

[@stann6280]

the flex

[@MichaelSacamos]

If Jason Richardson has a Signature 8 String Music Man Cutlass Guitar? Will it be in the future...

[@thezestychunk5575]

8:25 now where have I heard this before....

[@georgeavr9427]

If you are not joking, it's from his feat on Polyphia's Nasty

[@emmancipateph2793]

Monster

[@xtnpxjakeo]

4:55 home movies theme song? Lol

[@zaksmith9274]

According to Musicman’s website(they have a wiring diagram for this guitar specifically on their site), the middle position is the two inner most coils, but every video I’ve seen on this guitar says that it’s the two outer most coils. Which is correct? Regardless, I fucking want one, but I can’t afford one yet. One day!

[@theabsenceofi31]

Song at the start?

[@cardbored_]

The only thing that bothers me about the JP’s, Majesty and basically all their high end guitars is that they don’t recess all the back plates. That seems odd to me. I mean even Gibson recesses the back plates on their LP’s.

[@Berserker26]

That MF can play!

[@oscar.leon003]

Idk why he didn't put other brand pickups. I'm not an expert but you can tell right away that they are harsh but muddy at the same time

[@KRayxKodessA]

Maybe it's because the guitar is isolated, but I don't think I realized how DARK his dirty tone was before.

[@zothanzualachhangte3416]

That's a very beautiful guitar.. But The pick up sounds kinda meh on the high gain stuff 😕

[@leokaplowitz9290]

3,500 man I need to start saving

[@lilmarc701]

Anyone kno what string gauge he uses or tuning in this exact vid?

[@onlygames7185]

11-58. Guage Standard C# Low string tuned to F#

[@samquitkin338]

🤟🤟🤟

[@keolahutchinson7687]

4:42 was that on purpose? Idk but it's different. I can't tell if a mistake is a mistake with ole JR. He doth rock.

[@leomarques6822]

Brazilian vibe on 4:56

[@xNeuhTactics]

That’s definitely a 20s American coffee shop jazz lick lmao

[@wxsteria3451]

That’s what you call bossa nova sir

[@moose1164]

Only downfall for me is the position of that pickup switch. I understand the benefits of it being right there but I've noticed he's constantly grazing or bumping it while down picking. That would get hella annoying to me and cause me to hate playing it. It's his signature so I'm sure he designed it to be there. If it was about an inch and a half forward I would definitely consider buying one.

[@rmshredz]

I have the Sterling version of the guitar, and honestly I also thought the pickup switch location might be an issue but it's really not! even though it's not impossible, the angle you have to flip it is almost parallel to the strings so it makes it a bit difficult for you to accidentally toggle it... I've had more issues with Gibsons than this one, it's a great guitar

[@ranajoyshil]

Tbh I really wish other guitar companies put the switch right there, it's a lot less movement to switch pickups

[@moose1164]

I mean Jason's plays almost making a fist he doesn't play with the other fingers straight it works for him. I don't play that way. When down picking I usually have a lot of movement in my wrist (very loose). I just know how I play I would constantly hit it. I do see the benefits of it right there but if it was about an inch and a half forward it would be perfect position for me. Everyone is different.

[@whoisrumba]

The fact that its only 25.5 hurts so much. Only JR can rip this babygirl .

[@boarderking133]

Right? I've never understood why anyone makes 7 strings under 27"

[@randomguy5907]

@@boarderking133 sadly there are also a fuck ton of 8 below 27"

[@NeilDjents]

Same, i dont understand why any 7s would be made with a scale lower than 26,5

[@TheLemonKiller]

@@NeilDjents I like when people talk about made up numbers like it's end all be all. I say made up numbers because someone standardized the length of neck. If it works. It works.

[@dive-bomb]

@@TheLemonKillerInternet window shoppers have replaced guitar players

[@tanganalien9297]

🤘🇮🇩

[@justinalvarado2422]

This dude should join Revocation

[@markpilon6959]

If anyone has the tabs for the clean parts he plays, thank you 😊

[@godguitar6016]

3:13 \m/

[@brandonwright8184]

But does it come in a lefty..

[@TheVermifuge]

3:40: "Preferfer." 🤣 Prefer Fir 🌲

[@jas1676]

0:36 song?