Johnny A. On His Signature Sound • Wildwood Guitars Interview

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The journey of Gibson Signature Artist Johnny A has been a long one. Join Wildwood Guitars owner Steve Mesple and the man himself, Johnny A, as they sit down to discuss Johnny's long road, and what give him his signature sound!
~ Johnny A. ~
"Johnny A. has one of the most eloquent voices in modern music - and he doesn't sing a note. Instead, he channels joy, love, humor, sadness... every aspect of the human experience, through his guitar.
Only the finest musicians have the ability to capture the nuances of life in sound, which puts Johnny in a very exclusive group of six-stringers that includes Les Paul, Wes Montgomery, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins, and Jimi Hendrix. The secret is his blend of melody, sonic definition, technique and that indefinable-yet-tangible quality called ""soul."" And he's eloquently shared that secret on the CDs Sometime Tuesday Morning (2001), Get Inside (2004), and the instructional DVD Taste, Tone, Space (2006), which are approaching combined sales of 150,000 copies. All the virtues of Johnny A.'s playing are in abundant display on One November Night, a brand new DVD/CD set recorded live at Scullers in his hometown of Boston, MA.
""We were coming off a long tour,"" Johnny relates. ""Plus, my daughter had just been in her first car wreck, so I wasn't sure if we should even record this show, and yet, the music and the audience and the night were beautiful. Everyone and everything in the room came together to make it an extremely special experience.""
That's obvious from the opening chord cascade of the high-spirited ""I Had To Laugh"" to the rich, warm vibrato-shaded ""Lullabye For Nicole"" to the country & western soundscape ""Tex Critter"" to the rave-up ""Jimi Jam,"" a tribute to Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and other '60s blues and rock icons who have been among Johnny's many influences during his years as a performer.
Most of the night's repertoire is drawn from Johnny's previous studio albums, but this is the first time the ferocious ""Jimi Jam"" and his artful interpretations of The Beatles ""The Night Before"" and Chuck Berry's ""Memphis"" have been recorded on CD. The DVD concludes with a mesmerizing solo rendition of The Left Banke's ""Walk Away Renee"" that was filmed outdoors against the backdrop of a vibrant New England sunset."

[@lauraandrews8319]

Johnny’s tone is always so spot on perfect. He has changed up his amps and pedals over the years and he still gets nearly the same perfect tone. One of my favorite guitarists.

[@richarddapollo8790]

One of the greatest. JohnnyA is an artist.

[@TheLippythelion69]

One of the Best players of our generation!! Fact!

[@ralex3697]

I like this man, good vibes Mega talent

[@warrenguitar]

THE master Johnny A!

[@mackvismusic8622]

Both parties made this interview work. Thanks for presenting it. I prefer Johnny A. On my Pandora list of about 30 varied artists more than the others of the genre.

[@ottokriete1153]

That's where I found Johnny. ... such a clean player.. you hear everything he intends to play and nothing else.!

[@MVos-md3rp]

@@ottokriete1153 I remember when hidden gems where found by word of mouth.

[@no59do56]

Sometime Tuesday morning..hmmmm i bought that. 👍👍👍

[@greatvanzini]

Next time he's around have him give an update. I'm pretty sure he is still using the Marshalls but how about the G Sys & the Butlers? I crave most of his tones. Far & wide.

[@no59do56]

Thx for Flowing in the GUITAR instrumental music ala Jeff Beck...

[@lennydupont9005]

I think of signature sound you hope if you didn’t know who the player was you could identify because it is his special sonic signature! The only time I ever heard that from yawney a was when he was in a band called STREETS !! In Boston we all used Marshall but he had a lot of orange and a e-plex lp or first rich guits.

[@dat219]

SMART MAN

[@jixxxxer17]

what is the model of these Gibson's he uses ? Thanks !

[@neilclappguitar]

Jonny A signature model

[@jixxxxer17]

@@neilclappguitar Thanks Cool !

[@willlichdepuzi6085]

He shook hands! At one of his shows he said he never does that because he is a germ freak.

[@jagitmax]

No man it was just you

[@willlichdepuzi6085]

@@jagitmax Except he didn't say it to me.