Martin Johnson (of The Night Game and Boys Like Girls) - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 200

[@digitaltourbus]

Who should we film with next?

[@jihoonpark2000]

Tom delonge :)

[@mariog440]

Mańa!!!!!!

[@satrio9922]

Frank iero

[@migueltee649]

Ray Toro

[@mariog440]

I miss boys like girls but the night game has great music too. Martin is really growing up!!!

[@digitaltourbus]

I was a big Boys Like Girls fans. Checked out The Night Game before filming this, their music is killer!

[@eldirtyfaygo5395]

He's definitely matured. I always thought boys like girls were a bubble gum band trying capitalize on the pop punk emo phase in the late 00's.

[@nodontfindme7013]

Martin!!!❤❤❤

[@digitaltourbus]

😀😀😀

[@Mishy82193]

Martin's too cool. Love his new music so much! He's got a true gift!

[@digitaltourbus]

🙂

[@TheDizzack]

Everyone came here for Kirin's rig. Great rundown though, dad.. Interesting on the opening tuning too..

[@digitaltourbus]

The video title and thumbnail definitely implies that it's just a video featuring Martin. Hopefully we'll get a chance to film with Kirin in the future, unfortunately there was very little time to make this video happen.

[@marcreyes240]

Been listening to Night Game for a year now and just learned now that hes the vocalist for boys like girls???? THAT RANGE

[@Hugo4401]

Did by any chance did you guys asked his lead guitar player? I’ve been trying to figure out his rig for a while now 😅

[@digitaltourbus]

Unfortunately, we were barely given enough time to film this video with Marin. :(

[@Hugo4401]

awe man thats a bummer! Thank you tho! this Night Game band is gonna be a huge hit!

[@LZBFahrer]

Main OD pedal is the metal zone by BOSS. He also uses a new Digitech Whammy, Boss CE-2, Boss DC-2, Super Shifter and stuff like that. Boss DD-20. Nothing crazy. Mainly all BOSS stomp boxes.

[@mr.t1389]

Album dropping Q1 2021

[@digitaltourbus]

Haha

[@DuskMagners]

This aged well

[@matthewburditt7282]

Did you film anything with kirin?

[@digitaltourbus]

We did not unfortunately. Barely had enough time to film with Martin.

[@EndEverAfter]

still wondering what he uses back in the day with Boys Like Girls.

[@digitaltourbus]

You'll likely never know unfortunately.

[@eldirtyfaygo5395]

Just ask him on instagram.

[@alexzemaitis1207]

@@eldirtyfaygo5395 do you think he responds to his DMs on his Instagram?

[@mbchannel1037]

Still waiting for BLG new album or new single.

[@digitaltourbus]

I wouldn't continue waiting for it. Martin is focusing on The Night Game at this point.

[@dmues5s]

Given it is five years later now, I'm so glad he does!

[@jeddmega6349]

Holiday

[@digitaltourbus]

Thanks for watching.

[@seankurtematong2606]

Please change your hairstyle

[@eldirtyfaygo5395]

Nah the mullet is awesome!

[@allstopblue5717]

Change yours

[@JonnyMaxxx]

Does anybody else play guitar like that? Am I the only one who finds it incredibly lazy? Why bother playing at all?

[@digitaltourbus]

Well, his main duties are as the band's vocalist. As he stated in the video, he wants to focus on his vocal and only plays rhythm. He is very self-aware in the video that what he's doing is to minimize how much he has to focus on playing.

[@JonnyMaxxx]

Digital Tour Bus I get that but it feels like a cop out, why not practice more instead?

[@digitaltourbus]

I don't think it has anything to do with lack of skill.

[@MrPhilthy08]

I feel like he’s kind of ignored a lot of the tonaholics, and does what makes sense for him and his shows. Like not changing strings for instance. Changing strings on a clean sound or acoustic could make a big difference but not here. You’ll hear if he’s out of tune, but with all the effects and compression he’s running you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between 2 day old and 2 month old strings. Plus he knows his role as rhythm, and he’s built his whole setup for it. I think it’s some very smart, independent thinking, and I love how he explains it all and doesn’t care what people think. Lol

[@eldirtyfaygo5395]

He's a singer and knows his strength and weaknesses. He was never a noodler and his band seems bare and bones, maybe he will get more "sophisticated" once he gets more recognition?