Nels Cline of Wilco Talks Tone

[@MrWhiskeytangofoxtro]

2 of my heros talking tone. i'm in guitar geek heaven.

[@stealthyBLK]

i came to santa barbara once on vacation with family friends... first thing i thought was i wanted to go to seymour duncan headquarters ,so i went and everyone was sooo nice to me this lil teenage black kid walking off the street into there building(13-14yrs old) hahahaha and i knew i was thinkng of a particular sounding pickup but didnt know if it was possible to get one but either way ....seymour came out and talk to me! and we sat and jammed in a room together! ....i was so shy! hahahaha! i didnt know what to think ! he was so cool and such a nice dude and he gave me some pickups to try out that were new that is now known as the "invader pickups hahahaaha!(82-83??)...and i have never forgotten him for that! i really really hope i get a chance to meet and talk with seymour duncan again to thank him and his staff for being so cool and nice folks ! long live seymour duncan and his pickups!

[@seymourduncan]

What a great memory! Thanks for sharing!

[@NorthWriter]

Man, I could talk guitars and music with Nels for hours (as I'm sure we all could).

[@riniones]

this guy is not short on words!

[@tbone10ify]

loquacious and then some! love his work!

[@dr05guitar]

haha Nels' face at the end when Seymour says, "She has some little suprises for you and everything..." hahaha

[@tedrkillian]

2 of my favorite people. Hello Sey and Nels.

[@911elijah]

That guy is a wordsmith!

[@eveninrain]

Two of my heroes.

[@guanoleicester]

Hey yeah....you'da thought that the master of pickups could find a way to cancel that hum. ;-)

[@jasondotson]

Norton Wisdom...phenomenal artist!!! :)

[@lapelcelery42]

What is that goddamn hum in the background!

[@JimHarrisArt]

Seymour Duncan pick-ups are fantastic.

[@jonathanvh5134]

I'm a little confused. Between 3:00-4:30 he first talks about a "secret paf guitar" which sounds like an SG, then suddenly about his antiquity Jazzmaster pickups that look like single coils (they are single coils, aren't they?!).

[@seymourduncan]

Yes, they are.

[@noelquaid1116]

I LOVE MJ's necklace

[@seymourduncan]

noel quaid She has some available here: www.duncangear.com

[@kruser32]

Does Nels use antiquity 1 or 2s in his jazzmaster?

[@breakalime]

I would guess Is since they are modelled on the earlier Jazzmaster pick-ups that would have come stock on Nels’ ‘59. Also, the Is are notably darker than IIs and Nels is known to dislike treble.

[@maxpeck4154]

Definitely 1s. I have them and they're great but quite a bit darker and clearer than the 2s or a stock modern Fender pickup. Took a minute to get used to them but I wouldn't go back. Classic sound

[@idioful]

Nels Cline -"blah blah blah blah blah blaah" Seymour - "MNNNYEAAAAAHHHH"

[@thesecretsamurai]

The band was called BLOC

[@charleslockwood762]

"What is that goddamn hum in the background?" lol

[@seymourduncan]

Charles Lockwood Probably the air conditioner. It was a hot day!

[@oliverohaver]

+Charles Lockwood single coils

[@baronmorris]

Irony. 😘♥️

[@jasondotson]

He brought up an excellent point that most guitarists dont pay attention to tone, early on, because ur too concerned about where ur fingers are going and what it is that ur playing. Playing electric guitar is much, much more than walking, talking, and chew gum at the same time. Juggling act, really. 12's for the high E? wtf :)

[@DrewWilderTV]

For someone so concerned with sound you think Seymour would maybe mic the people talking? Some great personalities that sound awful.

[@theorthianguy]

xD He IS long-winded!!

[@SteveTemplePilot]

AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@in2dionysus]

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