Great Jack Person Proves Tone is in the Fingers: "I like the ones that are made in Indonesia..."

['51 geezer]

I have a lot of kids come to me when they are starting out, all they can talk about is a Strat or a Paul, multi Thou$and$ guitars. I always tell them to get a Squire, 'cuz if you ever reach a level where you need those high dollar rigs, they'll give them to you.
I'm gonna show this video to anyone who knocks the "Consumer Priced" guitars from now on.
I was also unaware of this AWESOME picker, thanks for sharing.

 

[Jim W]

Seems to me that the word "cheap is used when "inexpensive" would be a better choice. Cheap in my book is junk, whereas inexpensive could be good or bad depending on what you desire. This being said expensive may not meet your desire or criteria. What we hear or like is still a personal opinion.

 

[blowtorch]

Cheap in my book is junk

Maybe consider editing your book:

cheap
/CHēp/
Learn to pronounce
adjective

1. (of an item for sale) low in price; worth more than its cost.

 

[RichCuellarPDX]

Cheap guitars sound good????

OMG when did that happen????

Imagine all the great music that coulda been made if student guitars made in the '50s & '60s sounded good???

Hey, anybody know why the old student model Gibson's like the LP Jr are worth so much $$ now?

If only a modern player would champion student guitars the world could know about them!
Maybe Jack White or David Lindley could take on that job?

...Sorry...

Jack White plays "hip" 60s cheap guitars, that aren't that cheap in price these days, not common everyday Squier Strats and Teles which are in reach of most working class players and are great quality guitars for the money. Way better than the stuff that was available in the 80s when I was starting out.

 

[Jim W]

Maybe consider editing your book:

cheap
/CHēp/
Learn to pronounce
adjective

1. (of an item for sale) low in price; worth more than its cost.

Hopefully this small bit of truth doesn't offend


No offense taken- cheap to me is still junk

 

[NewKid]

Waddaplaya! Jack Pearson is new to me too and this was another great Marty video.

Thanks for posting it!

 

[blowtorch]

cheap to me is still junk

Hey, that leaves more perfectly great stuff for the rest of us!

 

[LGOberean]

I’m late to the party also. I first learned about Jack Pearson just last year, no doubt when someone here posted something about him. Now I’ve since watched enough of his videos on YouTube that they sometimes just show up as “Recommended.”

Hadn’t seen this interview, thanks for sharing it.

 

[aeyeq]

Luckily Jack is down here once in a while. I have attended a clinic, a trio performance, and a jazz brunch Duo performance from Jack with local John Cochran, a great player too - it did not suck to sit five feet away for three hours of guitar jazz.



I did ask Jack about the Squiers, you see he is playing one in the trio pic. He said you have to pick and choose. He told us he recently bought three after trying nine.

 

[archtop_fjk]

Apologies if this has been posted. One of the greatest guitar players talks about Fender Squires and cheap guitars, go to 3:58 for Squire strat, Squier tele at 12:59

That was great - thanks for posting! Now I want an SG...

 

[telemnemonics]

Jack White plays "hip" 60s cheap guitars, that aren't that cheap in price these days, not common everyday Squier Strats and Teles which are in reach of most working class players and are great quality guitars for the money. Way better than the stuff that was available in the 80s when I was starting out.

I certainly agree that an Indonesian Squier is a better built guitar than most of those hip ‘60s cheap guitars.
Working as a tech I know those old junkers are hard to keep on the road.

The pint being the sound isn’t created by expensive guitars or hip guitars.
IME “guitar sound” comes from the player and the amp.

What a guitar needs to do is feel good, stay in tune, not need frequent truss rod and setup adjustments, have parts easily replaced, and finally have pickups with a sound the player likes.

My issue with many of the cheap guitars is that a variety of those needs are not met but it varies from one sample to the next.
Pearson seems to find the same issues and searches for “good” samples.

IME some guitars seldom need truss rod adjustment and setup adjustment.
Some of the ‘80s MIJ Squiers were like that and some other good guitars are like that.
My sense is from years of woodworking and guitar repair that how well the wood is selected and seasoned determines the long term stability, or how often a guitar needs adjustment when subjected to changing conditions of travel or seasonal change.
I hang on the guitars that seldom need adjustment and hav3 had some ‘60s US Fenders that literally never needed a truss rod adjustment year after year.
That makes a guitar better IMO.

You won’t hear that in a YouTube video!

 

[boris bubbanov]

Yeah, I'm probably oversimplifying it, but it he does point how how much the bodies reverberate unplugged, and how that seems to be a important point for him when he first picks them up, along with weight.

Some guitars just feel right - feel lively and have a nice response to them. I think this had a huge impact on what a guitar sounds like in the hands of guys with just marvelous "touch" like Jack clearly has. Other folks, just banging away on a guitar, I think the main emphasis would be on the pickups.

 

[stantheman]

These days I just go to the Squier section and flip ‘em to see if it’s “Indonesia.” Don’t forget the Power Slinky’s (they made “Indonesia Red” my main squeeze) for life.

I consider my Indonesia Squier Standard superior to the Classic Vibes from China - the Chinese Classic Vibe Neck is too petite.

Squier Standard!!!

Oh yeah...I’m still waiting for Fender to green light a Squier Standard Thinline “Esquier” - that’s how I want it spelled with Volume/Tone and no switch from Indonesia.

I should run new products for FMIC not some committee - like Miranda ran “Runway.”

...Emily.

The U.K. got their Esquire. Are we second class?

 

[boris bubbanov]

I consider my Indonesia Squier Standard superior to the Classic Vibes from China - the Chinese Classic Vibe Neck is too petite.

Squier Standard!!!

I like the husky necks, especially on many of the '05-'06 Squier 51s. The Squier Standards run a little thinner, and their biggest strength is often a really premium hunk of East Indian Rosewood that's inclined to be denser and darker than many a typical USA Fender of the same year. Because they really are that much closer to the source of the wood.

The Classic Vibe neck is too "petite" for my liking, yeah. But, the overall build quality of the CIC Classic Vibes is an eye opener, for sure. Having said that, I bought a total of 39 of these Indonesian Squiers, and none of the Classic Vibes. I just took it upon myself to "complete and finish" some guitars with tremendous potential. Which is what the Indonesian ones seem to call for. I think Jack and I are thinking along similar lines. Look at a bunch of them; then use your acquired sense of which ones are best - buy only those. Let the rest be sold for someone's 10 year old kid - they don't "get" the difference.

 

[blowtorch]

To me those Classic Vibe necks are perfect, except for the fast fret wear

 

[DougM]

Repeat after me- Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier, Squier.
That's how it's spelled, not Squire!
And don't blame it on spellcheck. I have spellcheck too, my eyes and brain!

 

[FrontPU]

"Great Jack Person Proves Tone is in the Fingers"

Of course, it's true that great players like him produce great tone on inexpensive instruments.
However, those Indonesian guitars are fantastic guitars as well.

 

[Mike M]

That was great - thanks for posting! Now I want an SG...

yeah, was amazed, never really saw anyone play jazz on a SG, I think he mentions that it was rewired to get that tone, but could be wrong.

I posted the thing because when I saw the headline on Youtube, was thinking I was going to see some classic guitars (and I'm sure he has), and found it amusing his love or more inexpensive models.

His tutorial on slide playing (with Duane's guitar) on the other video blew me away

 

[cyclopean]

i keep seeing the thread title and thinking this is all about jack parsons.

 

[L.A. Mike]

Notice he said he plays lots of them until he finds one that sounds and plays good. That means the majority of them aren't good.
I've been down that road with some Vets that I give lessons to. We have a fund to get guitars for them but that means I have to buy $150 or less guitars. Believe me, it can be discouraging going from store to store and playing all their budget guitars and not finding a good one.