How to Stack Fuzz and Drive Pedals with J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. | Reverb Pedal Tricks

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[Nantosuelta]

J looks like that guy at every record store who appears next to you out of nowhere and recommends some extremely obscure album that turns out to be amazing.

[oliverclothesove]

this is the most enthusiasm i've ever seen in J before

[connormclean]

“When you turn on the Big Muff, then it’s louder”

J Mascis

[Alexdrod]

J has to be my favorite boring person ever. He sounds so relaxed about everything and then proceeds to melt your face off with the finest "in-your-face" guitar playing out there. It's like dropping a V8 in a Kia.

[cabbage]

J keeps a spare Big Muff in his hip pocket.

[TheAarondg]

"If you want some dynamics to your music, you've got to turn things down...". Wish more guitarists knew this. Thanks for the great vid, Reverb!

[gex]

If Eeyore was a guitarist it’d be this guy

[justingarcia]

The thing to take from these videos is that these guys are professional touring musicians, so they know how to use their gear to get real world tones live, not bedroom sounds. Anyone who plays live knows that the sounds you get at home or at rehearsals can be night and day to how you may want to sound live. The big muff and muff styles pedals, are famously scooped and get lost in the mix, his point on allowing that pedal the greatest threshold in your signal change is invaluable to giving it presence in a live mix. A lot of players set everything to stun hoping it'll help them cut or sound bigger but it just crushes their presence. This is a good lesson on how to use fuzz live and sound epic

[quinnhudson]

imagine having j as a roommate hes just like "yeah I figured I would have a can of soup for dinner :/ "

[jackbaradog]

Imagine someone buying your guitar on reverb and you go to deliver it and it's fucking j mascis

[adamterry]

this dude talks like he is constantly exhaling a massive bong rip.

[silentnoah]

"lets make his guitar sound loud as balls and his voice really quiet."

[clintn]

One of my friends knows him a bit and took me to a show he played solo. It was fun chatting with him then watch him get super quiet and shy when people would walk up and ask for pics and autographs. Then they would walk off then he would chat and goof off. Super nice guy just seems to have a bit of social anxiety.

[lukewarm]

"I always have some distortion on it when it's clean". My kinda guitarist

[aaronsilva]

J is my all time favorite guitar player. the fact that average guitar geeks don't get what he does makes me appreciate him even more.

[rogerjudd]

What a gorgeous guitar. I saw J on one of his solo tours. Him, a guitar, and loads of pedals, including a looper. He was incredible. He was playing chords that I still haven't figured out.

[imoldcraig]

I don't think people get nor appreciate what kind of guitar player J is. I dug this video and am always looking for the J Mascis secrets of tone.

[Deguima]

J looks like the Chris of Family Guy, but older and awesome

[whatsabryan]

Every time I hear J play guitar I want to go skateboarding.

[markusantonio]

The guitar outro to Thumb was a huge inspiration to me as a beginner guitar player a long time ago. Mascis plays with such heart, and is a amazing player.