Soulful singer/songwriter Esmé Patterson squeezed in a quick interview with PG’s John Bohlinger just minutes before her show in Nashville. Armed with a two-dollar pedalboard and “Cruella,” Patterson is hitting the road hard to promote her latest album, We Were Wild.
Patterson’s manager decided it was time for her to step up to a more professional axe and gave her this ESP Ron Wood signature model. Due to the black-and-white color scheme, she dubbed this guitar “Cruella” and it has become her No. 1.
The backup guitar is a Squier Strat with a matching red headstock purchased for $100 in Portland, Oregon, at Trade Up Music.
Although Patterson uses a Fender Twin Reverb in the studio, it’s too big for touring. She purchased this used Mesa Boogie Studio .22 to take on the road. One of her favorite features is the ability to really dial in the EQ.
Patterson plugs directly into a rather modest pedalboard that she built, along with her father, with some cabinet wood from the local hardware store. The board houses an Electro-Harmonix Pulsar Tremolo, MXR GT-OD, EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master, TC Electronic PolyTune 2, and a Catalinbread Belle Epoch. Tucked underneath is a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ that keeps everything powered up.
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John Bohlinger is a Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist best known for leading the band on NBC's Nashville Star, serving as music director for the CMT Awards and specials on PBS and GAC, and of course for his appearances in PG Rig Rundown, Review Demo, Axes & Artifacts, and What Bohlinger Plays videos.
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