PG’s Chris Kies hung out with Margaret Glaspy before her gig at Nashville’s High Watt where they talked Telecaster versus Harmony Jupiter and what it’s like to graduate from a Fender Champ to a Deluxe Reverb.
While she recorded most of her debut, Emotions and Math, on a Harmony Jupiter Stratotone, Glaspy is now touring with this Danocaster T-style that is on an open-ended loan from boyfriend Julian Lage. She doesn’t tour with a backup and prefers to use D’Addario strings (.011–.049) and D’Addario 1.25 mm extra heavy picks.
A big fan of the mighty Fender Champ—her recording amp of choice—Margaret now travels with a Deluxe Reverb to give her just a bit more headroom and volume as she plays bigger clubs on this tour.
Seen here is her minimal board with only two stomps—aside from the Boss TU-2 Tuner—but she only uses the TC Electronic Spark Mini Booster (for “Love Like This” and also on a cover of a Björk song called “Who Is It”) as she is currently vibing with the Deluxe’s reverb more so than the EHX Holy Grail Nano.
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Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and product demos, and occasionally writing an artist feature, all while still shooting/editing video for NAMM-show coverage. Other than that, he spends time with his pitbull and enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.
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