PG’s John Bohlinger hug with Jared Mattson, the dude doing double duty on bass and guitar for the Mattson 2. Mattson builds thick loops by jumping between his bass and 6-string giving fans a concept of every musical experience he’s had along the way filtered through a psychedelic-jazz prism.
Jared Mattson’s most identifiable guitar is his Japanese Telestar doubleneck. The Telestar has been upgraded with a Seymour Duncan SM1-N Vintage Mini Humbucker in the guitar’s neck position and a Duncan SM-3B Seymourized Mini Humbucker in the bass neck position. The pickguard was designed and customized by Pat and Laura Jones.
When not on the double, Jared Mattson plays his Fender American Original ’50s Stratocaster reissue featuring wax-potted Pure Vintage ’59 single-coils, a “Soft V” neck profile with a 9.5" radius fretboard, a 6-point synchronized tremolo bridge, and a nitrocellulose lacquer finish.
Jared Mattson runs two amps. The first one is this Fender ’68 Princeton Reverb reissue that comes in at 12 watts.
The other half of Jared Mattson’s setup is a ZT Lunchbox, although diminutive, it unleashes a whopping 200 watts.
Although Jared Mattson’s board is slightly messy, it does cover a lot of ground. It includes an MXR Phase 90, a Keeley Dark Side, a Strymon Deco, an Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, a Keeley Caverns V2, a Whirlwind A/B box, a Boss TU-3 tuner, and a pair of Boss RC-30 Phrase Loopers. A trio of Truetone 1-Spots provide the power.
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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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