For tunes where he needs a soaring lead sound, Valentine also plays a mahogany-and-maple semi-hollowbody built by Swedish luthier Johan Gustavsson.

Premier Guitar’s John Bohlinger met with Maroon 5’s James Valentine before the band’s February 27, 2015, gig at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. In this segment, we see how the closet jazz cat uses a variety of vintage and high-end boutique guitars and amps to get the wide variety of sounds he has to replicate at each show.