The in-demand Nashville session player unveils what comes with him when he leaves the studio.
Recording artist, hit songwriter, and sought-after session player Jedd Hughes invited PG’s John Bohlinger to his soundcheck before his gig at Nashville’s 3rd and Lindsley. Hughes came in with a home-made T-style, a vintage hollowbody, and some custom acoustics. Check it out.
Brought to you by D’Addario: https://ddar.io/wykyk-rr
Homebrew Tele
Hughes built his Tele using a one-piece lightweight ash body with a Gene Parsons long-pull B-bender. Hughes shaped the maple neck to a soft V profile using StewMac tools. The pickups were both designed by Ron Ellis: There’s a 50B in the bridge and a Killa in the neck position to match the 50B. The harness is from a 1955 Fender lap steel. All of his electrics are strung with D'Addario .010-.046s.
This 1967 Guild ST-403 Studio hollowbody was chopped to make room for full-size humbuckers.
Hughes' Acoustics
This 2004 DeGruchy was built specifically for Hughes, made to replicate a golden-era Martin D-45. The acoustics are strung with D'Addario .012-.052 sets, which Hughes strikes with Fender medium picks. All acoustics have K&K Sound Pure Mini pickups running through them.
Hughes’ second-favorite acoustic is this slope shoulder DeGruchy.
For a nylon string, Hughes goes with his old gut string Del Vecchio.
Party For Two
Hughes uses two amps combined, in a non-stereo setup. Amp number one is his 1952 Gibson GA-20, which has been rehoused in a Tweed Deluxe cab with a Celestion G12-65.
Number two is his tried-and-true 1962 Vox AC30.
The Boardroom
Hughes runs a larger board for his electric and a smaller one for his acoustic guitars. The electric board includes a Prescription Electronics Experience, Clark Gainster, a prototype XTS Shadow Box, Greer Southland, Dunlop volume pedal (with tuner out), VFE Old School tremolo, Boss PS-5 Super Shifter, Guyatone PS-023, EHX Deluxe Memory Man, Echo Fix EF-P2 Spring Reverb, and finally a Shaw Audio Vacuum Tube Splitter Buffer, which splits two mono lines to the amps.
Hughes runs his acoustics into a Grace Design FELiX2 preamp. From there, it hits a Guyatone PS-023, a Universal Audio Golden Reverberator, and a Boss TU-2.
Shop Jedd Hughes' Rig
Vox AC30
Dunlop DVP3 Volume (X) Volume and Expression Pedal
Boss PS-6 Harmonist Pedal
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Analog Delay / Chorus / Vibrato Pedal
Grace Design FELiX 2 Instrument Preamp/Blender - Silver
Universal Audio Golden Reverberator
Boss TU-2
D'Addario NYXL1046 NYXL Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings - .010-.046 Regular
Featuring a Class A tube preamp and Class D 800-Watt power amp, this high-powered, versatile amp is designed to offer dynamic tonal response.
With years of research, design, and manufacturing expertise in tube circuit designs, the company states this model has been developed utilizing stringent design parameters for form, function, fit, and finish. This latest design blends the warmth and harmonic content of a CLASS A, all-tube preamp -offering three 12AX7 tubes running at a full 300 Volt plate voltage - with a high-output, Class D, 800-Watt power amp module, delivering a professional, high-powered, touring-class bass guitar amplifier, that weighs just over 7 lbs!
Just as the name implies, the Kinetix 800 was designed to be that responsive, kinetic connection of interactive energy between the player’s expressiveness, their technique, and the tonal response coming back to them from the amplifier and speaker system – engaging with big, full notes, quickness, and snap when pushed, or slow harmonic bloom when sustained. It is a simple-to-use, very musical amplifier, and is what a high-voltage tube preamp brings to the player’s dynamic interaction with their instrument through a world-class bass amplifier.
Features Include
- SIX STAGE, CLASS A, TUBE PREAMP (3 x 12AX7 Tubes running at 300 Volts)
- CLASS D, 800-WATT POWER AMP
- MUTE / ON / BOOST GAIN SWITCH
- LEAN / FAT / THICK, TONAL FOUNDATION SWITCH
- 5 BAND FIXED EQUALIZATION NETWORK
- TUBE DRIVEN, XLR DIRECT OUTPUT, w/PRE or POST EQ SETTINGS
- AUX INPUT
- HEADPHONE OUTPUT
- TUNER OUTPUT• DUAL SPEAKON CONNECTORS
- POWER RATING: 400W @ 8 ohms, 800W @ 4 ohms and 2.67 ohms
- DIMENSIONS: 3.25”H x 11.25”W x 11.375”D• WEIGHT: 7.20 LBS
The Kinetix 800 is now available and shipping throughout the company’s global network of dealers as well as online. USA MAP $1,299.99.
For more information, please visit genzleramplification.com.
Slayer’s Kerry King Reclaims the Throne with His Solo Debut
Photo by Annie Atlasman
When Slayer played their last show in November 2019, Kerry King already knew he had no intention of slowing down musically. What he didn’t know was that the pandemic would be the conduit to a second act. But, as German theatrical director, dramaturge, and playwright Bertolt Brecht once astutely observed, “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”
Duane Eddy Has Died at 86
Photo by Joseph A. Rosen
The guitar legend passed away after a battle with cancer Tuesday at the Williamson Health hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his wife, Deed Abbate.
Learn the “Last Child” Solo With Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford
The Aerosmith axeman recounts how he ripped the blazing lead on the Rocks hit, dishing some critical history along the way.
Line 6 Catalyst CX Amp Demo
Dive deep or keep it simple with an ultra-flexible, affordable amp that covers huge stretches of the sonic waterfront.
Death By Audio Octave Clang V2 Review
Every instrument is a tool for expressing feeling. But when you have to convey a certain range of emotions spanning anguish, the rush of sonic anarchy, and the exhilaration of total liberation, octave fuzzes are tops. Generally speaking, octave fuzz isn’t an effect you use casually.
Want Pure Single-Coil Tone from Your Guitar with No Hum? Try a Variable Dummy Coil
Hello and welcome back to Mod Garage. This year, the Fender Stratocaster is celebrating its 70th birthday. Happy birthday, and all the best for your next 70 years! To celebrate, I chose a Strat as our guinea pig for this month. But everything we are talking about applies to all single-coil-equipped guitars.
Latest News
Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp