Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis is rock ’n’ roll’s loudest low talker. Onstage, the reserved frontman is overshadowed by his three full stacks, summoning up President Teddy Roosevelt’s quote: “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”

Fellow volumedealing stalwarts Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (drums)—better known as “Murph”—and Lou Barlow (bass/vocals) helped J form the band in 1984 after their first group, Deep Wound, dissolved. Both left Dinosaur Jr., and then rejoined in 2005. This core group has released eight studio albums of dynamically rich rock that teeters between a runaway locomotive fueled on feedback and buzzing riffs, and hooky, melodic, popsoaked nimble rhythms that carry more than they crush. While never reaching the mainstream stratosphere like some of their contemporaries (including Nirvana, who opened for Dino Jr. in 1991), this consummate power trio have remained popular in the American underground by continually selling out theaters, splashing into the Billboard 200 (climbing even higher in the Independent and Rock charts), and headlining alternativemusic festivals. All along the way, their softspoken shredder has ascended as a guitarhero among musical outcasts.

Before Dinosaur Jr.’s soldout show at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl, Mascis reconnected with PG’s Chris Kies to talk Teles (yes, you read that right; he’s touring with more Telecasters than ever), including the development of his new signature T that’s based on his studioperfect ’58 model. We also witness two firsts for J: a PhantomTeleJazzmaster Frankenstein and a Floyd Roseequipped guitar.

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00:00 D’Addario XPND Pedalboard
00:15 J Mascis Playing Intro
00:49 Chris Kies Intro
01:05 Vox Phantom/Fender Hybrid
04:28 Fender J Mascis Signature Telecaster
09:47 Fender Custom Shop Deluxe Telecaster Thinline
12:08 Fender Custom Shop Jazzmaster Thinline semihollow
13:41 Fender Custom Shop Jazzmaster w/ minihumbucker
15:43 Fender American Ultra Luxe Telecaster Floyd Rose HH
17:07 J Mascis Performing "Mountain Man" with Ultra Luxe
18:43 Amps & Pedalboard

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