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Taylor 912-R
Year: 1991
My main guitar. Simply wonderful in every respect.
Listen: “Focused but Tearful” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
My main guitar. Simply wonderful in every respect.
Listen: “Focused but Tearful” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
Guild GF-25
Year: 1987
My go-to guitar for big, expansive strumming parts.
Listen: “The Rainy Season” (NIÑO – Brown and Blue)
My go-to guitar for big, expansive strumming parts.
Listen: “The Rainy Season” (NIÑO – Brown and Blue)
Ibanez Ragtime Special R-400
Year: 1982
My first steel-string guitar. Found it in a small local guitar shop in 1990. A wonderfully strange instrument with tons of character.
Listen: “Hydra” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
My first steel-string guitar. Found it in a small local guitar shop in 1990. A wonderfully strange instrument with tons of character.
Listen: “Hydra” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
Vintage Parlor Guitar
Year: around 1915
Restored by Tyko Runesson
My oldest guitar.
Listen: “For Too Long” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
Restored by Tyko Runesson
My oldest guitar.
Listen: “For Too Long” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
Flamenco Guitar
Builder: Ricardo Sanchis Carpio, València, Spain
Year: 1994
Listen: “Grace” (NIÑO – Life)
Year: 1994
Listen: “Grace” (NIÑO – Life)
Fender Telecaster American Pro II
Year: 2020
Made in Corona (;-), California
My frustration purchase during the pandemic. Wonderful to play, with a tone that is both silvery and full-bodied. And in the most beautiful color: Mystic Surf Green.
Listen: “The Dark” (NIÑO – Brown and Blue)
Made in Corona (;-), California
My frustration purchase during the pandemic. Wonderful to play, with a tone that is both silvery and full-bodied. And in the most beautiful color: Mystic Surf Green.
Listen: “The Dark” (NIÑO – Brown and Blue)
“The Golden Granade”
Telestyle Partscaster
Year: 2018
Modifications: Amber finish, gold hardware, DiMarzio pickups
A custom creation with plenty of power and warmth. Suitable for just about any style.
Listen: Solo on “Rule Like a Clown” (NIÑO – Brown and Blue)
Year: 2018
Modifications: Amber finish, gold hardware, DiMarzio pickups
A custom creation with plenty of power and warmth. Suitable for just about any style.
Listen: Solo on “Rule Like a Clown” (NIÑO – Brown and Blue)
Maison Strat “Smogo”
Year: Unknown
Modifications: Fender Gen 4 Noiseless pickups, Babicz bridge, Fender neck
My tinkering guitar. Bought at a flea market for 70.–. By now, I’ve probably spent at least twenty times that amount modifying and restoring it. A rock ’n’ roll machine.
Listen: All electric guitar parts on “Come up on Stage” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
Modifications: Fender Gen 4 Noiseless pickups, Babicz bridge, Fender neck
My tinkering guitar. Bought at a flea market for 70.–. By now, I’ve probably spent at least twenty times that amount modifying and restoring it. A rock ’n’ roll machine.
Listen: All electric guitar parts on “Come up on Stage” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
Year: 2000
My most important electric guitar since 2000. My main guitar during my time with STEEM.
Powerful, reliable, and heavy as hell...
Listen: “Waiting for the Sun” (NIÑO – No Dress Code), and pretty much every STEEM song
My most important electric guitar since 2000. My main guitar during my time with STEEM.
Powerful, reliable, and heavy as hell...
Listen: “Waiting for the Sun” (NIÑO – No Dress Code), and pretty much every STEEM song
Hoyer Rockman 0042
Year: 1985
My first electric guitar. Distinctive, powerful, incredibly loud, with a huge, full sound. A masterfully built rarity.
Listen: Solo on “Lose the Key” (NIÑO – Life)
My first electric guitar. Distinctive, powerful, incredibly loud, with a huge, full sound. A masterfully built rarity.
Listen: Solo on “Lose the Key” (NIÑO – Life)
The Heritage Prospect Standard
Year: 1991
It can do anything, fits in anywhere, and plays like butter. My most-used electric guitar in recent years.
Listen: Solo on “Little Dragon” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
It can do anything, fits in anywhere, and plays like butter. My most-used electric guitar in recent years.
Listen: Solo on “Little Dragon” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
Gibson ES-125T
Year: 1960
Wonderfully warm and full-bodied. My main guitar with the swing combo “Sugar and the Josephines.”
Listen: “Corals” (NIÑO – Corals – Single)
Wonderfully warm and full-bodied. My main guitar with the swing combo “Sugar and the Josephines.”
Listen: “Corals” (NIÑO – Corals – Single)
Yamaha AEX 500
Year: 1999
Modifications: Replaced the mini-humbucker with a P-90 pickup, removed the piezo, converted the blend knob into a regular tone knob
I searched for one for a long time and finally found it in Glasgow. A perfect studio guitar for jazz and blues parts.
Listen: “Life is Art” (NIÑO – Life)
Modifications: Replaced the mini-humbucker with a P-90 pickup, removed the piezo, converted the blend knob into a regular tone knob
I searched for one for a long time and finally found it in Glasgow. A perfect studio guitar for jazz and blues parts.
Listen: “Life is Art” (NIÑO – Life)
Fender Precision Bass Fretless
Year: 1981
A good friend with style and plenty of character. My bass with the band “3Flats.”
Listen: “Dazzled” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
A good friend with style and plenty of character. My bass with the band “3Flats.”
Listen: “Dazzled” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
Fender Precision Bass
Year: 1978
The bass for when you want that dark, thumpy sound. Incredibly cool and understated. My bass with the jazz-funk combo “Crown Affair.”
Listen: “Big Screen” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
The bass for when you want that dark, thumpy sound. Incredibly cool and understated. My bass with the jazz-funk combo “Crown Affair.”
Listen: “Big Screen” (NIÑO – No Spies on My Payroll)
Fender Jazz Bass
Year: 1998
My first bass. A true all-rounder, both in the studio and live.
Listen: “The Town” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
My first bass. A true all-rounder, both in the studio and live.
Listen: “The Town” (NIÑO – No Dress Code)
Vitus Fretless 5-String Bass
Year: 1994
A wonderful instrument built by my friend and fellow musician Thomas Blättler.
It growls like no other fretless – an absolute joy.
Listen: “When Jessy Gets Home” (NIÑO – The Entertainer)
A wonderful instrument built by my friend and fellow musician Thomas Blättler.
It growls like no other fretless – an absolute joy.
Listen: “When Jessy Gets Home” (NIÑO – The Entertainer)
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