Johnny Marr's 330s

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:17 am

Yep.

Capo on the 4th fret, he's not shaved that day and he has grey underwear on

donthaveawittyname · Post by **donthaveawittyname** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:11 am

ive found a great page of an old magazine with a picture of all of the important JM guitars and what they are used on- cant post it as its too big if anyone wants a scan of it drop me a line at [email protected] and send it to you

kojeve · Post by **kojeve** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:22 am

Neil, I definitely want to see that article - it sounds interesting.

When Marr was on tour with the Healers, he was definitely playing a black McGuinn 370-12. Otherwise, I've picked up a lot of confusing information over the years: First, that he started out with a Ric-12 to emulate old Phil Spector records and to avoid blues cliches... second, that he got his first Ric after joing the Smiths... third, that he's kept one of his first Rics (the first?), an unbound MG 330-6 (not the jetglo model we're accustomed to seeing), fourth, that the Rics that he recorded with were borrowed and were originally McGuinn's...

One thing most people agree on: "Meat is Murder" is the most Rickenbacker-laden album, and that's evident just from listening to it.

donthaveawittyname · Post by **donthaveawittyname** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:27 pm

Hehe yes they were out and out liars the smiths, there was also a twelve string that he had that was supposed to have been lent to him by phil manzerra, load of rubbish- great hype though- ive sent the article to you mate. MIM- headmaster ritual is the killer ricky song for me, i particuarly love that nashville tuned thing that appears in the chorus's i dont know if that a ricky or an acoustic but its fasntastic.

cheers mate

kojeve · Post by **kojeve** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:36 pm

Thanks!

trancedental · Post by **trancedental** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:44 am

Anyone interested in Marr might like these links?

http://foreverill.com/interviews/post87/antihero.htm

http://foreverill.com/interviews/post87/guitar.htm

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:43 am

Great stuff!

Thanks John

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:26 pm

Here's an early Smiths vid with Johnny playing his 330/6JG...as usual the camera is mostly fixed on Moz but there are a couple close-ups of the guitar. I love that twangy, rockabilly tone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD5Xr0YiEQw&search=smiths