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Since I first heard John Jorgenson with the Desert Rose Band, I have been a huge fan. I first saw John play in 1994 with the Hellecasters in Nashville, with Brad Paisley in tow. Brad was 21, and I was 20 with a fake I.D. Paisley told me as we got to the door, "If you don't get in, I'm going in without you." Many years later, I had the chance to interview Jorgenson for the Truetone Lounge, and then he kept being mentioned in my "Ask Zac" show, so I finally decided to dedicate a show to his huge influence in making Vox amps, 6-string basses, electric 12-string guitars, and bold effects popular in Country Music. He is also is a huge reason that Matchless amps ever got off the ground.

Special thanks to Willem van der Wagen, who runs the Desert Rose Band fan website, and YouTube page.

Jorgenson playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6iR...

Additional photos of John, including some with a prototype Matchless amp
https://www.askzac.com/post/john-jorg...

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with added Ron Ellis "New Tall" neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain.

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46  https://amzn.to/3bWYb1M

Pick:
Danocaster Medium

Amp:
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.

Effects used:
Boss RV-2 Reverb on the "Plate" setting.
Boss DD-2
Boss DC-2 Dimension, the second mode
Boss VB-2w
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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