John 5 Talks Gear With Guitar World

GuitarWorld.com recently conducted an interview with Rob Zombie/ex-Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5. Click here to watch John discussing his new signature model and some of the models in his extensive Telecaster collection.

John 5 was a guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show on May 13. John 5 spoke about his new solo album, "Requiem", which was released on June 3 via 60 Cycle Hum. He said that this new record was different from the other albums, for which he did most of the work himself, and that the new CD's style is more intense. He stated, "it is a really, really crazy-sounding record. The record actually sounds like a symphony. Some songs were actually 14 minutes long and [I] had to put ID markers in the middle of the song because they were so long." He added, "The songs are absolutely insane. If you like crazy guitars and music that has everything in it, including the kitchen sink. There will be intense guitar shredding, bluegrass, classical, swing and every kind of avenue in this record and that it is really over the top."

You can now download the program as audio file at this location.

John 5 performs all instruments with the exception of the time-keeping by Zombie bandmate Tommy Clufetos (drums). The album was recorded in the middle of night that lent a cool vibe and only time John 5 had studio times.

Thanks for the info to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[Asthia]

Mad. One of my favourite guitarists.

[not_dead_enough]

Cool, his last 3 have been decent. Will have to get this!

[jshwak]

John 5 Scares me..

[bigtiger]

If you watch the video of the interview, check out the other videos about his collection and the history of thinlines, very cool stuff. The last vid of him shredding in his living room is the stuff of gods.

[xHellbound]

I love John 5! He's insane.

[Remsen]

that cameraman sucks

[~Shred Hero~]

John 5 is f*ckign amazing!!

[thejester]

fantastic guitarist, i love when he does his bluegrass stuff

[Jimbleton]

i love John 5

[NowhereOutThere]

He's a pretty sweet shredder.

Still don't know why he uses a Tele though. But that's besides the point. He's a very versatile guitarist, to say the least. Not to the point of Guthrie Govan, but still manages to play different things and genres and still sound good.

[NorfIrIon]

Cameraman acted like he was drunk, and John 5's collection is absolutely beautiful, and I don't even like Fender.

[jeowy]

his technical skill is outstanding, as is his overall musical innovation. ive never particularly liked him as a songwriter, but id imagine hes gradually improving with experience. probably gonna check this out

[Red33]

Cool, I'm a big John 5 fan, but...isn't this a news article ABOUT a news article?

[freshtunes]

My 7th grade english teacher was the best man at his wedding.

[darth awsome]

Awesome guitarist but I hate his tone and Im not a fan of his songwriting. I'll still check out the album regardless.

[soapalot]

Was the camera man even looking at what he was doing? That was almost unwatchable. Pretty cool though

[vantage4]

goddamn, that's a lot of teles. and very nice shredding too, i've been meaning to check his stuff out so i think i'll do that now.

checked.

[MetalliRage]

he played probably one of the best guitar solos I've ever heard in my life when I saw rob zombie/ozzy at MSG. He is very versatile and is is very amazing with his technicality.

[Thienskater]

john-5 rules. i love his work.

[munkyRobb]

i absolutely hate telecasters

but he makes them sound soo good!!

youd think thatd he'd be a right wierdo but hes just your average joe who just happens to be insane at guitar
:L

[inefficiency]

awesome...

[sideperu]

wow.

[the boogieman]

hes pretty underrated

i hate the headstock on his sig tele

[slipknot91111]

holy shit. he knows his telecasters

[iantheman]

im afraid of him

also 5 would be a sick last name

[iantheman]

wow like 8 vids of telecaster trivia and "oh wow i have just kept this in beeutiful shape its really just amazing"

[langers73]

im kind of sick of people drooling over people shredding. is it just me or is shredding something thats boring and done by so many people it's old and tasteless. it sounds much better and less juvenile if you can actually play something melodically nice to listen to, not something that involves 62 notes in a bar.

i'm not in any way discounting the skill involved in it, but it's just a sign that somebody has been sitting in their bedroom for far too long practising to mimic something that thousands before them have done.

[KennethJay]

langers73 wrote:

im kind of sick of people drooling over people shredding. is it just me or is shredding something thats boring and done by so many people it's old and tasteless. it sounds much better and less juvenile if you can actually play something melodically nice to listen to, not something that involves 62 notes in a bar.

i'm not in any way discounting the skill involved in it, but it's just a sign that somebody has been sitting in their bedroom for far too long practising to mimic something that thousands before them have done.

I'm kind of sick of how people disregard shredding so much, just because it's fast doesn't mean it's all the same patterns in the same freaking song. Sure a lot of people do that, like the later Malmsteen, a lot of MAB songs, and crap but doesn't mean all shred is the same boring pieces of crap that everyone says. Hell, I find Altitudes by Jason Becker, and in his "shredding" (The arpeggio part) is the most beautiful and melodic piece I had listened to (so far).

[inefficiency]

John 5 isn't your average shredder...