Dinosaur Jr – Dinosaur

"JM: Well, just when I started playing guitar. I had the intention of starting Dinosaur, so I knew I needed a fuzz box. I don’t know how I came across one, maybe at the mall. I came across this Deluxe Big Muff that I bought. That’s the first one.

KR: Is that what we hear on those early Dinosaur records?

JM: Yeah, that’s on the first two albums, then it got stolen one night. Then I traded a Music Man 100 watt amp head for another one. This guy I knew had one. I didn’t like this amp too much, and he thought I was crazy to trade a whole amp for a pedal, but...

KR: Was that another Deluxe Big Muff?

JM: Yeah, but it didn’t sound quite as good somehow.

KR: The circuits changed a few times in the Deluxe Big Muffs, and there were two versions.

JM: Oh really?

KR: Yeah, minor changes, but some of them sound slightly different.

JM: It was weird. The problem I had with it is it had a weird kind of ghost fuzz, even when it was turned off, you could hear this little buzz."

In the video for the release of his Signature EHX Big Muff + several articles, J revealed that the pedal was stolen at CBGB’s while preforming with GG Allen. He got another one after that didn’t sound the same after trading a Music Man head for it. “ “The Deluxe Big Muff was the first one I had, The first got stolen, then I got another Deluxe, which was hard without Reverb or the internet. I found one guy somewhere who had one. I traded him a Music Man head for the Big Muff, which everyone thought it was insane at the time. But it was my sound. I needed it.”

"This Bullfrog 4x12 Guitar Cabinet from the 1970's is Owned by J Mascis, guitarist of the legendary indie rock band Dinosaur Jr.

All original 1970's Bullfrog 4x12 guitar cabinet. Storied to have been J's very first guitar cab used in Dinosaur Jr.

'That was my first cab I ever bought and used with Dino for first 2 lps and all shows' - J Mascis

Cab can be spotted in this 86 footage which is attached to this listing.

These LP's would have been Dinosaur and Yr Living All Over Me. So cool.

Cabinet is in functioning condition. Currently running at 4 ohms. It has been well loved as you can see in the chips in paint and missing caster. We have tightened up the input jacks and this bad frog should be ready to hook up and go!"

Used on Dinosaur, as stated in this August 24, 2011 interview with Kit Rae.

KR: What amps were you using in the early days with Dinosaur? Like the first three albums?

JM: The first album, I used a very early 60 watt Mark I Boogie that a guy had at the studio where we recorded. That sounded pretty cool. I used the Marshall a little bit, but mostly the Boogie on that album. Then the other albums, for Bug and You’re Living All Over Me, I used a 50 watt Marshall head. And then after Bug, I kind of got into (Marhsall) Super Leads more. You know, as I got more money I discovered things like Plexis.

J Mascis uses several Fender Jazzmasters from various years in various finishes.

He talks about his ’58 Jazzmaster in this Rig Rundown from Premier Guitar. He says at 1:49:

“It's a '58 Jazzmaster that got refinished, I guess. I bought it refinished. I put some gold hardware on it. I had a gold whammy bar with a tremolo piece, but I haven't put it on, but I have it at home somewhere.”

At 3:30, J Mascis shows his blue Jazzmaster, saying:

“It had an Aneck and I think it had lace sensor pickups when I got it. I bought some other old pickups to put in it. I bought the pick guard and the bridge and then I ended up getting a ’59 neck to put on it. It's a ’63 body that's been refinished."

He also discusses his ’65 Sunburst Jazzmaster. At 7:32, he says:

“That’s ’65. That's the other main backup one. I had a friend who worked at Guitar Center in New Hampshire and he was like, "Oh we got a Jazz Master." and he sold it to me really cheap so I'd never even seen it, but it turned out to be pretty good.”