Jason Falkner – Presents Author Unknown

"Falkner's lead workhorse is the same '73 Mustang he's had since he was 12, and his lone Les Paul concession is a '58 TV Special. Falkner played all of the instruments on Presents, including an early '60s Mustang bass - "a yellow model with red racing stripes."

"Falkner's lead workhorse is the same '73 Mustang he's had since he was 12, and his lone Les Paul concession is a '58 TV Special. Falkner played all of the instruments on Presents, including an early '60s Mustang bass - "a yellow model with red racing stripes."

Mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

"I had all of my guitars out, including my '36 Vega, an early-'60s Silvertone, an early-'60s Epiphone, a '63 Gibson short-scale acoustic, a '73 Mustang, a Harmony Airline, a Kustom and a '69 Guild 12-string acoustic. My friend looks them over and says to me, 'These aren't exactly the usual suspects!'"

Despite his pan-guitarism, Falkner harbors a deep aversion to Stratocasters. "The reason I hate them is the same reason I hate standard Les Pauls: I just don't like guitars that everybody else has. I've always liked guitars that are quirky and weird, because they make you play differently. That Strat tone is so identifiable. One of the guys in the Grays had a Strat, and I always gave him a hard time about it." Falkner's lead workhorse is the same '73 Mustang he's had since he was 12, and his lone Les Paul concession is a '58 TV Special. Falkner played all of the instruments on Presents, including an early '60s Mustang bass – "a yellow model with red racing stripes."

Mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

"I had all of my guitars out, including my '36 Vega, an early-'60s Silvertone, an early-'60s Epiphone, a '63 Gibson short-scale acoustic, a '73 Mustang, a Harmony Airline, a Kustom and a '69 Guild 12-string acoustic. My friend looks them over and says to me, 'These aren't exactly the usual suspects!'"

Despite his pan-guitarism, Falkner harbors a deep aversion to Stratocasters. "The reason I hate them is the same reason I hate standard Les Pauls: I just don't like guitars that everybody else has. I've always liked guitars that are quirky and weird, because they make you play differently. That Strat tone is so identifiable. One of the guys in the Grays had a Strat, and I always gave him a hard time about it." Falkner's lead workhorse is the same '73 Mustang he's had since he was 12, and his lone Les Paul concession is a '58 TV Special. Falkner played all of the instruments on Presents, including an early '60s Mustang bass – "a yellow model with red racing stripes."

"Falkner's lead workhorse is the same '73 Mustang he's had since he was 12, and his lone Les Paul concession is a '58 TV Special. Falkner played all of the instruments on Presents, including an early '60s Mustang bass - "a yellow model with red racing stripes."

Used on Presents Author Unknown, as mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

Falkner's favorite amp is a Supro 2x12 combo. "It has that honky midrange thing going - that's all it does, that total Jimmy Page/Zeppelin I sound." And though his effects include MXR Distortion + and Phase 90 pedals and an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger, "a lot of what you hear on the album's just maxed-out guitar and amp. There's really no better sound in the world than an AC30 on about 9 or 10. My Epiphone goes so good with that - instant Kinks!"

Used on Presents Author Unknown, as mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

Falkner's favorite amp is a Supro 2x12 combo. "It has that honky midrange thing going - that's all it does, that total Jimmy Page/Zeppelin I sound." And though his effects include MXR Distortion + and Phase 90 pedals and an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger, "a lot of what you hear on the album's just maxed-out guitar and amp. There's really no better sound in the world than an AC30 on about 9 or 10. My Epiphone goes so good with that - instant Kinks!"

Used on Presents Author Unknown, as mentioned in the October 1996 Guitar Player interview "Top Cat: Jason Falkner" by Mike Mettler.

Falkner's favorite amp is a Supro 2x12 combo. "It has that honky midrange thing going - that's all it does, that total Jimmy Page/Zeppelin I sound." And though his effects include MXR Distortion + and Phase 90 pedals and an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress flanger, "a lot of what you hear on the album's just maxed-out guitar and amp. There's really no better sound in the world than an AC30 on about 9 or 10. My Epiphone goes so good with that - instant Kinks!"