J Mascis

GC: What mic do you prefer for the vocals?

Mascis: An old AKG D12.

"GC: What's your mic-ing set-up? Do you use one mic?

Mascis: [Producer] John Agnello used a Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD-421 and a Shure SM87 on one track, just bound together. They're all close, all right on line."

Mascis has also used (and still uses) an SM57 as a vocal mic, particularly during the recording of Dinosaur Jr's Farm (as seen in this episode of Pitchfork's In The Studio) and in this live performance of Dinosaur Jr's "Sludgefeast".

"GC: What's your mic-ing set-up? Do you use one mic?

Mascis: [Producer] John Agnello used a Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD-421 and a Shure SM87 on one track, just bound together. They're all close, all right on line."

An MD-421 was also used during the recording of Dinosaur Jr's Farm, as seen in this episode of Pitchfork's In The Studio.

"GC: What's your mic-ing set-up? Do you use one mic?

Mascis: [Producer] John Agnello used a Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD-421 and a Shure SM87 on one track, just bound together. They're all close, all right on line."

"GC: What mics do you use on the kick?

Mascis: On the kick I've gone through a lot of different ones, but now I've just been using a Diamond Jet 47. I also like the Beyer M88. I'm always least happy with bass drums."

"I dig the Telefunken v76 mic pre. I use that thing for vocals, guitar, and toms. It's the coolest, heaviest mic pre I've heard. Definitely not transparent, an audio word I hate. If it doesn't have a sound why would I wanna use it."

Mentioned by Mascis in this interview from the Guitar Center article.

GC: What mic do you prefer for the vocals?

Mascis: An old AKG D12.

GC: Do you compress and bounce that?

Mascis: Oh yeah!

GC: Can you give me some advice to do that?

Mascis: No. Try to do a few tracks. It's really impossible to bounce. I have a friend who's trying to decide between 24 tracks of vocals and it's insane. I try to keep it to four and make one out of four. If I don't like it, then I'll just sing it again.

This is a rare Gibson guitar in rare finish - only 2002 Gibson Les Paul Studio has this colour.

GC: On your most recent release, what guitar do you play and with what pickups?

Mascis: I think it's a '58 Tele. I don't remember the pickup, but I think it was from another guitar from the '50s, maybe '54 through a tweed 310 Bandmaster.

In this video interview, J Mascis discusses his signature Squier at 4:26. “This is the second prototype, but they sent me the first one I didn't like. Then they sent this one and I liked it.”

In this video interview, J Mascis talks about his ’63 Fender Jazzmaster Bass. At :47, he says, “I bought it right after my guitars got stolen a few years ago. It happened to be in a local shop, and they never have any old guitars and it was just kind of there and it actually was really nice. I just put different pick up covers on it and different knobs and a different bridge. I always put Jumbo Frets on guitars too.” J demonstrates the guitar at 20:44.

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.”

This guitar can be seen at many times during the video for Is it Done from his 2011 solo album Several Shades of Why.

GC: How many guitars do you have and do you have a preference for new or vintage?

Mascis: I'm more of a vintage kind of guy. I don't know how many guitars. Over 30. I like the new little Baby Taylor guitar. I've got three Jazzmasters and a Tele and two Esquires. I have a bunch of Gibsons with P90s. I've got a Les Paul and four Les Paul Jr.s. The P90 is my favorite pickup.

"I had two main recording setups: a Gibson Les Paul Junior"

On the website you will see a video of J Mascis's interview for Skullcandy. The item can best be seen 0:36 into the video. He used this guitar in the studio with producer John Agnello working on a song titled, "The Only Other Way".

In this image you can see J Mascis playing Gibson Reverse Flying V

Needed a 12 string for the road. Loved the look but barely stayed in tune.

As seen in the video, J. Mascis is playing a Lake Placid blue Jazzmaster with a painted headstock. A similar guitar is the '62 NOS Jazzmaster, however it has no painted headstock and a mint pickguard. The only Fender made Jazzmaster in Lake Placid Blue with a painted headstock and a tortoise-shell pickguard is the Custom Shop Journeyman.

On this photo you can see J Mascis playing Rickenbacker 620/12 during Dinosaur Jr. live performance at Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany, November 3, 2016. Dinosaur Jr. Tour 2016

In Reverb studio J Mascis discussing his methodology when it comes to fuzz and drive pedals. On this video he is telling about his guitar Rickenbacker 620/12

"...i brought out this Rickenbacker i have. and that wasn't really working with all my stacks. It has hollow body and pickups seemed to loud and were feeding back all the time..."

"J Mascis's New Fender Custom Shop Tele! This guitar sounds so good, it's all stock Fender parts and the weight is divine, it's been seeing a little bit of live action, Maybe more on the upcoming October tour of the USA. J has a soft spot for the small hollow F Hole Teles, Who doesn't? Dinosaur Jr. Chicago, Ill. ©2017 Photo B O. @dinosaurjr #dinosaurjr"

I have also seen him use it on their Fall 2017 tour.

It's the J mascis jazzmaster,etc.

J mentions using a renecked blue flower strat to cover the Stooges song "TV eye" in this rig rundown

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"J Mascis and his 1st Flying V, a Ron Asheton Model Made by @reverendguitars 3 P90 style Reverend Pickups, with a bass Rolloff knob, to get that Fender Strat sound Ron Loved so much. Nice Spice collection too in the background. Great color too! Photo By Kevin Sweeney. @jmascis #jmascis"