Johnny Hiland
US guitarist, songwriter & session musician
Johnny Hiland's Gear
He played through those amps regularly in 2011 and 2012. Also, he demonstrated this amplifier during NAMM in 2011.
Possibly this amp was also featured in2011 Guitar Player interview.
I cut the whole album with my Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette with D. Allen pickups and my Bolt amplifier. I’m using the Bolt 2x12 combo. It’s a three-channel amp that’s just monstrous. Since I’ve had that amp I’ve been downsizing my pedalboard because I really haven’t needed as many pedals.
In a YouTube video titled "Johnny Hiland PRS Signature Guitar Review," Johnny Hiland showcases his PRS Johnny Hiland signature model, which was released in 2008. Although he initially endorsed Ernie Ball Music Man starting in 1998, he was with PRS until December 2009.
Johnny Hiland showcases the Kiesel S6H T-style guitar in a video by Kiesel Guitars on YouTube. This guitar features Hiland's signature single-coil pickup set, a swamp ash body with a raw tone finish, a Kiesel-treated birdseye maple neck, and a Hipshot hardtail bridge. Hiland highlights its unique 5-way switch system: positions one, three, and five mimic a stock Telecaster, while position two resembles a Strat's second position, and position four activates the middle pickup alone.
Johhny has been groovin' on his new Reeve's Space Cowboy from Destroy All Guitars. He pairs this incredible 100w head with two of his signature Johnny Hiland 4x12 cabinets (loaded with Celestion G12-K100's) from Avatar speakers.
"Boss TU-2 tuner, because it’s big and lights up like a Christmas tree, so I can see it real well…"
"I’m also using some new X-Series pedals by DigiTech: the Metal Master is a heavy metal pedal, and I have a HyperPhase…"
Here are the effects that he is currently using on his pedalboards.
Guitarist Johnny Hiland includes the DigiTech Hardwire HT-6 PolyChromatic Tuner on his pedalboards, as listed on his official website.
Here are the effects that he is currently using on his pedalboards
Here are the effects that he is currently using on his pedalboards
Here are the effects that he is currently using on his pedalboards
Here are the effects that he is currently using on his pedalboards
Johnny Hiland uses the Big Joe Stomp Box Company B-408 Phaser on his pedalboards, as detailed on his official website's gear page.
Here are the effects that he is currently using on his pedalboards
Johnny Hiland uses the DigiTech WH-4 Whammy (4th Gen) on his pedalboards, as listed on his official website under the gear section.
“I am SO excited, and proud, to see the release of my new JH signature KILO-WAH! Gig-fx has built me the perfect Wah pedal that matches my playing in versatility. My pedal is lightweight, and is very user friendly with no on/off switches to worry about. It features a big bright LED that even a blind boy can see on stage. The four Wah effects, built in, offer a nice sweet tone with a deep sweep. My pedal is just simply awesome!!!! Gig-fx ROCKS, and the proof is in the pickin.’ Go out, and put a Gig-fx JH KILO-WAH under your foot today!!!!! It’s a wah stompin’ good time!!!!!!!!”
"But Ricky was really the main reason I turned to electric guitar, and I must tell you, for all the folks listening out there, the first pedals I really got turned on to were BOSS pedals. Moving to Nashville in ’96, I had a little BOSS treble box, a TU-series tuner, the CS-3 Compressor, the BD-2 Blues Driver, and a DD-3 Delay."
"I actually found an old CS-2 compressor, and I found the old three-knob red analog delay Boss had [DM-2] and, of course, the Blues Driver. But, then, I got turned on to the DS-1, and I’ve just been turned onto the new Mega Distortion [MD-2]."
"I actually found an old CS-2 compressor, and I found the old three-knob red analog delay Boss had [DM-2] and, of course, the Blues Driver. But, then, I got turned on to the DS-1, and I’ve just been turned onto the new Mega Distortion [MD-2]."
"Yeah, the Giga Delay. I’ll tell you what. With that delay unit, the analog delay sounds very analog, and the tape delay feature is just a killer, because you can get that little echo slap, and I just really dig that. I’ve used the DD-3 and DD-5 in the past, but the Giga Delay just offers so much more. I love the tap tempo feature, having the preset modes…"
Johnny also has his 1939 Gibson J-45, that belonged to his grandfather, and his 1968 D-35 Martin, that he uses in the studio.
Then of course, my granddad left a 1939 (Gibson) J45 behind and of course, he passed away when my dad was 6-months old so my dad didn't really get a chance to know his own dad either, but I'm his namesake as well, so of course, my dad doesn't play and so the guitar got passed on to me. I still have the guitar. I'll never part with it. So my dad used to tune that guitar through an open E chord and I used to play kind of like Jeff Healey, with my fingers and thumb to bar the bass runs and things like that. And I did that probably up until I was 10 years old. And that's when my dad took me for my first lesson which basically, I learned 6 chords. That's pretty much what spawned it all. But even in the time I wasn't playing correctly, I still did a TV show. I did "Big Stacy's Jamboree" when I was 7.
Johnny also has his 1939 Gibson J-45, that belonged to his grandfather, and his 1968 D-35 Martin, that he uses in the studio.
Also, this guitar was mentioned in his interview with Vintage Guitar.
The only other guitar I used on the record is the ’68 Martin D-35 I played on the acoustic tune I wrote for my wife, “My Sweet Kimmie Girl,” and a resonator on part of “Chicken Pickin’ Heroes.”
Johnny uses a Godin Acousticaster, a Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin, and a Godin Multiac nylon string.
Johnny uses a Godin Acousticaster, a Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin, and a Godin Multiac nylon string.
In this video, Johnny Hiland demonstrates and reviews the 5E3 combo amp from Fat Jimmy.
According to the Kiesel Guitars website, Johnny Hiland is listed as a signature artist for the Kiesel Johnny Hiland Signature Series guitar.
According to the V-Picks website, Johnny Hiland uses the V-Picks Johnny Hiland Signature Model.
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