Mary Timony

Mary Timony is seen in this picture playing a Fender Jazzmaster.

This quote from a The Quietus interview also states that the guitar is from 1965: "Mary Timony's been known to solo her guitar above her head from time to time, but you won't see windmilling anytime soon. "Just the thought of it makes me laugh a bit," she says, gesturing toward her beloved go-to guitar, a 65 Fender Jazzmaster, that balances precariously against a chair in her living room. Understated – and perhaps underrated – though she may be, Timony has enjoyed an enduring, gimmick-free career that has become increasingly rare for even the most uncompromising indie artists."

"Some all time faves: Malekko Diabolic (love it)"

2MT: We got the EarthQuaker pedals after we recorded. They’re pretty important to us live. Especially the Pyramids.

BW: Yeah, I’ve got the Pyramids. I've got three EarthQuaker pedals on my board.

MT: We both use the Pyramids. At the same time."

"Here are the pedals that are on my board right now: Ibanez Flanger (modified to self oscillate in a crazy way)"

"Here are the pedals that are on my board right now: DigiTech Whammy Wah (I wrote an entire record using one setting on this pedal)"

In this photo with Wild Flag she can be seen using the Diamond J-drive.

" I’m really focusing on getting some cool guitar tones, and I just also got a new Les Paul Special that I’m stoked about. I haven’t ever owned a guitar with p-90s, I’ve played with single-coil pickups forever, so it’s nice to be able to be growly and loud! "

"Here are the pedals that are on my board right now: Electro Harmonix Micro Synth"

"What else do I have on my pedalboard…an MXR delay"

"Here are the pedals that are on my board right now: Diamond Tremolo"

"I have this EP booster that I really like."

Timony: What I like about this record is that we weren’t trying to force it. It was more like, “What do we have? What do we like?” The answer to, “What do we like?” was definitely late ’‘80s Heart, but we also had a bunch of songs that definitely didn’t fit into that. We also used this headphones amplifier called the Rockman. We read somewhere that Mutt Lange used it a lot on [the Def Leppard album] Hysteria. Tom Schultz from Boston invented it.

Wright: If you listen to the guitar sound on “More Than a Feeling,” it’s the same guitar sound on our song “Good Times” [laughs]. It’s just this little box you plug into and it goes straight into the computer.

Timony: And it’s got that great blend of chorus and distortion that’s so ’‘80s.

Wright: It’s so satisfying.

If Rips was defined by Timony’s P-90-loaded Les Paul Special, then It’s Real is a more crowded affair. Wright’s SG and Flying V were regularly in the mix, while Timony reached back into her past and dug out a 1989 PRS Standard 24 that she picked up while studying jazz guitar in college.

Mary talks about her guitar collection in this interview: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/02/backline-with-mary-timony-interview.html

"It's made by Saul Koll. He's a builder in Portland, Oregon, and he is awesome.

I'm super into this thing. It's got a Mastery bridge, which I really like. These are TV Jones pickups, humbuckers. And the body is chambered; it's really light actually.

It plays really, really easily. It sounds like the best guitar I've ever had. I just like it a lot."

“The AD 30 is the best and most solid amp I’ve ever used. It’s a great amp to play live with and also works really well in the studio. It has the perfect amount of grit, and has a very wide dynamic range so that low and high sounds are totally clear and audible. It’s a real winner.”

"In Ex Hex I play through an Orange AD30 into a Orange cabinet with two 10” speakers."

"...and this pedal that I really like, Fuzzy Logic, made by Magnetar. I use it all the time."

"Here are the pedals that are on my board right now: Mad Professor Silver Spring Reverb"

"We’re both playing through Orange Rockerverbs."

CURRENTLY USING: AD30HTC Head PPC212 Cab PPC412 Cab (Mary)

MT: And I use the Acapulco Gold which is great.