Teppei Teranishi

Beginning around 00:17 in this studio interview (recording the upcoming Thrice album), Teppei gives a breakdown of his Baritone Jaguar: “And so this is my Baritone here, which is a Fender. I don’t know, I don’t think they make these any more . . . [The pickup] is different from what they sell now. I think what they have now is kind of like a paired down version of this with a humbucker and . . . a little toggle-switch there. This is like a straight up Jaguar but with a stoptail bridge . . . just a single-coil pickup which I think is a pretty interesting pairing with the lower tuning . . . And then this is a Seymour Duncan Quarterpounder for Jaguar. I put it in there for a little more girth”

Teppei plays his Fender Jaguar Baritone for the whole song.

Teppei Teranishi is shown using a Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty in the image titled "TeppeiLP.jpg" hosted on Blogger.

I got a lot of questions when I posted this in my story so I figured I’d post it here. This is the latest iteration of the @music_man Valentine I got a few months back. It’s got a @lollarpickups Imperial in the bridge, and a custom one-off in the neck from Lollar that’s a shot at making their Tele Special neck pickup in a humbucker casing. The neck pickup (Lollar Tele Special) in my Nash Tele has been my favorite neck pickup for years and they were kind enough to try this out for me. Super stoked. I started playing this on the last tour (EU with @refused) and it dawned on me that besides my Tele and 335, I’ve never strayed from my trusty Les Pauls. It’s been fun to shake things up a bit and this fella is sounding (and playing) incredible. Huge thanks to the folks at @music_man and @lollarpickups! 🙏

Around 1:31 into this studio interview (recording the upcoming Thrice album), Teppei gives a breakdown of his Gibson 335: “And then for everything else I just use my 335, actually in the neck position which I think is pretty unusual for our style of music; but I think it ended up having a pretty interesting sound, and for some reason I just started writing in the studio that way; and we’ve been demoing and whatever just on the neck pickup and I liked it, so I just kept it”

According to this article, he uses a Nash T-Model

In this post Teppei can be seen demoing a music man stingray rs guitar

Teppei Teranishi: “I used to play a black Les Paul Custom a lot, which was my road guitar; that got stolen, unfortunately. This particular guitar is actually the first kind of nicer guitar I bought way back in the day. And so I babied that when I got it – I took it out for a little bit, and I was like, ‘I don’t want this thing to get ruined on the road.’

“And so it’s been hiding for years and years. I’d bring it to studio sessions for recording, and I used it quite a bit on the first few records, up until The Artist In The Ambulance, and then the latest one as well. I believe it’s got DiMarzio Super Distortions, and they were just original with the guitar when I bought it.”

Q: Teppei, did you have any gear revelations in the studio?

Surprisingly, I only played single-coil guitars. I used my Nash T-model, Baritone Jag, and the unexpected hero of the record, a Fender American Professional Jazzmaster - that I had planned on putting humbuckers in but never got around to - which probably showed up more on the record than any other guitar.

in this post Teppei can be seen demoing a music man cutlas

In the Wikimedia photo titled "Teppei_Teranishi.jpg," Teppei Teranishi is seen playing an Epiphone Casino, illustrating his use of this semi-hollowbody electric guitar.

Quoted from this interview:

I've had that guitar forever, actually. I got it and I threw P-90s in it right away, to see if i'd like it. It was cool, but for whatever reason, I didn't really end up using it that much. I dug it out, and I started thinking about putting mini-humbuckers back in; I liked the idea of something that's a little more articulate than a standard humbucker.

I’ve never taken this on tour but it’s definitely been used in the studio—most certainly, and probably most notably, on Daedalus. It was used here and there throughout the rest of The Alchemy Index and maybe some on Beggars.

Teppei Teranishi uses a Custom / DIY Double-cut Guitar #1. In an Instagram post, Teppei explains, "I randomly decided to try and make a guitar. I dove headfirst and ended up making the whole thing from scratch, including winding the pickups."

This was his first completely custom, self-built guitar. In a more recent post (https://www.instagram.com/p/CxpEm5drIFE/), Teppei mentions having replaced the neck to change the scale from 25" to 26".

In an Instagram post, Teppei Teranishi details the construction of his Custom / DIY Double-cut Guitar #2, including features such as a Sapele body, 25” inch scale Sapele neck, and Indian Rosewood fretboard. He mentions, "I tried to make this build super minimal and clean with no visible screws and minimal hardware."

Teppei Teranishi confirms in an Instagram post that he uses a Custom / DIY Multiscale Baritone Guitar. In his caption, he states: "Guitar No. 3 is in the books! Multi-scale baritone. Multi-scale guitars are usually miles away from my personal taste but the ergonomics and particularly the string tension make a lot of sense to me. I was curious so I figured why not. Surprisingly intuitive and natural to play. I tried to make it look as non-multi-scale-y as possible. Tried some new things that maybe I can cover in some future posts. It’s been a journey with some steep learning curves (as always) and some ups and downs, but overall, pretty stoked on how it came out. Already scheming the next build…"

In an Instagram post, Teppei Teranishi details the build of his Custom / DIY Double-cut Guitar, mentioning specific features such as a 26” neck, Honduran Mahogany body with Richlite fretboard, and Hemi-spherical fret ends. Teranishi states, "Honestly, not the smoothest build but I tried some new things and am learning tons every time. Probably the best playing neck I’ve made besides my struggles."