My Guitars & Me S1E2: Jared James Nichols

In this episode of My Guitars & Me we sit down backstage at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire with blues phenomenon Jared James Nichols to find out the story of two very different but no less special instruments.
First we learn about 'Dorothy' one of the very first Gibson Les Pauls ever made from 1952, which was found almost completely destroyed amidst the wreckage and devastation of a tornado in Washington, Illinois in 2013. Jared was gifted what was left of the guitar by a fan several years later, and Jared set about having it restored to playing condition and giving the guitar its very appropriate name.
The second instrument is Gold Glory - a goldtop version of Jared's Epiphone signature model, which has been with him for a significant chunk of his journey from Waukesha, Wisconsin to the world's biggest stages. He explains the power of a single-pickup guitar, and why a decade on this guitar is still holding its own amongst his prized vintage guitars.
Jared is on tour now, find out more at: WWW.JAREDJAMESNICHOLS.COM
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[@emiliocolon6158]

Jared is a great artist and makes those Les paul sing, he and Joe bonamasa made me see how versatile these instruments are and how huge is the sound they project. Great video.

[@geraldtaylor1968]

Outstanding!🎸🎸🎸

[@BodyjailedBlues06]

Jared you love big neck like old Gibson I know why 😂 have you seen your hands ! You are a Viking you need an axe for fighting 🦾🦾🦾🦾 ! I think you are such a cool person in every interview of you, you’re always happy, smiling you seems so happy of living your dreams… it’s such a pleasure to hear you playing but also talking… you are un sunbeam 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 ! From a French fan !

[@michaellandrumguitar]

wow jared is a blues beast

[@cromBumny]

He is super cool

[@rosieotis]

Tenth anniversary of that twister tomorrow November 17th. 🌪

[@LIKEFUNK]

That puppy is basically a semi with a block thru for certain, don't let that front fool you, I know one when I hear it in the right hands, no wonder there's no need for the other pickup and tone pots needed, it's a great balance between a Paul and a 345/335 tone, I've got a perfect Streamliner Jr with it's standard BT2S' and it's the exact tone.

[@Yannplaysguitar]

Nice video! Would be great to know on what rig he’s playing.

[@GuitarDotCom]

Fun fact… he's going direct into a Blackstar Fly 3 mic'd up off-screen. No really.

[@davidwhitehill5654]

Cool it survived