On Stage Rig Walkthrough with Jeff Schroeder of The Smashing Pumpkins!

The Music Zoo works very closely with Yamaha guitars to bring the absolute best electric and acoustic guitars to you, and we're fortunate enough to have started a great working relationship with some of the fine folks in The Smashing Pumpkins camp, namely their longstanding guitarist Jeff Schroeder who is a devoted Yamaha player.
We drove down to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia to go on stage with Jeff and his tech Trace Davis to get a close up look at the Yamaha guitars he plays onstage every night. There's even a special appearance by our friend Adam Reiver of FU-Tone, who outfitted Jeff's Custom Shop Pacifica with a full titanium Floyd Rose tremolo and locking nut setup.
Thank you very much to Jeff, Trace, and Yamaha for having us!
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[@eleventybenadryl]

Jeff is my cousin and he kicks ass, love his playing style

[@patrickjohnson1267]

That was great! Jeff is so knowledgable and always has all the tech details. 🤓

[@agentofkariosd1116]

He's a terrific Yamaha salesman. Pretty good musician too.

[@vogtgrant1]

Jeff is a killer guitar player! Also one of the few guitaritsts that actually knows all the ins and outs of his own rig

[@pritchettdan]

I always have admired the YAMAHA electrics. First quality. Great style. And I'm a Gibson Les Paul guy...

[@carsandguitars]

Absolutely love Jeff, phenomenal player and absolute guitar nerd :D

[@themusiczoo]

we agree! best dude

[@DVTOM]

The FU parts made a huge difference in my guitars! I use the springs and tone blocks and my guitars never go out of tune and the sustain is amazing now!

[@themusiczoo]

agreed! FU-Tone rocks

[@applied311]

Fantastic job by all!

[@joshsizemoremusic]

Finally made it here ! This is gonna be rad ! 🎉

[@FloydUpgrades]

Awesome!

[@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784]

Love STAINLESS STEEL FRETS ❤

[@Bognerman14]

How is he bypassing the Revv pramp and using it as a power amp only with the Revival Drive? I don't believe it has a power amp in.

[@maxmustardman298]

Hey Jeff, hail some of the Yamaha guys to bring back the pacifica 1200 series which yours is clearly modeled after. No better looking superstrat out there.

[@remccrossan]

"They're great guitars but I changed the tuners, the pickups, the knobs almost everything but they pay me good"

[@RobTackettCovers]

OK so I'm here because I watched SP do Empires on Stern and Saw Jeff Schroeder playing this white 24 fret guitar, but didn't recognize it from anywhere, so I waited for a close up on him when he was soloing, paused it, then zoomed in on the headstock...and was like "hold it; that's a Yamaha...", so I go to the Yamaha website...no 24 fret guitars; just 22, and the closest thing I could find was a Pacifica...no Floyd, though, so I thought maybe he was playing an older discontinued model, so searched Reverb...not there...there were these RGX ones from way back, but none looked like the guitar he was playing...so that's how I ended up here...sad to hear in this video that it is a custom and not available to the general public...hopefully soon? I hope so...

[@themusiczoo]

lol we love to hear that wormhole that sent you here. Jeff rules and so does that guitar. We'd love to see it available too

[@mennims]

Jeff is an awesome dude. I'm certain Billy was involved. Billy speaking highly of him in recent interviews may have been damage control

[@nowthisisfuuun]

Why would Steve Aoki shave his mustache?

[@adamfstewart81]

Lol "walkup." You actually beat the rundown - good job!

[@themusiczoo]

hahaha, thank you!

[@zoeherriot]

Goes to show - he's playing pro shows with a $900 guitar. You don't need more.

[@israelbonnard]

Steve Aoki sounds awesome!

[@SnaFOo75]

🤣

[@gandolin66]

Jeff Schroeder, Ph.D.👍