Wilco Guitarist Nels Cline

[Scrotemeister]

A fantastically talented musician.

[tarantism]

"a very unjazz sound". this guy has never heard eric dolphy

[johnwaynesfoot]

@tarantism From an online interview with jazzweekly : "Well, my brother bought as many Dolphy records as he could find. I heard a lot of Dolphy because he used to listen to a lot of Dolphy and I think that the record that we were most taken by was Iron Man, which has a very atmospheric kind of ambience to it in the way it was recorded."

[straitview74]

Stretch. Yawn. Turn this shit off.

[forshigity5000]

This makes tom morrello insignificant from here on out

[brw0044]

@forshigity5000 ya but always gotta have a bit of love for old tom

[cpkelley]

I think I have watched this video around 10 times this week.

[kokomoization]

plays the same solo in every song.

[ifightaliens]

That whammy work at 7:45 just sparked a ridiculous amount of inspiration... Nels is unreal good.

[MrEX3]

what kind of person who would watch this wouldn't 'like' it?

[MrEX3]

what kind of person who would watch this wouldn't 'like' is?

[nick4man3]

Is he playing Thurston Moore's signature model at the end of that video?

[SoulIsTheGoal]

It's more like the Lee Ranaldo signature (I'm sure I've spelt his name wrong), but it may just be common modifications to make to a jag/jazz

[girkygirl]

Little Brother's. Columbus Ohio. 1998. Egg Beater.

[girkygirl]

Little Brother's. Columbus Ohio. 1998. Egg Beater.

[SuperQuin2010]

Excuse me. Like this....nelson cline limited edition jazzmaster.

[aquamauza]

8:50-9:20 how the hell is he doing that? is that all with the whammy?

[iJohnny00110101]

Give that man some bacon 'cause he is simply amazing!

[neverender888]

Thumbs up if you think Nels deserves his own signature model.

[Noseheros]

@neverender888 I think he deserves it, but I don't think he'd want one; He seems content with his vintage Jazzmaster

[michaelskinney]

@neverender888 Deserves, definitely. Though I don't think he'd go for it, he has that old punk DIY ethic. One of the most inspiring of the modern jazz/noise/whatever guitarists.

[bobert995]

this guy's incredible

[NateMcMurph]

guitarists with tone play heavy gauge 

[closertoharbor]

What the hell is left of his Kaoss Pad? Looks EHX, but I can't figure it out...

[mattsargentmusic]

@closertoharbor: it's an Electro-Harmonix 16 second delay. Cool pedal!

[touchinontrain]

wich looper is he using around 7:58 ???

REALLY nice effect with his whammy pedal!

[44eelz]

whats that red amp head in back?

[UpTheIrons911]

@44eelz at 5:32, a Schroeder head

[deathkampdrone]

@44eelz : could it be a Matchless? looks a little like it.

[GeorgeJohnPaulRingo]

@deathkampdrone Nope, Schroeder. I read in a blog Nels no longer maintains that he hates Matchless and the like, for reasons not explicitly stated.

[veitchy88]

@GeorgeJohnPaulRingo He tends to not like a lot of boutique amps with class A circuits because, to him, they sound too trebbely, and he doesn't like having too much high end in his tone. The Schroeder is meant to be about as bright as he wants it, but without sacrificing the headroom he needs to run all his pedals and still maintain some clarity. That was from an interview in Premier Guitar (I think). Pretty sure it's still up on their website.

[pleaseoceancloud]

I love hearing artists of this caliber describe their craft.

[CopingMethod]

Awesome vid, awesome shirt Nels :D

[GeorgeJohnPaulRingo]

Favourite guitarist EVER!

[susanvonseggern]

Come see Tim Berne/Nels Cline/Jim Black on 10/3 at the Angele City Jazz Festival on 10/3 at the Ford Amphitheater in LA.

[zonikox]

@susanvonseggern ohh my god!!! i saw them couple years ago in Melbourne - Australia, and it was amazing, they're really genius!!!

[septip123]

you're not allowed to play shitty hair-band guitars in a band like Wilco

[houseofchintz]

I went out and bought a Whammy pedal and a Fuzz Factory after seeing this and I'm a drummer. haha.

[denverexec2000]

wilco at red rocks was great for a few songs because Nels dominated the whole sound. But he started to lay back and they went back to being unbearably boring. We left. But it was worth it for that few songs. Kudos to Wilco for recognizing his genius and giving him space.

[slytown]

Nels has a kaoss pad? He just became cool to me.

[bl8tmate]

UHH!!! Hell yeah!

[Kohntarkosz]

I wonder if Nels ever has Wilco fans turning up at his solo gigs, and more to the point, what they're reaction to hear his more "out" stuff is.

[crpat]

anyone know what the brown jazzmaster is?

[nalbmalfoy]

at 7:30, the looping thing he does, he does it in Beardism/Call Crouch on his 95 album "Chest"

[runawayuniverse]

I dig Nels big time. Thanks for the video

[TishaShields801]

heyhat einer bock bissl zu quatschn ihr werdets warscheinlich nicht bereuen ^^

[zackpliskin]

Nels is such an articulate fella and decent guy. I've always been a fan of his work even though I still have so much more to discover!

Nice to hear that he loves the Jaguar, and has played jazz on it. I thought I was the only one!

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

Wow! Some great tips from Mr. Cline. Thank you,

-Andy

[livery9]

nels rules!

[m3dicated]

Thanks, Fender! I love your offset guitars.

[Shirawandl]

mhdas passt nicht hier rein aber ich suche jmd zum schreiben bin so einsam

[Philipp1610]

finally a good video fender

[XLshred]

this guys awesome but lol him using that whammy pedal sounded like complete shit haha

[mattsersion]

Rad!

[Freemasonry]

NELS! DEVI EVER!!

[stratmad]

La Cabronita Especial in red - tasty

[amarr1]

i fucking love nels. so inspiring.

[rotosphere99]

ok, we got it.

[BigNoseMusic]

Hippie paint is cool.. love Jaguars/jazzmasters

[tasteslikechildren]

i like the way he uses the effects

[Fredwitrave]

I don't think there are many guitarists who are able to combine skill, innovation and emotion in their guitarplaying like Nels does. Thanks man!

[ahhotdogg]

@Fredwitrave actually i think david gilmour does a real good job of adding skill innovation and emotion into everything that he plays

[kcin1004]

i like his style. very early kinda punkish.

[Graphicsk8]

yeah

[bwilliam68]

I love Nels!, thanks Fender!

[stealthyshooter]

Yeah!

Finally some good stuff on fender!

*****

[marokokisetter]

this is the content fender's youtube should show.. soulful, real genuine interesting music and musicians

[liamshanley21]

wow

[libertyfalls]

What the hell is he doing at 0:17? Is that a freakin rock?

[wesselklooster]

@libertyfalls It's a slide, used different.

[kcin1004]

@wesselklooster hah, i was just messing around yesterday and was doing that with a slide on my tele. i didnt think anybody did that...