Premier Guitar | 7 years ago
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Before their first night of back-to-back sold-out shows at Nashville’s Mother Church, guitarist/singer Trevor Terndrup and guitarist/keyboardist Spencer Thomson (above left) grabbed their trusty Gibsons and demoed—much to the chagrin of the Ryman sound police—how their live rigs that embrace the old and new of guitar technology.
Moon Taxi’s frontman, Trevor Terndrup, is a fan of symmetry as you can see with his No. 1 being a Gibson Les Paul Doublecut Classic P-90 goldtop that has been his main squeeze since 2012 when it replaced an emerald green LP Doublecut Classic. It’s been a true road warrior until a recent gig in Seattle where Trevor found the neck pickup complete dislodged from its cavity and resting against the strings. He’s since replaced the necessary screws and it’s flying at full strength again. All of his guitars use Ernie Ball Slinky .009–.042 strings.
The lone guitar Spencer Thomson trusts is this Gibson 1964 ES-345 reissue that he acquired about a year ago and has since replaced his Strat and Les Paul for most live situations. We’d love to tell you the strings he has on it, but Thomson loves old strings and hasn’t broken or changed a string since he got the guitar. He loves messing with the varitone knob in the studio, but typically only uses the 1st position. He recorded two tracks for their current single “Two High” with the 345 in the 1st position and the 7th and then combined them for a full, rich sound.
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