Spotlight: Jarryd James

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The new album, P.M., is out now via Universal.

Jarryd James
(Image credit: Alex Radelich)

HAILS FROM: Brisbane, QLD
PLAYS: Solo
SOUNDS LIKE: Slick, soulful club anthems
LATEST DROP: P.M. (LP out now via Universal)

What’s your current go-to guitar?
My favourite guitar at the moment is actually a bass – it’s a 1978 Fender Musicmaster. I bought it a few years ago from Southside Guitars in Williamsburg, and ever since I got it, I’ve taken it to pretty much every session I’ve been in. I find it to be a great tool to get ideas started – it’s just so easy to handle; it’s basically a guitar with bass strings on it.

How did you initially fall in love with the instrument?
My very first guitar was one that belonged to my father. I never met him, and he died when I was quite young – around two-years-old – and when I was in high school, it was given to me by his mother. It’s an old Ibanez dreadnought acoustic, and along with it I also inherited one of those original Pignose amps. Those are really cool little things.

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Do you have any ‘white whales’?
I’d really love to find an old Martin D-28 someday. So expensive though!

Ellie Robinson
Ellie Robinson
Editor-at-Large, Australian Guitar Magazine

Ellie Robinson is an Australian writer, editor and dog enthusiast with a keen ear for pop-rock and a keen tongue for actual Pop Rocks. Her bylines include music rag staples like NME, BLUNT, Mixdown and, of course, Australian Guitar (where she also serves as Editor-at-Large), but also less expected fare like TV Soap and Snowboarding Australia. Her go-to guitar is a Fender Player Tele, which, controversially, she only picked up after she'd joined the team at Australian Guitar. Before then, Ellie was a keyboardist – thankfully, the AG crew helped her see the light…