<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Jared-james-nichols ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/jared-james-nichols Wed, 06 May 2026 14:55:57 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “When I played, it was almost like I made every note count even more. It was rejuvenating”: Why Jared James Nichols has switched to Marshall amps after playing Blackstar for 15 years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/amps/jared-james-nichols-joins-marshall sdd79tcZTREDX4a2VYhTNZ Wed, 06 May 2026 14:55:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The power went out, then this horrible rainstorm came. I got the chills. I said, ‘Dude, I think Gary Moore’s here’”: The supernatural experience Jared James Nichols had when he played through Gary Moore’s old amp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jared-james-nichols-supernatural-experience--playing-gary-moore-amp d72r67o4c5dJ8CQagPgjX3 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:17:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With the solo, my mindset is that we’re at the start of a musical journey, and it’s my mission to tell a story”: Jared James Nichols on his melodic soloing ideas every guitar player can take from Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa and SRV ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nicholes-melodic-soloing-like-eric-clapton ZHbnkebXZ3vzSZTfWykV8W Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:21:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Those old players had nothing to hide behind. Just their hands, their feel and the truth coming through the speakers”: 5 modern blues guitar heroes on the impossible task of imitating the blues greats ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/modern-blues-players-on-the-impossible-task-of-recreating-tone-of-british-blues-legends GW5BEfiLu8SqwrV93nBTbK Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Once you have it down, you can explore improvised melodies along with the steady bass pattern”: What is “Dead thumb” fingerpicking? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-dead-thumb-fingerpicking tASLKkzxJ4k44gXr3XpgVj Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The door cracks open and I hear, ‘Who the hell are you? Play that again!‘” Steven Tyler gatecrashed Jared James Nichols’ jam and invited him to hang out with Aerosmith – and he kept coming back ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-jared-james-nichols-hung-out-with-aerosmith Ra7r7yddrT7avuU74w436H Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:46:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every modern guitarist from Joe Bonamassa to Jared James Nichols gets the same haters who say, ‘Everything you play is pentatonic’”: Meet Eric Steckel, the high-gain firebrand painting a new shade of blues guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-steckel-knaggs-toting-blues-rock-star mpXQj3WtUiWMJWbYiLMXjc Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:38:49 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There is something really special that can happen when three musicians are playing off of each other and interacting in real time”: Jared James Nichols on why playing in a trio opens up your soloing approaches ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-on-why-trios-let-guitar-players-stretch-out-with-their-solos wW9Wz68q6bQqczsYkJDQui Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:29:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A Tube Screamer is a Tube Screamer. It’s one of the great cons of the guitar industry. They got these dirt boxes right the first time!” Why Jared James Nichols stopped obsessing over gear – and honed in on his playing instead ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jared-james-nichols-guitarist-magazine-2025 wzxTfuTvXtgqGx7qsMkr93 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Iheard that, my first thought was, ‘Well, you can’t do that on a piano!’” Jared James Nichols teaches an essential guitar playing skill – how to bend the strings expressively ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-on-how-to-bend-your-strings-expressively rs9dFyXwdtxJbJE2bJ8WUC Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Moments like this don’t happen in real life”: Jared James Nichols spotted a pedal builder in the audience at one of his gigs – then handed him his guitar mid-solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jared-james-nichols-pedal-pawn-solo CRAC5pPwBtjGBUKbyjYJoG Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:49:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I have a 1968 Plexi and Leslie West’s old Sunn amp, which Joe Bonamassa gave me”: Jared James Nichols owns a few vintage amp gems – but here’s why he still prefers Blackstars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jared-james-nichols-on-why-he-prefers-blackstar-amp 7qGUB5MwbmKHG3F7c89Qtk Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:22:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love to utilize unison bends, inspired by players like Ted Nugent, Pat Travers and Johnny Winter”: Jared James Nichols shows you how to build a guitar solo to a powerful climax ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-how-to-build-guitar-solos-to-a-powerful-climax Ksf8dEXP8qNK6caNtQfAE4 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:03:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Taking Klons on the road isn’t fun. It is an easy nick”: Jared James Nichols was gifted a Klon Centaur by Joe Bonamassa – here’s how he kept it safe on the road ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jared-james-nichols-on-being-gifted-a-klon-centaur-by-joe-bonamassa spvD8GxVEyXsyFu8YRWNA3 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:31:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I use my pick-hand index finger in a Jimi Hendrix-like way”: Jared James Nichols explains how to use open strings and Drop D tuning to bulk up your blues fingerstyle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-open-string-blues-fingerstyle pHFfpE8W9qf5QB74q7gTha Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:17:57 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:44:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All of my favorite players – Paul Kossoff, Leslie West, Jimi Hendrix – play with tonal perfection, but it also often sounds like they’re hanging on by a thread!” Jared James Nichols teaches you the wild drop D blues stomp he wrote with Tyler Bryant ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-hard-wired jxtnmwMVvjGa7SD83abk55 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:33:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was thinking, ‘Why does it sound different when I play the Mississippi Queen intro, as compared to when he does it?’” Jared James Nichols on why playing behind and ahead of the beat are the key to great blues guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-how-to-play-behind-and-in-front-of-the-beat RQetFmfc9coU9Y88eXDBHT Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:19:41 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:53:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of my biggest musical influences is the king of blues power. He also played in an unorthodox tuning, which is still a mystery”: Jared James Nichols on how Albert King's electric fingerpicking changed the game for blues guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-albert-king-fingerstyle-blues-guitar 5yyvXTV9EnEXaLgHFYkkKW Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:38:44 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:49:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s atried-and-true sound that we’ve heard inthe soloing of all of our favorite players, from Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Leslie West to Eddie Van Halen”: Jared James Nichols explains why we should all be using the blue note in our solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-on-how-to-use-the-blue-note 7FYXbJBK8qSxuaxzdaftgk Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:55:09 +0000 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:36:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted to come up with a hypnotic riff and had the Rolling Stones’ Miss You in mind”: Jared James Nichols on how Keith Richards and ZZ Top influenced one of his most memorable riffs – and what Eddie Kramer told him about songwriting ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-riffs ZwkXZDUmdAkdwSQoBebFAc Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:04:58 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:51:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are so many sounds tobe discovered when you get away from using a pick”: Jared James Nichols shows you how to add “snap, crackle and pop” to your playing with banjo rolls and string snaps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-banjo-rolls-string-snaps-fingerstyle-workshop UYMysFJhN23oUy2q3u6Ehg Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:56:37 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:29:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re all looking for new inspiration. Some of us have been playing humbuckers for a long, long time”: Are we witnessing a P-90 renaissance? Warren Haynes has his say ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pickups/are-we-witnessing-a-p-90-renaissance-warren-haynes-has-his-say iwJ2ZnZuwV4YqXez26wNZj Sun, 23 Mar 2025 09:09:00 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:09:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is a technique that has been used to great effect by some of my biggest blues heroes”: By thumb-picking bass notes while playing a melody, you can be your own rhythm section – Jared James Nichols shows you how ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-how-to-thumb-pick-bass-notes-while-playing-a-melody CBu6UBqvvGvc7iMsu7htn9 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:09:15 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:32:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For me, it’s not enough to play an idea once and then move on. I’d rather develop my initial phrase and then morph it into 10 different, thematically connected ones”: Jared James Nichols shows you how to use call-and-response blues phrasing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-call-and-response-blues-phrasing 8ao8VNeUXntS3Dx7QcHbD4 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:42:56 +0000 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:03:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m always envisioning the phrases I play as being like vocal parts”: Jared James Nichols shows you how to make your solos “sing” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/how-to-make-your-guitar-solos-sing-with-jared-james-nichols V5vJPcETaUfCg2tQts74uD Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:46:15 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:55:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He had one of the greatest finger vibratos of all time”: Jared James Nichols on the guitar genius of Free’s Paul Kossoff ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-paul-kossoff-free 7SvgH5h2LcXsJPqTF7afPo Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:50:07 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:25:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was able to make each note sound so big. When I formed my first trio the first place my mind would go was the sound of Leslie West’s guitar”: Jared James Nichols explains why Mountain man Leslie West was the “king of heavy” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-teaches-the-style-of-mountain-leslie-west-video xyp46oPUdRTuLtvcT3LobL Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:59:02 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Everything I do in life is left-handed, except for guitar playing… Using a plectrum never felt comfortable in my right hand”: Jared James Nichols on how he came up with his unique fingerstyle approach – and why it can make your playing more expressive ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jared-james-nichols-teaches-his-fingerstyle-blues-rock-approach mj7iUZweXHk95w7gTWtKQJ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:06:11 +0000 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:10:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I picked up a guitar, I held it righty, but the pick never felt right in my hands, so I started to make up my own technique”: Jared James Nichols reveals how he developed his unique fingerstyle technique – and the perks of going pick-less ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-on-developing-his-fingerstyle-technique-and-the-perks-of-going-pick-less FthSoVaioF8U9eThwDY2xm Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:04:47 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:06:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Sets a new benchmark for guitar amp plugin performance”: Blackstar and Jared James Nichols blur boundary between physical and digital amp releases with ground-breaking signature amp and plugin launch ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/blackstar-jared-james-nichols-signature-amp-and-plugin kF9Ghgwev4sfukRFoFnZCF Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:13:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Imagine the dirtiest Les Paul on the planet, but even worse”: Jared James Nichols is reviving a storm-destroyed Gibson – a 1975 Custom that was being played when its original owner died ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-katrina-les-paul-restoration 8AwkchcUtUfRrDQ4pcedV Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:16:28 +0000 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:57:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I lost my footing with the guitar off the hook. I get up thinking, ‘I've broken the guitar.’ I couldn't believe it”: When he was 15, Jared James Nichols played a high-end Flying V at a guitar store – but it almost ended in total disaster ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-guitar-stores UwgqDPwUCNVMpW5WdwLawf Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:41:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He fell in love with this guitar. He played it the entire night and it sounded phenomenal”: A lost first-year Gibson Les Paul Junior has been brought back to life against all odds – and Jared James Nichols wants to buy it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/1954-les-paul-junior-restored ubjfCFWNzbzZETjsekBnaV Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:20:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The power is in your hands”: You don’t have to be a muscle-bound ’80s action hero to wield Jared James Nichols’ new signature Blues Power Les Paul Custom, but we imagine it helps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-jared-james-nichols-signature-blues-power-les-paul-custom GcbotQMq3ugVyLXk64WQk8 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:02:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is nuts and my jaw is on the floor with how badass this one is. I am in Tone Heaven!” Jared James Nichols just got a ’57 Les Paul with the craziest refurb ever ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-has-a-new-refurbed-les-paul-with-pafs-and-a-crazy-story-to-tell EVhpFp3k9pNK4PQKjmLkUK Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:52:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All the tone of the classic P-90 pickup without the hum”: Is Seymour Duncan’s new Silencer range the perfect modern P-90 platform? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/seymour-duncan-silencer-p-90 avzDcsgD5C8yyKhmiA5E68 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:41:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jared James Nichols is the wild man of modern blues-rock – let your solos loose with 6 of his most ferocious licks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/jared-james-nichols-6-licks xgdJYnePGn5Lf66KWdq3om Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:49:43 +0000 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:54:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jared James Nichols: “I was playing a lot of Strats and Telecasters. And then I tried a Les Paul Standard. The first thing I thought was, ‘Holy f**k, this feels like a Cadillac!’” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jared-james-nichols-gibson-les-pauls NhjDU9XaYiPnJsoAnCHTgd Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:26:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jared James Nichols play Free’s All Right Now on Paul Kossoff’s 1959 Les Paul Burst ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-paul-kossoff-les-paul oLkmcHqr9Ze6BmC8rsvohD Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:56:57 +0000 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:00:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ There’s a Pelham Blue version of Jared James Nichols’ single-pickup Epiphone Les Paul Custom on the way, and boy does it look purdy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-jared-james-nichols-pelham-blue-les-paul-custom ouhFa7jfD4BMWj3aTHxMxH Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:17:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jared James Nichols, Richie Faulkner, Zach Myers and Marty Schwartz trade licks in awe-inspiring Free Bird cover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-richie-faulkner-zach-myers-marty-schwartz-free-bird ZtjYLpfgZySSiWycL9GcD6 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:06:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jared James Nichols: “I’m super-proud of Easy Come, Easy Go... if you listen to that solo, it almost feels like the amp’s about to explode!” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jared-james-nichols-self-titled-interview MdbKaAqQkhrrmMu8caf3e3 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:33:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jared James Nichols play Eddie Van Halen’s own hand-made Kramer Stryper guitar – further proving tone truly is in the fingers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-kramer-stryper-eddie-van-halen ECBVdbLLrCxtc6M5WmGLQD Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:04:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jared James Nichols argues tone comes from the fingers – and recalls the time he played through Eddie Van Halen’s own amp as evidence ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-eddie-van-halen-amp-tone dHzbqW3DeCtCyRkZu45pMm Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:50:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ 15 young guns making the Gibson Les Paul cool again ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/15-young-guns-making-the-gibson-les-paul-cool-again BmikHskfU4GUtdKo4w3Sxk Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:32:39 +0000 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:23:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ From hell-raising garage-punk to towering shred storms: here are this week's essential guitar tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/essential-guitar-tracks-garage-punk-shred-storm yibJsAbpTGx6XmRArkL8dc Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:02:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jared James Nichols: “I’ll never forget the moment I first saw Zakk playing in the flesh with Ozzy – it was beyondpowerful. I was mesmerized” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jared-james-nichols-blues-power oUvqTL3RZ7pWjcUaDhBi2B Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:34:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Blackstar partners with blues ace Jared James Nichols for JJN 3 practice amp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/blackstar-jjn-3 rJokeJQUttNtveYNVg6QKi Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:48:14 +0000 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:42:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gibson, Jared James Nichols to host Guitars For Vets benefit concert featuring Lzzy Hale, Tommy Emmanuel, Tesla's Frank Hannon and more ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-nichols-hale-guitars-4-vets-concert W33BFYncgnU3VEJ5phhSc Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:14:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jared James Nichols forced to cancel live shows after breaking his arm picking up a roadcase ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jared-james-nichols-arm-break pTM89Mr6SDGgkDYQerDigQ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:17:18 +0000