Jared James Nichols
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“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
By Jonathan Horsley published
In vintage guitar circles, they would call this 1957 Les Paul Standard a ‘turd’, but this glorious-looking instrument was one of the first Standards to be fitted with humbuckers – and it sounds the business

“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?
By Matt Owen published
The new hum-resistant P-90 launch is headlined by a signature single-coil for Jared James Nichols, which the blues-rock maestro calls his “dream pickup”

Jared James Nichols is the wild man of modern blues-rock – let your solos loose with 6 of his most ferocious licks
By Jon Bishop published
In this exclusive lesson, the Epiphone signature artist teaches you 6 licks that will take your blues-rock solos into uncharted territory

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!’”
By Amit Sharma published
When it comes time to unleash a vulgar display of Blues Power, it’s all about expression – JJN explains why the Les Paul is “the best tool for the job”

Watch Jared James Nichols play Free’s All Right Now on Paul Kossoff’s 1959 Les Paul Burst
By Matt Parker published
The blues rock firebrand tries on the legendary instrument and offers a great impersonation of Kossoff’s vibrato

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
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The new model will also feature JJN’s upcoming signature Seymour Duncan P-90 pickup – and the whole package is stank face guaranteed

Watch Jared James Nichols, Richie Faulkner, Zach Myers and Marty Schwartz trade licks in awe-inspiring Free Bird cover
By Matt Parker published
The live shred-fest sees all four players take solo runs over the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic

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!”
By Ellie Rogers published
The Les Paul wrangler extraordinaire on why he's a fingerstylist forever, how he strong-armed the gnarly blues-rock sounds on his explosive new album, and what it was like to play through one of Eddie Van Halen's Marshalls

Watch Jared James Nichols play Eddie Van Halen’s own hand-made Kramer Stryper guitar – further proving tone truly is in the fingers
By Matt Owen published
The blues maestro has now played through both Van Halen's guitar and amp, and each time it's helped support the argument that tone is a personal touch

Jared James Nichols argues tone comes from the fingers – and recalls the time he played through Eddie Van Halen’s own amp as evidence
By Matt Owen published
“It comes down to your hands, the way you hold the guitar, the way you strike the strings. Your touch is everything,” Nichols told Total Guitar
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