For this week's edition of the Hi-Fives we did something a little different. Up until now we've been focusing on the builders behind the brands we carry, this week we thought we'd venture outside that circle. Lance Seymour is a session guitar player based in Atlanta, GA but many of you would know him as the guy behind @geartalk on instagram. For those unfamiliar give @geartalk a follow for a great news feed, gear photos, contests and general insights into the gear world.
Top five things about running @geartalk
- gear, tons and tons of gear.
- getting to review and demo the best gear in the world.
- helping make someone truly happy when they win a giveaway.
- the never ending opportunity to practice patience, understanding and acceptance
- making friends all over the world. if geartalk vanished tomorrow, i would still have life long friends that i met from this amazing community
Top five favorite pedals of all time
- diamond ML2
- cusack music screamer fuzz
- my ’86 RAT
- eventide H9 MAX
- analogman King Of Tone
Top five guitar tones on record
- yakety axe - chet atkins & mark knopfler
- sons of thirteen - pat metheny
- angus & malcolm young
- keith urban - sweet thing
- brian may
Top five things to bring to a session
- a tuner
- pad and pencil
- all the pedalz
- coffee
- your A game
Top five lamest riffs you know
- play that funky music - wild cherry
- higher - creed
- footloose - kenny loggins
- beer for my horses - toby keith
- treasure -bruno mars
Top five musical guilty pleasures
- katy perry
- not sure if i feel guilty or proud that i love ‘all night long’ by the great Lionel Richie
- new country (on very rare occasions)
- arms of the angel - sarah mcclachlan
- nothin compare 2 U - sinead o’conner version
Top five impulse purchases
- my early 60’s Silvertone 1423, bought at 2nd Gear nashville. formerly owned by the legendary tom bukovac
- dr. z carmen ghia, used at GC, never regretted it
- ’72 gibson SG from brad jetter of jetter pedals. he gave me a steal of a deal. i record with it almost every day
- vintage mesa-boogie markI, it’s been a true workhorse for me
- my cusack music screamer fuzz i bought at 2013’s gear talk expo. i think everyone who attended bought one that day.
Top five shows you wish you could have witnessed
- prince’s show on dec 31st 1999
- NIN when pino palladino was playing bass for them
- any live show by jimi hendrix or srv
- clapton when derek trucks and doyle bramhall II were touring with him
- jeff buckley
Top five dream guitars
- elliott guitars raven
- elliott guitars tonemaster
- suhr classic antique s
- duesenberg pomona lapsteel
- ’62 gibson 335
Top five instagram accounts to follow
- @deebeeus
- @puisheen
- @maschio23
- @arkay1959
- @fjlorente
these 5 guys not only have amazing gear, but they take gorgeous photos of their gear and share. i love them all.
this was fun. thanks, coast sonic
