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Paul Jacques (born September 6, 1965) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, engineer and producer. He is a prolific session guitarist providing acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukelele, bass and other assorted string instruments to countless recordings, including the groups Whitey's Fault, Rik Lear and the Zoo Station, 1880, The Moonshine Mountain Boys, Blind Like Sam, Honkystomp as well as solo artists including Erica Lake, Ken O'Malley, Abel Josephson and Randy Gibson. Playing live Paul has played or shared stages with Jimbo Ross, Billy Sheehan, The Bangles, School of Fish, Queen Ida and Cinderella. A BMI-affiliated songwriter, Paul has released several albums on the Bootlick Records Label. In addition to his session work, Paul has founded several bands including 1880, The Moonshine Mountain Boys, Proof 102, and Shotgun Cowboys. He currently plays and tours with Magnolia Drawl (formerly the Mary White Band.)

Contents

1 Early Life

2 Influences

3 Equipment

4 Partial Discography

5 References

6 External Links

Early life

At age 18 he was accepted into the Studio Guitar program at the University of Southern California. After his freshmen year, a family situation forced him to return to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he attended Washington and Jefferson College for two years. He eventually transferred back to USC where he graduated in 1988.

Influences

Jacques cites influences including Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Robin Trower, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell.

Equipment

Paul primarily plays Fender American Deluxe Telecasters that have been modified with the addition of a middle pickup to "Nashvillize" them. The bridge pickups have been replaced with a Seymour Duncan Little '59 for Tele humbuckers with a tap switch hidden in the tone pot. The standard 3-way switches have been swapped out with 5-way switches to provide out-of-phase Stratocaster tones when needed. The Teles have also been retrofitted with the Buzz Feiten tuning system and he frequently plays a Parsons-White B-Bender. Paul plays Martin and Taylor acoustics and 12-strings, a Gibson Mastertone 5-string banjo and a vast assortment of exotic string instruments. For amplification Paul uses a Marshall Joe Satriani 100 watt all-tube head was well as a Dr. Z Maz 38 reverb. His various effects currently include a Brent Mason signature Hot Wired overdrive, a Friedman Dirty Shirley drive, a Line 6 Helix Effects run through his effects loop and a Mesa Boogie Highwire AC Boost and effects buffer.

Partial Discography

With Whitey's Fault

Skull & Bones (1994)

With Erica Lake

Bored Games (1998)

With Abel Josephson

Helicopters Over Hollywood (2000)

With 1880

Guilt Train (2002)

Ride (2004)

With The Moonshine Mountain Boys

Self-Titled (2008)

With Honkystomp

Feel the Stomp - EP (2010)

With Blind Like Sam (2012)

Bury My Heart

References

External links