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Ariel Posen - Guitar
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KingTone’s The Duellist is currently Ariel Posen’s most-used pedal. One side of the dual drive (the Bluesbreaker voicing) is always on. But there’s another duality at play when Posen plugs in—the balance between songwriter and guitarist.
“These days, I like listening to songs and the story and the total package,” Posen told PG back in 2019, when talking about his solo debut, How Long, after departing from his sideman slot for the Bros. Landreth. “Obviously, I’m known as a guitar player, but my music and the music I write is not guitar music. It’s songs, and it goes back to the Beatles. I love songs, and I love story and melody and singing, and there was a lot of detail and attention put into the guitar sound and the playing and the parts—almost more than I’ve ever done.”
And in 2021, he found himself equally expressing his yin-and-yang artistry by releasing two albums that represented both sides of his musicality. First, Headway continued the sultry sizzle of songwriting featured on How Long. Then he surprised everyone, especially guitarists, by dropping Mile End, which is a 6-string buffet of solo dishes with nothing but Ariel and his instrument of choice.
But what should fans expect when they see him perform live? “I just trust my gut. I can reach more people by playing songs, and I get moved more by a story and lyrics and harmony, so that’s where I naturally go. The live show is a lot more guitar centric. If you want to hear me stretch out on some solos, come see a show. I want the record and the live show to be two separate things.”
The afternoon ahead of Posen’s headlining performance at Nashville’s Basement East, the guitar-playing musical force invited PG’s Chris Kies on stage for a robust chat about gear. The 30-minute conversation covers Posen’s potent pair of moody blue bombshells—a hollow, metal-bodied Mule Resophonic and a Fender Custom Shop Jazzmaster—and why any Two-Rock is his go-to amp. He also shares his reasoning behind avoiding effects loops and volume pedals.
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Ariel is a guitar player's guitar player. But also just a regular guitar player, tone master, slide player extraordinaire, and singer songwriter, that managed in only a few years of solo work to draw the attention of the charts and John Mayer alike, who points him out as one of his favourite guitar players. Just that.
I'm super excited to bring you our little chat here, where we talk in length about his second record Headway, the songs and sounds that make it, the gear used in the process and the theory implied in his songwriting.
Stick around until the end for an exclusive performance as well!
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 : Introduction
0:28 : Let's GO!
2:26 : Headway as a more personal record
4:28 : The tunings used on the record
6:47 : Sounds like EVH playing the ukulele
9:30 : Ariel's fuzzes and octave fuzz
10:28 : Hudson Elec. Broadcast
11:40 : Eventide H9 Filter
12:05 : Mythos Argo
13:15 : Using the room mic as a boost?
14:15 : Balancing the fuzz with the clean
14:57 : Textures, tension and release
15:18 : Fuzz as an always on pedal
16:45 : Ariel's favourite chord progressions
18:08 : The I-b7-2m recipe
20:31 : Get in Ariel's head to write a guitar part
21:23 : The basic chords
22:02 : now that's just ridiculous...
23:14 : he did not just come up with that...
24:45 : Guillaume is lost both for words and theory
25:33 : The lesson in that: LESS IS MORE
26:10 : The same notes with regular guitar shapes
27:14 : More wisdom
27:39 : I'm lost for words and blown away and need to wrap up the video to go hyperventilate
28:40 : Ariel's solo performance of "Carry me Home"!!
Ariel Posen entered as a sideman. His scintillating slide work with the Bros. Landreth made him a guitarist’s guitarist.
He’s since stepped out on his own to show he’s more than just shadowy slide specialist.
His 2019 solo debut, How Long, caught some fans off guard and shined brightly because of his song-first approach. “These days, I like listening to songs and the story and the total package,” Posen told PG in 2019. “I just trusted my gut and I can reach more people by playing songs, and I get moved more by a story and lyrics and harmony, so that’s where I naturally go. The live show is a lot more guitar-centric.”
But saying all that, Posen still gets down on the guitar. His slide might do most the talking (look no further than How Long’s sizzling “Get You Back”), but his fingerstyle flourishes and potent phrasing make him an all-around threat. And on top of all that, the dude can sing, too!
His brand-new album Headway expands on the success of How Long by incorporating more rootsy Americana vibes (“Heart by Heart” or “Carry Me Home”) and slinky neo-soul touches (“What Are We Doing Here”). And guitarists, don’t worry, he still cuts a grooving, silky solo (“Coming Back” or “Heart by Heart”).
Just before releasing his emotive, heartfelt 12-song collection, the burgeoning-songwriting guitarist virtually welcomed PG’s Chris Kies into his Canadian-home jam space.
In this episode, we find out how a $50-pawnhsop purchase inspired his No. 1—a custom-made, S-style baritone—and he explains why all of his guitars (and their tones) have to be “different,” and he goes through his travel-ready pedalboard that’s been grounded for over a year, but has still been a big asset for recording.
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