“This is among the rarest guitars I’ve ever come throughout,” exclaims Jake Bugg as he showcases his 1953 Gibson J-185 within the first episode of the brand new season of Guitar.com’s My Guitars & Me.

“This one’s simply stayed at my home so it most likely wants a little bit of a setup. This one undoubtedly doesn’t go on the highway.”

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How did the Nottingham-bred singer-songwriter come so as to add such a uncommon guitar to his assortment? Tokyo, and lots of booze, naturally.

“I got here throughout this in Tokyo, Japan. I’d by no means really seen one earlier than,” he says. “We saved it for a bit, [tried] to look it up [online] and never a lot was arising. And ultimately I requested the man, ‘Might I’ve a go on that, please?’ And he was like, ‘No.’

“I needed to get out photos on my telephone of guitars I already owned, and ultimately he got here spherical and let me have a go on it.”

He goes on: “I had a couple of drinks, considered it, got here again, after which was like, ‘Let’s go and purchase it!’ The worst ‘I’ll go give it some thought’ state of affairs ever.”

“It’s undoubtedly one of many rarest guitars I’ve ever come throughout,” he provides. “It seems to be prefer it tells a narrative. It seems to be prefer it needs to be in a museum or one thing. However I completely adore it. This one doesn’t go on the highway. It stays at residence and is used on information each time I would like it.”

Elsewhere within the episode, Bugg particulars how he got here to personal his 1954 Butterscotch Blonde Fender Esquire electrical.

“I didn’t actually know rather a lot about these guitars – I used to be on tour in America with Noel Gallagher and Snow Patrol, and the guitar tech for Noel Gallagher’s guitarist took me to Gruhn’s in Nashville. We went to the upstairs room they usually had all these previous, superb guitars. I simply love the color on it. It’s not too flash. And it simply had that nation type of tone. It was simply so on the spot after I plugged it in.

Watch the primary episode of My Guitars & Me season 2 with Jake Bugg above.

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