It seemed odd that J Mascis, a resident of Chelsea and trail-blazing musician once described as God, would be here ordering a late breakfast from room service at Midtown’s nouveau chic Time H… ...

J Mascis' pedalboard, with a 1970s Ram's Head Big Muff | Credit: Future “I didn’t know much about guitar tone,” he says. “I remember I had this Yamaha [G-100] solid-state amp because I saw ...

That’s how the pedalboard grows. In a sense, you were born too late – we all were – when it comes to vintage guitars but, ... The Fender J Mascis Signature Telecaster is available now, priced £1,299 / ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. J Mascis might have brought a one-man acoustic show to Howler for the Brunswick Music Festival this week, but it certainly didn't ...

In 1989, he went with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore to see Nirvana play a small club gig in New Jersey, two years before they broke big. That night, Kurt Cobain asked Mascis to join the band as ...

Mascis first started playing guitar as a means to write and perform with Dinosaur Jr., ... J Mascis' pedalboard, with a 1970s Ram's Head Big Muff (Image credit: Future) ...