In a 2014 interview with Stingray Music, DeMarco detailed his collection, the majority of which can be seen in the above video documenting the recording of Another One, which has since expanded to include a Fender Rhodes Electric Piano and Moog Realistic MG-1. Since first using a Yamaha DX7 and a Korg Microsampler on the woozy Salad Days cut ‘Chamber of Reflection,’ DeMarco has developed an affinity for synthesisers, collecting several vintage Japanese models which have come to play a key role in his music. While the specifics on this one aren’t exactly 100%, DeMarco’s bass used for recording looks like it’s a vintage Japanese model from the ’70s, judging from the cheap red sunburst finish and vintage hardware and electronics seen on the instrument.
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#manyblessings #countem #thankyou post shared by on at 3:45pm PSTĪs part of an endorsement deal with Fender, Mac DeMarco’s live band received a total of 11 HSS Shawbucker Stratocasters – as well as one lonely Telecaster – seen in this picture from DeMarco’s personal Instagram. Recently, however, Mac’s seemed to have acquired a few more ’70s-era Stratocasters for his live show, including another natural-finished ’74 model which was used heavily on the Here Comes The Cowboytour.Īround the release of 2014’s Salad Days, DeMarco picked up a vintage Dakota Red Fender Mustang, using it live and in the studio for 2015’s Another One.įor his acoustic-heavy 2017 record This Old Dog, DeMarco has been seen using a ’60s model Gibson J-45, fitted with a Sunrise Soundhole Pickup in the performance above of the album’s title track for Pitchfork.ĭo u love #strat? #yes. “The guilt you feel for snapping a $4,000 guitar is deep,” he said. While he did manage replace the guitar with a ’90s Japanese Squier as seen below, DeMarco acknowledged the heartbreak of breaking his vintage Fender. However it met an untimely end when it split in half after being dropped onstage in Paris. While it’s now retired the from live use, the quirky appearance and unique tone of the single pickup Teisco has since become a key part of DeMarco’s signature aesthetic and music in recent years, arguably inspiring a revival in vintage Japanese guitars in indie music.ĭeMarco’s primary guitar from 2014-16 was a vintage Fender Stratocaster with a Natural finish, which appears to have been made before Fender opted for a three-bolt neck and bullet truss rod design in 1972. As soon as I played this guitar, I was like ‘Wow, this thing is actually a piece of shit’, they were like, ‘Thirty bucks?’, and I was like, ‘sure.'” They brought me something perfectly crappy. “It’s a music store, but also half like a pawn shop. “I went to this place called Lillo’s,” he said in an interview with The Rumpus. Guitarsįor years, DeMarco’s main guitar was a thrashed Japanese Teisco electric from the 1960s, which he acquired for $30 when he was a teenager living in Canada. Today, we’re diving deep into the gear of the jizz-jazz king, shedding light onto the guitars, amps, pedals and synths used by one of Canada’s best in the business. Read all the latest features, columns and more here.Īlthough his music has evolved into a much more sonically refined version of the laid-back, lo-fi brand of slacker rock he first became famous for, DeMarco’s DIY ethos and knack for songwriting remains a key part of his solo output today, and there’s not denying his influence over the last decade of indie rock. Recording mostly all of his music by himself in his bedroom studio with an array of vintage Japanese guitars, synths and reel-to-reel recorders, DeMarco has created a signature brand of stripped back indie rock and inspiring a whole wave of lo-fi imitators in his wake. There really isn’t any other artist around today like Mac DeMarco.įor years, the chain smoking Canadian artist has charmed festivals and theatres worldwide with his distinctive gap-tooth smile, bizarre sense of humour, and seriously well written songs. Words by Will Brewster A closer look at the gear of the indie trailblazer.