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[00Ghost27]

http://www.guitarpla...iguez-lopez/274

Wow, is that why you don’t use a lot of vibrato?

Maybe. I never realized my strings were so heavy until other guitar players were like, “What the f**k are you doing?” When John Frusciante realized I had them he was amazed and kept asking me if I was really doing all those bends using those strings. But if I use lighter strings I really pull them out of tune, because as I said I don’t have a gentle touch— and that also affects my vibrato. Someone like John plays with a lot of finesse, so you can hear all those little things that he does with the vibrato and everything, whereas my playing is sort of bulldozer-esque.

Speaking of Frusciante, what were his contributions to Octahedron?

Besides being a very close friend of mine who understands what I’m trying to do, John is another musician that I utilize to execute my compositions. What I look for in a musician is the ability to learn and memorize horribly fast, because I’m impatient. And they have to be able to do it without fear or reservations, and to play with all their heart and soul so that their personality comes through. In filmmaking terms, I’m the writer and director and the musicians are actors. They learn their lines and say them, and then we share the bigger story together.

In what ways has he influenced your playing?

He’s the reason I don’t have the affinity for the guitar that I should: because I know that I’m a phony. John’s one of those people that I’ve always wanted to be. He picks up the thing and there’s no separation between him and the guitar. Every single thing that he plays has finesse and beauty to it. He’s a natural, whereas for me it has come through a lot of playing and stubbornness, and thinking that the guitar and I are stuck with each other so we’d better make the best of it.

[FirmKick]

Awesome, thanks so much for posting.

What Omar says about JF--him and the guitar being one entity--right on par. That is why I love listening to JF's music, there is so much natural love pouring out of his work, it is truly incredible and I can never truly express how much I enjoy the beautiful work he does with his guitar.

[RedHotJSC_87]

Good Interview...although it's not brand new. I believe its like 8 months old or so. I remember reading the magazine a while back.

Thanks for sharing though as I forgot about it, and it's a very good read

[Fenix]

I am really uninformed when it comes to Guitars, pedals, amps and whatnot, but I read all the interview and was kind of really amazed at it. The Mars Volta is my 2nd favourite band and I really really like Mr. Rodriguez Lopez so it was a very good read, thanks for sharing.

[AzteC]

looks like john is making more songs with Omar as per posted on his twitter account yesterday.

[Iva]

00Ghost27, this is an interview from 2009. I think Guitar Player should know bettter and add dates to their online articles.

AtzeC, John Frusciante does not have a Twitter account and we discussed that before, actually.

If you go to his official site, http://johnfrusciante.com, you'll see a confirmation for that.

[Chase]

Thanks for this, I've never heard Omar talk about playing this specifically.

[AzteC]

Iva, on 14 July 2011 - 07:50 AM, said:

00Ghost27, this is an interview from 2009. I think Guitar Player should know bettter and add dates to their online articles.

AtzeC, John Frusciante does not have a Twitter account and we discussed that before, actually.

If you go to his official site, http://johnfrusciante.com, you'll see a confirmation for that.

Do you know where I can find all the old posts from that site? And all the posts he did regarding empyrean and answering questions about it?

[Iva]

The posts from John's blog can be found here on the board:
http://www.yourforum...474-johns-blog/

And the interview you're talking about can be found in the site archive:
http://invisible-mov...0105-musicradar

Next time...search is your friend.