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Artist Spotlight :: Jeffery Shell

Bio

Born in Billings MT and raised all over the U.S. I started playing guitar around 17 years old... I started playing professionally in my late 20's with Atlanta based band Mad Margritt. I now live in the Pacific Northwest where I record, perform, and tour with Cable Creek Band and Bret Allen and the Northern Rebels as well as playing weekly with various cover bands. I love to play loud, I live for the road, and I am always chasing tone.
~Twang

What/Who inspired you to pick up your instrument?

Jimi Page inspired me to want to play guitar. I was in high school and started learning how he played from guitar magazine. Bought the "Guitar Hanbook" and read it a few times and learned from friends and older players that I could find.

What piece of musical advice would you give yourself if you could go back in time to the beginning of your musical journey?

Tone Timing Taste. "If you want to become a better guitar player, Take lessons from a drummer..."

What keeps you excited about playing?

Trying to improve each time I play live until I can play what's in my head instantly without thinking. To get to the point where it just flows...and the audience feels it.
Being able to play music for a living.
Going out on the Road.

Desert Island 3 pedal pedalboard (not including tuner)

MXR Compressor, Useful in almost any situation. Can be used as a boost.
Ibanez Tube Screamer Has a great light overdrive sound can get crunchy tight. Adds sustain for chicken pickin. Solo's cut because of the mid hump. Can also be used as a boost.
MXR Micro boost. Before or after OD's they work anywhere in the chain.

When you find yourself in a musical rut, what techniques do you do to break out of it?

Play something besides scales. Listen to intervals. Make up a new exercise that I cannot do until I practice it. Use different metronome settings.

Who is your favorite artist/band today? And who was your favorite artist/band 10 years ago?

I really like Eric Gales out of Memphis. I think he is one of the best players on the planet right now. Plays left Handed upside down and backwards. Check him out.

10 years ago my Favorite was Led Zeppelin. Always has been. Lots of things have changed with the way things are produced and distributed. The way bands tour, How they get signed, paid ect... Even the gear is pretty complex now with all digital pedals and downloads updates, change your settings with bluetooth and things like that.

When you find yourself in a music store - what is your go-to riff when test drive gear?

10 years gone by Zeppelin. I always warm up at gigs with it too.

What is your most prized/charished piece of gear? And why?

My 2020 Les Paul Standard.

Because it's the best playing and sounding guitar I have owned to date.

What is the next big musical purchase you're hoping to save for?

Black Les Paul Custom

Gear Breakdown

Rattlesnake Cables
Gibson Les Paul Standard
Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb
Marshall Silver Jubilee 4x12 slant
Various Pedals

I use this gear because it's simple and always sounds killer. I run from guitar to pedal board to 65 deluxe and into the 4x12. I leave 4x12 a home for smaller gigs.

I run Rattlesnake cables to connect everything because they are bullet proof and sound exemplary. Hand made in Montana and the best service and delivery I have ever seen in any company!

Bands / Projects

Cable Creek Band
https://www.cablecreekband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CableCreekBand

Bret Allen and the northern Rebels
https://batnr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BATNR

Listen on Spotify

Social Links

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Reviews on Google

Todd Gilliam
7/9/2021
Great company! fast and easy to work with. Excellent quality cables! I highly recommend them!

Raymond Hicks
8/16/2021
I ordered my 20’ snakehead cable on a Friday and it was in my hands Tuesday afternoon. High quality materials and build - this cable is built to last and sounds fantastic. I’ve used all the big names (Mog, Full, Monst) and this cable is all I hoped for. Customer service is outstanding - I’m not a professional musician, but I sure felt like a big name when I received a personal video from Hank giving me the details of my build schedule and thanking me for my business. That’s a really nice touch!! Glad to be part of the Rattlesnake family and will definitely be doing more business with Hank and his crew! Thanks again Hank!!

Todd Gilliam
7/9/2021
Great company! fast and easy to work with. Excellent quality cables! I highly recommend them!

Mike Link
4/9/2021
Well first of all, I've been dying to purchase cables from Rattlesnake for a long time. Finally I was able to purchase a purple 15' Snakehead with gold jacks (one angled) and one red 15' Snakehead configured the same as my purple cable and I was blown away when the package arrived. Not only did the packaging seem like opening a Christmas present, I was shocked at the presentation of opening the box and all the awesome 'goodies' inside. My first thought was, 'Wow! This is the kind of company I can get behind!' ...and the superior quality of the cables are second to none! There was just that certain killer tone I got from my first gig with my first Rattlesnake Cables. We as musicians know how important it is to have confidence in our gear and Rattlesnake Cables deliver time and time again. Thank you Rattlesnake Cables for making the best cables in the planet!

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