John William Lowery (born July 31, 1971 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan), better known by his stage name John 5, is an American guitarist. His stage name was bestowed on him in 1998 when he joined rock group Marilyn Manson as their guitarist, taking over from Zim Zum. He is currently the guitarist for Rob Zombie.
He is also a solo artist having recorded four guitar albums: Vertigo (2004), Songs For Sanity (2005), The Devil Knows My Name (2007) and Requiem (2008), as well as a remix album, Remixploitation (2009). He also works as a staff writer for Chrysalis Records, working with artists such as Avril Lavigne, Garbage, Meat Loaf, FeFe Dobson and has been writing and recording with southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd for their upcoming release, which was originally scheduled for early 2009.
Lowery first started playing guitar at the age of seven after watching Buck Owens and Roy Clark's television show Hee Haw with his dad. His parents supported his playing as long as it never interfered with his education. They also accompanied him at the adult bars he would play during the evening
Equipment:
- Fender J5 Telecaster
Lowery's first signature guitar with Fender which features an unusual three on-a-side headstock two for behind the nut bends. other features include an Enforcer humbucker pick up in the bridge position, a Twisted Tele single coil pickup in the neck position, separate volume controls, a three way toggle switch and is available in a black polyurethane finish with a chrome pickguard.
- Fender J5 Triple Telecaster Deluxe
The J5 Triple Telcaster is based around the 1970s Telecaster Deluxe design and features three Enforcer "Wide Range" humbucker pickups with chrome covers, three way switch, master tone and volume, a vintage tremolo bridge, a chrome pickguard and a Stratocaster style headstock.
- Fender J5 Bigsby Telecaster
The J5 Bigsby is a similar to the original J5 Telecaster, but is fitted with a Bigsby vibrato system, Seymour Duncan pickup in the bridge position, master tone and volume, and a three way blade in the regular Telecaster position.
- Fender J5 Acoustic
Lowery's first signature acoustic guitar. The guitar is fitted with a Fender/Fishman Classic 4T pickup which features an active preamp with electric tuner, volume, bass, mid and treble control. As all of John's signature guitar it is finished in gloss black and fitted with a chrome pick guard.
- Fender J5 Telecaster Prototype
A prototype of Lowery first signature Telecaster, does not feature the three on-a-side headstock and was originally outfitted with a Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele pickup in the neck position, and DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker in the bridge position It was later modified with a pair of DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers.
- Squier J5 Telecaster Guitar
Introduced in 2009, this is the new cheaper model from John 5 and Fender of his telecaster signature model.
Effects:
- Samsontech GIJ John 5 Signature Pedal
John's signature effect pedal is designed around the Samsontech G1 effect pedal and features a 32-bit processing and 96 kHz sampling as well as a built-in drum machine. The pedal comes with 40 signature sounds from John and 40 that the user can define with 54 effects types and 8 modules.
TUTORIALS:
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