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n the other hand, Joe and Bob are both self taught “apart from a few failed piano lessons like James”. Bob had classical guitar lessons at primary school, though both brothers lost interest and it was not until later than they picked up the guitar and bass respectively. Joe remembers: “I used to play huge amounts
of guitar from about the age of 12 or 13, so much that the bridge of my old Les Paul is worn away from constant palm muting... I used to put Metallica albums on and stand there and play all the way through them, forcing myself to down- pick like James Hetfield.” When the boys finished with secondary school and were spread out all over the country at university, it was difficult to keep playing together, and every summer, Christmas, and Easter would be spent hidden away in the garage writing new songs. Te boys never stopped playing music; James did a lot of Dubstep DJ’ing whilst Joe occupied himself by playing open mic nights in Durham: “I used to play loads of solo stuff at university, every week, which was a big influence on me... Having to learn to project myself instead of hiding behind a wall of distortion”.
highlight some of the jigs and reels in songs. Having relied on sm57’s to mic up their guitars for a brief stint, Alex and Joe both bought atachable Fishman pickups “which made life much easier”. Joe’s guitar is an Encore, and has survived many a Leeds Festival weekend: “It’s easy to judge “Te Ba- ron” by its brand, but it sounds good to me so why change it?” Alex plays a Tanglewood “something” dreadnought,
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and both guitarists use the same strings. “We had a lot of trouble trying to find decent strings; lots of breakages in the middle of gigs... but we eventually setled on Martin SP’s”. A small hint as to the boys shred guitar heritage comes from the Jim Dunlop Jazz 3 picks that they use, “the same as Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)... and John Petrucci (Dream Teater) (laughs)”. Bob uses a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass, modified with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders through an Ashdown Mag 300 combo. To cap off the rhythm section, James uses a De Gregorio cajon, currently with Martin SP’s as well following a very improvised repair session just before the band were about to record at Imperial! At larger gigs, James uses a Tama Starclassic kit.
owadays, Te Sail Patern have no such wall of distortion to hide behind, though Alex occasionally uses an electric guitar to
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