Jared Leto
Jared Leto is one of the most accomplished and versatile creators of his generation. He’s an Oscar-winner actor with two decades of film and television roles under his belt, quietly amassing a list of critically acclaimed appearances in films like Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream, Dallas Buyers Club and Suicide Squad among many others. His band Thirty Seconds To Mars has been in action since 1998 His guitars attract my attention. The Pythagoras and Artemis.
"Jared wanted to build a couple of very specific guitars that would represent the aesthetic of 30 Seconds To Mars. The result was the Pythagoras and Artemis guitars. These guitars have taken on a life of their own and embody the persistence and determination that is synonymous with 30STM. Artemis (the black guitar) was commissioned by Jared as a companion to the original McSwain white Pythagoras. Jared wanted this version to be black with red glyphic inlays. It is basically the same as the white Pythagoras except that this version is a 25-1/2” scale.black custom McSwain guitar 25-1/2” scale with red glyphic inlays " (the McSwain Guitar Website.)
Are your compositions written mainly on guitar?
Jared Leto:I would say guitar is my main instrument; I’ve written more songs on a Martin acoustic than I’ve written on anything. And then I use a Les Paul often as well.
The Les Paul is your main electric?
Jared Leto: Yeah; I’ve been using an SG a bit live because it’s light and fun to play.
So you’re essentially a Gibson player. Have you ever experimented with Fender-styled instruments?
Jared Leto:I utilized both but live I’ll play mostly a custom guitar [a pair of Steve McSwain-designed guitars dubbed Pythagoras and Artemis] that I had built years ago or a Gibson. I like the weight of it and the sound that I get from it. But they’re both tools and it depends on the song in the moment and what you’re goin’ for. But there’s nothing that beats the direct, clean tone of a Strat; it’s hard to beat that if you’re goin’ for something on the cleaner side of the world you know?
Interview by Steven Rosen.Ultimate-Guitar.Com © 2010.
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