The former At the Drive-In renegade talks about using a Jazzmaster for his “humble workhorse” rhythm role, growing as singer/songwriter within Sparta, and “making” solos with three digital delays.
On the heels of a releasing their fourth album (Sparta’s first record in 14 years), Ward virtually welcomes PG’s Chris Kies into his home for an open conversation about owning his self-designated role as the “humble workhorse” rhythm guitarist, explains why he needs darkness to write—plus expounds on how the habit of writing guitar parts standing up, in a corner, with an unplugged electric influenced his fretting-hand technique, and finally, he details why a “rhythm singer/songwriter” of so little effects needs three Boss delays.
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