Jasmine Wynants-Granfelt is originally from Belgium but grew up in Singapore and the Netherlands, and moved to Finland in 2011 because of her love for the Finnish music scene and the nice weather (!).
She’s got a unique, powerful voice, which will captivate and move you & is releasing her new album, In My Mind, March 6th.
She also performs and writes music with/for her husband Ben Granfelt (Wishbone Ash, Leningrad Cowboys, Ben Granfelt Band, Gringos Locos, Guitar Slingers, Los Bastardos Finlandeses).
Jasmine has shared the stage with bands/musicians such as Deep Purple, Green Day, TNT, Supergrass, Candy Dulfer, Skunk Anansie, Mark Lanegan and Adam Kowalcyk, and toured in many different countries around the world.
1.Tell
us your name and the band you play for
Jasmine
Wynants-Granfelt: Jasmine WG.
2.Who
made you want to pick up the guitar
David
Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Kurt Cobain, Courtney-Love,
Tracy Chapman, PJ Harvey, Sheryl Crow and many, many more.
3.Are
you self taught or did you take lessons?
.
Self-taught.
4.
Can you read music, Can you read tab?
I
can read tab & also sheet music as I used to play various
instruments including the Trumpet when I was a kid.
5.Do
you feel like you have your own sound / tone ?
With
my singing voice & songs, sure. I’m
primarily a singer and a songwriter and when I play guitar it’s
often my acoustic rather than my electric, so I can’t
say I’ve
really developed a guitar sound/tone. Fortunately I work with
phenomenal guitar players who have amazing tone (my husband, Ben
Granfelt - a former Wishbone Ash guitarist - being the top one).
6.Tell
us about your guitar ( brand ,model . year , color )
My
main electric guitar is a Fender Telecaster Custom Shop ’53
Relic Butterscotch Blonde.
It’s
coveted by many guitarists here in Finland ;)
My
favourite acoustic is an Ovation C779LX Custom Legend LX Cherry.
I
love Ovations and this is my 3rd since 1994.
I
love their sound & the thin necks especially.
7.What
about pickups? Passive or active ? Tell us about them
Original
pickups on the Telecaster: passive.
8.Lets
get into amplification, Same drill brand , model , speakers etc
ENGL
iron ball head & ENGL E112V cabinet
9.Do
you have a pedal board? Tell us about that badboy
Voodoo
lab power supply, Voodoo lab microvibe, TC Corona Chorus, Boss DS1,
Digitech Bad Monkey tube overdrive
10..Now
tell us your Dream Rig in detail…..
Probably
my husband’s
pedal board. I’d
need his fingers as well though…
Ben
Granfelt’s
gear: 2x BLU Guitar Amp 1, 2x BLU Guitar fat cab, Nemesis delay, cry
baby wawa, captain coconut 2, mad professor compressor, mad professor
royal blue overdrive, TC hall of fame reverb.
11.What
guitarist can you not stand?
Anyone
that noodles away endlessly with no melody or feel.
12.
Is tone more important or is technique?
Great
tone requires technique but also feeling & touch.
Technique
is great but on its own it can be soulless.
So
tone wins.
13.
Name your top 5 guitarists
David
Gilmour, Gary Moore, Ben Granfelt, Jimi Hendrix and PJ Harvey.
14.Who
is the most overrated guitarist
Kirk
Hammett.
15.Who
would you like a one hour private sit down lessons with anyone dead
or alive?
David
Brent: ‘’Learn
Guitar with David Brent’’
(youtube).
So
factually Ricky Gervais, haha.
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