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JOELJAMES.COM UPDATED JULY 10TH~!!!

First and foremost, I want to work~!!! Right now, I am working full time as Backline/Stage/Guitar Technician for 'OK GO'~!!! I do have some open dates this year and I am ALWAYS looking for a lengthy tour. I am PROFESSIONAL~!!! I will do local repairs and setups. Contact me for pricing and availability~!!!..
Joel James Instruments Tech is now accepting offers for touring and flydates. I will not be available for long, so if you need my expertise in your gear and setup, contact me ASAP~!!! If you want your guitars show ready all the time, I am one of the only few that can handle ANY job. I am not worried about your setup, I can handle it, I am worried about you being able to perform to your utmost abilities without having to worry about your gear!!! I have WORLD CLASS REFERENCES~!!!

I am your full time instruments technician for Guitar, Bass, and Keyboards~!!! I take what I do very serious. I have traveled to Europe and the UK as a guitar tech on tours with litte and no budgets. Down and dirty, and it doesn't bother me. My passport is active with no restrictions. If you need a tech that you can trust, don't have to ride to get things done, and can leave alone to work by himself, then you need me on your tour~!!! I can work Trial By Fire with no stress~!!!

I am your ‘Guy to call’ when you need someone trustworthy and road ready! I have worked with ACE FREHLEY, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ATREYU (USA, UK and Europe), SMASH MOUTH, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, ENGEL, CHRIS BROWN, LLOYD, LOS FUGITIVOS, just to name a few. I can handle quite a few instruments for the same show if ample time is given. Altered tunings and Floyd, Bigsby, and other tremolos are of no problem. I have been messing with everything I work on for over 30 years. I also have a passport with no restrictions. “Call me today and I can fly out tonight~!!!”

30+ years experience in setting up guitars and basses. Intonation, action are specialties. Floyd Rose expert. Pickup installation. Stage setup and teardown. I have worked with many different amplifiers and know them in and out, including: MESA/Boogie, Mesa Engineering, Marshall, Fender, Peavey, Gibson, etc. I can program digital guitar amps, i.e. Line 6, Johnson Amplification, etc. Drum setup/teardown, placement, tuning. In some form or other, I have been involved with live music for over 25 years. I have run FOH, monitors, lights, follow spots, etc.…..

• ACE FREHLEY's personal guitar technician ATREYU- Guitars and bass technician Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s Guitar and Bass Technician • Smash Mouth’s Bass and Keyboard Technician • Current Stage Hand for Stockton Arena and Bob Hope Theater • Cal Central Lighting and Sound, Santa Maria, CA (60+ Shows) • KDR Audio, San Pedro, CA (Too Many shows to mention) • Disney on Ice, Selland Arena, Fresno, CA • “Stallion”, east-west coast tour, 1986-1988 • “Big Bad Wolf”, west coast tour, 1989-1991• Articulate and professional in appearance, speech and manner. • Strong work ethic backed up by honesty and dependability. • Willingness to learn new areas of my profession. • No drugs~! No Drinking while working.

References On Request ONLY~!!!

• I am a talented musician, able to play very well the instruments I tech. • Extremely intelligent. • Oh yeah, I am a hella nice guy and I love to laugh have fun~!!!

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

Hunter S. Thompson US journalist (1939 - 2005)

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