Music, Sessions, Projects
Jake Edwards has worked with multi platinum selling artists, jammed with rock legends & played on National television & radio.
His guitar is featured in the Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge Console Game and he has recently contributed live music video for a new music project with some of the world’s most celebrated musicians.
His songs have featured at the National Museum and he has written extensively for a leading global guitar teaching brand. Recent performances include live to air radio and blues rock concerts – the highlight of which, Edwards says was playing with Darren Watson one of New Zealand’s most highly regarded performers and blues musicians.
Edwards hobbies include painting, vintage motorcycles, specialist fiction, rogue architecture, and writing.
Jake Edwards full bio is available upon request.
Rare Star Guitars:
Jake Edwards is current editor and curator for Rare Star Guitars – an online music and culture magazine. Rare Star Guitars showcases the best in everything guitar – instruments, equipment, players, recordings as well as a healthy slice of high end culture such as literature, film and art.
Rare Star Guitars is home to a unique collection of famous and rare guitars owned by
Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Bowie, Slash, Cat Stevens, Elliot Easton, Richie Sambora and Sonny Bono.
Writing & Photography:
Jake Edwards is also a talented writer and photographer with an interest in “rogue” architecture, landscapes and the outdoors. After spending 7 years travelling and photographing Aotearoa he is now exploring the Pyrenese Oriental region.
As a professional photographer Jake Edwards has worked for Grand Prix Legends.
Current guitars, amplifiers and effects pedals:
’93 Fender Stratocaster plus with replacement neck
Award Session Sessionette
Award Session Retrotone
Unspecified distortion unit
Line 6 Delay
Clean Boost
Loopstation
Crafter steel travel guitar
60′s arch top (slide)
Old guitars, amplifiers and effects pedals:
’88 Fender Stratocaster Plus
Ultra heavy shoulder killer Les Paul copy
Fender twin x 2
Peavey Deuce VT
Dimension C
Unnamed 17″ middle cabinet
Zoom 9030
Zoom 8050 controller
Music Man 130 212
Cry Baby / Morley Wah Wah
Marshalls
…plus a load more old & wrecked, rusty, battered old relics.
All content © Jake Edwards. All lyrics, music, words copyright Jake Edwards.