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Right: Playing “Christine”, the 1950’s era Czech bass I take on European tours thanks to my friends Thomas and Petra in Bochum, Germany. Below: “Christine” strapped in for the long trip from Zurich to Berlin, on the luxurious Intercity-Express train. Below right: “Christine” and I packed into the not-so-luxurious local RE train from Berlin to Schwerin the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/3e7b8f15-ba3d-46ea-9d66-d0171a7a93da/att.ZJs02ao4NAHdGM9a5d_M2aJUkrsYth2InvAVpt9UVd8.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/cfae3471-c747-41b0-87a2-b17c91dc9e18/IMG_3842_ChristineOnICETrainFromSwitzerland.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/d2a0506d-dfb8-4d4d-9116-93bab6f642b7/IMG_3854_RE5TrainToSchwerin.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/7891728b-f477-43d9-9ad4-53c41ebda978/2025-AlplacaRanchShow_w_Sarah%28lowRes%29_Square.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Solo show at Alpaca Ranch House Concert Series, Montara CA 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/2f9a87f7-fd11-4786-8cc3-4507ea22655c/2024-JohnLester%40AlpacaRanch-Dec2024%28edit%29jpg.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Songwriter showcase with custom Rick Turner half-fretted/half-fretless 6 string bass/guitar. Montara, CA December, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/34d93b02-d6c8-475d-a703-bd9bda00ace4/2024-SittingInWithWillyPorter-HopmonkNovato.jpeg Welcome - Make it stand out Sitting in with Willy on “Dog and a Leash” and “Available Light” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/856e98a0-82c8-4929-9a74-03952cba757c/2024-OpeningForWillyPorter-HopmonkNovato-Sign.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Opening for Willy Porter - Hopmonk Session Room, Novato, CA - 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/bc959324-5e76-4259-bca2-2ee24d69cfcf/2025.03.15+-+Paul+Tiernan+%26+John+Lester+bei+Maya+%26+Oli+-+078.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Berlin House Concert w/Paul Tiernan - 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/f34afb9b-977c-424f-a4ee-28de9137d077/2025.03.15+-+Paul+Tiernan+%26+John+Lester+bei+Maya+%26+Oli+-+096.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Berlin House Concert - 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/fe30401c-2e73-4e2d-991d-c73a4a84e157/2025.03.15+-+Paul+Tiernan+%26+John+Lester+bei+Maya+%26+Oli+-+178.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Paul & I with our hosts Maya and Oliver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/ed7cff51-435c-4e76-8be2-4d8cceb74964/2023-UkuleleSunset_16x9.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out This 1930’s Martin ukulele belonged to my grandfather (that I never met). Gifted to me by my uncle. The story of this instrument is told in my song “Everybody Loves Your Little Melody” from the Fathers and Sons album. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/d9381e73-ae36-4835-bd76-f6f48ed15326/2025-JettywaveSign.jpeg Welcome - Make it stand out Jettywave (my hometown regular gig) - Half Moon Bay, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/b4e7a91e-a0ed-41c0-bfb1-fcb315bc2fbd/2024-July-SonomaParkWithTrio-crop-2.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/5a8f2f1d-67eb-44b0-b362-1de151d9513e/2023-VanPackedForTheGig.jpeg Welcome - Make it stand out Above: Headed to a solo show with the gang! -July, 2024 Left (the destination): Sonoma County show with Daniel Berkman on electronic percussion and Tim Bulkley on drum kit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/bb0fa662-a35f-4787-813a-feecc42031bc/2024-WithMembersOfNickleCreek.jpeg Welcome - Make it stand out Above: Opening for Sean & Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek) Pescadero, CA - August, 2024 Right: Playing the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin festival with my “Jazz?” Quartet featuring Steve Rossi (left, drums), Frank Martin (center, keyboards), and Todd Dickow (right, sax) - October, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/0d2eed0a-752a-4ec3-88b1-a77ffa7b26f2/2023-JohnLester%2522Jazz%3F%2522QuartetAtPumpkinFestival.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/635e8830-a7a7-477c-bd05-82936af0f759/2023-MyLittlepedalboard%28circa-2023%29.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Pedalboard (2023 version). Left to right: Line 6 Helix is my main multi-effects processor and instrument/vocal/drumpad signal router. Top row is then Acoustic Image two channel preamp (one for guitar channel, one for bass channel), then Effectrode Blackbird tube preamp. Bottom row center to right is 2nd expression pedal for Helix effects, sustain pedal (similar to sustain pedals on a piano), Boss RC-500 two channel stereo loop recorder, and expression pedal controlling loop recorder volume on channel 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/4909afbf-f3a4-404e-a457-a0ddb35bd734/2023-TheAcousticCrew.jpeg Welcome - Make it stand out The acoustic crew (2023) Left to right: 1930’s Martin ukulele (that beonged to my grandfather), Kanile’a tenor ukulele, Taylor Mini GS steel string, nylon string flamenco guitar, Martin acoustic baas, and 1920’s German upright bass (Sarah). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/2569c432-1dc2-4422-9671-ac5e815abec6/2023-John%26Paul-YoungArtistRendering_4x5.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Young artist’s rendering of Paul and I from a house concert in Koln, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/d6ecc553-80b9-4856-92ce-fafad823e437/2022.11.05-22.32.46-147+small.-BerlinHouseConcertjpg.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Berlin House Concert with Paul Tiernan - 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/143148de-096b-4651-bbbe-9de2eaf642df/2019-LastTrainOfTheEuropeanTour.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Above: Last train on the 2022 European Tour with Paul Tiernan. Here I’m headed to Werl on a local train after transferring from the longer ICE train. Our final show is always at the home of our good friend Lutz, who always packs his house with 50+ people on a Monday night! Right: Sarah backstage at Hopmonk Novato in 2022 (before opening set for Charlie Hunter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/5b6fc786-a444-4aed-8a92-20e64d6f999e/2022-SarahBackstageAtHopmonkNovato.jpeg Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/ba4951b6-0892-4d9f-a633-bd5bd9f5e855/2018-RickTurnerWorkingOnRikkie.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out The late-great Rick Turner working on my half-fretted/half-fretless 6 string bass/guitar. Rick founded Alembic and built basses for Stanley Clark, Phil Lesh, and John McVie as well as guitars for Lindsey Buckingham, Jerry Garcia, and David Crosby. It’s a modification of his Renaissance line of guitars and basses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/bc4da0e5-652f-4c0f-b20b-35754d0ce656/2018-RikkieNoStrings.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out I asked Rick for an instrument with two outputs: one for the high strings and one for the low strings. Each to have separate preamps and outputs to be sent to different channels of my rig. The top three guitar and the bottom three bass. Here you can see the twin piezo pickups in the bridge before the split saddles are put on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/d479318d-e129-41e6-a85d-07903b0ec597/2018-RikkieOnTheBench.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out It was Rick’s idea to make the top three strings have frets (for guitar chords) and the bottom three fretless bass (to sound like an upright bass). At first I was very reluctant to have a half fretless instrument as technique for fretless bass and fretted guitar are quite different. Rick was very excited about this as a project. I gave him a deposit…and hoped I’d be able to play it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/7c49ee2b-89a0-48fd-a981-3847ca526152/2018-MePlayingRikkie.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out My first time with the finished custom instrument in Ricks shop. It was surprisingly logical and I was able to play chords and fretless bass lines almost immediately, though my technique has now improved considerably over the years. After Rick’s passing in 2022, I named the instrument “Rikki” using the gender neutral spelling for the instruments nonbinary feel. I string it EAD-GCF. Santa Cruz - 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/bc12fe04-b97e-4250-88b4-82023eef42c0/2017-John-SteveSeskin-Kai-AtFreightjpg.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out “Fathers Day at the Freight” - Father’s Day double bill with songwriter Steve Seskin. My son Kai sat in on vocals for “Real Real Love” from the “Fathers and Sons” album, which had just been released. Berkeley, CA - 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/83ad9bbb-d558-46e8-ad4e-d39481d1b614/2015-Angelicas-TrioIMG_0661.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out With Tim Bulkley (drums) and Paul Tiernan (guitar) at Angelicas, Redwood City, CA 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/6e185d30-0be0-4b9f-bad3-193846818fba/2015-%405th+Street+Mic+Shoot+Out_skinnyB%26W.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Microphone Shootout! When booking an album project at 25th Street Recording in Oakland in 2015, the studio gave me a session to try their vocal mics before deciding which to use for my project. This lineup of vintage mics contains a number of microphones considered to be the “Holy Grail” list of coveted vocal mics. Values ranging from about $3,000 to over $25,000 each! From left to right: Neuman M49, two Elam 251’s, AKG C12, Neuman U87, and a Neuman U47. Though I have used Elams (on the “Jazz?” album in London and NYC) and a U47 (on “So Many Reasons” in Amsterdam), the C12 was the winner here for me. I also used a C24 (not pictured) which is a stereo version of the C12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/c39bbb0d-f666-4723-a194-d72cc8539bca/2015-MichaelRosenAtTheHelm+copy.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Sound engineer Michael Rosen at the helm of 25th Street Recording. “Fathers and Sons” sessions. Oakland, CA - 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/c50f2ffe-4be8-4cfc-9af7-b7978b549c12/2015-TimAtTheKit+copy.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Tim Bulkey - “Fathers and Sons” sessions (Elam 251’s as overhead mics - Oakland, CA - 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/cb795dc4-d793-46f6-a696-1e2b4be36d25/2015-John%26Sara%4025thStreetRecording+copy.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Sarah and I at “Fathers and Sons” sessions. Pictured with C24 vocal mic, Brauer bass mic, and a Neuman KM84 wedged in Sarah’s bridge. We also recorded a DI thorough my Acoustic Image preamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/625b9ffa-867b-447f-9edf-ed0fe17a5bf3/2015-PaulAndTheWillyCarterGuitar+copy.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Paul Tiernan “Fathers and Sons” sessions. This Willy Carter guitar was loaned to paul by Bay Area guitarist Rick Vandivier both for live shows before the sessions and for recording. Wonderful instrument. It got the Neuman U47. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/1f1261a6-342d-4a99-a84c-2b9584c117c6/2013-WithGretchenAndBarry-NYC.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Playing with Gretchen Peters and Barry Walsh for Gretchen’s “Hello Cruel World” album launch in NYC - 2013 I met Gretchen when she was a guest songwriter/presenter at the West Coast Songwriters Conference in Los Altos, California back in 1999. I had won the song-of-the-year award that year and was featured at the conference’s Sunset concert along with other award winners and guests. I had a great performance and received a standing ovation for my two-song set. Gretchen’s manager gave me his card afterwards and invited me to visit them in Nashville if I was ever there. I later took the opportunity to fly to Nashville and afterwards worked with her there once for a radio show. I moved to Europe in 2001 and in 2004 when Gretchen needed a bassist for a UK/Ireland Tour she hired me and also gave me the opening act slot. It was my first of three European tours and a lasting friendship with Gretchen and Barry. I loved playing bass on her music and had both Gretchen and Barry play on my song “The Beautiful Princess of Never Come True”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/0314da31-c73e-47fa-a09f-880155845963/2013-TheLivingRoom-withTom%26Joel-NYC.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out With Tim Bulkley (drums) and Joel Frahm (sax) at The Living Room, NYC - 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/a2fe0244-2fe8-42cf-a0a7-6c4c579eabcf/2013-MyFirstBassGuitarForSale.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/a9f86910-b5f2-4500-bc9c-9f9d9b021686/2012-RandyMerril-Mastering-%2522Jazz%3F%2522-2.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Above: Randy Merrill mastering the “Jazz?” album in NYC in 2012. Randy would go on to win multiple Grammy’s for sound mastering with Adele, Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo, and more. Randy also mastered “Fathers and Sons” for me in 2017 though his rates had definitely gone up! Left: My first bass guitar that I bought new at the age of 14 in 1974, up for sale at Manny’s Music in NYC. A ‘74 Fender Jazz Bass. As a teenage I modified the bass by adding a third pickup in between the two stock pickups. The wood was routed out to make room for it. I didn’t know at the time that I would be destroying it as a collectors item as older fender basses are now highly sought after. Sounded good though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/fc553d49-0478-4564-9005-5af78f088e7c/2014_Christine_in_Berlin-cropped.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546f438de4b0f4f20ba2f87c/2e9cd2eb-2a6f-459f-b78c-5d020c09a867/2018-SarahBackstageAtTheFreightAndSalvage.JPG Welcome - Make it stand out Above: Sarah relaxing backstage at The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA, She’s a 100+ year old German upright bass that has been with me since 1983. My parents and grandparents gave me the money to buy her as a college graduation present. Left: Christine, the bass I play while on tour in Europe. 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