Nowadays, Jabs, as well as the rest of the Scorpions, use a German guitar brand known asĭommenget, which recently released his newest signature model guitar known as the "Mastercaster".Īcoustic guitars - Ovation 6 as well as 12 string guitarsĭuring the 80's Jabs used Masrshall JCM 800 2210 amplifiers Use Gibson Explorer guitars and even designed an Explorer for Gibson known as the Explorer 90. With Bill Lawrence L90 pickups and a Floyd Rose floating bridge, which he used for recording songs that needed a tremelo. Since becoming a permanent piece to the band Jabs has not left, recording 14 albums from 1979 to their most current.ĭuring the 80's, Jabs used a 1963-64 black Fender Stratocaster, which he referred to as his "trouble guitar". On these occasions, Jabs was used to fill in and, in April of 1979, he was brought in as a permanent replacement for Michael Scheckner. Only a few weeks into the tour, Michael was beginning to miss shows and on one occasion passed out on stage. They followed up the album with a tour, however, Matthias was replaced when guitarist Michael Schenker wanted to rejoin the band. The album was entitled "Lovedrive" and it became the bands first international sensation peaking at #55 in the United States. Matthias recorded his first studio album with the Scorpions in 1979. Out of 140 different guitarists, Matthias was the man they chose to fill the position. It wasn't until Ulrich (Uli Jon Roth) Roth left the Scorpions in 1978, that the Scorpions began to hold auditions for his replacement. Matthias was born on Octoin Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany. Matthias Jabs is a German guitarist and songwriter, most known for playing in the Scorpions.
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