Just a note to let you know we're thrashin' them blues on the FINE JAMES TRUSSART silver 6-string. It's funky. The tone is the thing...and this instrument has got some tone.
~ Billy F. Gibbons // ZZ Top
I have been playing Trussarts for years now. James' approach is very inspiring not only from a design standpoint, but also from how well the guitars play and how unique they sound.
~ Rich Robinson // The Black Crowes
The SteelDeville is the only guitar with more Mojo and more sustain than a 50's Les Paul.
~ Danny B. Harvey // The Head Cat and Lonesome Spurs
I literally believe this guitar makes me play better. I love the combination of ultra-articulate attack and full-bodied sustain. The subtle metallic resonance that extra midrange peachiness telegraphs articulation details. I think that's dueto: a combination of the guitar's innate sustain, the perfect fretwork, the way subtle neck bends complement finger vibrato, and the gratifying feedback loop' created when the metal body hums against your chest.
~ Joe Gore // Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman
The spank and fidelity of my SteelTop with TV Jones pick-ups is like no other guitar I've owned. This guitar is a keeper for life. James' guitars are truly works of art... No two are exactly alike. So when you get one, it's "your voice" and no one can touch it.
~ Peter Stroud // Sheryl Crow
What I love most about my Trussart guitars is that they give me the playability and intonation of a modern instrument blended with the soul and vibe of a vintage guitar. When I need to be my best, on stage or in the studio, I reach for my Trussarts. They are as unique as the players who play them.
~ Phil Hurley // Stonehoney
Hey James, that chrome Steelcaster I play with Morrissey is a great looker and a great player. Many thanks
~ Boz Boorer // Morrissey
I also have three guitars made by James Trussart, a great French guitar
builder out of Los Angeles. I discovered one of his Steeltops in Chicago
last year when I was there with Ringo. I never buy new guitars, but I had to have this one. I went to see him out in LA, and we designed another one, which is basically a strat in a Les Paul style body. Then he came up with the Snakeskin Steelphonic, and that was another 'must-have.' There's a lot of soul in these instruments.
~ Billy Squier
Out of all the guitars there are to choose from these days I think James has created a guitar that's unique in style and performance, I don't think people realize just how well these guitars are made, after you get passed the looks there is a guitar that is a joy to play, it offers a new sound to add to your bag, there's Gibson, Fender and Trussart.
~ Marc Ford
Man, i am still so in love with that guitar, i can't even tell you. it's absolutely my favorite.
I just co-wrote the score to the new peter jackson film with eno, and that guitar is all over it - it has the most beautiful sound.
~ Leo Abrahams // Brian Eno, Ed Hartcourt, Bryan Ferry, The Ministry of Sound, Marianne Faithfull/Nick Cave