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Mei Semones uses a PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody II as her primary guitar. She has said her first electric was an Epiphone Les Paul and that she still has her first steel-string acoustic, a Hohner. She has been seen using a Guild acoustic in a 2025 video.
“My primary guitar is the PRS McCarty 594, semi hollow body, mostly because of how it feels to play, the tone and how comfortable it is.”
“He bought me an Epiphone Les Paul.”
“It’s actually my favourite song on Chet Baker Sings, so I was really happy about that.”
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“My primary guitar is the PRS McCarty 594, semi hollow body, mostly because of how it feels to play, the tone and how comfortable it is.”
“He bought me an Epiphone Les Paul.”
“Then I got my first acoustic steel string guitar, which was a Hohner, and I still have it now.”
“I’ve been reading mostly Haruki Murakami, he’s my favorite author.”
“It’s actually my favourite song on Chet Baker Sings, so I was really happy about that.”
Her primary guitar is a PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody II, a semi-hollow she picked out at Sweetwater's Indiana headquarters before college. She has described it as comfortable and light, with a warm, dynamic tone.
She has been seen playing a Guild acoustic in the official video for I Can Do What I Want. She has also said her first steel-string acoustic was a Hohner, which she still has.
She has said her first electric guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul that her dad bought her, before she moved to a PRS for college.
She has said she has been reading mostly Haruki Murakami, and that themes and imagery from the books she reads sometimes find their way into her lyrics.
Mei Semones is a Brooklyn guitarist and singer-songwriter who blends jazz, bossa nova and indie pop with lyrics in English and Japanese. This guide covers her guitars plus the books and records she has talked about, sourced from her own interviews.
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