Raditya Dika Showcases New Guitar Signed By John Scofield

Raditya Dika with John Scofield's signature guitar (Instagram @raditya_dika)

JAKARTA - Raditya Dika, in the last few months, has again shown a passion for music. The man who is better known as a comedian often uploads videos of himself playing an electric guitar, one of the musical instruments he controls.

In a video upload on Instagram, Radit, who admitted to buying music equipment again, showed off his new guitar collection, Ibanez JSM20, a black guitar that became John Scofield's jazz guitarist signature.

Not only that, Radit also showed off John Scofield's signature on his new guitar.

"Okay, so last week I met my idol guitarist, John Scofield, and my guitar was signed by doi," said Raditya Dika, citing Instagram uploads, Monday, September 30.

"I've been using the guitar for almost a week, and to be honest, this is a really cute guitar, right. The combination of gold and black is never wrong, the finishing is also satin," he continued.

He also tried to compare the guitar with the Fender Mustang he usually uses recently.

"I've tried setting up myself too. And now I want to try his voice," he said.

Then, Radit twists the 'A Go Go' track back, one of John Scofield's works that guitarists usually use to learn jazz improvisation with one minor chord.

For information, John Scofield was born in Ohio, United States on December 26, 1951.

John studied at Berklee College of Music, Boston. At the beginning of his professional career, he entered the recording studio forten Baker and Gerry Mulligan.

Then, John joined Billy Cobham and George Duke. They had been on tour for two years.

In 1977, John released his first solo album with the title 'John Scofield Live'. To date, no less than 47 albums have been released as jazz guitarists who have had a big influence on guitarists after that.

Throughout his music career, John Scofield was nominated nine times by the Grammy Awards, of which three ended up bringing home trophies, namely the 2016 Best Instrumental Jazz Album for Fast Present, 2017 Best Instrumental Jazz Album for Country for Old Man, and 2017 Best Solo Jazz Improvization for I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.