So great to see this, Glen is a legend. The Alice Cooper group will never be replicated and they made some of the best hard rock albums ever. I just wish I had been old enough to see the original lineup. Alice’s current band are tight, modern sounding and really nail the old tunes. I would pay big bucks to go back in time and see the band that created the legend. It’s really great that they have recorded new tunes on the past few records. Long live the memory of GB. His schools out riff will live on forever.
I was right there, buying their albums as they came out. I got the best years as a teenager. It was never the same when Alice went solo. Not bad but for me the dream was over.
@@supadupahilton6848 I was there, it was my first Alice show when he came jumping through the giant TV screen and landed on the stage. Epic. Then giant lips on the screen ate him.
I’m so jealous 🙏I was just a little too young to see them so I missed them 😭but I’d love to RECORDS and have always loved them all these years. In fact, I just got to reissue schools out 3 LP set with the panties!!
@@ericaward702Hahaa...forgot about those paper panties that were inside that pseudo school desk album. Looked just like the ancient carved up desks in my HS. Had to use a dozen sheets of paper underneath the sheet that I was writing on.
I remember the first Simulcast (WNEW-TV, and Radio) When Alice Cooper played they Laugh. Who knew how great they would become. Don't be too Quick to Judge. Now We miss them!!!
It makes me happy that the bits and pieces of this guitar (and now this fully restored part of history) are in the possession of Glen's friends and bandmates... not in some rich collectors locked up vault.
Here's a story for you not even kidding. My sister's first ex-husband was a guitar player. in the early 80s he told me he played a gig opening up for the Glen Buxton band in Tempe Arizona somewhere. Like I said it was the early 80s so my brother-in-law was so so proud of his Marshall jcm 800 head and 412 cab. He said Glen had some fender Twin Reverb 2 X12 combo. And thought he would be kind enough to offer Glen the use of his Marshall. Glen looked at Tim not rudely but matter-of-factly. And he said Son I think if this amp I use was good enough for Madison Square Garden. It should do for this little nightclub. But thank you anyway. And then my brother-in-law told me how Glen straight smoked his boots that night. He said he felt smaller than an ant true story hand of God.
Gibson and Fender should stop with the "Limited edition custom shop master luthier anniversary reissue" bs. They're overpriced replicas. What's that say about the brand new stock les Paul's and strats? In any other medium, a replica is another word for fake. For example, the les paul junior was made so people with shallow pockets could get a decent bare bones bonafide Gibson....A sweetwater catalog has a "reissue" ( see above). Its NOT for the poor people anymore. Let's put some dings and scratches on it and charge 5k. Smh.
@@fliving70 Considering the mother of pearl headstock and neck markers, coupled with gold vintage humbuckers and tailpiece. Probably about right. PARTICULARLY if you factor in inflation! ...maybe $8500.00 on a good day.
What a piece of history. It was the summer of 73 when I first heard Schools Out and it changed me forever. I am still rocking hard at 58 and love my collection of vintage 70s cars and guitars....truly the best time ever to be young and alive. Glen Buxton is so underated and has influenced as many guitarists as Montrose. Awesomeness
If you heard it for the first time in 1973 then you were a year behind. School's Out, the single, was a smash hit on the radio in the summer of 1972. CKLW the Big 8 Detroit/Windsor played it in heavy rotation that summer.
When that album love it to death was out i used to stare at that picture on the back of the cover with the three band mates holding the sg guitar and bass and neal sitting in the front with the cane. That picture was bad ass. Loved glens 3 pickup sg. Neal looks so badass in that photo. Glad you guys restored the guitar hope it will get played#
I recall reading in one of the A.C. biographies that this guitar was stolen from Glenn at a hotel. The book said or implied that this was very depressing to Glenn and may have exacerbated his developing addictions. My sense is that Glenn had a grip on the use of feedback on that particular guitar. Anyway the guitar must have had a long, rough road since then. A few things Buxton pioneered: -- The double string screech. (Others had done it briefly here and there, but he used it on a different level.) -- The "jet landing" effect of dragging a pick down the neck against the G or B string. (Happens in "Second Coming" just before the dirge-like thing starts that leads into Dwight Frye). -- Heavy fuzz to the point of a cello sound ("Laughing At Me") -- General gonzo wild psychedelic raving, heard easily on "Living" from "Pretties." The way he was mixed so prominently on that album implies that Frank Zappa thought Buxton was really the central attraction in the band. -- A cascading "incoming bomb" effect by dragging the pick from lighter to heavier strings artfully (also heard on "Second Coming.") My impression is that M. Bruce did the same trick. -- In "You Drive Me Nervous" Buxton creates a sound like a flying saucer taking off. He did it by dragging his finger up the higher strings while yanking the strings up hard from the bridge using the wang bar. By lifting them up and down as the finger rose, the notches of the bridge acted to pluck the strings subtley. Very creative. Buxton was a highly creative guitarist, and his dark gothic metal sound really stood out in the early 70s as different and pricked up my ears. They say Dick Wagner did the lead solo on "My Stars." But it sure sounds like Buxton. If he did, he was imitating Buxton''s style really well.
I'm a bassist but the guitar work on Killer really influenced my sense of melodicism as a composer. Buxton is sorely missed, and his name not nearly as well known as it ought to be by the general populace.
@@bongofury5924you're right ! He was functioning up until the end of the "School's out" tour end of '72 ... he went in for pancreatic surgery for his alcohol abuse... after that he turned to harder drugs...only played on a rhythm track on "Elected" and a acoustic track on "Generation landslide" on BDB's..then nothing on "Muscle of love"...i read the same thing in Michael Bruce's book about him having his guitar stolen in New York...may have been that Rickenbacker he used early on...but anyways he was sorely missed...all of them were...i was devastated when they broke up...😐
Fantastic! Amazing to hear tgat guitar again. I first heard Glen himself play it in 1972 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver BC. Billion Dollar Babies tour. I was 12 years old and it was my first concert . Neil was there ! I’ve been a lifelong fan of Alice Cooper and the original lineup since then. Their sound is unequaled and will never be matched. Thank you for resurrecting that guitar and all the wonderful memories it stirs.
My 2 biggest loves in Rock n roll, Gibson Sgs & the greatest drummer in Rock history Neil Smith, saw them at Cobo arena way back the opened a Steppenwolf show, I was so close I saw the stick Neil had caught in his hair thatr he left there during Black Juju they had everyone's attention after that.
I loved this band so much, I wasn't lucky enough to see them the first time around and always hoped maybe they'd reform later and I'd get another chance. That dream died with Glen's passing. I was quite sad to recently learn Glen wasn't even on their last album "Muscle of Love" although pictured on the album. I never knew that but from Love It To Death, Killer, Schools Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle of Love this band had such an affect on my life. I could go on forever. That SG sounds amazing I'd love to play it! I think it's so awesome that Neil got it. Its so sad to loose our heroes, rest in peace Glen, the world will never forget you or this great band thanks for the music!!
Might not have mattered back then since most popular acts got sold out of venues in a few hours...this due in large part to scalpers, who bought up loads of tickets to sell @ a premium. Even paying the far less affluent to stand in line for them. I was very fortunate, since my best friend's mother managed a kitchen in the biggest venue of Detroit, being Cobo Hall...so we got to go to many concerts for free. Just had to watch out for the ushers, us not having ticket stubs.
The old Alice Cooper line up oozes a kind of Glam Rock "je ne sais pas quoi" only rivalled by the New York Dolls... The clothes, the attitood, ...gone gone gone are those times! We love them TO DEATH!
Great job of restoring that amazing sounding SG!!! I can't imagine how it was accomplished, but it was great to have found this video. Thank you for sharing. I was 18 years old when the song Eighteen hit the radio waves, and it has been one of my favorite tunes ever since.
This is where metal originated IMO. Songs like Desperado and Halo of Flies. Buxton has never gotten his proper place among the greats. But that bottom end he brought was something else.
Absolutely my friend..top 40 radio was so much greater in this era..looking back,"Schools Out"was our kids anthem in 73..miss it so much..not to say at 56 I dont enjoy it just as much and still go to a lotta shows and fests to pass these times on to the younger gen..much to my surprise and enjoyment,they seem to love the tales and recollections as much as love telling them..keep on rockin guys this music will live as long as we keep it alive😁🤟👍
@@davidallen346 At least that's what "Alice" says now in these modern times. At best, he was imitating Morrison's vocal tone and attitude in that song. It's clear The Doors influenced the AC group a lot. (They knew each other.) The way they liked to use spooky organ. The whole "dark" vibe. And I can see the Doors guitarist influenced Buxton.
Totally missed Alice Cooper Group!! They as a complete band as a Whole was Awesome!! I'm only 58 years old But my older Sister Marcia got me into Cooper. She was Totally into Schools Out to the Nightmare but despite my Favorite of her Albums called Billion Dollar Babies which I love to this day, I ended up gravitating toward KILLER album, especially the transitions I Heard on the Title Track and Halo of Flies which sent goose bumps on my young 13 year old ass!! Loved them way better than KISS which became very popular amongst my peers. I actually preferred Aerosmith over KIss which made me an outcast
Fantastic! The original Alice Cooper band is my all-time favorite! I grew up and survived many milestones with them! Billion Dollar Babies is still my favorite song after all these years.
All I can say is Congratulations on your accomplishment. Absolutely fantastic. Talk about bringing a legend back to life. That guitar is so iconic. As they say on Wall Street when somebody hits it big: "Way To Go!"
I'm definitely impressed with the neck and body finish match your compadre Pat did without stripping it all the way down. That yellow is a pita to match once it's aged. The wiring is also duly noted, with the middle pickup separate, and it has hella sustain to boot! Wow! I can see why you have plenty of reasons to like that guitar! That cute lil' Orange amp has a great period sound too! Love 'em both! Wow! Great job all!
A friend of mine was Glens cousin, was lucky enough to hang with the band at the Hollywood Hyatt before the concert at the Hollywood Bowl in July 1972, then attend the party at the Rainbow, it was a who's who of Rock Royalty. While in Glen's room got to play this guitar along with my body Joe. Glen was such a great approachable genuine person RIP GB
Pat refinished a guitar I built, and it still looks badass, and like new. He also restored a beat up 1980 Washburn bass that was the exact year, and model of my fist electric I got it for my 16th birthday. He made it look brand new. He did a great job on this SG of Glenn's.
A live version of I`m Eighteen shows Glen playing a white 1961 type Gibson Les Paul/SG Custom , wide nut width, small scratch plate, pickup surrounds , small square shoulder neck joint. Love it to death album does show this late sixties guitar with Michael Bruce holding a late sixties SG standard.
"Killer" what an album AliceCooper fan since the opening lick. How could he get all that from a guitar...Great band sorry to hear of his demise...a loss
RIP Glen Buxton. He wrote some of the coolest riffs in rock. What? Halo of Flies has some of the best guitar parts ever. Glen and Michael ripped it up on that song. I covered many Alice Cooper songs with my band in high school: Ballad of Dwight Fry, Halo of Flies, Sick Things, I Love the Dead, Second Coming. They were awesome songs and Glen's guitar parts were so cool.
That’s one hell of a restoration. Makes me want another guitar I don’t need. Never got the feel of the SG-Maybe my left arm is too short? It always feels like the neck is in the next room. Can’t argue about the sounds though. Love all this rock n’ roll history. Good on him! Too bad all those disparate parts didn’t make it back.
Man she is GORGEOUS!!! She sounds AMAZING AS WELL, She looks like a 69 SG Custom Just like Sister Rossetta Thorpe's Guitar. That is a TRUE Labor of LOVE.........Thank you VERY much for Posting this Beauty. 🎸💚
I was always in awe of glens SG. 3 HUMBUCKERS. I say awe but really it a was envy or more probably JEALOUSY. So happy they reworked that thing. Same QUAINT SCREAM eminatng from that woderous chunk of hardwear. Good job. And glen! Rest easy bro. They fixed it good!!!
probably one of the most iconic guitars in rock history,,,,i remember drooling over it when I was a kid on the back of love it to death,,glad to see it back in action
Legendary GIBSON SG Custom (I wish Gibson doing a Signature SG of Glen`s SG in Gloss) Great Job Neal !!! What about Michael`s Beautiful white Les Paul Custom from the Billion Dollar Babies Tour !?!? Gibson should do also a Signature Les Paul of Michael`s white Custom !
Well your prayer is answered. Gibson made a 2019 a 1963 Les Paul SG Custom Reissue W/ Maestro Vibrola for $ 6,699.00. Better than the original. Look it up on Gibson.com.
There are two different white SG guitars that you will see with Glen. The Beat Club videos (as shown at the end of this segment) show a SG with a Maestro vibrato tailpiece. The guitar that was restored here is the SG with a Bigsby tailpiece and had stars applied all over it and was from the early years of the group (circa Love It To Death and Killer). Most of the pictures you will find online, are of Glen with the SG with the Maestro tailpiece, the guitar he played during Schools Out and Billion Dollar Babies.
TWEEZMO, They are both the same guitar! If you go back and listen to the story, Glen was always tinkering with his guitar, changing it back and forth, modifying and so on. And if you go back to about the 3 minute mark in this video where they show a picture of the body, you can see all the screw mounting holes for BOTH tailpieces!
@@roberthenry731 Glen Buxton did have another SG custom . The neck joint is different and fretboard is wider than this late sixties SG custom which looks like the replacement neck has the usual size nut width .I know SG`s and i own a 1968 SG Standard which has the original Vibrola Tremolo.TWEEZMO is correct in what he said. Don`t expect a drummer to know about guitar gear. Cheers mate!!
Outstanding . I was 13 , up at the boards , for Love It to Death . The impact they had that night , was something not matched , untill I saw Vanhalen years latter on their 1st World tour . that`s how Bad ass The Alice Cooper " BAND " was , When I was a Kid .
Glen put the edge in ACG! I appreciate all the guitarists Alice has used over the years however, Glen Buxton did it for me as well. I had the opportunity to see ACG at UB, 3 or 4 times, in Buffalo, NY when they were playing Pretties for You and Easy action. Had the '18' single a year before it became a hit! Totally amazing! I am thrilled they made it this far and are actually doing the odd gig with the current Alice touring group! Whoda thunk it!
Too bad Glen didn't play on BDB, although I believe he had a hand in writing.generation landslide I believe, but his skills and limitations didn't hold up by BDB album
I met Neal briefly in 1998 or thereabouts. I was working in a 1-Hour photo store in Westport, Connecticut, and he was a realtor who dropped off his house pictures to be developed. The manager, who knew I was a huge Alice Cooper fan, whispered in my ear that it was Neal Smith. "Neal Smith, _the_ Neal Smith?" "Yup!" He seemed a bit embarrassed when I gushed all over him for being one of my childhood heroes. He never came back. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
While I’m a huge AC group fan I wouldn’t quite call Glen one of the most influential guitarists of the 70s. He did come up with some amazing and memorable riffs.
Its like the only parts guitar I'd want to own .Wish it had the original electronic parts + neck but it probably a way better neck to repaire it with but the A the Star it really is special. My all time favorite band Original AC band
Great job but curious to know why wasn't the nicer looking Lyre tremolo tailpiece being used as it's shown in most of the videos from 1972 on wards. It's even included at the end of this video. Glen have replaced the stubby looking bigsby after 1971.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved in this project, thze guitar is awesome. And it sustains like a mther f$§@er! Glad it belongs to Glen's friends and original members of his band.
The original Gibson SG Custom guitars had the exposed pole pieces of the pickups, on the neck & middle pickups, on the neck side, while on the bridge pickup, they were on the bridge side. Take a look at time stamp 2:20 to 2:52 to see Glen playing Schools Out with this factory setup. The guitar now has the neck & middle pickups, upside down.
@@edgarcook9607 The volume pickup further from the player controls the bridge pickup but with the switch in the middle position you have bridge and middle pickup together and out of phase! This is how three pickup Gibsons were originally wired. Cheers!
So great to see this, Glen is a legend. The Alice Cooper group will never be replicated and they made some of the best hard rock albums ever. I just wish I had been old enough to see the original lineup. Alice’s current band are tight, modern sounding and really nail the old tunes. I would pay big bucks to go back in time and see the band that created the legend. It’s really great that they have recorded new tunes on the past few records. Long live the memory of GB. His schools out riff will live on forever.
I was right there, buying their albums as they came out. I got the best years as a teenager. It was never the same when Alice went solo. Not bad but for me the dream was over.
1976 - The Alice Cooper show at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale NY. ..It was a religious experience!
@@supadupahilton6848 I was there, it was my first Alice show when he came jumping through the giant TV screen and landed on the stage. Epic. Then giant lips on the screen ate him.
I’m so jealous 🙏I was just a little too young to see them so I missed them 😭but I’d love to RECORDS and have always loved them all these years. In fact, I just got to reissue schools out 3 LP set with the panties!!
@@ericaward702Hahaa...forgot about those paper panties that were inside that pseudo school desk album. Looked just like the ancient carved up desks in my HS. Had to use a dozen sheets of paper underneath the sheet that I was writing on.
One of the most underrated bands. ever all great players
I remember the first Simulcast (WNEW-TV, and Radio) When Alice Cooper played they Laugh. Who knew how great they would become. Don't be too Quick to Judge. Now We miss them!!!
Very Unique rhythms and tones - KiLLer GrooveS Alwayz a FaV!!
Absolutely
The original lineup was fantastic.
@@robertp.mamarella373 I saw the play the Nassau coliseum in 76. I DIDN'T laugh!
Glen is looking down with a huge smile seeing that his SG will live on, knowing that Neal is the owner of his Guitar now. RIP Glen
Neal and Dennis, the coolest rhythm section EVER!
It makes me happy that the bits and pieces of this guitar (and now this fully restored part of history) are in the possession of Glen's friends and bandmates... not in some rich collectors locked up vault.
Here's a story for you not even kidding. My sister's first ex-husband was a guitar player. in the early 80s he told me he played a gig opening up for the Glen Buxton band in Tempe Arizona somewhere. Like I said it was the early 80s so my brother-in-law was so so proud of his Marshall jcm 800 head and 412 cab. He said Glen had some fender Twin Reverb 2 X12 combo. And thought he would be kind enough to offer Glen the use of his Marshall. Glen looked at Tim not rudely but matter-of-factly. And he said Son I think if this amp I use was good enough for Madison Square Garden. It should do for this little nightclub. But thank you anyway. And then my brother-in-law told me how Glen straight smoked his boots that night. He said he felt smaller than an ant true story hand of God.
Great story. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting story. Why do you keep alternating the spelling of his first name? "Glen" & "Glenn"
I apologize it must be the auto spell I did not type it
@brucegaskins7188 excellent story who cares about spelling.
That interaction was priceless.
Gibson should do a Custom Shop version of this guitar and try to keep it under 10k.
Knowing Gibson, you’ll get your wish. It will retail for $9,999.99.
I agree!!!!!
Make a signature model of a regular production guitar and charge thousands extra. Waste of money.
Gibson and Fender should stop with the "Limited edition custom shop master luthier anniversary reissue" bs. They're overpriced replicas. What's that say about the brand new stock les Paul's and strats? In any other medium, a replica is another word for fake. For example, the les paul junior was made so people with shallow pockets could get a decent bare bones bonafide Gibson....A sweetwater catalog has a "reissue" ( see above). Its NOT for the poor people anymore. Let's put some dings and scratches on it and charge 5k. Smh.
@@fliving70 Considering the mother of pearl headstock and neck markers, coupled with gold vintage humbuckers and tailpiece. Probably about right. PARTICULARLY if you factor in inflation!
...maybe $8500.00 on a good day.
What a piece of history. It was the summer of 73 when I first heard Schools Out and it changed me forever. I am still rocking hard at 58 and love my collection of vintage 70s cars and guitars....truly the best time ever to be young and alive. Glen Buxton is so underated and has influenced as many guitarists as Montrose. Awesomeness
Agreed my friend 😁🤟👍
LOL! We seem to have walked a similar path! Montrose! Peace!
Me too
If you heard it for the first time in 1973 then you were a year behind. School's Out, the single, was a smash hit on the radio in the summer of 1972. CKLW the Big 8 Detroit/Windsor played it in heavy rotation that summer.
@@angiecosmos8971 I grew up in northern Ohio,listening to cklw early 70'sAlice Cooper inspired me to play guitar,been playing ever since👌
He had an incredible tone with that guitar. GB on the SG
glenn buxton was the sound of alice - that freakin' eerie guitar, yet so melodic
Glenn Buxton one of the most influential guitar players of all time definitely had an influence on me thank you GB
Now THATS a resurrection. Man, that band inspired a hell of a lot of people. That's true honor right there
When that album love it to death was out i used to stare at that picture on the back of the cover with the three band mates holding the sg guitar and bass and neal sitting in the front with the cane. That picture was bad ass. Loved glens 3 pickup sg. Neal looks so badass in that photo. Glad you guys restored the guitar hope it will get played#
One of the coolest photos of the rock age, for sure. Yea, those SGs. Michael Bruce in that. Yea, Neal was pure rock star.
The gentleman that did the restoration on that guitar is a master of his craft. That is amazing, looks and sound.
What a great band they were!✌️😎
Glen Buxton - Champion and Legend RIP
I recall reading in one of the A.C. biographies that this guitar was stolen from Glenn at a hotel. The book said or implied that this was very depressing to Glenn and may have exacerbated his developing addictions. My sense is that Glenn had a grip on the use of feedback on that particular guitar. Anyway the guitar must have had a long, rough road since then. A few things Buxton pioneered:
-- The double string screech. (Others had done it briefly here and there, but he used it on a different level.)
-- The "jet landing" effect of dragging a pick down the neck against the G or B string. (Happens in "Second Coming" just before the dirge-like thing starts that leads into Dwight Frye).
-- Heavy fuzz to the point of a cello sound ("Laughing At Me")
-- General gonzo wild psychedelic raving, heard easily on "Living" from "Pretties." The way he was mixed so prominently on that album implies that Frank Zappa thought Buxton was really the central attraction in the band.
-- A cascading "incoming bomb" effect by dragging the pick from lighter to heavier strings artfully (also heard on "Second Coming.") My impression is that M. Bruce did the same trick.
-- In "You Drive Me Nervous" Buxton creates a sound like a flying saucer taking off. He did it by dragging his finger up the higher strings while yanking the strings up hard from the bridge using the wang bar. By lifting them up and down as the finger rose, the notches of the bridge acted to pluck the strings subtley. Very creative.
Buxton was a highly creative guitarist, and his dark gothic metal sound really stood out in the early 70s as different and pricked up my ears.
They say Dick Wagner did the lead solo on "My Stars." But it sure sounds like Buxton. If he did, he was imitating Buxton''s style really well.
I’ve always liked glens take and unique sound. Wondered why nobody has recreated his unique sound
You sound like my kinda guy!
I don’t believe Glen’s excesses had become an issue that needed a stand-in yet. Billion Dollar Babies was when it came began to rear it’s ugly head.
I'm a bassist but the guitar work on Killer really influenced my sense of melodicism as a composer. Buxton is sorely missed, and his name not nearly as well known as it ought to be by the general populace.
@@bongofury5924you're right ! He was functioning up until the end of the "School's out" tour end of '72 ... he went in for pancreatic surgery for his alcohol abuse... after that he turned to harder drugs...only played on a rhythm track on "Elected" and a acoustic track on "Generation landslide" on BDB's..then nothing on "Muscle of love"...i read the same thing in Michael Bruce's book about him having his guitar stolen in New York...may have been that Rickenbacker he used early on...but anyways he was sorely missed...all of them were...i was devastated when they broke up...😐
Fantastic!
Amazing to hear tgat guitar again.
I first heard Glen himself play it in 1972 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver BC. Billion Dollar Babies tour. I was 12 years old and it was my first concert . Neil was there !
I’ve been a lifelong fan of Alice Cooper and the original lineup since then. Their sound is unequaled and will never be matched.
Thank you for resurrecting that guitar and all the wonderful memories it stirs.
My 2 biggest loves in Rock n roll, Gibson Sgs & the greatest drummer in Rock history Neil Smith, saw them at Cobo arena way back the opened a Steppenwolf show, I was so close I saw the stick Neil had caught in his hair thatr he left there during Black Juju they had everyone's attention after that.
The coolest looking axe ever.Gb and Mb and their SG's looked so sinister.The full batwing pickguard,triple hbucker in white is epic.
I loved this band so much, I wasn't lucky enough to see them the first time around and always hoped maybe they'd reform later and I'd get another chance.
That dream died with Glen's passing. I was quite sad to recently learn Glen wasn't even on their last album "Muscle of Love" although pictured on the album.
I never knew that but from Love It To Death, Killer, Schools Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle of Love this band had such an affect on my life. I could go on forever. That SG sounds amazing I'd love to play it! I think it's so awesome that Neil got it. Its so sad to loose our heroes, rest in peace Glen, the world will never forget you or this great band thanks for the music!!
Might not have mattered back then since most popular acts got sold out of venues in a few hours...this due in large part to scalpers, who bought up loads of tickets to sell @ a premium. Even paying the far less affluent to stand in line for them.
I was very fortunate, since my best friend's mother managed a kitchen in the biggest venue of Detroit, being Cobo Hall...so we got to go to many concerts for free. Just had to watch out for the ushers, us not having ticket stubs.
That's awesome you were able to rescue and restore this awesome piece of rock-n-roll history!! And it sounds great!! Incredible!!
The old Alice Cooper line up oozes a kind of Glam Rock "je ne sais pas quoi" only rivalled by the New York Dolls... The clothes, the attitood, ...gone gone gone are those times!
We love them TO DEATH!
Great job of restoring that amazing sounding SG!!! I can't imagine how it was accomplished, but it was great to have found this video. Thank you for sharing. I was 18 years old when the song Eighteen hit the radio waves, and it has been one of my favorite tunes ever since.
This is where metal originated IMO. Songs like Desperado and Halo of Flies. Buxton has never gotten his proper place among the greats. But that bottom end he brought was something else.
...... totally agreed, great comment. \,,/
Absolutely my friend..top 40 radio was so much greater in this era..looking back,"Schools Out"was our kids anthem in 73..miss it so much..not to say at 56 I dont enjoy it just as much and still go to a lotta shows and fests to pass these times on to the younger gen..much to my surprise and enjoyment,they seem to love the tales and recollections as much as love telling them..keep on rockin guys this music will live as long as we keep it alive😁🤟👍
Are you referring to the bass (bottom end)? Glen was a great guitarist but the bass was provided by Dennis Dunaway.
Desperado was a song written about Jim Morrison
@@davidallen346 At least that's what "Alice" says now in these modern times. At best, he was imitating Morrison's vocal tone and attitude in that song. It's clear The Doors influenced the AC group a lot. (They knew each other.) The way they liked to use spooky organ. The whole "dark" vibe. And I can see the Doors guitarist influenced Buxton.
I've been a fan of Alice Cooper since around 1971 and this is the first time I've ever heard Neal Smith Speak.
tks for this..the original band was the best..hello hurray
Totally missed Alice Cooper Group!! They as a complete band as a Whole was Awesome!! I'm only 58 years old But my older Sister Marcia got me into Cooper. She was Totally into Schools Out to the Nightmare but despite my Favorite of her Albums called Billion Dollar Babies which I love to this day, I ended up gravitating toward KILLER album, especially the transitions I Heard on the Title Track and Halo of Flies which sent goose bumps on my young 13 year old ass!! Loved them way better than KISS which became very popular amongst my peers. I actually preferred Aerosmith over KIss which made me an outcast
I saw Alice cooper at the rainbow in London when the came to the UK for the first time it was wild,
This has always been my dream guitar, ever since I saw Glen and Michael
GB, one of the best, ever!!
Alice Cooper was my favorite band in high school. Funny how I never realized how great Glen was until much later...
Fantastic! The original Alice Cooper band is my all-time favorite! I grew up and survived many milestones with them! Billion Dollar Babies is still my favorite song after all these years.
Thanks for the work and the love to save this axe 😎 Well done on the story 🎶🎶🎶
This is absolutely amazing. Talk about the Holy Grail.
Well, what can I say, it is THAT sound, unmistakable.
Piece of Glam rock history brought back.
All I can say is Congratulations on your accomplishment. Absolutely fantastic. Talk about bringing a legend back to life. That guitar is so iconic. As they say on Wall Street when somebody hits it big: "Way To Go!"
Tone and sustain for days... wow! What a joy to hear Glen's original SG, simply awesome! I have been a huge ACG fan for somewhere around 40 years.
I'm definitely impressed with the neck and body finish match your compadre Pat did without stripping it all the way down. That yellow is a pita to match once it's aged. The wiring is also duly noted, with the middle pickup separate, and it has hella sustain to boot! Wow! I can see why you have plenty of reasons to like that guitar! That cute lil' Orange amp has a great period sound too! Love 'em both! Wow! Great job all!
A friend of mine was Glens cousin, was lucky enough to hang with the band at the Hollywood Hyatt before the concert at the Hollywood Bowl in July 1972, then attend the party at the Rainbow, it was a who's who of Rock Royalty. While in Glen's room got to play this guitar along with my body Joe. Glen was such a great approachable genuine person RIP GB
Cool stuff. hat's a truly iconic guitar, glad to hear it was saved.
Randy Rhoads was influenced by GB I've read.
Cool Video, cool guitar, wish it was mine! I can picture Glen playing in your place. Good work!
Pat refinished a guitar I built, and it still looks badass, and like new. He also restored a beat up 1980 Washburn bass that was the exact year, and model of my fist electric I got it for my 16th birthday. He made it look brand new. He did a great job on this SG of Glenn's.
Superb editing and video. Really nice job, man.
I saw the original Alice Cooper Band perform at Saint Thomas Aquinas high school in Southgate, Michigan, in my high school gymnasium back in 1971.
Lucky dude
Was that on the "Love it to death" tour ! Oh they played "Return of the spiders" as an encore...can you share any memories ?
Right on guys. Nice work! 👍
Wow...awesome piece of history. Thanks.
A live version of I`m Eighteen shows Glen playing a white 1961 type Gibson Les Paul/SG Custom , wide nut width, small scratch plate, pickup surrounds , small square shoulder neck joint. Love it to death album does show this late sixties guitar with Michael Bruce holding a late sixties SG standard.
"Killer" what an album AliceCooper fan since the opening lick. How could he get all that from a guitar...Great band sorry to hear of his demise...a loss
stu baker no wonder it was called KILLER, my fave AC album
RIP Glen Buxton. He wrote some of the coolest riffs in rock. What? Halo of Flies has some of the best guitar parts ever. Glen and Michael ripped it up on that song. I covered many Alice Cooper songs with my band in high school: Ballad of Dwight Fry, Halo of Flies, Sick Things, I Love the Dead, Second Coming. They were awesome songs and Glen's guitar parts were so cool.
That’s one hell of a restoration. Makes me want another guitar I don’t need. Never got the feel of the SG-Maybe my left arm is too short? It always feels like the neck is in the next room. Can’t argue about the sounds though. Love all this rock n’ roll history. Good on him! Too bad all those disparate parts didn’t make it back.
Wow! Thanks for this video awesome!!!! And that SG with that orange sounds amazing! I live it.... to death!
Super duper cool! And what killer tone it has. Wow!
Man she is GORGEOUS!!! She sounds AMAZING AS WELL,
She looks like a 69 SG Custom
Just like Sister Rossetta Thorpe's
Guitar. That is a TRUE Labor of LOVE.........Thank you VERY much for Posting this Beauty. 🎸💚
She sounds incredible doesn't she?
Rosetta Tharpe played a white 1961 Les Paul /SG Custom. different to this guitar in a number of ways.
Why would anyone thumbs down this video 🤷🏻♀️
Great story and video clip!! WOW , that SG just SUSTAINS for days!! MOJO.
Should be put in a rock and roll museum.
I was always in awe of glens SG. 3 HUMBUCKERS. I say awe but really it a was envy or more probably JEALOUSY. So happy they reworked that thing. Same QUAINT SCREAM eminatng from that woderous chunk of hardwear. Good job. And glen! Rest easy bro. They fixed it good!!!
probably one of the most iconic guitars in rock history,,,,i remember drooling over it when I was a kid on the back of love it to death,,glad to see it back in action
Neal Smith is cool too, miss your long hair!
Legendary GIBSON SG Custom (I wish Gibson doing a Signature SG of Glen`s SG in Gloss)
Great Job Neal !!!
What about Michael`s Beautiful white Les Paul Custom from the Billion Dollar Babies Tour !?!?
Gibson should do also a Signature Les Paul of Michael`s white Custom !
Well your prayer is answered. Gibson made a 2019 a 1963 Les Paul SG Custom Reissue W/ Maestro Vibrola for $ 6,699.00. Better than the original. Look it up on Gibson.com.
The lighting at that show reflected brilliantly off of mikes white les paul. I thought to myself. WOW HOW PERTY THAT IS. great show. Headless ALICE...
@@craigpage381 Yeah, Billion Dollar Babies was Alice Cooper's Best !
A Highpoint as a Group !
ALICE COOPER Group !!!
Rick is a legend too. Rick is just a terrific guitarist and writer.
There are two different white SG guitars that you will see with Glen. The Beat Club videos (as shown at the end of this segment) show a SG with a Maestro vibrato tailpiece. The guitar that was restored here is the SG with a Bigsby tailpiece and had stars applied all over it and was from the early years of the group (circa Love It To Death and Killer). Most of the pictures you will find online, are of Glen with the SG with the Maestro tailpiece, the guitar he played during Schools Out and Billion Dollar Babies.
TWEEZMO, They are both the same guitar! If you go back and listen to the story, Glen was always tinkering with his guitar, changing it back and forth, modifying and so on. And if you go back to about the 3 minute mark in this video where they show a picture of the body, you can see all the screw mounting holes for BOTH tailpieces!
@@roberthenry731 Glen Buxton did have another SG custom . The neck joint is different and fretboard is wider than this late sixties SG custom which looks like the replacement neck has the usual size nut width .I know SG`s and i own a 1968 SG Standard which has the original Vibrola Tremolo.TWEEZMO is correct in what he said. Don`t expect a drummer to know about guitar gear. Cheers mate!!
I love this guitar! Hell yes. Sounds great!
Huge SG fan. Too cool for school.
Love it to death is the my favorite album in the world! Thank you for this music
Outstanding .
I was 13 , up at the boards , for Love It to Death .
The impact they had that night , was something not matched ,
untill I saw Vanhalen years latter on their 1st World tour .
that`s how Bad ass The Alice Cooper " BAND " was , When I was a Kid .
Glen had turned the neck pickup at one time (he was always screwing with things on the guitar).
Great to see that alteration preserved in the rebuild!
Important work.
Thanks for sharing this
Glen put the edge in ACG! I appreciate all the guitarists Alice has used over the years however, Glen Buxton did it for me as well. I had the opportunity to see ACG at UB, 3 or 4 times, in Buffalo, NY when they were playing Pretties for You and Easy action. Had the '18' single a year before it became a hit!
Totally amazing! I am thrilled they made it this far and are actually doing the odd gig with the current Alice touring group! Whoda thunk it!
Oh Yeah... Glen was The Man.. Love That Band.. The Billion Dollar Babies Album.. it Sounds Great ☺☺👍👍👊👊💜
...Thank You Guys For This and Restoring Glen's Axe ☺💜💜
Yess. .R.I.P. Glenster 💜
Too bad Glen didn't play on BDB, although I believe he had a hand in writing.generation landslide I believe, but his skills and limitations didn't hold up by BDB album
I met Neal briefly in 1998 or thereabouts. I was working in a 1-Hour photo store in Westport, Connecticut, and he was a realtor who dropped off his house pictures to be developed. The manager, who knew I was a huge Alice Cooper fan, whispered in my ear that it was Neal Smith. "Neal Smith, _the_ Neal Smith?" "Yup!" He seemed a bit embarrassed when I gushed all over him for being one of my childhood heroes. He never came back. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
That sustain just says it all man.
Looks like this audience gets it. Out of their seats and dancing. Best band. Great musicians.
great job! sounds great, what kind of strings were those? also, I love Neal drumming on his thigh when he hears schools out.....its automatic...
Awesome video
This is THE sound!
my first show ever alice cooper billion dollar babies tour ,at madison square garden new york ,,,,amazing show ...
While I’m a huge AC group fan I wouldn’t quite call Glen one of the most influential guitarists of the 70s. He did come up with some amazing and memorable riffs.
Good stuff
Pretty cool they brought that iconic axe back from the dead
Glen's SG's back forever!!! Like being "16" again.
BDB was the first album I ever bought with my own money, in Jr. High.
It was my 2nd with my own money... first was "Let it bleed" by the Stones!
Huge influence Metal roots indeed 🙌
A lot of these photos I have never seen before.
That's a badass sg.
The best pure rock 'n roll band of all.
Long live Glen!
That axe has sustain from hell!
Its like the only parts guitar I'd want to own .Wish it had the original electronic parts + neck but it probably a way better neck to repaire it with but the A the Star it really is special. My all time favorite band Original AC band
Great job but curious to know why wasn't the nicer looking Lyre tremolo tailpiece being used as it's shown in most of the videos from 1972 on wards. It's even included at the end of this video. Glen have replaced the stubby looking bigsby after 1971.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved in this project, thze guitar is awesome. And it sustains like a mther f$§@er! Glad it belongs to Glen's friends and original members of his band.
the legend of GB!!!
Excalibur has been found!!!
that's cool. I wonder what happened to his older small pickguard SG Custom
Cool!
Yes! A Truly Talented Luther can restore anything. YUP!!! What Year exactly was Glen's SG?
The original Gibson SG Custom guitars had the exposed pole pieces of the pickups, on the neck & middle pickups, on the neck side, while on the bridge pickup, they were on the bridge side. Take a look at time stamp 2:20 to 2:52 to see Glen playing Schools Out with this factory setup. The guitar now has the neck & middle pickups, upside down.
Also the furthest volume knob away from the player should control the bridge pickup,not the middle one.
@@edgarcook9607 The volume pickup further from the player controls the bridge pickup but with the switch in the middle position you have bridge and middle pickup together and out of phase! This is how three pickup Gibsons were originally wired. Cheers!
Love Alice Cooper and Glen and Michael and the boys, I do prefer the sparkle SG's they used later on
The sparkle was used by Mike Bruce