MAY 29 2020 Elvis Aaron Presley Still listening to your Beautiful Music.You are still THE KING !!!! You are Loved around the WORLD. You are The BEST ENTERTAINER THAT HAS EVER GRACED THE STAGE !!! Elvis You will Never be FORGOTTEN !!!!
Wow, what a great story about all like great guitars Elvis used call why would I’d like to have one of those guitars that he played with? Thanks for the beautiful story about Elvis and his guitars it’s a big part of history
What a jerk the Colonel was for not letting Elvis be endorsed with Gibson and making Scotty Moore use his name for Elvis. I bet the Colonel's only reason for saying no to the Gibson endorsement was Elvis only got a free guitar for himself and no money for the endorsement. So the Colonel wasn't getting anything out of the deal.
Great stuff as always. I went to see the Elvis movie "That's The Way It Is" in 1971 and there's a part where he's goofing around with his "guys" during rehearsal. I swear Elvis literally drops his J200 to the ground amid huge laughter from the band.
@@freddysnip6257 “The thing I really noticed that night, though, was his guitar playing,” recalled Johnny Cash. “Elvis was a fabulous rhythm player. He’d start into ‘That’s All Right, Mama’ with his own guitar alone, and you didn’t want to hear anything else. I didn’t anyway."
i saw him twice....'74, my first concert, and '77 one of his last....and i wasnt even a fan because of the movies.... after the first show i became a fan because the band, and mainly Ronnie Tutt, the drummer, was unbelievable James Burton too, and Jerry Scheff on bass....and every back up singer, male and female, were fantastic and Elvis, of course, was GREAT....he could sing anything....42 years is awfully young too die But i think he had the time of his life after '68 going out on the road...
@@matthewchambers5401 yes...my mom...i was 14, and my dad didnt want to go at the last minute, so he gave me his ticket... I hated the movies, but not the musician...they were all great, especially Elvis. When he came back in May 77 i bought everybody tickets and we all went...2 months later he was dead.
My 10 favorite Elvis guitars: 1. 1956 Gibson J 200 N 2. 1964 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman 3. 1965 Gibson EBS 1250 4. 1963 Gibson Super 400 5. 1955 Martin D 28 6. 1960 Gibson J 200 7. 1942 Martin D 18 8. 1968 Gibson J 200 9. 1969 Gibson Dove 10. 1976 Martin D 35
Excellent work, thanks. Love the story of the tossed ebony J-200! What a photo! Elvis wasn't much of a guitarist but always had a cool instrument in his hands. Love the story of when the Beatles met him he was noodling at home a Fender Precision bass
Elvis was quite hard on his gear, it seems. Scotty got involved in all sorts of business for Elvis, too - some of it while he was the band's manager, but some after the noxious "Colonel" got involved. As always, a meticulously researched and very well presented video. Thanks, Ramon.
Well documented story: considerable data compiled ! I like the "What if he had gotten the rifle" at 2:30 :)) We would probably have had another Capone instead of Elvis ?? These leather covers are awkward... possibly muffled the guitar's resonance... Nice story about throwing the Ebony J-200 and given to Heather and all the subsequent ones; funny to see how Elvis gave guitars away like rock groups throw picks at the audience nowadays. Looks like the circle was closed with the D-28: back to the roots ! What a guy he was... Nice memories ! Thanks for uploading Ramon :)
My favorite, looks-wise is the black dove. I've always wanted to see the BACKS of these guitars to see the wear that the belts and suits he wore had on them. This was a fun Elvis video. Just arming the Elvis army with more and more info!
You did it again! Very informative post. I've been to Graceland in Memphis and you can see some of the guitars explained here throughout the house and in the barn/Elvis Collection Museum. Thank you brother!
Wow very thorough especially the succession of acoustics in his early years, though I am not sure but he might have played a Fender acoustic and is also pictured in 1958 ( ?) in an army uniform with a Danlectro for an album cover whose sessions listed only Hank Garland and Elvis as the sole guitarists Scotty Moore was absent .You can definitely hear 2 electric guitars especially on Big Hunk of Love . Keep up the great work always
A great video i always thought Elvis made the disc My Happiness was played on his old guitar his mother got him i now assume it was made with a Martin along with his first recordings at sun studios thanks for the information
Great video. My two favorite Elvis guitars are probably the J 200 that was customized and the black Dove. I just wish you had mentioned the custom Gibson guitar Jim Curtin gave to Elvis.
Watching this reminds why Elvis was The King. Like JFK's death (kindergarten, '62), I remember when Elvis passed away. KSAN interviewing cats while driving down Hwy 1 and Craig Chaquico gives props. Local radio, what can I say :)
The first guitar seen, the double- I went to school with a gal, who knew I was an Elvis fan. Elvis was still alive at the time she told me that her dad built that guitar. Elvis heard about it and purchased it. We always hear this stuff, of course. I did a quick Google search, and a website mentions the origin of it isn’t clear, but one being it was made by a man in Indiana. That fits the story she told me.
nice video, it was great to visit Graceland and see some of these guitars including the doubleneck, there's also a bunch of amps and PA equipment on display.
It's an "EB6", it's kind of a grey area as to whether it's a bass or a baritone. Gibson came out with the EB6 to compete with Danelectro's 6 basses, to which they were sold as a "bass". Fender made the "VI" which is also sold as a "bass". It all comes down to how you tune it. If you tune it an octave down from a regular guitar then you're playing "bass". If you tune it a 4th or 5th lower, B or A standard, then you're playing a "baritone". Most of the recordings you'll hear of this type guitar use it as a bass usually doubling the upright bass part, this is called "tick-tack". But on recordings where it's up front in a lead role, even if it is tuned as a bass, it's filling the role of a "baritone"
So many guitar players , Jeff Beck don't know if you already have one on Jeff , Buck Dharma, Pat Travers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Gibbons of course Eric Capton
I read that the black Humming bird was a gift from his father who had is refined in black might be an addendum if correct.. Wasn't the German guitars call a Black Rose??? did he not also play a Burns 12 string solid body
Thanks Scott the german guitar was high end by all accounts. Thanks for the info and may e the other guitar you mention is part of his movie guitar collection
@8:53 the guitar that was sent to Gibson for upgrades, when it came back with the fancier pickguard and name across the fret-board it was not the same guitar, it had a different serial number, and no-one knows where the original J200 is, or what happened to it.
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MAY 29 2020 Elvis Aaron Presley Still listening to your Beautiful Music.You are still THE KING !!!! You are Loved around the WORLD. You are The BEST ENTERTAINER THAT HAS EVER GRACED THE STAGE !!! Elvis You will Never be FORGOTTEN !!!!
Wow, what a great story about all like great guitars Elvis used call why would I’d like to have one of those guitars that he played with? Thanks for the beautiful story about Elvis and his guitars it’s a big part of history
Elvis has left the building amen
There's also a picture of Elvis playing a Gibson L5 that may have been Scotty Moore's. Thanks for this thorough video.
Thanks
Elvis sure did love throwing around guitars. I want his Black Dove..
What a jerk the Colonel was for not letting Elvis be endorsed with Gibson and making Scotty Moore use his name for Elvis. I bet the Colonel's only reason for saying no to the Gibson endorsement was Elvis only got a free guitar for himself and no money for the endorsement. So the Colonel wasn't getting anything out of the deal.
Omg my fricen god, he did it. Its elvis video thank you so much Guitar Show
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Great stuff as always. I went to see the Elvis movie "That's The Way It Is" in 1971 and there's a part where he's goofing around with his "guys" during rehearsal. I swear Elvis literally drops his J200 to the ground amid huge laughter from the band.
Thanks Stuart 🙏
Elvis was a better guitarist than you give him credit for. Maybe you should listen to his Sun recordings and RCA 50's and early 60's recordings.
Ya that scene was funny.
@@freddysnip6257 “The thing I really noticed that night, though, was his guitar playing,” recalled Johnny Cash. “Elvis was a fabulous rhythm player. He’d start into ‘That’s All Right, Mama’ with his own guitar alone, and you didn’t want to hear anything else. I didn’t anyway."
i saw him twice....'74, my first concert, and '77 one of his last....and i wasnt even a fan because of the movies....
after the first show i became a fan because the band, and mainly Ronnie Tutt, the drummer, was unbelievable
James Burton too, and Jerry Scheff on bass....and every back up singer, male and female, were fantastic
and Elvis, of course, was GREAT....he could sing anything....42 years is awfully young too die
But i think he had the time of his life after '68 going out on the road...
Great comment thanks Ed 🙏
"not a fan", someone drag you there?
@@matthewchambers5401 yes...my mom...i was 14, and my dad didnt want to go at the last minute, so he gave me his ticket...
I hated the movies, but not the musician...they were all great, especially Elvis.
When he came back in May 77 i bought everybody tickets and we all went...2 months later he was dead.
My 10 favorite Elvis guitars:
1. 1956 Gibson J 200 N
2. 1964 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman
3. 1965 Gibson EBS 1250
4. 1963 Gibson Super 400
5. 1955 Martin D 28
6. 1960 Gibson J 200
7. 1942 Martin D 18
8. 1968 Gibson J 200
9. 1969 Gibson Dove
10. 1976 Martin D 35
Excellent work, thanks. Love the story of the tossed ebony J-200! What a photo! Elvis wasn't much of a guitarist but always had a cool instrument in his hands. Love the story of when the Beatles met him he was noodling at home a Fender Precision bass
Pleasure Bernard
His acoustic strumming was a key part of his early (Sun- RCA) sound and band and of course he had the great Scotty Moore on lead.
Thanx Ramon... that wuz epic. I'd no idea Elvis had gone through so many...
Have a happy
-Jonny
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Elvis was quite hard on his gear, it seems. Scotty got involved in all sorts of business for Elvis, too - some of it while he was the band's manager, but some after the noxious "Colonel" got involved.
As always, a meticulously researched and very well presented video. Thanks, Ramon.
Pleasure 🙏
Maaaaan you amaze me as you know he is a great hero of mine I enjooooyed every bit thank you 🙏
Pleasure bro🙏
Thanks for all the hard work put into researching and recording this. You are the Wikipedia of guitars
Thanks for such an accolade 🙏🙏🙏
I’ve seen that double neck in real life and it’s so dingy looking but at the same time it’s the most badass thing I’ve seen to this day
Well documented story: considerable data compiled ! I like the "What if he had gotten the rifle" at 2:30 :)) We would probably have had another Capone instead of Elvis ?? These leather covers are awkward... possibly muffled the guitar's resonance... Nice story about throwing the Ebony J-200 and given to Heather and all the subsequent ones; funny to see how Elvis gave guitars away like rock groups throw picks at the audience nowadays. Looks like the circle was closed with the D-28: back to the roots ! What a guy he was... Nice memories ! Thanks for uploading Ramon :)
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The Gibson J200 Elvis used in his films is now owned by Albert Lee.
🙏Thanks
What about doing something on the Everly Brothers?
@@jazzymay89 very cool idea, thanks!
Cricky! What an excellent and well-researched video. Subbed.
Thanks Patrick
Absolutely fascinating!
Just watching this again, good research information....
Many thanks indeed 🙏🙏
The King surely liked to launch his guitars in the air lol
Great video!
Yes! Thanks
Awesome!
Thanks
This is fascinating to watch I love guitars and always will do
My favorite, looks-wise is the black dove. I've always wanted to see the BACKS of these guitars to see the wear that the belts and suits he wore had on them. This was a fun Elvis video. Just arming the Elvis army with more and more info!
Elvis’ birthday is the same as mine. Nice!
Very cool 🙏
am so jealous lol
You forgot to mention my favorite guitar of his, his Gibson Double neck with an EB6 on the top. I think only a couple were made of them.
Thanks I think this was part of his movie guitar collection which maybe one day I will cover 🎸🙏
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Yes, please. I'd like to know about the 50s Strat he played in Viva Las Vegas. Thanks!
Awesome video. Thank you Ramon
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I thank you !
Pleasure
Thank you. How about a video about the guitars he wielded in his many films? You'd have to watch a lot of movies!
Great idea thanks 🙏
Some movies show the guitar he's "playing" having no strings! And no cables on the electrics. Hollywood. Same for other shows throughout the 80's
Love it ! Your videos are always so detailed ! Cheers !
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You did it again! Very informative post. I've been to Graceland in Memphis and you can see some of the guitars explained here throughout the house and in the barn/Elvis Collection Museum. Thank you brother!
Pleasure brother 🙏🎸
My first guitar was a Hagstrom Viking🤘🏻🇸🇪 still have it.
Wonderful. Fascinating insight, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent! Thank you for this!!!
Pleasure
I always thought that Elvis used only acoustic guitars but now I know that he did use semi-hollow body electrics as well!!!!
That's right David thanks for watching
he played telecaster, strats, and sgs as well
The King!
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I still want to know the story behind that 6-string bass/guitar double neck.
Wow. Thank you for the work put into this video. Much appreciated
Pleasure bro
Great research and review. Lot of history behind Elvis' guitars! Congratulations!
Great stuff Ramon 👍 I never knew Elvis got through so many guitars !
Me neither lol thanks for watching Shaun 🙏🙏🙏🎸
If I had his money I would own at least 25 -50 guitars
@@ramencurry6672 Is that all ? Lol .
Thank you.
Pleasure Matt
Outstanding Excellence !!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Pleasure
great
Cheers brother
Wow very thorough especially the succession of acoustics in his early years, though I am not sure but he might have played a Fender acoustic and is also pictured in 1958 ( ?) in an army uniform with a Danlectro for an album cover whose sessions listed only Hank Garland and Elvis as the sole guitarists Scotty Moore was absent .You can definitely hear 2 electric guitars especially on Big Hunk of Love . Keep up the great work always
Roy Acoof and Bob Willis
A great video i always thought Elvis made the disc My Happiness was played on his old guitar his mother got him i now assume it was made with a Martin along with his first recordings at sun studios thanks for the information
The art work on the pickguard of the 1960 Gibson J200 factory refin at 9:50 is cool, 50's modern art ..
Thanks Dan
Scotty Moore's guitars one day?
Absolutely 🙏
I enjoyed this!
Thanks 🙏🎸
His two J200s were the one I would have most liked to own.
Great video. My two favorite Elvis guitars are probably the J 200 that was customized and the black Dove. I just wish you had mentioned the custom Gibson guitar Jim Curtin gave to Elvis.
Amazing work. Thanks
Pleasure
Elvis played a Fender Coronado in a Movie, I think it had Ann Margaret in it.
nancy sinatra in movie called speedball
But he played a fender stcaster in viva las vegas
@@andresgarciadelgado1810 excellent, thanks
Here is a lot that i haven't heard before tank you so much 😉
Happy 😆 birthday 🎂, Elvis
Is the sj200 at graceland museum? Now ❤
Watching this reminds why Elvis was The King.
Like JFK's death (kindergarten, '62), I remember when Elvis passed away. KSAN interviewing cats while driving down Hwy 1 and Craig Chaquico gives props. Local radio, what can I say :)
Great comment thanks 🙏
Awesome, thanks for posting :)
Pleasure Brian
The first guitar seen, the double- I went to school with a gal, who knew I was an Elvis fan. Elvis was still alive at the time she told me that her dad built that guitar. Elvis heard about it and purchased it. We always hear this stuff, of course. I did a quick Google search, and a website mentions the origin of it isn’t clear, but one being it was made by a man in Indiana. That fits the story she told me.
Is the sj200 gibson whats in graceland the same one as in loving you , king creole, Gi blues, i think it is 😊 ?
Often I try to distance myself from Elvis his music, movies, concerts yet I simply am unable to do that for very long or with conviction.
Throwing guitars could be an Olympic event inspired by Elvis.
That was very interesting, cheers 🙏☘️☘️☘️
Many thanks 🙏
I just bought a 2004 Martin D-28. I always knew Elvis played a D-18 but didn't know he owned D-28's as well.
Nice Daniel - those are one of my favourite acoustics - ebony board?
He was Persistent about his Passion..he Listened to his
Jesus (Always) God Blessed Him
nice video, it was great to visit Graceland and see some of these guitars including the doubleneck, there's also a bunch of amps and PA equipment on display.
Thanks Mark I hope to visit one day myself
@@TheGuitarShow hope you can, also visit Sun Studios and Stax museum nearby also in Memphis
That 1275 at the beginning, is it a 6 + 6 bass strings or baritone ? Never seen that. Great job again, thanks.
Ill try to cover that on a video of his movie guitar collection 🙏
It's an "EB6", it's kind of a grey area as to whether it's a bass or a baritone. Gibson came out with the EB6 to compete with Danelectro's 6 basses, to which they were sold as a "bass". Fender made the "VI" which is also sold as a "bass".
It all comes down to how you tune it. If you tune it an octave down from a regular guitar then you're playing "bass". If you tune it a 4th or 5th lower, B or A standard, then you're playing a "baritone".
Most of the recordings you'll hear of this type guitar use it as a bass usually doubling the upright bass part, this is called "tick-tack". But on recordings where it's up front in a lead role, even if it is tuned as a bass, it's filling the role of a "baritone"
Supposedly Elvis was jamming around on a bass when the Beatles visited him.......
ELVIS LIVES!!
Evis Presley he die for long time ago 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
RIP Elvis
Sick!!
So many guitar players , Jeff Beck don't know if you already have one on Jeff , Buck Dharma, Pat Travers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Gibbons of course Eric Capton
Thanks for these suggestions!
@@TheGuitarShow thank you very much
Good job on the video, I can tell you did your research.
Thanks Mike it was fun to do
I read that the black Humming bird was a gift from his father who had is refined in black might be an addendum if correct..
Wasn't the German guitars call a Black Rose??? did he not also play a Burns 12 string solid body
Thanks Scott the german guitar was high end by all accounts. Thanks for the info and may e the other guitar you mention is part of his movie guitar collection
@@TheGuitarShow please do a Burns guitar factory show...
@8:53 the guitar that was sent to Gibson for upgrades, when it came back with the fancier pickguard and name across the fret-board it was not the same guitar, it had a different serial number, and no-one knows where the original J200 is, or what happened to it.
Thanks for this Mike
It was most likely lost
Great video, Elvis had quite the rotation of Gibson's
Thanks Joe
Well done. Ramon, well done. How did you get all this info???
Ill put some of the references in the description later today...thanks 🙏🙏
Where's is a mention of the Fender acoustic that he used in the movie ClamBake?
Thanks for this John, on this video I chose to omit his film guitars
Fender Kingman.
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Why does the narrator sound like Tom Jones? Is it TJ?
Could you make a video about Rory Gallagher ? Would be nice
Hi I have done one already in fact. Thanks Bayer
There is a guitar that he plays in "Got a lot living to do" and "The Lady loves me". Can anybody identify it ?
That red Viking guitar looks perfect with his black outfit. Too bad that it is not on display at Graceland.
thanks Jeff
That wasn't his guitar someone had it and someone thought he would look good playing it the guy was right
Missed some guitars from movies.
This is true
What about his Burns double tweleve?
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Why didn't you cover Elvis' P-Bass from that famous photo of him sitting on that long, white couch in Graceland?
He probably didn’t bond with it and just used it to mess around with it only in the house.
I notice he almost always has his acoustic guitar strap attached to or near the headstock. Any idea why?
Maybe habit as a lot of old school performaners did that also if you wear a hat its easier to get the strap over your head
It was common in the old days.
You go over the March 20th recordings twice, it’s the same dialogue, reference 8:38 vs 11:25.
What kind of acoustic guitar do you own?
Hi Abe at the moment a Fylde acoustic handmade in the north of England
I like a lot of guitars, but I like gretsch country gentleman
Fender King?
Acuff is pronounced A cuff and that was a kneckerchief not a bandana
And it was Bob W-I-L-L-S (sorry, not to be rude, just historical accuracy is always important)
@@mubodude Once your down in Texas maybe
Thanks, 🙏
@@mubodude thanks 🙏
Jesus! His first guitar looks like it's from the Civil war
Wauuu they have to glue the guitar so it don't foll apart
This was very interesting but you are missing a lot of guitars
Yes he movie guitars in general, I did not cover
@@TheGuitarShow I get that, even saw some movies with Elvis playing guitar without strings, only Elvis could play a guitar without strings LOL