Should Dave have his own channel ? he is a great player and seems to have a limitless knowledge of all things guitar repair, and guitar in general. Love me some Dave !
For sure he definitely knows a lot of little things that most people don’t know like if you change the pick guard on one guitar it will loose top end or if you wanna loose top end or bottom end do this or that just so much great information and if he made a channel nows the time to do it because Beato will promote his channel and he will get a big jump on subscribers quickly from the start! Even if he doesn’t put the effort in to make really high quality content, editing perfectly and everything like Beato does it would still be a great idea to atleast start the channel and get subscribers coming from Beato’s channel and he can just post one video per week and just using a phone Mount to take the video of him working on customers guitars with some good lighting. Really wouldn’t take much time just hit record when he’s working on something and when he gets a rare guitar take a video of it and how to tell if it’s real, if he’s doing something weird like customer is complaining of a noise that’s a great video, making a guitar stay in tune better is great, installing new pick ups another great video specially if he went into detail about wiring and how adding a capacitor, resistor or different ohm pots to get more or less of something in your tone would be a great video, another great video well it could be a few different videos about what parts he like to use better and why like what tuners he likes, what input jacks he likes, what brand pots he likes, what bridges he likes and a really cool video would be about pick ups to use for what style of music vs what wood is in the guitar this would be something that he would have some very good options on and would be super useful for people to make the best decision when buying new pick ups I mean let’s face it if you walk into guitar center the person selling you a pick up will not know that this pick up will sound a bit muddy with the wood that’s in ur guitar or whatever all they will say and all most people online will say is the pick up sounds way better then the old pick up but for people that have a really sensitive ear like myself who can hear things that most can’t having this kinda information will really help out and sure there are many videos online but he has a certain level of notoriety so he for sure could do well.
My wife bought me a Strat copy from a mall in Kansas city. Mustang was the name on the headstock. Heaviest guitar I ever owned. Changed everything on it. Bought several others over the years but, that cheap 80 dollar guitar was the only one I ever played on stage. Had a stroke a few years back and am learning to play on that same guitar again. Bought your course yesterday Rick. Thanks to both of you for what you do.
My second guitar is a '52 Silvertone Archtop from Sears and Roebuck. Found it in Charleston, SC learning to play blues from Scott Perry. I bought it for $150 and have owned it since 1998. It is terrible to look at but plays like butter. Had neck reset and frets replaces a few years ago. I'll never give it up!!
I have 14 guitars and none of them do the same thing tonally. The one I play the most is a modded 2013 Gibson 60's Tribute Gold Top Les Paul. I put an ABR-1 bridge with a featherweight tailpiece on it. I also added a pickguard because I wore a hole in the cheapo satin finish within a year. Everything else is stock other than I had to shield all the cavities because of static noise problems. My original 1963 white and gold SG Custom is the next in the pecking order. It was my most played until I got the Les Paul. It is all stock other than I had it refretted back in the 90's because I had completely worn the frets out. That guitar is amazing. It has the original PAF pickups. I had to replace some of the machine heads because they were very worn and not stable. I did buy a very expensive set of vintage 1963 Kluson tuners for it and replace them one at a time as needed. That guitar is solid. I moved from Phoenix to Nashville and didn't even have to adjust the truss rod or bridge. What a monster.
At 60, I just got my first, a sunburst Strat. I blame Rick. Oh well, if the learning thing doesn't work out, I can always hang it on the wall as a work of art.
I hope to be in Dave's position one day. I got my physics degree but like working with my hands. Ive played guitar since freshman year of high school and I love the idea of making someone's guitar play its best. You always play better (and more often) when you don't have to fight it!
I still have my first guitar, a $100 mail order Crestwood Strat clone, and then I bought a $1000 Fender that looks almost identical once I started making some money. I love them both for different reasons
Can’t beat a Tele! 11 guitars in my rack and just like Rick I play them all, but always find myself going back to my Tele’s. There’s something about them that’s magical!😎🍺 Dave is a beast on a guitar.
I'm running 5 guitars at the moment, 78 Hamer sunburst, 98 les paul standard double cut, a 87 strat etc but miss my 72 tele. Something about those slab bodies
Tele's are the working man's guitar. Sold my white MIM Tele to my son in law a few years ago who really liked it in one of my "I gotta thin the herd" moments. Regretted it in no time. Started looking and about 8 months later bought a US Tele in Silver finish for twice what I paid for the MIM (reminds me of the great Don Rich) and it looks fantastic but plays nowhere near that old MIM. I've had it checked out, set up, everything. I never learn.
I noticed recently, that I've been keeping old guitars in the corners for ages. So I started experimenting with them, taking them apart, and learning the insides. Recently I redid the whole wiring of my 2011 Gibson Les Paul. I maybe overdid it by adding a 6-way mic switch and 4 push-pull pots. The design took me 4 weeks to get done and the build took a whole day and a few fixes on later days. I used the original mics, opened the wiring so that I could get coil taps, series wiring, etc. But now that one guitar has so many different sounds in it I totally threw away the thought of needing another guitar. And it looks all stock from the outside which is excellent.
I have a modulus blacknife carbon necked tele, that I have never sold because it is so unique and consistent. Bought and sold hundreds of guitars for all the usual reasons; poverty, upgrade, use etc. Great film guys.
Rick, I have the same affliction. I Love guitars, I'm a singer by trade, but truly love them, they are kinetic art. I own 14 right now and all different. Acoustics , 6 & 12 strings, Fender, Gibson , Epiphone, Sigma, Squire, Ibanez, Jackson many under $200. I find broken unwanted guitars and repair them. I do admire Dave so much. Excellent player and very knowledgeable like your self. I do play a little myself so I do enjoyed them immensely. Just playing a simple Beatle song and singing along is enough for me.
I’m just a basic beginner guitar player, and I’ve got an Affinity Squire Strat, 20th Anniversary in black and white, a 2018 Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top Pro in blue burst, and a PRS SE, Custom 22 in tobacco flame, all great starter guitars and all set up by a local luthier. They all have their own unique sounds but the PRS is just an amazing guitar for the money. The Epiphone is actually really well made too and also sounds really good. I don’t think you have to pay a fortune these days to get decent instruments, these guitars are all great instruments for what you pay. I have a couple of modelling amps and some pedals and you can get some great sounds for not a lot of money.
Trevor I live by that philosophy, Every one of 14 guitars were under $200, many needed repair and setup many I have upgraded. its an awesome hobby Been a tech no for 6 years now , My advise is to learn how to repair and setup your own guitars.
@@patricknicolucci5073 I actually sat with the luthier to learn what he did to set up the guitars and adjust the tonality and action etc. It was really interesting to watch. I asked him a lot of questions and he had some surprising things to say. He mentioned that some musicians he does work for actually don’t use their most expensive guitars for giging. He said a lot of them use Squire bodies and put Fender Player necks on them because the squire bodies are lighter and less work to carry around and use on stage. He just changes the pick ups and pots etc. He said my Epiphone was actually nicer than a lot of Gibsons he’s set up and played, and was pretty surprised at the quality of the instrument, even the pick ups sound great. He actually asked me if I wanted to sell it to him. He was also full of praise for the PRS SE, he said “ why would you need a $3k guitar when this thing plays so well?” Sounds like you’ve got a great collection of instruments.
That UNIVOX! Circa 1972 I got that (or a model that looks just like it) as my second guitar, brand new for $100, and I'm not at all surprised that it was plywood. And now you say you can get one for "under a thousand" !!! I got it at a music store I forget the name of, it was on Lee St. in SW Atlanta.
Loved this pair of videos. Since you asked here’s the list of guitars I still have in order of acquisition 1980 Les Paul Firebrand (my baby…bought it in high school…all stock except for frets 14 and 15 which were damaged and repaired 3 years ago) 2010 Taylor GA4-12 (had some serious neck bend and was repaired under warranty and plays better now than ever [so loud]) 2011 Martin GPCPA1 (my favorite guitar to play, my go to for open mic nights plugged in) 2015 D35 50th anniversary (East Indian, not Brazilian…a true acoustic cannon I bought used, accidentally) 2018 Waterloo wl12-mh (an amazing punchy all-hog for it’s small size) 2018 Epiphone ES335-pro (an amazingly versatile guitar with the coil splitters…can make all kinds 60s and 70s sounds…and my most inexpensive) 2011 Fender Roadhouse Deluxe Stratocaster (it does everything a strat is supposed to do, I don’t even waste my time with the s1 switch) 2019 Jimmy Page DragonTelecaster [mx] (oh come on it’s fun if weird…it’s just a tele, but it is the easiest playing electric I have) 2020 Danelectro 59x12 (jangle squared…so different than everything else. Can do pretty good mid 60s stuff like the byrds and Beatles sounds) 2021 Epiphone SG special (just for the p90s…it’s nice guitar for the price…and it’s Pelham Blue lol) 2021 Danelectro longhorn 4 string bass (finally took a swipe at playing the bass for songs like nights in white satin, rikki don’t lose this number and a day in the life…just a lot of fun for the price)
One more thing: Danelectros are heavenly, love them so so much and I'm happy, Rick, that you love the clarity and definition of their sound so much, too.
I completely agree. I don't "play" guitar I always say I play at guitar. But if someone comes in I need to make sure I have certain sounds. So I have a basic Fender Strat with a satin neck and a pre amp switch built into it. I them have an ice blue Fender Telecaster MIM American Spec I built, with a Hot P90, almost a P100 in the neck and a texmex pickup in the bridge. It has a 4 way switch with the last pos. in series. That is my favorite for now. I have a Tobacco Burst, American Clone of a Les Paul Standard with a 1st gen PRS pickup in the neck and a 68 Humbucker in the bridge. I also have 2 Yamaha Pacifica's both set up in SSH "super strat" one has pickups set up for 70's rock tones that scream clean. The other pick ups are set up as a modern Jackson SL3 Soloist metal guitar no clean here. I also have 2 basses both Ibanez P bass but one has actives. I have on order(backorder) a Steinberger Bass.
I'm endlessly fascinated by all the different guitars and the stuff they have on them; kinda like how I am when looking at gems, diamonds, jewelry...💖💖
The guitars I have, are the guitars I could get. I haven't usually been in a situation where I could choose what I got. Way back to when I was ten and first played a guitar, which was a black Gibson Les Paul that a high school senior let me play and taught me "smoke on the water" imagine that. I wanted to play since I was 6, but didn't own a guitar until I was 16. Which I still have, an Alvarez 12 string acoustic, which I have usually used as a 6 string.. I have venturo bruno nylon string. A Yamaha F-310P, which I found at a yard sale. Two Fender Squire strats. One I found the body in a dumpster, so I put Gibson pickups on it, instead of the usual fender strat types. I tried putting a roller saddle bridge for a Gibson les Paul on it, but it didn't work. So I am waiting to get a fender telecaster bridge to put on it. But I got the electronics to work. I painted the body myself too. I got a New York pro, which is a cheaper version of something like 17:58 And I have an indio that has that look. I would like to own a black gibson les paul, as that was the first guitar I played. Or a telecaster, never even had the chance to play one.
I love to hang my axes on the wall, they are like art to me… so color and finish are important … I rotate them through my garage studio to my living room and kitchen / dining space (don’t worry, they don’t get heat or smoke, it’s 13 to 16 feet from the stove!) so that I play them all regularly as possible…. I started as a drummer, then picked up guitar… I have acoustics and ukuleles… but as for electric guitars …. I buy mostly sub $500 even sub $300 guitars (an Xaviere semi hollow sunburst tele with 2 gold foils… it’s nice!), a “Grote” green “photo faux top” semi hollow tele - I put a GFS lipstick in the bridge! Sounds nice!) … at my playing level I can’t justify more expensive ones (as some of the other commenters have said) … and they are mostly sonically different to some extent… Squiers (desert sand duo sonic, surf green Jaguar, shell pink Cyclone, lake placid blue FSR $200 tele with GFS gold foil in neck) Epiphones (cherry SG, flame top Les Paul with Duesenberg trem I installed, Pelham blue P-90 ES-339 with Duesenberg trem I installed, and a sunburst P-90 Casino coupe) MIM Fender candy apple red tele and sunburst Jazz bass, MIJ Fender sunburst strat, Gretsches (silver baritone and gold top single cut electromatic with Bigsby I installed)… a red Ibanez AFS75T (from eBay for $250), a black G and L tele with a six way Freeway switch… my “jewels” are a natural Gibson V2 that was a 19th birthday gift from my parents… it stays in the garage studio! … and newest acquisition: Squier bass VI in Olympic white with mint pickguard. Collecting inexpensive guitars is cheaper than owning a boat, I know, I owned a boat.
I have friend who bought a pair of Telecasters back in like 1972 at a local store in small town Alberta, Canada. Played one and wore it out, left the other in the closet and basically forgot about it. He now has a pristine one, and its well-worn mate with softly rounded neck and frets, and a patina that no custom shop will ever match. Both are blonde with white pick guard. It’s a trip to see them side by side. Another friend with a well cared-for ‘65 Deluxe Reverb let’s us guitar players use it if we ask nicely, and the Tele’s sound awesome through it.
Nice to see the Kiesel CT6 getting some love, this model is basically a "PRS Killer" for half the money and unlike the PRS "Custom" 22/24, you can actually customise pretty much everything on it. Also, the whole myth of ''Kiesel stock pickups are bad'' is pretty much BS as you can see when somebody like Rick says, they're great. And even if you don't like their stock pickups ( they make a wide variety from classic PAF's to high output ceramic ones) , they give you the option to send to them whatever aftermarket pickups you like and they will install them for you, when building your guitar.
I own a 2019 Rickenbacker 381v69 Mapleglo that should be illegal! It's absolutely gorgeous, two toaster pickups, R-tailpiece, shark tooth inlays, checker binding, semi-hollow, hand carved arch top and back...man, don't get me going!
I made a comment that I’m surprised he doesn’t own a Rickenbacker 6-string. They have a very distinct tone. I have a 1996 360v64 (George Harrison model) in the extremely lovely and rare turquoise finish. Its the guitar in my profile pic.
I have may about 19 guitars but the most treasured are a 1979 Ibanez Musician, 1980 Ibanez Artist, a 1978 Gibson L6, and a 1988 Fender HSS Strat. I also have an Olympic white (aged cream like that Gibson) Fender Phat Tele that I love but I'm not sure of the year.
32:00 I had a Badass II bridge on a '98 MIM P-Bass for a good 15+ years...and it seemed to only have the real crispy, zingy high end (regardless of where the tone control was set). I recently took it off and put on a vintage-style bridge, and couldn't be happier! I've had too many basses over the years (really only regret selling a Modulus Quantum 6 string with a Kahler bridge that was harder than hell to set up, and a MIJ Fender Marcus Miller J-Bass that had a terrible buzz which could have just been fixed with some different pickups), but now have an upright, 2 P-Basses (one with flats, one with rounds), a 5 string HH Sting Ray, a fretless "Frankenbass" J-Bass, a short scale 5 string, and my first electric guitar (sparkly Squier Tele) to start learning on.
I've got either a '69 or '70 LP Delux goldtop that I bought in the early '80's in a pawn shop. It has the green discoloration at the forearm area. Naturally relic ax. My exclusive guitar in college. Plays great!
Recently sold a bunch of gear via reverb the last few weeks. Primarily to pay for maintenance the gear I like, get something else I preferred or have money in the bank. I sold Nash T-57, 1976 Gibson Les paul Custom w/ upgraded parts, Freidman small box 50 head and 2x12 cab, Boss Waza Tube amp expander w/ foot switch, Fender 68 custom deluxe reverb and Charvel Pro-mod San Dimas ;)
Gretsch 6120, MIM Strat w US Standard hardware. Samick Lasalle... Its awesome. Squire Tele from the 80's, and my "first guitar" a Univox (square logo)LP that I installed DiMarzio Al DiMeola switchable pickups in in the early 80's. Super clean sound and the thinnest neck. Love to have Dave give it the once over. Thanks for the great content!
Every brand of guitar I've owned required changes at some point, pickups, bridges, tuners, etc .. mostly pickups. Exceptions are Heritage H-150 (standard and core), B&G Private Builds, and John Page classic (Ashburn and A.J.) those last few were the only ones I didn't have to touch anything and they were just great out of the box.
I have a few now: '94 Midnight Blue American Standard Strat, 50th Anniversary Tele (it's a dark wood and extremely LIGHT weight); early 2010's Gibson Explorer, Gibson Les Paul Studio(satin wine red with humbuckers); Amer. Ultra Strat HSS in Texas Tea; 2017 Cherry Sunburst Gibson LP Standard; LP '57 Goldtop VOS; Eastman 486-SB ( replaced with Marshall Head MKII pups); Eastman SB59/v-Gold Burst; Tagima Grace 700; Samick HJ650; Taylor 314ce LTD; Guild 6AD-40C; Crafter SJC-390EQ; Fender 2020 Mexican Jazz Base in Gold finish, Fender 2021 American player Mustang Base in sparkle Burgundy and a few others which are retired.
I find it very cool that you own so many "high end" guitar brands but yet you show absolutely no snobbery by giving credit to the great instrument that Kiesel makes. Loved seeing your arsenal!
I bought an Ibanez in '89 or '90. By far the best guitar that I have ever had - and I probably just say that because I don't have it anymore. It stayed in tune, had great tone, and was easy for me to play, and it was a beautiful color of blue. I felt comfortable with it. I bought a Kramer for some experimental playing and forgot about the Ibanez for a long time, even though the Kramer was solid. When I would pick up the Ibanez it felt refreshing. I sold everything in the early '90s when I quit music to focus on racing. Now I regret selling out. I am playing again, but I suck:)
Lake Placid Blue - especially with a maple neck - is just about the BEST color out there! Especially once it begins to age and then you can see the sort of turquoise and green come out is so awesome!
My first decent, playable guitar was a Hondo ll that had a Dimarzio Powered sticker on it. I still have it and it sounds amazing. It looked like “The Paul” that Gibson had in the late 70’s or so. I love plugging and playing gigs with it. True sleeper.
I'm not a giant fan of them but they look great on certain Classic finishes especially that black, that is fantastic looking. Those inlays look even greener against that black finish, awesome. Cracks me up that they put a "Standard" truss rod cover on it. I gotta get me a black Classic with those Green Goblin inlays.
An amazing collection guys. Being an average wage working stiff, my collection of four electrics is a little more modest, but the source of much pride and satisfaction. 1 x Mexican Strat in arctic white (love it), Epiphone Les Paul Standard in Blue burst (nice), Epiphone 'Inspired by Gibson' 1961 Les Paul reissue SG standard in aged cherry with Gibson pickups and hardware (my newest baby) and a Squire Telecaster, black with red burst and red tortoise shell pickguard (currently, believe it or not, my favourite go to axe and sounds sweet on all settings).
little bit of everything! i like it! i regret not holding on to my instruments over the years. but now i plan to keep everything. my most missed piece is a wonderful Martin acoustic/electric. dont do heroin kids!
I truly hate sunburst. It's a cop-out for lazy lutiers. And when the tribute came out, I fell in love with it. No bindings, no burst of any sort, just a stock basic Gibson that fulfils all my needs. Just perfect!
Since you asked Rick... what I've been playing lately sunburst Ibanez 5 string Sr standard model with active humbuckers (i like the passive setting most), lots of tonal options. I have it in A# strung with .135-.050 for some Meshuggah full band covers I'm working on. Stained Satin Red Jackson Dinky 8 multiscale 8 string. I recently took out the stock pickups and put in a DiMarzio D-activator 8 wired master volume only. It was a good sounding pickup, incredible searing ceramic lead tone but for the chunky djent rhythms I'm using that guitar for the pickup was a bit too hot, resulting in some fizz. I did some searching and found that some guys use neck pickups in the bridge with good results. I had the D-activator neck sitting around and since it's lower output figured why not. Now it's noticeably "djentier" with palm mutes and has more clarity. The multiscale design is pretty great, I love that the high strings are not at a higher tension like they would be on a 27 scale non fanned fret for example. I plan on eventually replacing the plastic nut with graphtech but it's a weird shape that's not standard sized. I will need to just shape one from a blank nut slab for an acoustic saddle (I saw some people doing this for 8 string DIY nuts) I usually have it tuned F standard (also Ab 7 string tuning, every string half step down) but since I'm working on covers of some 'Shuggah songs from the album Nothing I have the low F tuned to E with an .080 gauge :) Really helps keep things in tune. Natural Gloss Alder Fender Am Strat., great rosewood board, nice neck. Handed down from my Dad, it was originally HSS, then SSS with vintage noiseless. They were okay pickups but I wanted a good set of true single coils. Eventually while it was on the bench I thought to make it like an HSH super strat since the body had routing for buckers. I replaced the bridge with a new gotoh/wilkinson, got a custom tortoise HSH guard and full electronics. Just deciding on pickups now. It's between a DiMarzio Fred, True Velvet, PAF Pro set or maybe the new Vai Utopia pickups. OR Fishman fluence HSH set...
I've owned many guitars over the years but, these days, I just have one. A 2019 American Professional HSS Stratocaster. As a Blues/ Rock player this guitar covers all the tones I want from classic Hendrix to growling rock to old Bluesy sounds. A Swiss army knife of a guitar.
I'm with you, Rick. I like painted guitars WAY better than quilted or flamed. It's one of the my reasons I haven't bought a PRS, despite knowing they're well made. Most of their finishes are just hideous to me.
Yay... lots of fun, I also found Dave less than enthusiastic when I asked him about swapping out the fret markers on my '03 Classic, but I rewired it '50s style with some low wind Mojo Tones. My Carvin CS4 still has the original pickups even though I keep saying I want try something else. I have this JB Player (white with double black binding) parts caster that I put together in the '80s with a stacked EMG select in the neck positoin and an SD Full Shred in the bridge with no tone control that ended up getting used more than anything else over the years. :0)
i gotta be honest...my favorite guitar is a 1996 squier 50th anniversary strat. when i bought it, it was the silk butter neck that sold me. it sounded like ass, but i put a loaded pickguard in it with 50s fender pups and a brass trem block, and this old hunk of junk really woke up. it's my workhorse guitar right now.
Don't try to justify it Rick, just roll with it man. We all understand, your wife may not but hey, you're gonna do it anyway. I bought a 1975 Les Paul Custom 25th Anniversary in Cherry burst when I was 16 from a local store and kept it until I was about 35. I had a young family and needed the dough. Really wish I still had it, it was a beauty. I started buying Strats about 6 years ago, never owned a Fender before, I always considered myself a Gibson guy. Now I love Strats. I've got 3 at the moment, an Olympic white MIJ, a 2019 Electron green Player Series and a David Gilmour replica CAR with EMG DG20 pickups that I built myself from separate 50's style parts. I hope to add a Les Paul or two back into my collection sometime soon.
I agree with you on the Fender Jazz bass. Great feel and a smooth, punchy tone, especially through my Ampeg setup. Kind of a pain in the neck to haul the rig around in the back of my Subaru wagon, but it's well worth it.
Rick, I always try to justify having around 25 guitars and basses so don't feel bad. At least you buy for a purpose, I buy impulsively because I see someone playing a certain model or something to that effect. When I do buy I usually buy the Epiphone or Squier budget models because I can't justify the price of a Gibson or Fender just because of my impulses. I used to play live alot and I only had a few basses that suited me well for live sound, a Rickenbacker 4003 and Fender Precision. I bought a Epiphone Firebird VII(Red) because Mike Campbell used to have on in the early 70s, I modified my Gold Top Epiphone with Gibson clear bobbin P90s to try to sound like Mike Campbell. Everyone has their reasons and the only one you should have to answer to is yourself. Who Knows maybe you will influence someone to buy their dream guitar.
Thanks Rick and guitar dojo guy (Dave). I'm focusing on my guitar skill so I only have two acoustics (metal resonators), so now I have the 5 watt world thing going on. Oh saw he had posted too. There's more but I'll expand it it below. Rick did play a role in rekindling my guitar interest. Funny thing the first video I saw was with Dave was the wtf gibson one and called him guitar dojo since that stood out from subsequent videos. Also Rhett is pretty cool (saw his channel as well) in college I met my friend, he has tons of guitars, his fam is old money so instead of collecting planes, trains, and automobiles (and boats), like his forefathers, he has a guitar thing. When we graduated, I started working (and had picked up guitar) and we'd shop, but usually it was him shopping and me drooling or getting that one guitar or amp every 6 mo or so. I had dozens of guitars, several amps and was starting pedal picking . . . .and he had hundreds of each. We both could barely play* and I got into video gaming, and sold most of my collection, partly to pay for the monster PC I was building and monitors and speaker system. *I knew basic rhythm and cowboy chords plus other chords up an down the neck in college my spanish friend would carry his guitar and serenade girls to get phone numbers so I would be back up / wingman for him (his family makes guitars in spain and he was the international / exchange student studying business). Years later, strangely enough I saw Ricks main chan last year and thought about playing. I recalled the moments . . . My rich buddy called me and we talked about guitars and he was on a another buying spree and so I went with him. In the shop saw this chrome (nickel plated brass) metal resonator and played it. They had a bluegrass guy pick it up and it sounded like a banjo in his hands. But in mine it was this metal ring meets bell tone, strange but I liked it. So took it home. Been playing since ... even in a band
Love looking through your guitars. I have a 5 string Jazz same color as yours. I love the color and how it plays. I have the fancy version with the noiseless pickups. It works for me. I can turn up one pickup and the other off and no hum. Had a Mexican jazz had to run both pick ups at the same level to get rid of the hum.
FINALLY THHEY ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT RICK'S KIESEL CT6... I absolutely love that guitar. I think it sounds great and that particular one is the most beautiful in Rick's arsenal. I also love painted guitar and I find this one quite unique. Kiesel should release this one as a Beato signature model. I'd definitely buy it.
I love these equipment videos. Now compare the 4 basses and do another with your different drum sets. Also, Big thanks to Dave for playing along, my favorite videos are the ones with you, Dave and Rhett.
thanks for this, and i love my 1990 black beauty ebony custom ; -) i changed the pickups (burstbucker neck and 498T in bridge position) years ago, but i will return soon to the original ones
I've got Johnson acoustic electric that's about 20 years old. The inner bracing broke years ago and it's not worth repairing, but I still keep it because it was my first guitar.
Think the same way about the toolbox of instruments. Have drum sets with double headed toms with maple shell in larger sizes and also single headed toms with piccolo snare and smaller sizes. Have multiple guitars which are all different sounding and feeling. Some expensive and some inexpensive.
I feel I needed to THANK YOU for introducing me to Gino Vannell "Brother to Brother" WOAH..!! I am a Bass Palyer and JIMMY HASLIP is a favorite of mine... THANK YOU - I love what you do..!!
I too am a fan of painted guitars. I also have duplicate guitar models, but they have different pickups and/or bridge set ups, so they sound different.
Your guitar nerd is badass! I love how he sets up your guitars. These guitar videos are definately some favs. I love the 6100 as well. Is he using Stainless 6100?
Many years ago i bought a Jackson DK1 Snow White and a Gibson Les Paul Alphine White with Gold hardware, and its funny how the Jackson still looks new while the Gibson has turned more yellowish now and the gold is wornout. At first i didnt like it,but now i think its cool. Still love both guitars.
Love Ricks awesome guitar collection, :) also Dave is such an awesome guitarist, his licks on this video alone is worthy of an REH or a MelBay collection of great licks. Cheers!
That Tele sounds killer. Truly a versatile guitar. Leo Fender got it perfect the first time 'round. And that SG nails the "Pete Townshend tone." And that Kiesel sounds *great.* Sounds perfect for a funk-rock group.
You guys,,, You could do a show with you 2 rapping about anything...I like that you spent time talking about you're guitars. Its wonderful the sounds are all unique and something I've never seen. A demonstration on what they can so. I like the a Jazzmaster and the Univox. I like the ringing tones, maybe it depends on where you land with you!
Wow the black classic has awesome mids!! I have the gold top version but with the original pups. Urs transmits a lot of mids through my cell. BEUTIFULL
You know, in my humble opinion there is nothing more sexy that a black Gibson Les Paul with cream pick up rings, pick guard and a cream switch ring. I did it to my black Les Paul custom. Not real fond of the cream pickups, though, but I do like the exposed coils. Black coils would look better, I think anyway. I have 8 electric guitars and all but my 1989 Explorer have had mods that I did or had done. As well as 4 acoustics. Guitars are awesome, I play a different one every day in bed when I wake up and have my coffee.
Should Dave have his own channel ? he is a great player and seems to have a limitless knowledge of all things guitar repair, and guitar in general. Love me some Dave !
For sure he definitely knows a lot of little things that most people don’t know like if you change the pick guard on one guitar it will loose top end or if you wanna loose top end or bottom end do this or that just so much great information and if he made a channel nows the time to do it because Beato will promote his channel and he will get a big jump on subscribers quickly from the start! Even if he doesn’t put the effort in to make really high quality content, editing perfectly and everything like Beato does it would still be a great idea to atleast start the channel and get subscribers coming from Beato’s channel and he can just post one video per week and just using a phone Mount to take the video of him working on customers guitars with some good lighting. Really wouldn’t take much time just hit record when he’s working on something and when he gets a rare guitar take a video of it and how to tell if it’s real, if he’s doing something weird like customer is complaining of a noise that’s a great video, making a guitar stay in tune better is great, installing new pick ups another great video specially if he went into detail about wiring and how adding a capacitor, resistor or different ohm pots to get more or less of something in your tone would be a great video, another great video well it could be a few different videos about what parts he like to use better and why like what tuners he likes, what input jacks he likes, what brand pots he likes, what bridges he likes and a really cool video would be about pick ups to use for what style of music vs what wood is in the guitar this would be something that he would have some very good options on and would be super useful for people to make the best decision when buying new pick ups I mean let’s face it if you walk into guitar center the person selling you a pick up will not know that this pick up will sound a bit muddy with the wood that’s in ur guitar or whatever all they will say and all most people online will say is the pick up sounds way better then the old pick up but for people that have a really sensitive ear like myself who can hear things that most can’t having this kinda information will really help out and sure there are many videos online but he has a certain level of notoriety so he for sure could do well.
Agree, that guy has chops.
Amazing shirt Dave-o! I enjoy these walks through Rick’s “garage.”
Amazing channel ya got there!
I like Rick’s “rockstar” shirt. Over a black t-shirt of course.
I was gonna say that! Now I see your name... I need one.
Lol.. ricks “garage”
Me too Keith! I have the same shirt...lol...good taste
My wife bought me a Strat copy from a mall in Kansas city. Mustang was the name on the headstock. Heaviest guitar I ever owned. Changed everything on it. Bought several others over the years but, that cheap 80 dollar guitar was the only one I ever played on stage. Had a stroke a few years back and am learning to play on that same guitar again. Bought your course yesterday Rick. Thanks to both of you for what you do.
My second guitar is a '52 Silvertone Archtop from Sears and Roebuck. Found it in Charleston, SC learning to play blues from Scott Perry. I bought it for $150 and have owned it since 1998. It is terrible to look at but plays like butter. Had neck reset and frets replaces a few years ago. I'll never give it up!!
Love listening to Rick and Dave talk guitars. Dave's got some chops as well!
Watching Rick admire dave playing. Love it. He is a good player for sure
I love these videos. Love hearing people talking about their guitars. Rick, Dave, thank you.
I have 14 guitars and none of them do the same thing tonally. The one I play the most is a modded 2013 Gibson 60's Tribute Gold Top Les Paul. I put an ABR-1 bridge with a featherweight tailpiece on it. I also added a pickguard because I wore a hole in the cheapo satin finish within a year. Everything else is stock other than I had to shield all the cavities because of static noise problems. My original 1963 white and gold SG Custom is the next in the pecking order. It was my most played until I got the Les Paul. It is all stock other than I had it refretted back in the 90's because I had completely worn the frets out. That guitar is amazing. It has the original PAF pickups. I had to replace some of the machine heads because they were very worn and not stable. I did buy a very expensive set of vintage 1963 Kluson tuners for it and replace them one at a time as needed. That guitar is solid. I moved from Phoenix to Nashville and didn't even have to adjust the truss rod or bridge. What a monster.
I love the inlays on the black LP
At 60, I just got my first, a sunburst Strat. I blame Rick.
Oh well, if the learning thing doesn't work out, I can always hang it on the wall as a work of art.
rock it man!!
@@fretlesscountry I'm trying man, but my fingers don't want to do as I command :-)
Been playing over 50 yrs and just got my first Tele. Been a strat and 335 guy with a few others. Didn't know the Tele was so different! Love it!
I hope to be in Dave's position one day. I got my physics degree but like working with my hands. Ive played guitar since freshman year of high school and I love the idea of making someone's guitar play its best. You always play better (and more often) when you don't have to fight it!
Either that or you could work at the Large Hadron Collider and win a Nobel Prize.
@@VidMashUp I'm not cut out for that trust me, I did intern at an accelerator in Sweden though, great experience.
It’s great seeing you guys enjoying yourselves!
Dave is a WEALTH of guitar knowledge. Really informative stuff.
I still have my first guitar, a $100 mail order Crestwood Strat clone, and then I bought a $1000 Fender that looks almost identical once I started making some money. I love them both for different reasons
Can’t beat a Tele! 11 guitars in my rack and just like Rick I play them all, but always find myself going back to my Tele’s. There’s something about them that’s magical!😎🍺 Dave is a beast on a guitar.
I'm running 5 guitars at the moment, 78 Hamer sunburst, 98 les paul standard double cut, a 87 strat etc but miss my 72 tele. Something about those slab bodies
@@viktorhead1832 98 standard LPs double cut are really hard to find these days!
@@medor6635 they are, I picked it up a couple weeks ago in trans Amber AAA flame top, it's a beaut,
I have a Tele. Great, but a Tokai kicks it to the kerb.
Tele's are the working man's guitar. Sold my white MIM Tele to my son in law a few years ago who really liked it in one of my "I gotta thin the herd" moments. Regretted it in no time. Started looking and about 8 months later bought a US Tele in Silver finish for twice what I paid for the MIM (reminds me of the great Don Rich) and it looks fantastic but plays nowhere near that old MIM. I've had it checked out, set up, everything. I never learn.
I say it time and time again.I love the way Dave plays
I noticed recently, that I've been keeping old guitars in the corners for ages. So I started experimenting with them, taking them apart, and learning the insides. Recently I redid the whole wiring of my 2011 Gibson Les Paul. I maybe overdid it by adding a 6-way mic switch and 4 push-pull pots. The design took me 4 weeks to get done and the build took a whole day and a few fixes on later days.
I used the original mics, opened the wiring so that I could get coil taps, series wiring, etc. But now that one guitar has so many different sounds in it I totally threw away the thought of needing another guitar. And it looks all stock from the outside which is excellent.
Dave has to be your coolest friend. Dude is great.
I have a modulus blacknife carbon necked tele, that I have never sold because it is so unique and consistent. Bought and sold hundreds of guitars for all the usual reasons; poverty, upgrade, use etc. Great film guys.
Rick, I have the same affliction. I Love guitars, I'm a singer by trade, but truly love them, they are kinetic art. I own 14 right now and all different. Acoustics , 6 & 12 strings, Fender, Gibson , Epiphone, Sigma, Squire, Ibanez, Jackson many under $200. I find broken unwanted guitars and repair them. I do admire Dave so much. Excellent player and very knowledgeable like your self. I do play a little myself so I do enjoyed them immensely. Just playing a simple Beatle song and singing along is enough for me.
I’m just a basic beginner guitar player, and I’ve got an Affinity Squire Strat, 20th Anniversary in black and white, a 2018 Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top Pro in blue burst, and a PRS SE, Custom 22 in tobacco flame, all great starter guitars and all set up by a local luthier. They all have their own unique sounds but the PRS is just an amazing guitar for the money. The Epiphone is actually really well made too and also sounds really good. I don’t think you have to pay a fortune these days to get decent instruments, these guitars are all great instruments for what you pay. I have a couple of modelling amps and some pedals and you can get some great sounds for not a lot of money.
Trevor I live by that philosophy, Every one of 14 guitars were under $200, many needed repair and setup many I have upgraded. its an awesome hobby Been a tech no for 6 years now , My advise is to learn how to repair and setup your own guitars.
@@patricknicolucci5073 I actually sat with the luthier to learn what he did to set up the guitars and adjust the tonality and action etc. It was really interesting to watch. I asked him a lot of questions and he had some surprising things to say. He mentioned that some musicians he does work for actually don’t use their most expensive guitars for giging. He said a lot of them use Squire bodies and put Fender Player necks on them because the squire bodies are lighter and less work to carry around and use on stage. He just changes the pick ups and pots etc. He said my Epiphone was actually nicer than a lot of Gibsons he’s set up and played, and was pretty surprised at the quality of the instrument, even the pick ups sound great. He actually asked me if I wanted to sell it to him. He was also full of praise for the PRS SE, he said “ why would you need a $3k guitar when this thing plays so well?” Sounds like you’ve got a great collection of instruments.
That UNIVOX! Circa 1972 I got that (or a model that looks just like it) as my second guitar, brand new for $100, and I'm not at all surprised that it was plywood. And now you say you can get one for "under a thousand" !!!
I got it at a music store I forget the name of, it was on Lee St. in SW Atlanta.
Loved this pair of videos. Since you asked here’s the list of guitars I still have in order of acquisition
1980 Les Paul Firebrand (my baby…bought it in high school…all stock except for frets 14 and 15 which were damaged and repaired 3 years ago)
2010 Taylor GA4-12 (had some serious neck bend and was repaired under warranty and plays better now than ever [so loud])
2011 Martin GPCPA1 (my favorite guitar to play, my go to for open mic nights plugged in)
2015 D35 50th anniversary (East Indian, not Brazilian…a true acoustic cannon I bought used, accidentally)
2018 Waterloo wl12-mh (an amazing punchy all-hog for it’s small size)
2018 Epiphone ES335-pro (an amazingly versatile guitar with the coil splitters…can make all kinds 60s and 70s sounds…and my most inexpensive)
2011 Fender Roadhouse Deluxe Stratocaster (it does everything a strat is supposed to do, I don’t even waste my time with the s1 switch)
2019 Jimmy Page DragonTelecaster [mx] (oh come on it’s fun if weird…it’s just a tele, but it is the easiest playing electric I have)
2020 Danelectro 59x12 (jangle squared…so different than everything else. Can do pretty good mid 60s stuff like the byrds and Beatles sounds)
2021 Epiphone SG special (just for the p90s…it’s nice guitar for the price…and it’s Pelham Blue lol)
2021 Danelectro longhorn 4 string bass (finally took a swipe at playing the bass for songs like nights in white satin, rikki don’t lose this number and a day in the life…just a lot of fun for the price)
One more thing: Danelectros are heavenly, love them so so much and I'm happy, Rick, that you love the clarity and definition of their sound so much, too.
The lipstick pickups have a wonderful deep chimey sound. Love it! They sound great in a Strat too!
I completely agree. I don't "play" guitar I always say I play at guitar. But if someone comes in I need to make sure I have certain sounds. So I have a basic Fender Strat with a satin neck and a pre amp switch built into it. I them have an ice blue Fender Telecaster MIM American Spec I built, with a Hot P90, almost a P100 in the neck and a texmex pickup in the bridge. It has a 4 way switch with the last pos. in series. That is my favorite for now. I have a Tobacco Burst, American Clone of a Les Paul Standard with a 1st gen PRS pickup in the neck and a 68 Humbucker in the bridge. I also have 2 Yamaha Pacifica's both set up in SSH "super strat" one has pickups set up for 70's rock tones that scream clean. The other pick ups are set up as a modern Jackson SL3 Soloist metal guitar no clean here. I also have 2 basses both Ibanez P bass but one has actives. I have on order(backorder) a Steinberger Bass.
I'm endlessly fascinated by all the different guitars and the stuff they have on them; kinda like how I am when looking at gems, diamonds, jewelry...💖💖
The guitars I have, are the guitars I could get. I haven't usually been in a situation where I could choose what I got. Way back to when I was ten and first played a guitar, which was a black Gibson Les Paul that a high school senior let me play and taught me "smoke on the water" imagine that. I wanted to play since I was 6, but didn't own a guitar until I was 16. Which I still have, an Alvarez 12 string acoustic, which I have usually used as a 6 string.. I have venturo bruno nylon string. A Yamaha F-310P, which I found at a yard sale. Two Fender Squire strats. One I found the body in a dumpster, so I put Gibson pickups on it, instead of the usual fender strat types. I tried putting a roller saddle bridge for a Gibson les Paul on it, but it didn't work. So I am waiting to get a fender telecaster bridge to put on it. But I got the electronics to work. I painted the body myself too.
I got a New York pro, which is a cheaper version of something like 17:58 And I have an indio that has that look. I would like to own a black gibson les paul, as that was the first guitar I played. Or a telecaster, never even had the chance to play one.
I love to hang my axes on the wall, they are like art to me… so color and finish are important … I rotate them through my garage studio to my living room and kitchen / dining space (don’t worry, they don’t get heat or smoke, it’s 13 to 16 feet from the stove!) so that I play them all regularly as possible…. I started as a drummer, then picked up guitar… I have acoustics and ukuleles… but as for electric guitars ….
I buy mostly sub $500 even sub $300 guitars (an Xaviere semi hollow sunburst tele with 2 gold foils… it’s nice!), a “Grote” green “photo faux top” semi hollow tele - I put a GFS lipstick in the bridge! Sounds nice!) … at my playing level I can’t justify more expensive ones (as some of the other commenters have said) … and they are mostly sonically different to some extent… Squiers (desert sand duo sonic, surf green Jaguar, shell pink Cyclone, lake placid blue FSR $200 tele with GFS gold foil in neck) Epiphones (cherry SG, flame top Les Paul with Duesenberg trem I installed, Pelham blue P-90 ES-339 with Duesenberg trem I installed, and a sunburst P-90 Casino coupe) MIM Fender candy apple red tele and sunburst Jazz bass, MIJ Fender sunburst strat, Gretsches (silver baritone and gold top single cut electromatic with Bigsby I installed)… a red Ibanez AFS75T (from eBay for $250), a black G and L tele with a six way Freeway switch… my “jewels” are a natural Gibson V2 that was a 19th birthday gift from my parents… it stays in the garage studio! … and newest acquisition: Squier bass VI in Olympic white with mint pickguard. Collecting inexpensive guitars is cheaper than owning a boat, I know, I owned a boat.
Mike Rutherford from Genesis uses a squier bullet.
I have friend who bought a pair of Telecasters back in like 1972 at a local store in small town Alberta, Canada. Played one and wore it out, left the other in the closet and basically forgot about it. He now has a pristine one, and its well-worn mate with softly rounded neck and frets, and a patina that no custom shop will ever match. Both are blonde with white pick guard. It’s a trip to see them side by side.
Another friend with a well cared-for ‘65 Deluxe Reverb let’s us guitar players use it if we ask nicely, and the Tele’s sound awesome through it.
Nice to see the Kiesel CT6 getting some love, this model is basically a "PRS Killer" for half the money and unlike the PRS "Custom" 22/24, you can actually customise pretty much everything on it.
Also, the whole myth of ''Kiesel stock pickups are bad'' is pretty much BS as you can see when somebody like Rick says, they're great. And even if you don't like their stock pickups ( they make a wide variety from classic PAF's to high output ceramic ones) , they give you the option to send to them whatever aftermarket pickups you like and they will install them for you, when building your guitar.
I own a 2019 Rickenbacker 381v69 Mapleglo that should be illegal! It's absolutely gorgeous, two toaster pickups, R-tailpiece, shark tooth inlays, checker binding, semi-hollow, hand carved arch top and back...man, don't get me going!
I made a comment that I’m surprised he doesn’t own a Rickenbacker 6-string. They have a very distinct tone. I have a 1996 360v64 (George Harrison model) in the extremely lovely and rare turquoise finish. Its the guitar in my profile pic.
I have may about 19 guitars but the most treasured are a 1979 Ibanez Musician, 1980 Ibanez Artist, a 1978 Gibson L6, and a 1988 Fender HSS Strat. I also have an Olympic white (aged cream like that Gibson) Fender Phat Tele that I love but I'm not sure of the year.
Tons of fun, as usual! Kiesels are awesome. Thanks for hanging out with us and showing us all those cool guitars!
32:00 I had a Badass II bridge on a '98 MIM P-Bass for a good 15+ years...and it seemed to only have the real crispy, zingy high end (regardless of where the tone control was set). I recently took it off and put on a vintage-style bridge, and couldn't be happier!
I've had too many basses over the years (really only regret selling a Modulus Quantum 6 string with a Kahler bridge that was harder than hell to set up, and a MIJ Fender Marcus Miller J-Bass that had a terrible buzz which could have just been fixed with some different pickups), but now have an upright, 2 P-Basses (one with flats, one with rounds), a 5 string HH Sting Ray, a fretless "Frankenbass" J-Bass, a short scale 5 string, and my first electric guitar (sparkly Squier Tele) to start learning on.
I've got either a '69 or '70 LP Delux goldtop that I bought in the early '80's in a pawn shop. It has the green discoloration at the forearm area. Naturally relic ax. My exclusive guitar in college. Plays great!
Recently sold a bunch of gear via reverb the last few weeks. Primarily to pay for maintenance the gear I like, get something else I preferred or have money in the bank. I sold Nash T-57, 1976 Gibson Les paul Custom w/ upgraded parts, Freidman small box 50 head and 2x12 cab, Boss Waza Tube amp expander w/ foot switch, Fender 68 custom deluxe reverb and Charvel Pro-mod San Dimas ;)
yes! not gonna lie; actually like these, the dave beato's.
Gretsch 6120, MIM Strat w US Standard hardware. Samick Lasalle... Its awesome. Squire Tele from the 80's, and my "first guitar" a Univox (square logo)LP that I installed DiMarzio Al DiMeola switchable pickups in in the early 80's. Super clean sound and the thinnest neck. Love to have Dave give it the once over. Thanks for the great content!
that Jazzmaster is BEAUTIFUL!
Awesome collection!! Can't get enough of these videos Rick (and Dave)!!
I have always loved the fret inlays on your Les Paul! The sound is gorgeous.
Dave used to rip my head off on an old tele he put together back in his 90-91 AIM practice room. Cool to see him still doing it
Every brand of guitar I've owned required changes at some point, pickups, bridges, tuners, etc .. mostly pickups.
Exceptions are Heritage H-150 (standard and core), B&G Private Builds, and John Page classic (Ashburn and A.J.) those last few were the only ones I didn't have to touch anything and they were just great out of the box.
I have a few now: '94 Midnight Blue American Standard Strat, 50th Anniversary Tele (it's a dark wood and extremely LIGHT weight); early 2010's Gibson Explorer, Gibson Les Paul Studio(satin wine red with humbuckers); Amer. Ultra Strat HSS in Texas Tea; 2017 Cherry Sunburst Gibson LP Standard; LP '57 Goldtop VOS; Eastman 486-SB ( replaced with Marshall Head MKII pups); Eastman SB59/v-Gold Burst; Tagima Grace 700; Samick HJ650; Taylor 314ce LTD; Guild 6AD-40C; Crafter SJC-390EQ; Fender 2020 Mexican Jazz Base in Gold finish, Fender 2021 American player Mustang Base in sparkle Burgundy and a few others which are retired.
I find it very cool that you own so many "high end" guitar brands but yet you show absolutely no snobbery by giving credit to the great instrument that Kiesel makes. Loved seeing your arsenal!
No snobbery with the brands. All these companies make excellent guitars (not everyone is excellent but the ones I have are :)
I bought an Ibanez in '89 or '90. By far the best guitar that I have ever had - and I probably just say that because I don't have it anymore. It stayed in tune, had great tone, and was easy for me to play, and it was a beautiful color of blue. I felt comfortable with it. I bought a Kramer for some experimental playing and forgot about the Ibanez for a long time, even though the Kramer was solid. When I would pick up the Ibanez it felt refreshing. I sold everything in the early '90s when I quit music to focus on racing. Now I regret selling out. I am playing again, but I suck:)
Lake Placid Blue - especially with a maple neck - is just about the BEST color out there! Especially once it begins to age and then you can see the sort of turquoise and green come out is so awesome!
Thx for the hang Rick and Dave
Really love it
Wow. When Dave pulled the coil tap on the bridge pickup I came unglued. That sounded amazing.
I could watch Dave play all the different blues styles all day... Please make him make a channel lol
My first decent, playable guitar was a Hondo ll that had a Dimarzio Powered sticker on it. I still have it and it sounds amazing. It looked like “The Paul” that Gibson had in the late 70’s or so. I love plugging and playing gigs with it. True sleeper.
Rick, I've wanted to say for some time that I love those green fret marker inlays!
Great video.
I'm not a giant fan of them but they look great on certain Classic finishes especially that black, that is fantastic looking. Those inlays look even greener against that black finish, awesome. Cracks me up that they put a "Standard" truss rod cover on it. I gotta get me a black Classic with those Green Goblin inlays.
*_Killer Man. The Univox- an amazing Mosrite knock-off._*
An amazing collection guys. Being an average wage working stiff, my collection of four electrics is a little more modest, but the source of much pride and satisfaction. 1 x Mexican Strat in arctic white (love it), Epiphone Les Paul Standard in Blue burst (nice), Epiphone 'Inspired by Gibson' 1961 Les Paul reissue SG standard in aged cherry with Gibson pickups and hardware (my newest baby) and a Squire Telecaster, black with red burst and red tortoise shell pickguard (currently, believe it or not, my favourite go to axe and sounds sweet on all settings).
little bit of everything! i like it! i regret not holding on to my instruments over the years. but now i plan to keep everything. my most missed piece is a wonderful Martin acoustic/electric. dont do heroin kids!
I truly hate sunburst. It's a cop-out for lazy lutiers. And when the tribute came out, I fell in love with it. No bindings, no burst of any sort, just a stock basic Gibson that fulfils all my needs. Just perfect!
Since you asked Rick... what I've been playing lately
sunburst Ibanez 5 string Sr standard model with active humbuckers (i like the passive setting most), lots of tonal options. I have it in A# strung with .135-.050 for some Meshuggah full band covers I'm working on.
Stained Satin Red Jackson Dinky 8 multiscale 8 string. I recently took out the stock pickups and put in a DiMarzio D-activator 8 wired master volume only. It was a good sounding pickup, incredible searing ceramic lead tone but for the chunky djent rhythms I'm using that guitar for the pickup was a bit too hot, resulting in some fizz. I did some searching and found that some guys use neck pickups in the bridge with good results. I had the D-activator neck sitting around and since it's lower output figured why not. Now it's noticeably "djentier" with palm mutes and has more clarity. The multiscale design is pretty great, I love that the high strings are not at a higher tension like they would be on a 27 scale non fanned fret for example. I plan on eventually replacing the plastic nut with graphtech but it's a weird shape that's not standard sized. I will need to just shape one from a blank nut slab for an acoustic saddle (I saw some people doing this for 8 string DIY nuts) I usually have it tuned F standard (also Ab 7 string tuning, every string half step down) but since I'm working on covers of some 'Shuggah songs from the album Nothing I have the low F tuned to E with an .080 gauge :) Really helps keep things in tune.
Natural Gloss Alder Fender Am Strat., great rosewood board, nice neck. Handed down from my Dad, it was originally HSS, then SSS with vintage noiseless. They were okay pickups but I wanted a good set of true single coils. Eventually while it was on the bench I thought to make it like an HSH super strat since the body had routing for buckers. I replaced the bridge with a new gotoh/wilkinson, got a custom tortoise HSH guard and full electronics. Just deciding on pickups now. It's between a DiMarzio Fred, True Velvet, PAF Pro set or maybe the new Vai Utopia pickups. OR Fishman fluence HSH set...
That Tele kicks that LP’s butt. Awesome
I love this kind of video. It is fun and does not make my head hurt.
I've owned many guitars over the years but, these days, I just have one. A 2019 American Professional HSS Stratocaster. As a Blues/ Rock player this guitar covers all the tones I want from classic Hendrix to growling rock to old Bluesy sounds. A Swiss army knife of a guitar.
Your videos with Dave are always cool, thanks for that folks, greetings from Britanny mates !!!
Thanks Again. Hanging out with you guys while I deep clean the studio. 👌 Delightful and Motivating.
Love the guitars and basses. But love the stories about each instrument even more ,,, thanks
I always loved and still love guitar gear videos. GAS is always with us! :) And Rick's videos are always great!
I'm with you, Rick. I like painted guitars WAY better than quilted or flamed. It's one of the my reasons I haven't bought a PRS, despite knowing they're well made. Most of their finishes are just hideous to me.
Just get a painted PRS then? ;)
Yay... lots of fun, I also found Dave less than enthusiastic when I asked him about swapping out the fret markers on my '03 Classic, but I rewired it '50s style with some low wind Mojo Tones. My Carvin CS4 still has the original pickups even though I keep saying I want try something else. I have this JB Player (white with double black binding) parts caster that I put together in the '80s with a stacked EMG select in the neck positoin and an SD Full Shred in the bridge with no tone control that ended up getting used more than anything else over the years. :0)
i gotta be honest...my favorite guitar is a 1996 squier 50th anniversary strat. when i bought it, it was the silk butter neck that sold me. it sounded like ass, but i put a loaded pickguard in it with 50s fender pups and a brass trem block, and this old hunk of junk really woke up. it's my workhorse guitar right now.
Don't try to justify it Rick, just roll with it man. We all understand, your wife may not but hey, you're gonna do it anyway. I bought a 1975 Les Paul Custom 25th Anniversary in Cherry burst when I was 16 from a local store and kept it until I was about 35. I had a young family and needed the dough. Really wish I still had it, it was a beauty. I started buying Strats about 6 years ago, never owned a Fender before, I always considered myself a Gibson guy. Now I love Strats. I've got 3 at the moment, an Olympic white MIJ, a 2019 Electron green Player Series and a David Gilmour replica CAR with EMG DG20 pickups that I built myself from separate 50's style parts. I hope to add a Les Paul or two back into my collection sometime soon.
I agree with you on the Fender Jazz bass. Great feel and a smooth, punchy tone, especially through my Ampeg setup. Kind of a pain in the neck to haul the rig around in the back of my Subaru wagon, but it's well worth it.
I think the fret markers on the black Les Paul look amazing! makes it look vintage, don't change them! keep those awesome videos coming!
Rick, I always try to justify having around 25 guitars and basses so don't feel bad. At least you buy for a purpose, I buy impulsively because I see someone playing a certain model or something to that effect. When I do buy I usually buy the Epiphone or Squier budget models because I can't justify the price of a Gibson or Fender just because of my impulses. I used to play live alot and I only had a few basses that suited me well for live sound, a Rickenbacker 4003 and Fender Precision. I bought a Epiphone Firebird VII(Red) because Mike Campbell used to have on in the early 70s, I modified my Gold Top Epiphone with Gibson clear bobbin P90s to try to sound like Mike Campbell. Everyone has their reasons and the only one you should have to answer to is yourself. Who Knows maybe you will influence someone to buy their dream guitar.
I have that same black 60's les Paul Classic... Love the aged colored fret markers.
Thanks Rick and guitar dojo guy (Dave). I'm focusing on my guitar skill so I only have two acoustics (metal resonators), so now I have the 5 watt world thing going on. Oh saw he had posted too. There's more but I'll expand it it below. Rick did play a role in rekindling my guitar interest.
Funny thing the first video I saw was with Dave was the wtf gibson one and called him guitar dojo since that stood out from subsequent videos. Also Rhett is pretty cool (saw his channel as well)
in college I met my friend, he has tons of guitars, his fam is old money so instead of collecting planes, trains, and automobiles (and boats), like his forefathers, he has a guitar thing. When we graduated, I started working (and had picked up guitar) and we'd shop, but usually it was him shopping and me drooling or getting that one guitar or amp every 6 mo or so. I had dozens of guitars, several amps and was starting pedal picking . . . .and he had hundreds of each. We both could barely play* and I got into video gaming, and sold most of my collection, partly to pay for the monster PC I was building and monitors and speaker system.
*I knew basic rhythm and cowboy chords plus other chords up an down the neck in college my spanish friend would carry his guitar and serenade girls to get phone numbers so I would be back up / wingman for him (his family makes guitars in spain and he was the international / exchange student studying business).
Years later, strangely enough I saw Ricks main chan last year and thought about playing. I recalled the moments . . . My rich buddy called me and we talked about guitars and he was on a another buying spree and so I went with him. In the shop saw this chrome (nickel plated brass) metal resonator and played it. They had a bluegrass guy pick it up and it sounded like a banjo in his hands. But in mine it was this metal ring meets bell tone, strange but I liked it. So took it home.
Been playing since ... even in a band
Love looking through your guitars. I have a 5 string Jazz same color as yours. I love the color and how it plays. I have the fancy version with the noiseless pickups. It works for me. I can turn up one pickup and the other off and no hum. Had a Mexican jazz had to run both pick ups at the same level to get rid of the hum.
FINALLY THHEY ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT RICK'S KIESEL CT6... I absolutely love that guitar. I think it sounds great and that particular one is the most beautiful in Rick's arsenal. I also love painted guitar and I find this one quite unique. Kiesel should release this one as a Beato signature model. I'd definitely buy it.
I love these equipment videos. Now compare the 4 basses and do another with your different drum sets. Also, Big thanks to Dave for playing along, my favorite videos are the ones with you, Dave and Rhett.
Dude. Dave is such a tasty player. I don't get to hear him play enough.
WOW! dave really has some powerful chops! cool!
I love seeing that white/cream LP. My profile picture is the Epiphone Tuxedo with a black back.
thanks for this, and i love my 1990 black beauty ebony custom ; -)
i changed the pickups (burstbucker neck and 498T in bridge position) years ago, but i will return soon to the original ones
Enjoyed this chit chat between y'all. Even though I have no talent in music, I will continue to watch your channel.
I've got Johnson acoustic electric that's about 20 years old. The inner bracing broke years ago and it's not worth repairing, but I still keep it because it was my first guitar.
do more of these videos! they are really fun
Think the same way about the toolbox of instruments. Have drum sets with double headed toms with maple shell in larger sizes and also single headed toms with piccolo snare and smaller sizes. Have multiple guitars which are all different sounding and feeling. Some expensive and some inexpensive.
More Dave Onorato playing guitar, more Rick in Lemmy gear. Great
Haha, all Rick was missing was the giant mole, the SS Officer's hat and the cut off blue jean short shorts.
I feel I needed to THANK YOU for introducing me to Gino Vannell "Brother to Brother" WOAH..!! I am a Bass Palyer and JIMMY HASLIP is a favorite of mine... THANK YOU - I love what you do..!!
I too am a fan of painted guitars. I also have duplicate guitar models, but they have different pickups and/or bridge set ups, so they sound different.
Your guitar nerd is badass! I love how he sets up your guitars. These guitar videos are definately some favs. I love the 6100 as well. Is he using Stainless 6100?
Can you buy me many guitars and be my sugar momma?
Many years ago i bought a Jackson DK1 Snow White and a Gibson Les Paul Alphine White with Gold hardware, and its funny how the Jackson still looks new while the Gibson has turned more yellowish now and the gold is wornout. At first i didnt like it,but now i think its cool. Still love both guitars.
Love Ricks awesome guitar collection, :) also Dave is such an awesome guitarist, his licks on this video alone is worthy of an REH or a MelBay collection of great licks. Cheers!
Dave’s got a great natural feel. Nice expressive playing.
Man that LP sounds sweet. Goals!!
That Tele sounds killer. Truly a versatile guitar. Leo Fender got it perfect the first time 'round. And that SG nails the "Pete Townshend tone." And that Kiesel sounds *great.* Sounds perfect for a funk-rock group.
Dave is a great player too!!!!
Testify about Justif'n -all part of taking inventory Brothers. You guys are great !!
That SG is Mega and yeah Dave knows what he’s doing with it 👍🏻
You guys,,, You could do a show with you 2 rapping about anything...I like that you spent time talking about you're guitars. Its wonderful the sounds are all unique and something I've never seen. A demonstration on what they can so. I like the a Jazzmaster and the Univox. I like the ringing tones, maybe it depends on where you land with you!
Wow the black classic has awesome mids!! I have the gold top version but with the original pups. Urs transmits a lot of mids through my cell. BEUTIFULL
The yellow Tele is amazing
You know, in my humble opinion there is nothing more sexy that a black Gibson Les Paul with cream pick up rings, pick guard and a cream switch ring. I did it to my black Les Paul custom. Not real fond of the cream pickups, though, but I do like the exposed coils. Black coils would look better, I think anyway. I have 8 electric guitars and all but my 1989 Explorer have had mods that I did or had done. As well as 4 acoustics. Guitars are awesome, I play a different one every day in bed when I wake up and have my coffee.