Buddy Holly with a... LES PAUL??? - If Guitars Could Speak... #11
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2020
- We can't imagine Buddy without his trusty Fender Stratocaster, but did you know that he actually tried a Les Paul first? Well, you will after you watch this video! Enjoy!
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Learned something new about one of my music heroes, R.I.P Buddy
I actually used to live in the levelland lubbock area. Before I started playing guitar me and my family went to the buddy holly museum in lubbock and I actually got to see that guitar but I never thought anything of it until I actually started playing guitar.
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED!!!! R.I.P. BUDDY, RITCHIE, JP & ROGER ( PILOT ).
Did you know "The Big Bopper" wrote "White Lightning" that George Jones had such a huge hit with? (Learned that from Dion, yes Dion & the Belmonts. He was on the same tour, on the same rickety school bus, they put them on! He said Buddy & Richie 1 from Texas, 1 from So. Cal. were miserable in that unforgiving cold.[I was born in Iowa, worked in Fargo, across the river from Moorehead MN, which was their next stop] so the guys decided to let Richie go, some say he won a coin toss. Buddy rented the plane & pilot, from what Dion said.)
My dad grew up in Dallas, only a few years younger than Buddy, even looked a little like him. When I had mowed enough lawns and busted enough tree stumps out of the yard in the summer of 1980, my dad finally decided that he would pitch in the last hundred or so for a good quality guitar. I wanted a Les Paul first, but second was a Strat... I ended up with the the Strat at dad's insistence. I wonder if it would have been the reverse if Buddy stayed with the Les Paul:)
One ever knows! He could’ve upgraded to the 53 LP which was more playable... but history is as it should be, methinks.
Buddy Holly accomplished more by the age of 22 than most mere mortals do in a long lifetime. My brother was stationed in Clovis in the 90s. The #1 attraction is Norman Pettys studio where Buddy (and Roy Orbison) recorded. I didnt know that he started on an LP. Great stuff!
He was a pop genius
Great info as always! Never knew Buddy Holly had a 52 Les Paul and amp. RIP Buddy
Thanks! I was actually setting out to do a video about Buddy’s strat and I came across the Les Paul. Figured it would be a clever way to kind of do both at the same time. I found out about 24 hours ago myself.
The Guitar Historian Thabks for info! Love rock history!
If you notice on the neck and middle pickups the pickup covers on the bottom are broken. He would strum so hard that the upstrokes eventually broke those covers at that spot.
I have several bio books on Holly. I recall reading in one of them, that he had one of his guitars stolen from him. Another story, related how when a fan raved to him about what a fine guitar he had, holly shocked him by gifting him with it. Wonder whos got them now.
I was born in '57 and grew up with the Coral and Brunswick singles..
Cool foot note with the LP but for me, The first Strat hero.
Of course! Just thought it was cool footnote
What an amazing story!!! I figured the weight of the Les Paul was the reason for changing, cuz I did the same thing in 1993 lol!! But I did keep the Les Paul Studio. I’ve always loved Buddy Holly but until today, I had no idea that he had owned a Les Paul guitar or played one if only for a short period. Thank You 🙏 for these amazing stories!!! ☮️❤️☮️
I played this guitar when Sam Logan lived here in Virginia
Thank you for the informative video. Buddy is the reason I play a burst Stratocaster. Still an interesting story. Cheers.
What a brilliant presentation. Buddy influenced so many musicians of today. I loved the inclusion of John Lennon and Ringo Starr, I live about a mile from Penny Lane, one of the most famous streets in musical history.
I'm 45 and this is the first time I've ever heard this story in detail. Thanks man.
in the 1950's musicians didn't tour with spare equipment like all bands tour with now, in many cases they would have only one, maybe 2 guitars. gibsons have always been known for having weak headstocks on their necks which break easily, fenders don't have that problem due to the way the neck is designed.
Definitely a bad break angle on the neck. I regretted not buying an LP in 1978 when I got my 1st job out of the Navy. It was $600. Now the more I've learned, the less I regret it.
I'd love to see a video like this about Jimi Hendrix's Jazzmaster
But can you imagine how much cooler all of his songs would have sounded and how much thicker they would've been
Buddy Holly is the most important Rock n Roll musician
One of the most. Actually the 1st song called Rock n Roll was "Rocket 88" in 1951. Guess who's band it was? Ike Turner!!! I'm friends with his daughter on FB (she's a knock out by the way). She's not Tinas daughter. She sent me the friend request when I said what I said to you about her Dad in some forum. Ike Turner is the Father of Rock n Roll, Little Richard, & others came 4 or 5 yrs later. Elvis is still the King. But I loved Buddy because he wrote & played & sang most of his hits.
@@bluesingmusic3443 I believe Ike was a talent scout for Sam Phillips.
Of all the books i have about Buddy never knew this! Fascinating! Thanks!
RIP Buddy
I was searching for some information about this guitar tank you for this amazing video
kinda crazy to think that that set had only 2 owners and the first was Buddy Holly.
*Buddy Holly* 👓🎸👍❤️👌
Y’know I’ve always hated strats. I don’t think they’re bad guitars, I just never clicked with them. So went to watch this video thinking “why would you swap to a strat, Buddy?! Team Les Paul all the way! Snarf snarf”
Then I watched the video and it reminded me that early 50’s les Paul’s were actually kinda crap and playing a strat at that time would’ve felt revolutionary. Like, wow I can do all this cool shit with a strat and it doesn’t fight against me or break my back?
You win this round, strat...
Plus it had that "gear shift" on it!!!
The only thing I don't like about strats that thing they call the comfort carve that is the most uncomfortable thing about a strat
Very informative on how Buddy got a Les Paul, but the things that were not good with it.
Grrrrrrrrrreat upload...UA-cam , this is another channel that needs your help with exposure to more guitar and music enthusiasts, run with a real passion for sharing and educating, which surely is the YT ethos in a nutshell...I had a Gibson Sonex with a single strap button on the back of the body, it had a poorly repaired neck break...probably due to the single strap button on the back...and it didn't quite tune up, I think it was made from granite and lead and met it's fate in a true rock star moment, and went flying through the window of a second floor appartment with the lead and and half a dozen Boss FX pedals still attached....I REALLLLY wish I had it now but what can ya do.
Those Sonexes will be the last things on earth along with the roaches and Betty white after a nuclear apocalypse.
@@TheGuitarHistorian Hahaha...
But seriously thanks so much for the kind words. I’m glad some people enjoy what I do.
@@TheGuitarHistorian you forgot Keith Richards.
I can forgive him for buying a Strat (They were new & most definitely "eye candy") but to choose an LP over a Telecaster. I'm stunned I tell you stunned. Now I'm not sorry I gave away my mint condition Coral Rerelease of his Greatest hits on vinyl. (Bought it 1980 I think, gave it to my Mom who was a huge fan. I never played it, she never played it. It's now the property of my baby sister). Shocked I tell you, shocked. (Even though Tommy Bolin called the Strat a Tone Machine, even if it had (in his words) a "sticky neck", once I played that old U neck Butterscotch black guard Tele in that recording studio in Atlanta, I knew. The guitar I rented to do a demo,(a rather pricey famous brand) kept cutting out. The OLD man at the board said he had "an old guitar" in the back, would I like to try it. When he brought that beauty out, literally blew the dust off it, handed it to me, as I secretly wiped the drool off my chin, tuned it up...what a sweet tone!!!! It rang like a bell. I was hooked, still am. When I bought my old girl, I gave my Strat away. Im thinking it was early 50s model by the huge baseball bat neck. What a beauty. Sorry I'm still in shock.😮
What ever happened to buddy hollies Stratocaster 🎸🤔🤓
I think it’s at the Rock n Roll HOF? Not 100% sure. It’s worth a pretty penny I’m sure
www.google.com/amp/s/www.lubbockonline.com/article/20150602/LIFESTYLE/306029728%3ftemplate=ampart
Found it! His hometown of Lubbock where it belongs
Dion has a video about Buddy's last Strat. Very cool info, from some one who was actually there.(I had "Abraham, Martin, & John" running through my head last summer. Looked it up, forgot it was Dion, found the vid of him talking about that ill fated tour. An interesting guitar with lots of myths is Eddie Cochran's Gretsch. Turns out Bobby Cochran, Steppenwolf's 5th lead guitarist is Eddie's great nephew. He got me straight on where the guitar really is. Believe it or not I was briefly room mates with his brother in law, in the Navy. Bobby confirmed that too. Bobby is a great guitarist.
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If someone says to me, push the button up, a reflex is doing- button down.
no wonder he played the strat...lol the 52 sucks.....rip buddy....gone to soon
Poor Gibson QC! (Disclaimer: Fender Fanboy Lifer) I never wanted a LP, and as a Strat/Jazzmaster player, never got the appeal. I definitely do want a Manzanera Firebird VII or a Steve Howe 175. Gotta win that lottery:)
Did Buddy once play a telecaster
Buddy did NOT ever own a Telecaster. Why they had Gary Busey use one in “The Buddy Holly Story” is anyones guess.
@@TheGuitarHistorian Another mystery is why the Fender electric guitars that he was playing had rosewood fretboards on them when the film was supposed to be set in the 1950s. Fender didn't start using rosewood until 1959 and they only had maple fretboards up until then. That's part of why Buddy's Stratocaster had the construction that it did.
@@BenAck912another mystery they had the names of Buddy's band members wrong
Your story contradicts the story that Larry Holley loaned Buddy $800 to get his first Strat! Larry tells that story himself on more than one video.
Buddy made the right decision 👍🎸
Thanks for this. Really. Too bad you had to mention The Beatles, which is just unnecessary - also really