Gary and Rory Gallagher were proper friends. Gary went and visited Rory near the end of his life when he was going through a hard time while living in a hotel in London. RIP to both of them. I started playing guitar because of Rory.
@@TheGuitarShow It's nice to see and hear some of the back stories of them starting in the clubs around Belfast. You should check out the Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon. It's always a great time!
I was lucky to see Rory live in Toronto at Massey Hall as a young kid. It was brilliantly awesome. Only saw Gary Moore on the TV...Great songs ! He is still brilliant. Sometimes astonishingly great !
I remember watching Gary Moore for the first time on ‘the Tube’ TV show with his red Strat, the tremolo arm spinning wildly. The man was so determined to produce an awesome performance putting heart and soul into it; which i thought was clear in his 2003 live Sheffield gig.
Gary moore is the person who made me love guitar, in my eyes he is the best in the world I grew up with Gary's albums I've never cried for someone I do not know personally but when Gary died I cried ,i have actually cried 2 times The first was Gary second was Nick Menza drummer .The world has lost the best gutsrist RIP GARY MOORE
Thank you for putting this together Goose! ! Was in Atlanta Ga 1992 new wife new baby, playing my 74 Les Paul Custom thru a FULL 74 SL Marshall stack, w/a Korg A3 as a od pedal, In an APARTMENT....nailing STill got the Blues tone.. :) How we made it out alive was a divine appointment! :)
very cool video, I was fortunate to see Gary when he toured the USA, after Victims of the Future I saw him using the white reissue Strat and the Junior that was 1984, then when Wild Frontier came out he toured through NY in 87, he used the white and red single p.u. Charvels only. Then in 1992 at The Beacon in NYC, he used mostly "Stripe", white Strat reissue and "Greenie". Thanks for sharing, appreciate all that you do!
@@TheGuitarShow oh most definitely, I forgot to add that I saw Gary with Greg Lake too at the Palladium in NYC, he was using his salmon strat and the leopard spotted Charvel, which he threw straight in the air and it crashed to the floor at the end of the show!
Those 2 Charvels do something to me. The tone he got with them. Based on the footage of the various live gigs from the end of the 80’s you find here on UA-cam. That extra long version of the loner just gets me every time and of course empty rooms. Some serious emotion in both those tracks
I think this is the most comprehensive history of Gary Moore and the Greeny guitar that I have ever seen!!!! Thank you so much. I have had to favourite this video because I will need to see it again. Probably tomorrow morning. Edit: This is probably the best piece of musical journalism I have ever seen. Kudos to you, Sir. I have learned more about Mr Moore in your video than I have even learned before. Thank you.
I met Gary Moore in the eighties he bought a house in shiplake Henley I was the plumbing and heating engineer who done his house a very quite person did not say a lot
I can't tell you how awesome I think this video is!! A couple weeks back, you posted that you would be doing this video. And I have been really anxious to see this. And it exceeds all I have anticipated! Gary was a force of nature on the guitar. He had so much fire and passion and yet could play a ballad so delicately and beautiful that it was hard to believe it was the same person. And as we know, he could play so many styles of music. Once I heard Corridors of Power when it came out, I was hooked for life. But he was also a great writer, great vocalist and live player. You have shown quite a few guitars I was not aware he owned. I was particularly interested in the details on the '61 Fiesta Red Straotocaster. I am very fortunate to own one of the Fender Masterbuilt Gary Moore tribute versions of this guitar. There were only 60 made and because my favorite music store: The Music Gallery Inc in Chicago IL knew how much I love Gary Moore, they gave me the chance to buy it. More importantly right now is - Thank You for this awesome documentary! You are creating some of the finest guitar videos on UA-cam. Thank you Roman!
Yes, it is one of those guitars made by John Cruz that came with the red flight case with Gary Moore and the logo he was using around the time of Victims of the Future. It included a white Dimarzio guitar strap like he used with various memorabilia and even included some of this actual guitar picks! As much as I really love his blues work, his early Thin Lizzy and solo hard rock albums are the ones that are my favorite! BTW, the story on the guitar case on the cover of Back on the Streets you told is amazing!@@TheGuitarShow
@@TheGuitarShow there was also a '59 double cut Jnr (cherry) that he owned at one time; it was featured in a video by Guitarist some years back alongside Stripe and the stripped '63 Strat (as well as a prototype of CC#1 Greeny)
One of my all-time favorites! Saw him a bunch of times and met him once at an autograph signing at Tower Records in (I think) 1986 in Stanton (or Buena Park) California. He and the band all signed my Ibanez Roadstar RS-440 and my "We Want Moore album. Both hang on the wall right above my head as I type this. :)
I bought this „wan‘t Moore Album“ in the Year 1985. Gary and Band on the Olymp! I was 15 year old and a Greenhorn, too! This Epic Album became my holy grail
As old as I am. I can clearly remember the New Zealand Tour of Thin Lizzy. Feeling privileged to attend the sound check. Lynott and Moore, truly great performing artists and musicians. Great detailed history about Gary’s Axes. Thank you.
Had to pause the video just to say thanks a lot for making this video. It was a very good source of information for this legendary guitar player and his iconic guitars.
Gary Moore is a big Influence on me I'm a 21 year old left handed Guitarist from the South Wales valleys and RIP Peter Green and Gary Moore RIP. You can a video on Phil Lyontt's bass guitar and you can do Sott Gorham from Thin Lizzy please he's AWESOME Guitarist.
Most people associate Gary Moore with the 59 Les Pauls,but totally ignore that he played vintage Strats just as much. He recorded the "Corridors of Power" album,almost exclusively with the "Salmon Pink" Strat,which is nowadays owned by his son,along with the 59 "Still Got The Blues" or "Stripe" L/P. Not to mention during the 80s,he used lots of Superstrats and was one of the first famous players,using PRS Cu 22/24 models. He was also an avid user of the Floyd Rose bridge system,during this period.
Not only an excellent history of his guitars but of the great Gary Moore I've noticed through out my life: People either loved him or didn't. So called "musicians" I've met. Even fans who really didn't understand what he was all about. Great video, Ty!!!
I can remember breaking a B or E string as a kid and tying a square knot to mend the break and hope that it held while I tuned it up. A new single string was 25 cents that none of us could scratch up at the time, but we never gave up!
someone taught me in the late seventies to9 leave the length on the string, and then re tie it through hole in the brass ring and in a minute you were good to go...not a bad trick to know.
I'm a lefty that my mom turned into a "righty", and I play right handed. It may have been an advantage, especially early on, I advanced rather quickly.
Saw Gary play with Skid Row in 70' and it changed me, it was a great gig and Gary for the most part had his eyes closed, all I could see was these fingers flashing up and down the fretboard whilst his head was bobbing about with his eyes shut, I was gone, and the crowd were silent for a change with their jaws hanging down. From that night I have always tried to find how Gary played so well and get the tone. It's been a great journey.
Saw Skid Row supporting Atomic Rooster with support by Genesis at Exeter Uni' In the early 70's, Gary did a solo slot playing Drums and Guitar at the same time, also saw him promoting Grinding Stone at Killerton Gardens where after me and a couple of mates had invaded the stage he got us to "sing" backing vocals on Mama tell your Daughter. Happy daze.
And the white PRS Custom 24, from the ''Wild Frontier'' music video is now owned by Thommy Johanson ( Majestica/ Ex-Sabaton), he actually recorded a couple of Gary Moore covers with it for his UA-cam channel.
The one live gig I really loved was the monsters of rock gig 2003 and then of course I saw him play the red Strat at the Strat pack gig in 2004. I was also lucky enough to get tickets for the Brighton Dome 2 years running...2008/2009 I think!
I had a Hamer Gary Moore special back in the day... 1980s. These days I have a vintage lemon drop, a vintage 62 icon red Strat fitted with Hendrix guage strings , a sunburst tokai Firebird V with Gibson mini's, also a red Korean Firebird VII with vibrato and all gold hardware, also a vintage SG junior and a Marshall DSL 5 combo for the bedroom😎🤘👍🌈
The red strat was used on "Blues for Jimi" and Live in Stockholm on some of the songs, "Empty Rooms" for example, I believe. Absolutely love the sound. By far my favorite Gary's sound with the Greeny Les Paul. Just floors me.
@@TheGuitarShow Thank you for this awesome video. Great job. Loved hearing about Gary’s guitars. Been a huge fan of Gary since I was a teenager and always wondered about the guitars he used. This is a great synopsis for Gary’s fans.
I now own the Gibson Les Paul Double Cut (30 mins 37 seconds) I bought it around 2007 from GAK in Brighton. It had huge strings on it that has twisted the neck a little but it does sound good.
I've heard the red charvel actually had an EMG 58 rather than an 81 initially, but was later swapped to the 81 to match the while one. From what I've seen online, he auctioned it off for charity sometime in the 90s. I think the estate may still have the white one. The two of those are definitely my favourite guitars of Gary's :)
I want those guitars so much. I wish Charvel(Fender) would do an exact reissue of both of them. I’m in love with those guitars. I was very lucky once that Jack replied to a message of mine and told me he was pretty sure one of them was sill with the family somewhere
Yes, for most of the recorded shows of the red one it had a 58 in it. He did auction it some time in the mid 90's. If memory serves it went for about £500!!! If only I had known!
@@MrMalq if you want a replica let me know. Look up Nicholas Guitars on facebook or instagram and you"ll see the white one...and I'm finishing a red one right now.
I've got an old Guitarist magazine from about 1992 where they had an article on his guitars and one of them was a 1957 gold top, which I don't think you mentioned.
Its true I know about that one but he didnt play it live as far as I know so I had to make a call as I ran out of time. But thanks for mentioning it...
Amazing research, well done. One guitar not mentioned here was another Charvel, a dark green Strat type thing with one (bridge) pickup that he used on the first Greg Lake tour. Unfortunately my ticket stub for the night that I went (Hammersmith Odeon in London) has the date 30th October then the year got torn off! I would assume that this in 1981 as that is the year Grey Lakes LP came out and I know they were on tour that autumn. Now this guitar sustained a bit of damage that night as after hitting the last chord of the gig Gary threw the guitar into the air and walked off stage leaving the guitar which came crashing down on the exact spot he'd only just been standing on. I spent the entire gig leaning on the stage so was only about 30 feet away and had already deduced by this time that Gary was in a very angry mood by this time for whatever reason? The guitar didn't break but would have sustained at least a nice big dent at a minimum. Gary played gloriously that night, using mainly the green Charvel but also the Salmon Pink Strat for Parisienne Walkways etc. the only non Greg Lake/King Crimson number they played that night. A very nice and interesting video, many thanks.
I just bought a 61 SG and never knew Gary played one. I have all heavy Les Pauls but the SG I just bought blows them away! It weighs 6 pounds and I love it
Thanks so much for this.....I now own the last guitar featured (the one that was used for the “bad for you baby” photo shoot (Les Paul Standard 58 reissue, 2001). Do you have any other information about when it was played by Gary?
Well, that was a trip. Black Rose first. The modded Melody Maker. on the sleeve Aus shots (Vid of Sydney here) saw Gary for Wild Frontiers. WolfGangs, SF Place burned down days later. Lore among locals, "GM lit it up". sad for the venue. KILLER show !
Very well researched Ramon! A couple of points just to add for info - Gary also used another guitar on tour with Greg Lake - a metallic red Charvel (?) Strat type with 2 humbuckers, tremolo and a maple neck (l have some photos). Also, the leopard print guitar finish was definitely fabric, not painted - l remember Gary saying that it stank (!) after using it on stage when G-Force supported Whitesnake on the UK tour. I didn’t see any of the shows but do remember seeing a live photo when a gig was reviewed (probably in Sounds) and reading his comment later :).
First there was an SG then came along a SG later he switched to an SG which he eventually got tired of so he got a SG instead. He then discovered SG's and started playing those.... Does anybody know wtf he plays now?
Gary's tech said his 61 was stolen either on the way to or while on tour in America. Gary sent him to pawn shops along the tour to buy a few guitars including a replacement strat for the 61. He found a reddish 84 strat that Gary really liked and it was that 84 that he played Red House with at the fender strat 50th anniversary concert. What a performance! If Jimi Hendrix could stand and shout he would have.
Wow that was a great piece of work. So much amazing info but I have to tell you about the one you missed out, which has a great story. It was a Gibson Les Paul, 59 Standard Reissue 2004 that a fan ( i would love to know his name) bought him as a personal gift and according to guitar tech, Graham Lilly, Gary used it as a dressing room warm up. He must have had a great affection for it, taking it with him to Korea, Japan, Russia and I believe the Ropetackle Centre at Shoreham by Sea to guest with his old pal Buddy Whittington. See UA-cam Buddy Whittington featuring Gary Moore....All Your Love. Crosscut Saw. That Ain't Right. Night Life. Grits Ain't No Groceries. This wasn't an official gig for Gary and my theory is that, living nearby, he just took this guitar to jam with Buddy. If anyone can add more facts i would be most grateful because on 29/06/2016 I had the unbelievable good fortune to have my bid for £5k accepted at Bonhams, and become the very proud owner of this wonderful instrument. Just to hold it sends a shudder down my spine, the strap smells of Gary's perspiration and I feel connected to the greatest, by far, all round guitarist that ever existed. God bless you Gary and thank you for the music.
Great video, I would like to point out one little detail. Ibanez RS530. As I tried to observe photage from Out in the fields video clip, you can actually see that he wasnt using that pro rocker tremolo, I think he throw it out and put a set of floyd rose system, except you can clearly see that string lock was original part and they didnt changed it.
0:19 "Other early musical influences were The Beatles, Albert King, Elvis Presley and The Beatles"...looks like The Beatles made quite an impression on young Gary!
Great video Ramon well worth the wait .I know it would be difficult but I would like to see eddie van halens guitar featured in a video or maybe pete townsend. Anyway here's hoping keep up the good work
Thanks so much for the incredible detail on Gary’s guitars! Question: Was the ‘59 Burst Gary acquired (late 80s/90s?) the one that Ronnie Montrose tried to get back? I followed that story closely because I was close to a number of 50s Les Pauls that were “nicked” or lost back in the 70s and emerged 20-30 years later after being acquired by legitimate collectors/players. There are quite a few. Lastly, did Gary’s family auction off his guitars after he passed? I really hadn’t heard one way or the other. Thanks again for the incredibly arduous work you did on this video! It is amazing…
Super interesting video, I was hoping you would mention the guitar used on the Victims of the Future tour e.g as seen on the Live at Chippenham Gold Diggers 1984 video featuring IMO the best ever version of Hold Onto Love, amazing solo at the end of the song
Great video mate ! I heard that Gary owned an "old" LP Goldtop that he supposedly gifted to Henrik Freischlader years ago. Have you or anyone else heard or read this ?
Enjoyed the video. Lots of interesting detail. Wonder if you know if Gary ever owned a Firebird with the pale mahogany finish. Back in about 1990 I tried out one of these at Guitar VIllage and was told it had been owned by Gary Moore. I didnt buy it, as it was really battered. This was before beat up guitars were considered cool.
I'm trying to find a photo of Gary using or even a shot of the guitars with his Pink Strat with EMGs and a Floyd Rose, it was a partscaster built out of a few guitars and mainly used as a backstage/rehearsal instrument I believe. I still have it here as his tech sold a 335 and this strat in or around 1993-94 and i bought it before it even made it to the guitar shop floor.
Yessiree-boy (love all of these'ere "Guistories") (!) Gary's interview/demo's always 'take me back to school' My 2nd watch, and even better'n the foist... ...an'nah canna thank ye enoof 😁
My influences were also the Beatles and the Beatles.
Arghhhhhhh!!!!! 😭😭😭 Well spotted!!!
@@TheGuitarShow i thought you said that on purpose.. either way it sounds kool to say the Beatles first and last. Nobody will catch it.
@@jwhite1016aol thanks well spotted!
They we're a BIG influence
Funny thing for me is that is how I would describe my influences also.
Gary played in my group The Deltones in 1966 and he bought my Guild guitar, before leaving to go to Dublin.
Amazing, thanks Michael!
WOWZA..!
Gary and Rory Gallagher were proper friends. Gary went and visited Rory near the end of his life when he was going through a hard time while living in a hotel in London. RIP to both of them. I started playing guitar because of Rory.
Great comment thanks 🙏🙏🎸
@@TheGuitarShow It's nice to see and hear some of the back stories of them starting in the clubs around Belfast. You should check out the Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon. It's always a great time!
@@MK_2023. You haven't lived until you have spent the weekend in a tent at the campsite for the RoryFest! It Rocks!
@@MK_2023. I have not heard of this festival but it So pleases me that Rorys name lives on. One of my heroes as a kid and just love his playing.
I was lucky to see Rory live in Toronto at Massey Hall as a young kid. It was brilliantly awesome. Only saw Gary Moore on the TV...Great songs ! He is still brilliant. Sometimes astonishingly great !
The 'Greeny' Gibson was offered to Snowy first who returned it stating he wasn't worthy. I interviewed Gary 3 times - always fun ,up, and a gent.
Thanks for this Bob
It's really humble of him being an amazing player himself - his solo on "Slabo Day" is out of this world.
G'day mate ! Do you know the answer to my question above ? Did Gary gift an "old" Goldtop LP to Henrik Freischlader ?
Ah man , outstanding musician and I love everything ive heard from Gary Moore. Great video love it. Thanks
Thanks Jimmy
There will never be another guitarist to play with such emotion and power!
I remember watching Gary Moore for the first time on ‘the Tube’ TV show with his red Strat, the tremolo arm spinning wildly.
The man was so determined to produce an awesome performance putting heart and soul into it; which i thought was clear in his 2003 live Sheffield gig.
Great comment Ian - thanks!
Gary moore is the person who made me love guitar, in my eyes he is the best in the world I grew up with Gary's albums I've never cried for someone I do not know personally but when Gary died I cried ,i have actually cried 2 times The first was Gary second was Nick Menza drummer .The world has lost the best gutsrist RIP GARY MOORE
Me too.. love Gary.. RIP
It's depressing hearing about all the stolen guitars
Thank you for putting this together Goose! ! Was in Atlanta Ga 1992 new wife new baby, playing my 74 Les Paul Custom thru a FULL 74 SL Marshall stack, w/a Korg A3 as a od pedal, In an APARTMENT....nailing STill got the Blues tone.. :) How we made it out alive was a divine appointment! :)
Pleasure James - I'm sure you had a majestic tone with that rig!
How you found all this out is quite amazing. Talk about knowing your stuff. Well done Sir.
Fantastic!!!!
I'm a MASSIVE Gary fan. Think you've done a truly fantastic and very thorough job, enjoyed every minute!
Now do Gary's amps ;-)
Pleasure Gary! Amps coming! Great idea!
That’s the guy that makes me rock the blues every night
Thanks Gary ❤️
very cool video, I was fortunate to see Gary when he toured the USA, after Victims of the Future I saw him using the white reissue Strat and the Junior that was 1984, then when Wild Frontier came out he toured through NY in 87, he used the white and red single p.u. Charvels only. Then in 1992 at The Beacon in NYC, he used mostly "Stripe", white Strat reissue and "Greenie". Thanks for sharing, appreciate all that you do!
Thank Mark and thanks for the info... Great that you remembered his gear... A true guitar nerd like me! 🎸🙏
@@TheGuitarShow oh most definitely, I forgot to add that I saw Gary with Greg Lake too at the Palladium in NYC, he was using his salmon strat and the leopard spotted Charvel, which he threw straight in the air and it crashed to the floor at the end of the show!
Those 2 Charvels do something to me. The tone he got with them. Based on the footage of the various live gigs from the end of the 80’s you find here on UA-cam.
That extra long version of the loner just gets me every time and of course empty rooms. Some serious emotion in both those tracks
malcolm quiney he played Loner on the white one when I saw him. Totally amazing
I think this is the most comprehensive history of Gary Moore and the Greeny guitar that I have ever seen!!!! Thank you so much. I have had to favourite this video because I will need to see it again. Probably tomorrow morning. Edit: This is probably the best piece of musical journalism I have ever seen. Kudos to you, Sir. I have learned more about Mr Moore in your video than I have even learned before. Thank you.
Outstanding video! Thank you for sharing this with us!
I met Gary Moore in the eighties he bought a house in shiplake Henley I was the plumbing and heating engineer who done his house a very quite person did not say a lot
Thanks Adrian - thanks for the memory!
My favorite guitar of Gary's is the 1984 Hamer explorer at 17:48 what a gem, beautiful guitar
I agree - big Explorer fan here!
Outstanding work. A monumental loss.
Thank you kindly
Thanks, Ramon. Big Gary fan here. This was awesome.
Cheers
I can't tell you how awesome I think this video is!! A couple weeks back, you posted that you would be doing this video. And I have been really anxious to see this. And it exceeds all I have anticipated! Gary was a force of nature on the guitar. He had so much fire and passion and yet could play a ballad so delicately and beautiful that it was hard to believe it was the same person. And as we know, he could play so many styles of music. Once I heard Corridors of Power when it came out, I was hooked for life. But he was also a great writer, great vocalist and live player. You have shown quite a few guitars I was not aware he owned. I was particularly interested in the details on the '61 Fiesta Red Straotocaster. I am very fortunate to own one of the Fender Masterbuilt Gary Moore tribute versions of this guitar. There were only 60 made and because my favorite music store: The Music Gallery Inc in Chicago IL knew how much I love Gary Moore, they gave me the chance to buy it. More importantly right now is - Thank You for this awesome documentary! You are creating some of the finest guitar videos on UA-cam. Thank you Roman!
Pleasure John and thanks the great comment! Tell me did you guitar come with the red gary moore flight case? Those look amazing guitars!
You, my dear sir, have great taste.
Cheers
Yes, it is one of those guitars made by John Cruz that came with the red flight case with Gary Moore and the logo he was using around the time of Victims of the Future. It included a white Dimarzio guitar strap like he used with various memorabilia and even included some of this actual guitar picks! As much as I really love his blues work, his early Thin Lizzy and solo hard rock albums are the ones that are my favorite! BTW, the story on the guitar case on the cover of Back on the Streets you told is amazing!@@TheGuitarShow
Wonderfully in-depth as usual, Ramon! Thank you for posting
Pleasure Will 🙏
@@TheGuitarShow there was also a '59 double cut Jnr (cherry) that he owned at one time; it was featured in a video by Guitarist some years back alongside Stripe and the stripped '63 Strat (as well as a prototype of CC#1 Greeny)
Great great archive digging... excellent 👍🏼❤️
One of my all-time favorites! Saw him a bunch of times and met him once at an autograph signing at Tower Records in (I think) 1986 in Stanton (or Buena Park) California. He and the band all signed my Ibanez Roadstar RS-440 and my "We Want Moore album. Both hang on the wall right above my head as I type this. :)
Thanks for the comment!
You are such a lucky man!!
@@CelticSaint I second that
I bought this „wan‘t Moore Album“ in the Year 1985. Gary and Band on the Olymp! I was 15 year old and a Greenhorn, too! This Epic Album became my holy grail
As old as I am. I can clearly remember the New Zealand Tour of Thin Lizzy. Feeling privileged to attend the sound check. Lynott and Moore, truly great performing artists and musicians. Great detailed history about Gary’s Axes. Thank you.
Many thanks for your memories and for watching!
Had to pause the video just to say thanks a lot for making this video.
It was a very good source of information for this legendary guitar player and his iconic guitars.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing stories bro also deep research as usual so full of info , proud to be watching the great show always 👌
That HAMER Special at 18:18....I had a bright red one in 1982 with a Floyd Rose and ebony fretboard ....and I LOVED that guitar! Wish I still had it.
Fantastic video. Thank you so much for posting
Gary Moore is a big Influence on me I'm a 21 year old left handed Guitarist from the South Wales valleys and RIP Peter Green and Gary Moore RIP. You can a video on Phil Lyontt's bass guitar and you can do Sott Gorham from Thin Lizzy please he's AWESOME Guitarist.
So happy/lucky to have found your channel. Great history 🍺
Thanks!
Thank you for this! It answered some questions I’ve had for a long time!
Most people associate Gary Moore with the 59 Les Pauls,but totally ignore that he played vintage Strats just as much.
He recorded the "Corridors of Power" album,almost exclusively with the "Salmon Pink" Strat,which is nowadays owned by his son,along with the 59 "Still Got The Blues" or "Stripe" L/P.
Not to mention during the 80s,he used lots of Superstrats and was one of the first famous players,using PRS Cu 22/24 models.
He was also an avid user of the Floyd Rose bridge system,during this period.
Great comment, thanks!
Not only an excellent history of his guitars but of the great Gary Moore
I've noticed through out my life:
People either loved him or didn't. So called "musicians" I've met. Even fans who really didn't understand what he was all about. Great video, Ty!!!
I can remember breaking a B or E string as a kid and tying a square knot to mend the break and hope that it held while I tuned it up. A new single string was 25 cents that none of us could scratch up at the time, but we never gave up!
someone taught me in the late seventies to9 leave the length on the string, and then re tie it through hole in the brass ring and in a minute you were good to go...not a bad trick to know.
Gary Moore is my favourite guitarist of all time. He was a lefty playing guitar right handed. I am right handed playing lefty guitar (for 40 years)
I'm a lefty that my mom turned into a "righty", and I play right handed. It may have been an advantage, especially early on, I advanced rather quickly.
A superb, very well researched video, thanks!
Saw Gary play with Skid Row in 70' and it changed me, it was a great gig and Gary for the most part had his eyes closed, all I could see was these fingers flashing up and down the fretboard whilst his head was bobbing about with his eyes shut, I was gone, and the crowd were silent for a change with their jaws hanging down. From that night I have always tried to find how Gary played so well and get the tone. It's been a great journey.
Saw Skid Row supporting Atomic Rooster with support by Genesis at Exeter Uni' In the early 70's, Gary did a solo slot playing Drums and Guitar at the same time, also saw him promoting Grinding Stone at Killerton Gardens where after me and a couple of mates had invaded the stage he got us to "sing" backing vocals on Mama tell your Daughter. Happy daze.
Thanks for a great comment
Good to hear from you, Ramon. From your last video I thought we wouldn't be hearing from you for a while.
Many thanks indeed, good ro be back! 🙏🎸
It‘s worth mentioning that the white „We want Moore“ strat now belongs to John Norum who in my opinion is very much Gary‘s musical successor.
Thanks!
And the white PRS Custom 24, from the ''Wild Frontier'' music video is now owned by Thommy Johanson ( Majestica/ Ex-Sabaton), he actually recorded a couple of Gary Moore covers with it for his UA-cam channel.
@@greekfreak1980damn I didn’t know that. That‘s awesome though, love Tommy.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication!
pleasure Daniel
Thanks so very much for sharing all this with us. And very best wishes to you from County Antrim Northern Ireland 🌌💕🌠👍
Gary was amazing ,always in my heart.amazing guitarist.Great video👍Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for all the hard research . Amazing content dude !
Gary Moore is my favourite guitarist, I'm lucky enough to have seen him live quite a few times.
Guitars, guitars, and moore guitars. Great stuff. Love the in-depth history of the guitars that have passed through this man’s musical hands. 👍✌️
Thank you
Great video Ramon. Such attention to detail. I had no idea about the majority of his guitars ...until now ! 😉👍
Thanks Shaun! 🙏🎸
Great video! Cheers!!
I really miss Gary Moore.
As always - brilliant. Thanks Ramon.
Such a great video. Thank you
The one live gig I really loved was the monsters of rock gig 2003 and then of course I saw him play the red Strat at the Strat pack gig in 2004. I was also lucky enough to get tickets for the Brighton Dome 2 years running...2008/2009 I think!
I had a Hamer Gary Moore special back in the day... 1980s. These days I have a vintage lemon drop, a vintage 62 icon red Strat fitted with Hendrix guage strings , a sunburst tokai Firebird V with Gibson mini's, also a red Korean Firebird VII with vibrato and all gold hardware, also a vintage SG junior and a Marshall DSL 5 combo for the bedroom😎🤘👍🌈
Absolutely brilliant and informative, a great listen.
The red strat was used on "Blues for Jimi" and Live in Stockholm on some of the songs, "Empty Rooms" for example, I believe. Absolutely love the sound. By far my favorite Gary's sound with the Greeny Les Paul. Just floors me.
Thanks Marek
@@TheGuitarShow Thank you for this awesome video. Great job. Loved hearing about Gary’s guitars. Been a huge fan of Gary since I was a teenager and always wondered about the guitars he used. This is a great synopsis for Gary’s fans.
The red Fender strat was not used in the 1987 Stockholm gig, that was a red Charvel with a single EMG pickup.
Great video! Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am a huge Gary Moore fan thank you very much for this well researched presentation.
My pleasure Steve!
Wow ! lots of hard work in this ..
This is incredible and thanks for all your research loved it
I now own the Gibson Les Paul Double Cut (30 mins 37 seconds) I bought it around 2007 from GAK in Brighton. It had huge strings on it that has twisted the neck a little but it does sound good.
He was raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Yup I’ll second that
When he was younger you could hear his heavy accent but later years he lost the accent
I've heard the red charvel actually had an EMG 58 rather than an 81 initially, but was later swapped to the 81 to match the while one. From what I've seen online, he auctioned it off for charity sometime in the 90s. I think the estate may still have the white one. The two of those are definitely my favourite guitars of Gary's :)
I want those guitars so much.
I wish Charvel(Fender) would do an exact reissue of both of them. I’m in love with those guitars. I was very lucky once that Jack replied to a message of mine and told me he was pretty sure one of them was sill with the family somewhere
Yes, for most of the recorded shows of the red one it had a 58 in it. He did auction it some time in the mid 90's. If memory serves it went for about £500!!! If only I had known!
@@StewRoberts Oh god! THAT little?! I've paid more for bog standard off the shelf Charvels :(
@@MrMalq if you want a replica let me know. Look up Nicholas Guitars on facebook or instagram and you"ll see the white one...and I'm finishing a red one right now.
I've got an old Guitarist magazine from about 1992 where they had an article on his guitars and one of them was a 1957 gold top, which I don't think you mentioned.
Its true I know about that one but he didnt play it live as far as I know so I had to make a call as I ran out of time. But thanks for mentioning it...
Thanks Ramon. Awesome video
Pleasure Jim
Man... this is great deep historical work you did! 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@TheGuitarShow First time comment but not first video watch! 😉👍
Amazing research, well done. One guitar not mentioned here was another Charvel, a dark green Strat type thing with one (bridge) pickup that he used on the first Greg Lake tour. Unfortunately my ticket stub for the night that I went (Hammersmith Odeon in London) has the date 30th October then the year got torn off! I would assume that this in 1981 as that is the year Grey Lakes LP came out and I know they were on tour that autumn. Now this guitar sustained a bit of damage that night as after hitting the last chord of the gig Gary threw the guitar into the air and walked off stage leaving the guitar which came crashing down on the exact spot he'd only just been standing on. I spent the entire gig leaning on the stage so was only about 30 feet away and had already deduced by this time that Gary was in a very angry mood by this time for whatever reason? The guitar didn't break but would have sustained at least a nice big dent at a minimum. Gary played gloriously that night, using mainly the green Charvel but also the Salmon Pink Strat for Parisienne Walkways etc. the only non Greg Lake/King Crimson number they played that night. A very nice and interesting video, many thanks.
Thans Sir Bill and thanks for the amazing memories - I knew there were 1 or 2 I could not feature - mainly due to time constraints!
I just bought a 61 SG and never knew Gary played one. I have all heavy Les Pauls but the SG I just bought blows them away!
It weighs 6 pounds and I love it
I go out of my way for light guitar's My LP is 8.4 and my hard tail strat is 6.7 lbs Haven't weighed my 66 Jr but would say well underneath 7 lbs
@@paulcowart3174 I have a 77 custom Lp that weighs 13.5
@@precisionbrown6829 OMG.....yeah I had a couple of late 70's early 80's that were the same but sounded fantastic for sure
@@paulcowart3174 sounds great but kills my shoulder and back.
Thank you 🙏 Informative as usual .... have a nice day ♥️
My pleasure!
The "Greeny" Les Paul is probably the most famous guitar in the history of electric guitar.
I agree
- This is a very bold statement but I didn't want to argue. It is a very good video.
Wrong
Very thorough and informative video
Thanks George 🎸🙏
Thanks so much for this.....I now own the last guitar featured (the one that was used for the “bad for you baby” photo shoot (Les Paul Standard 58 reissue, 2001). Do you have any other information about when it was played by Gary?
Well, that was a trip.
Black Rose first. The modded Melody Maker. on the sleeve Aus shots (Vid of Sydney here)
saw Gary for Wild Frontiers. WolfGangs, SF
Place burned down days later. Lore among locals, "GM lit it up". sad for the venue. KILLER show !
Excellent video!!!
Thank you very much!
Fantastic detail on this,Ramon ! Thank you so much [again !]
Pleasure Graham 🙏🎸
Very well researched Ramon! A couple of points just to add for info - Gary also used another guitar on tour with Greg Lake - a metallic red Charvel (?) Strat type with 2 humbuckers, tremolo and a maple neck (l have some photos). Also, the leopard print guitar finish was definitely fabric, not painted - l remember Gary saying that it stank (!) after using it on stage when G-Force supported Whitesnake on the UK tour. I didn’t see any of the shows but do remember seeing a live photo when a gig was reviewed (probably in Sounds) and reading his comment later :).
Thanks Derek for watching 🙏and thanks for your extra info!!
The Guitar Show You’re very welcome! I’ll be tuning in again (!) ☕️
Very very nice work !
Thank you
Some incredible research here. Great job fella. 👍
Many thanks indeed
Very well done & very interesting.
Thanks Vanzinni
You should do a Tony iommi history of his guitars
Great idea! 🎸❤️
First there was an SG then came along a SG later he switched to an SG which he eventually got tired of so he got a SG instead. He then discovered SG's and started playing those.... Does anybody know wtf he plays now?
@@kellyjackson7889 he started on a strat that broke halfway through the first sabbath album then switched to an sg
I love Black Sabbath
@@kellyjackson7889 Probably an SG.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Super interesting video bro good job i bet ur mom real proud of her special little boi
Thanks - yes my mum is proud of me :)
Nice job on this video, mate
Thanks bro
Gary's tech said his 61 was stolen either on the way to or while on tour in America. Gary sent him to pawn shops along the tour to buy a few guitars including a replacement strat for the 61. He found a reddish 84 strat that Gary really liked and it was that 84 that he played Red House with at the fender strat 50th anniversary concert. What a performance! If Jimi Hendrix could stand and shout he would have.
God help who came on after that....
Saw Gary a few times brilliant he was very interesting story of his guitars over years rip gaz
Thanks Raymond!
Wow that was a great piece of work. So much amazing info but I have to tell you about the one you missed out, which has a great story. It was a Gibson Les Paul, 59 Standard Reissue 2004 that a fan ( i would love to know his name) bought him as a personal gift and according to guitar tech, Graham Lilly, Gary used it as a dressing room warm up. He must have had a great affection for it, taking it with him to Korea, Japan, Russia and I believe the Ropetackle Centre at Shoreham by Sea to guest with his old pal Buddy Whittington. See UA-cam Buddy Whittington featuring Gary Moore....All Your Love. Crosscut Saw. That Ain't Right. Night Life. Grits Ain't No Groceries. This wasn't an official gig for Gary and my theory is that, living nearby, he just took this guitar to jam with Buddy. If anyone can add more facts i would be most grateful because on 29/06/2016 I had the unbelievable good fortune to have my bid for £5k accepted at Bonhams, and become the very proud owner of this wonderful instrument. Just to hold it sends a shudder down my spine, the strap smells of Gary's perspiration and I feel connected to the greatest, by far, all round guitarist that ever existed. God bless you Gary and thank you for the music.
Thanks Alan, Wow many thanks Alan for this wonderful story! You the man!
Great video, I would like to point out one little detail. Ibanez RS530. As I tried to observe photage from Out in the fields video clip, you can actually see that he wasnt using that pro rocker tremolo, I think he throw it out and put a set of floyd rose system, except you can clearly see that string lock was original part and they didnt changed it.
Thanks for this Danielis
0:19 "Other early musical influences were The Beatles, Albert King, Elvis Presley and The Beatles"...looks like The Beatles made quite an impression on young Gary!
Great research with a lot of work
Thanks
What a great history! Thank you so much. Comprehensive.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Late Gary Moore (R.I.P), was a brilliant guitarist and vocalist.
agreed
So Gary Moore was in a band called Skid Row before the hair band Skid Row existed. Interesting. Great video. Quite a collection of 🪓.
Pleasure Jimmy thanks for watching!
Great video Ramon well worth the wait .I know it would be difficult but I would like to see eddie van halens guitar featured in a video or maybe pete townsend. Anyway here's hoping keep up the good work
Thanks so much for the incredible detail on Gary’s guitars!
Question: Was the ‘59 Burst Gary acquired (late 80s/90s?) the one that Ronnie Montrose tried to get back? I followed that story closely because I was close to a number of 50s Les Pauls that were “nicked” or lost back in the 70s and emerged 20-30 years later after being acquired by legitimate collectors/players. There are quite a few.
Lastly, did Gary’s family auction off his guitars after he passed? I really hadn’t heard one way or the other.
Thanks again for the incredibly arduous work you did on this video! It is amazing…
Wow! Didn’t expect to see one of my all-time favourite bands to show up at 4:50…Van Der Graaf Generator!!
Super interesting video, I was hoping you would mention the guitar used on the Victims of the Future tour e.g as seen on the Live at Chippenham Gold Diggers 1984 video featuring IMO the best ever version of Hold Onto Love, amazing solo at the end of the song
Love the videos!
Thanks Don
Great video mate ! I heard that Gary owned an "old" LP Goldtop that he supposedly gifted to Henrik Freischlader years ago.
Have you or anyone else heard or read this ?
Awesome thanks!!
Enjoyed the video. Lots of interesting detail. Wonder if you know if Gary ever owned a Firebird with the pale mahogany finish. Back in about 1990 I tried out one of these at Guitar VIllage and was told it had been owned by Gary Moore. I didnt buy it, as it was really battered. This was before beat up guitars were considered cool.
I'm trying to find a photo of Gary using or even a shot of the guitars with his Pink Strat with EMGs and a Floyd Rose, it was a partscaster built out of a few guitars and mainly used as a backstage/rehearsal instrument I believe. I still have it here as his tech sold a 335 and this strat in or around 1993-94 and i bought it before it even made it to the guitar shop floor.
Yessiree-boy (love all of these'ere "Guistories") (!)
Gary's interview/demo's always 'take me back to school'
My 2nd watch, and even better'n the foist...
...an'nah canna thank ye enoof 😁