Hank-Frost
TDPRI Member
Lou Reed played some weird guitars.
Weirdest guitars used by well known and Pro level players.
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chris m.
Doctor of Teleocity
Is that the most buff professional guitar player in the history of the world? Must be....
chris m.
Doctor of Teleocity
If I recall correctly, EVH said that turning this Explorer body into what you see here messed up its tone, and he ended up regretting making the mod.
Not if Doyle from the Misfits has any say in it.
And yeah, he also uses a weird guitar as his main axe.
Colin Newman: Eastwood Airline Map DeLuxe. That sucker looks way heavy!
mycroftxxx
Tele-Meister
Saw an 1986 show in Fort Worth with the T-Birds opening for SRV; for his encore, Jimmy came out and they played that guitar simultaneously.
Jose Neto, who has been playing guitar in Steve Winwood’s band for 10+ years, plays a Paradis guitar:
chris m.
Doctor of Teleocity
Tosin Abasi has a pretty wild, custom signature guitar. But he needs it for the octave range that he covers and the double-tapping techniques he uses.
Similarly, Charlie Hunter has a custom Novax guitar that allows him to cover bass and regular guitar range with a single instrument, playing both bass and guitar parts at once.
Similarly, Charlie Hunter has a custom Novax guitar that allows him to cover bass and regular guitar range with a single instrument, playing both bass and guitar parts at once.
Chester P Squier
Friend of Leo's
What about the Coral Electric Sitar:
As heard on, among other selections:
Jimclarke100
Friend of Leo's
Not sure if he’d be known stateside but John Otway’s Gordon Smith double neck has to be on the list. He says he can play equally badly with both hands so…
The guitar folds in the middle to fit in a normal case and for effect while playing…
The guitar folds in the middle to fit in a normal case and for effect while playing…
I thought Carvin pickups got a bad rap, because most of the people I know who don't like Carvins, it's because of their pickups. To me, their humbuckers have excellent articulation, and as Allan said, are very focused. It's all water under the bridge now, because since Kiesel has owned Carvin, they've totally changed the pickup line, and I haven't heard any of the new ones. I suspect they haven't changed that much.
But can you name a player who used one as his main axe?
John McLaughlin played some oddballs
His 'Shakti' guitar. Note the scalloped frets, and btw this is a recent copy made for McLaughlin by a different luthier.
His Rex Bogue doubleneck. It supposedly weighed 35 pounds.
A while back Tony Levin had a 3 string bass made and he played it constantly until it got burned up in a house fire.
His 'Shakti' guitar. Note the scalloped frets, and btw this is a recent copy made for McLaughlin by a different luthier.
His Rex Bogue doubleneck. It supposedly weighed 35 pounds.
A while back Tony Levin had a 3 string bass made and he played it constantly until it got burned up in a house fire.
Chester P Squier
Friend of Leo's
No. Never. It might get annoying after a while. (Speaking of the Coral Electric Sitar.)
Another example:
Spox
Tele-Meister
I saw the Eastwood tribute earlier in the thread, Pete Shelleys broken catalogue bought guitar on which the top half had snapped off.
Not that the guitars are weird. But, isn't it weird that Jack Pearson's Fender choices are Squier Strat and Tele? Both stock.
There was no change in ownership, they just renamed the company after the founder, who had named the company after his sons, Carson and Gavin. The middle son Mark took over the guitar division in the 70's and still runs it today. The only real change was the split in 2015 with the amplifier division.
AAT65
Poster Extraordinaire
...and he also spent time playing alongside Trey Gunn in King Crimson, where Gunn almost exclusively played this Warr Guitar.
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