ezbass Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 On 25/12/2024 at 09:03, knirirr said: If no one mins a jazz mention, here are Wes Montgomery's Gibson L5s: https://jazzguitartoday.com/2020/05/the-many-l5s-of-wes-montgomery/ I’d love an L5, or an ES175 at a pinch, but I’m quite attached to my kidneys. 2
Graham50 Posted May 6, 2025 Posted May 6, 2025 Just thought of Robin Ford - Fender Espirit ( although these days sometimes a Tele or PRS) 1
EdwardMarlowe Posted May 9, 2025 Posted May 9, 2025 On 06/06/2023 at 10:55, ezbass said: He's gone all pointy 'rawk' guitar these days IIRC. His bullseye and bottle top LPs will always be the ones I think of when Zack is mentioned. The one that always comes to mind for me was the first one I saw pictured with in an American guitar magazine, back when I think he was still playing with Ozzy. Back in the days before he started to cosplay a Sons of Anarchy type biker, was clean shaven, and looked about 12. It was a guitar that had been heavily sandpapered back to wood across most of the body, but had clearly been a Confederate battle flag over black. The story he told was that he'd had it done then saw the guy from Warrant with a Dixie flag guitar, and immediately set to it with sandpaper. I doubt he plays that one out any more, though, given it's not a look which has aged well since.
ezbass Posted May 9, 2025 Posted May 9, 2025 On 06/05/2025 at 16:44, Graham50 said: Just thought of Robin Ford - Fender Espirit ( although these days sometimes a Tele or PRS) Great guitar, Fender should’ve stuck with it.
EdwardMarlowe Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago On 06/06/2023 at 10:55, ezbass said: He's gone all pointy 'rawk' guitar these days IIRC. His bullseye and bottle top LPs will always be the ones I think of when Zack is mentioned. Yeah, I think that came in with the change of image, when he grew the beard and went all cosplay-biker. The one I always remember him with was the LP custom with the Confederate Battle Flag on it - back in the 80s when nobody in the UK really realised what it signified, and thought it was just sort of a cowboy flag (don't even get me started on the closet-racist idiots in the rockabilly scene who turn up waving it at weekenders, wearing their Golly badges and claiming it's just their "rock and roll rebel flag, nothing to do with racism" (not even the racism spewed on their own facebook pages - honest, guv!). Most of the surface of the guitar was sanded to the bare wood by this point. He used to claim in interviews that shortly after he'd had it painted, he saw the guy from Warrant with a flag guitar just like it, didn't want to be associated with him, and went straight to the garage with coarse sandpaper and the guitar in hand. On 06/12/2024 at 10:42, tauzero said: Parfitt and Rossi seemed to eventually go for a green Tele for Rossi and a white one for Parfitt. Jan Akkerman - black 3 pickup Les Paul Rory Gallagher - the devarnished Strat I have a dim memory I read somewhere that Rory called that his "number 3" (or was it 2?) - number one being a vintage Tele that I think was mostly used in the studio. Great section on his instruments here: https://rorygallagher.com/instruments/ In early 2025, a statue of Rory was unveiled outside the Ulster Hall in Belfast: Some got funny about him being sculpted with the Tele at the time and not the Strat, but it was based on a famous photo of him playing live, with the Tele, at the Ulster Hall back in the day. Rory was much respected in Belfast for insisting on still playing there annually right through the peak of the Troubles when a lot of big names (including, notably, Belfast's own and one of the biggest pricks in the music industry, Van Morrison) just refused to go near the place. Big influence on the next generation of Irish guitar players, not least Jake Burns (who imo has never gotten the full credit he deserves as either a songwriter or a guitar player). On 16/12/2024 at 23:30, Graham50 said: It’s look like no one mentioned Hank B. Marvin and the red Stratocaster or Buddy Holly and his Strat. It's interesting how Hank was a huge figure for a whole generation of guitarists, but that has very much not carried over to another generation. (I'm sure the same could be said for many of my guitar heroes - or, hell, even guitar in general for the kids coming after us now.) In an odd way, while yes most of us who are aware of the Shadows might think of the Strat first, I think he now has somewhat of a bigger following among Burns enthusiasts, for the obvious reason. Buddy Holly.... maple board, two tone burst, early Stratocaster.... nobody else comes to mind as fast. Arguably the most important man in guitar-based rock and roll, next only to Leo Fender. It Was Buddy who popularised not only the solid body electric guitar in mainstream rock and roll, but also the bass guitar with the Crickets, and the "two guitars, bas and drums" set-up that is still the basis of so, so many bands today. On 18/12/2024 at 17:32, Rosie C said: For me it has to be Ritchie Blackmore and his stratocasters. As far as I can tell he has at least two - one which is a pale natural wood finish, and another which is painted an ivory colour. He very much comes to mind when I see a 70s Strat with the black pickup covers and knobs on white plate, especially with a white body and rosewood board. I vaguely remember him playing a signature model some time back that dispensed with the middle pickup... did he have the middle pickup unwired in his original? I've heard of a surprising number of players having quite unconventional wiring for stage guitars that is often much more limited than you'd expect from the standard look to them. I guess that's partly for aesthetics, and maybe not to give away a secret? On 27/12/2024 at 17:05, Rosie C said: I do as well, but when I was looking for photos I kept finding ones of the pale wood and wondered how much that was used and I just assumed it was ivory paint under the stage lights? Possible... the one in the top photo above looks white to me. I think natural was an official finish from 69, though, that was at the peak of its popularity in the 70s and into the 80s, so he may well have had one. Possibly it got more studio use? I've heard it said that when Jimi had a bit more money later on, he preferred black or white solid finish Strats for stage, and kept the burst ones for the studio, as he figured the solid colours looked better in B&W photos. Who knows, though... there's a lot of glorious myths that take on a life of their own (TV Yellow, Jimi's parakeets, and all the rest).
