Guitarist magazine's 10 questions - your answers?

[AndyR]

OK, the next one who answers question 6 with 'Les Paul' has to buy a round of beer.

:lol:
Harsh

I'm interested that only a few people other than me regard their personal answer to Q6 as a specific guitar. It just seemed obvious if I was being offered any vintage guitar, possible or not, then I know of exactly the one I'd ask for (I can't be @rsed to scroll back, I've got a feeling you were one too - Malcolm's thingie?)

So if someone said "Pearly Gates", are you gonna let em off?! :lol:

EDIT: Apologies, it was Twinfan!

[Twinfan]

Yep, twas me!

[Ratrod]

Actually I wouldn't want a specific famous player's guitar. I wouldn't want Brian Setzer's '59 6120. I'd have to change the bridge, strings and setup. Although the 9.5" radius doesn't bother me that much, I'd still prefer the stock 12" radius. So I'd be more satisfied with a more regular 6120 from that era.

The same would go for Mal's guitar. I'd rather have one that is more stock; red, two pickups and the Burns vibrato.

For me it's mostly the tone that matters. it's not those specific player's guitars that make the tone unique, it's the player's themselves.

I would forgive someone who'd answer question 6 with Pearly Gates. But lets say someone gets the chance. Would you think he'd sound exactly like Billy Gibbons?

[Philly Q]

Actually I wouldn't want a specific famous player's guitar......

...................it's not those specific players' guitars that make the tone unique, it's the players themselves.

+1

[Twinfan]

I wouldn't want the guitar so I could sound like Malc, and the question doesn't imply it's a tonal question.  As I said in my response:

"I'd want to own Malcolm Young's Jet Firebird.  Just for the historical significance of it!"

That particular guitar is a legend, as is Pearly Gates and the Red Special.  I'd want to own it as a piece of rock n roll history  :D

[Philly Q]

Yeah, that's fair enough, if I did own a famous player's guitar it would be as a collector's piece.

On the other hand, I'd feel guilty about owning it - maybe unworthy is a better word - so that would never happen!

[AndyR]

Yep, my "Rory Gallagher's strat" answer - I'd give it a strum obviously, but I suspect I wouldn't like it as is...

And I would definitely be thinking of it as a sort of "collector's piece" rather than a regular player - not in a "collector" sort of way but more of an "I own that icon, sigh... :D :D" - I've got lots of memories/emotions tied up in that particular guitar.

I wouldn't turn down Pearly, or the Red Special, or probably any other, if you offered it to me, but the RG strat is my "I'd like that one please :D".

I'd feel no shame about owning it for no other reason than "I own it". And I wouldn't feel precious or feel any responsibility towards posterity - it would be "mine" and everyone else, present and future, can go whistle... if it got damaged, it got damaged, so what... (sorry to anyone going "AGGH!" :lol:) It would probably be on display if I had room, but not behind glass or anything, and someone who knew what it was would be more than welcome to have strum...

(I almost started believing I was gonna get it for a moment then while I was typing! :roll:... :lol:)

[TheIronBeast]

If you did have Rorys Strat, Andy. I'd definitely be round at your house to give it a strum. You would probably have to force me to leave though  :lol:

[jibidy]

1 ) What was your first guitar, and when did you get it?
Squire fat strat. simplez
2 ) What's your first guitar playing memory?
Playing powerchord stuff like soufly, linkin park and korn with my mate on his MIJ RG
3 ) The building's burning, which guitar do you save?
Probably my Epiphone SG because it has BK's in it.
4 ) When and what was the last thing you practiced?
Too long ago, I dont really "practise" I just played some funky ideas.
5 ) What's the worst thing that's happened to you onstage?
Nocked my mates maverick over and it got $%&#ed up.
6 ) If you could have any vintage guitar to own, and not sell on, what would it be?
Probably some sort of old spanish mans guitar that he died with his arm over. Does that sort off thing happen?
7 ) What's the most expensive guitar you've ever bought?
Fret King Eclat Standard Blueburst £550 roughly half the full price.
8 ) What's the oldest guitar in your collection?
Shergold.
9 ) Is there a particular record in your collection that you wouldn't want people to know about?
Not really I love music. But probably a soundtrack like final fantasy or ridge racer because its nerdy.
10 ) Is there a song that changed your life, and in what way?
Probably some Nu-Metal song because it got playing guitar. Korn Blind

Stole format from fernando  :lol:

[Ratrod]

I wouldn't want to own it just to own it, nor for the significance. They belong to the players.

[AndyR]

In "reality" I think I agree with you Ratrod :D - but I kinda regard Q6 as a hypothetical "if someone gave you any guitar", so it freed me from that side of it :roll: 

I think Twinfan would probably feel the same - no wurries if you don't Dave, feel free to deprive Malcolm Young of his geetar :lol:

[PhilKing]

1 ) What was your first guitar, and when did you get it?
Other than a plastic Beatles acoustic when I was 10 and had no clue, it would be a Vox Clubman when I was 15
2 ) What's your first guitar playing memory?
We were practising at the singer's Dad's pub and there was a wedding and they asked us to play!  We did I'm So Glad, House of the Rising Sun and a few others that I can't remember now
3 ) The building's burning, which guitar do you save?
My 61 Strat & 53 Les Paul conversion (they're in the same place - if I can get one I can get the other!!
4 ) When and what was the last thing you practiced?
It would be my last bass playing gig, but normally I just play along with stuff.  So that would be Chris Duarte Blue Velocity
5 ) What's the worst thing that's happened to you onstage?
Many years ago we were playing a US Air Force bass in Germany and the power shorted when the bass player touched the mike stand - he was lucky and was thrown back into his Marshall stack which then fell over.  His A string was welded to one of the frets, the plug was driven through the bulgin on the Marshall and the club lights went out!  The other thing that saved him was the trip fuses on the mains board.  When the power came back on the Marshall was still working!  It was always going to be a tough gig, we were sent to replace a soul band in the black GI club (we were a rock band), and we had to play the gig without a bass player.  I've never been happier to get out of a place in my life!
6 ) If you could have any vintage guitar to own, and not sell on, what would it be?
I'm lucky in that I have a lot of these, but if I could get an original Metal Front Zemaitis I'd keep that (of course if I could get a 59 Les Paul I'd love one of those too!)
7 ) What's the most expensive guitar you've ever bought?
Other than my custom made semi-acoustic 5 string bass, it would be my 53 conversion LP - $2,500 with original case.
8 ) What's the oldest guitar in your collection?
1917 Washburn parlour acoustic.  It is a great sounding guitar.  The 53 conversion LP is my oldest electric
9 ) Is there a particular record in your collection that you wouldn't want people to know about?
No - I have really eclectic taste - I just bought a Pussycat Dolls album because I like "I hate this part".  I have tons of 12" singles from the 80's and still love all of them.
10 ) Is there a song that changed your life, and in what way?
Lots, growing up in the 60's there was so much happening in music, the things I remember are all the Mowtown Classics, Otis Redding showing how you could give the Beatles soul, the Small Faces (some really great songs), Fleetwood Mac, the Stones, Back Sabbath, the Floyd, Wishbone Ash, Led Zeppelin.  However if I really had to cut it down, I would have to say The Hunter by Free and Green Manalishi by Fleetwood Mac (though Oh Well was also amazing when it came out).  I still have tons of Paul Kossoff influence in my playing.

[andymac]

1 ) What was your first guitar, and when did you get it?
A Zenta Tele type thing,  My dad paid £30 for it around 1973 I was 11

2 ) What's your first guitar playing memory?
My dad had a Cello style acoustic, trying to play it.

3 ) The building's burning, which guitar do you save?
My Honeyburst Les Paul

4 ) When and what was the last thing you practiced?
Earlier today, Hard to Handle

5 ) What's the worst thing that's happened to you onstage?
Back in the 80's got a bit close to a flash bomb.  Very hot in plastic trousers.

6 ) If you could have any vintage guitar to own, and not sell on, what would it be?
59 Burst

7 ) What's the most expensive guitar you've ever bought?
The Lion being built by Feline at the moment

8 ) What's the oldest guitar in your collection?
Shergold Masquerader.  Around 1976-77

9 ) Is there a particular record in your collection that you wouldn't want people to know about?
Power Rangers Soundtrack.  Excellent!!

10 ) Is there a song that changed your life, and in what way?
An album.  I heard Hello (Quo) and wanted to play guitar.

[Simon D]

1 ) What was your first guitar, and when did you get it?
    Yamaha Pacifica 112, bought new in December 1994

2 ) What's your first guitar playing memory?
    Learning the first bar of Apache (my dad is a Hank Marvin fan :roll: )

3 ) The building's burning, which guitar do you save?
      Tough one for me. Either my Yamaha Pacifica 812 (my 18th birthday present from mum and dad), my Yamaha APX acoustic (part bought for me by my nan), or my Warmoth Soloist, which is a one-off and imposible to replace like-for-like.

4 ) When and what was the last thing you practiced?
      On the weekend, practiced Jessica by the Allman Brothers

5 ) What's the worst thing that's happened to you onstage?
    Forgot the words to the Jeff Healey song I was playing and singing during a solo acoustic performance. Nowhere to go there.

6 ) If you could have any vintage guitar to own, and not sell on, what would it be?
     A 1956 sunburst Fender Strat (it would have to be the one I played though - beat up, and with so much character)

7 ) What's the most expensive guitar you've ever bought?
     My PRS Mark Tremonti Signature

8 ) What's the oldest guitar in your collection?
     1998 Yamaha Pacifica 812w

9 ) Is there a particular record in your collection that you wouldn't want people to know about?
     I've a nasty feeling there's a Shania Twain album lurking in there somewhere  :oops:

10 ) Is there a song that changed your life, and in what way?
Two: Dry County by Bon Jovi - the solo showed me how great a guitar could sound.
Motorcycle Driver by Joe Satriani - took my idea of what a guitar can do (in the right hands) to the next level, and convinced me to actually learn to play.

[gwEm]

Everyone saying they'll save two guitars ;) I'll grab my white Steinberger as well then!