A Lean, Mean, Rock and Roll Machine (THE GUITAR) from the 1960s.....

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@svbarr 11 ай бұрын

The one that got away - Epiphone from the same era with a REAL PAF, perfect route - amazing player. I paid 400 bucks for it and sold it for 800 -- sounded as good as my real les paul juniors...wish I had it now...

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Damn! Yeah, I can imagine that that was a sweet guitar.

@ImByAbdul 11 ай бұрын

Dunsy, it's always top notch music and performance that you do give

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out, buddy. Much appreciated.

@andybarrons323 11 ай бұрын

That’s a cool guitar, Dunsy. As I get older I get more drawn to these sort of slim bodied Gibsons. I’m off to the new Gibson Garage in London this month. I’m hoping I’ll get a chance to have a go on one. Hope they can bear my version of ‘Hair of the Dog’! An easy one so I don’t make too much of a berk of myself! 😂

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

I'm with ya there! I rarely venture out of my A minor comfort zone in a guitar shop - ALWAYS played quietly! Have a good one. I plan on going down there at some point this year.

@fromalongtimeago 11 ай бұрын

Nice shirt. Haven't seen one since the hey days in the 80's in Hollywierd

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Great band!

@sdelling1 11 ай бұрын

I've got a "64 that I've had over 50 years! Love the music! Cheers!

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Lovely old instruments - very easy on the back at this point in life too!

@ima640 11 ай бұрын

Another cool rock guitar, the cherry stain finish looks the buisness. nice playing Dunsy. Thanks for another great vid.

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thank ya buddy, appreciate you checking it out.

@garypannone7755 11 ай бұрын

Sounds good and your playing does also.

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy, appreciate you checking it out.

@Tony-P-64 11 ай бұрын

That guitar has a great natural rock and roll sound. Loved it Mods tastefully and respectfully carried out 😊

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, you can pick these modified MM's up for less than the Epi Greeny Les Paul - crazy when you think about it. The original single coil pickups have a unique sound, but if a previous owner has done the work and put a humbucker in, these guitars really sing.

@davelewis4215 11 ай бұрын

Dunsy, I’ve always loved the look and sound of that guitar and your other Melody Makers 👍

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Cheers DL - yeah, lovely old guitars. Great players and super light and resonant.

@GraemeCampbellMusic 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic playing Dunsy. I had one of the reissues they did of the late 50s models back in 2008. Brought it back from Florida. Great wee guitar, and as you said, very light.

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Graeme - yeah, so light and resonant. Easy carry, easy to play!

@jaimeharding75 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely killer playing Dunsy! 🙌⚡⚡⚡I love Melody Makers ❤️🎶

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Jaime - so light that I can even stand up with it. A real bonus at this age, I can tell ya!

@jaimeharding75 11 ай бұрын

@@DunsysGuitarWorld I've seen you playing on stage with guitars that must have been much heavier though. It really does make a difference when they are lighter, it's more fun! You play exactly like both Vicki Lee and I want to play like (Your whole style and attack) eventually. 🙌🎶

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

@@jaimeharding75 You're too kind, Sir! Yeah, I've played a lot of gigs with 1970's Les Pauls, I still feel the pain. Re playing: I remember for the first few years after I started, I would try to get way better at lead playing. Like really spend a whole lot of my time trying to learn things perfectly. Then I realised that neither the band I was in, nor our songs actually needed some wizard on lead guitar. We needed to get better at being a band together and writing better songs together, those were the important things. That's been my philosophy for near 40 years now. A bit of melodic lead guitar, goes a long way, on a good tune. If people can whistle your guitar solo, you've nailed it. Thereafter, some Johnny Thunders and Chuck Berry shapes can take up the slack. While looking cool at the same time, obv. That's a given!

@nickbateman2158 11 ай бұрын

Great guitar, Dunsy and the cherry finish looks excellent👍

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Nick - yeah, I think it looks not to bad now with that stain. When it arrived it was a brown furniture type of varnish. "Broon" as we say here!

@standingbadger 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic demo! Keep as is. Great sounding guitar 👍🏼

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thank ya - yeah, just going to leave this one as is.

@bassfingers 11 ай бұрын

Love everything about that guitar. Ballsy af. 👍

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

It's a rocker, that's for sure!

@timehasbeenkind 11 ай бұрын

Great show and tell my friend!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thank ya Mark, appreciate you checking it out 👌

@livingabovethe12th 11 ай бұрын

That musical interlude just after 7:00 sounds JUST like the Hellacopters! Right down to the tone. Those tuners look like Grovers. Same shape anyway.

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, if I didn’t know better I would 100% have said the Hellacopters too! I’m sure they stole it as well. It’s a Sonic’s Rendezvous Band song called “Dangerous”. First track is based on a song by the Senders. Last one is based on a Destroy All Monsters/Dark Carnival tune. Decided to pay a tribute to the home state of the guitar with 2 of the 3 songs. And the fine state of NY with the Senders one.

@eddiejr540 11 ай бұрын

The melody maker is an acquired taste and that one is gorgeous…theres just something about a one pickup guitar…love it👍

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Such resonant guitar and super lightweight too.

@Exercise-01 11 ай бұрын

It's a punk-rock machine 🤘 You have to take a look at the Joan jett Epiphone Olympic special.

@handybunny 11 ай бұрын

Sweet! Love it.

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thank ya!

@stewartmitchell8007 11 ай бұрын

She's a beaut dunsy and your playing too notch. My entire youthfull attempt at rocking the world had me playing a guitar based on this (The Gordon Smith gs1). Really is the best utilitarian rock guitar design ever. Can't go wrong.

@stewartmitchell8007 11 ай бұрын

Looks like someone converted it to string through for a while.

@stewartmitchell8007 11 ай бұрын

One more thing Dunsy. Those machine heads are jinho. There's some smoke and mirrors with this brand but they actually make grover and Wilkinson tuners for them.

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

I had a GS1 for a few years back in around 2000. Super guitar. Felt very much like this one, actually. I had a couple of their Exporers back in the Hair Daze too. Really nice. Probably cost a fortune now!

@lindamcguigan5989 11 ай бұрын

The tuners look like Grovers or Japanese copy's the humbucker looks like an old mighty mite type. it sounds stunning ...... I'm a rocker

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, definitely some kind of Grover copies - they work great and no tuning issues at all. Fantastic old instrument, meant for Rocking for sure!

@stewartmitchell8007 11 ай бұрын

Yeah they are grovers bud. I've had a lot of them through on guitar set ups. Junho make the off shore grovers. Perfectly fine tuners, made to grover Japan specs in China. Actually Harley benton have recently swapped from having the grover labelled ones on their higher end models to junho labelled ones. Shouldn't ever cause any issues.

@deanbootlegguitarist9000 11 ай бұрын

such a nice sounding guitar. great amp tone. most importantly WIZARDLY PLAYING

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy, appreciate you checking it out.

@stevecassidyguitar 11 ай бұрын

Awesome work Dunsy! 😀 Love the tracks love the Guitar! Perfectly matched 😎👌 Solo at 11:44 was killer! 👹🤘 Your tracks always sound bangin! Have you ever did a vid on how you put together your tunes? What are you using for drums? I need to know! 😀

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Sir - yeah, I think that's something I should deffo do. I genuinely pretty much just dick around with a couple of riffs, to a single drum beat at a tempo I think works. Record the guitar and drum beat as a guide, then go back and build the whole track around that. Sometimes only takes a couple of hours, sometimes takes a coupla days! I use Abelton Live Suite as a DAW and for drums I use EZDrummer. I bought a lot of their drum midi packs too, so it's just a case of dragging the best fitting drum part onto the actual track. Then going through it and changing parts for intro/verse/chorus etc. I have a whole bunch of Waves VST plugins too, as they really help when mixing. In terms of amp for guitar and bass, I use the same half a dozen patches on my Kemper. It has about 400, but like most guitarists I can't be @rsed to use any more than the few that I always use!

@aminahmed2220 11 ай бұрын

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Dunsy also what is your favorite year from the 2010s ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy, you too. Um, my favourite year from the 2010's would be.....2016, as I turned 30 that year.

@rofflestomp684 11 ай бұрын

I have a double cut LP knock off from West Creek with a P90 that is so, so good it defies reason. Now a humbucker version looks good too. Cool, Thanks! I give no shits as to old guitars and the like. I just want playable and I go from there. I Own a soldering gun and a Dremel tool though. Most people don't. :)

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

100%! People should play guitars that they love and that sound great. No need for vintage stuff. Strangely enough all 4 of my vintage MM's cost less individually than a new Epi Greeny Les Paul. Crazy when you think about it.

@rofflestomp684 11 ай бұрын

@@DunsysGuitarWorldThat indeed is as crazy as it sounds. Wiring a Peter Green kinda thing costs very little. Marketing is so trendy. Not many people even know who Green was. Neither did he from what I know of him working at a graveyard job after leaving the stage, but I simply love that he did that. Thanks for some nice insights!

@frankcarter6427 11 ай бұрын

my Gordon Smith GS1 is basically the same, light as a feather and not much use for jazz!

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Only jazz played in this house is when I hit a note that really wasn’t part of my plan, lol 😂

@lindamcguigan5989 11 ай бұрын

I have Gs1 single cut pure raw power

@frankcarter6427 11 ай бұрын

@@lindamcguigan5989 mine's a 1993 DC, don't play it v often cos i don't get on with the neck, but it's prob my best sounding guitar for, as you say, raw power

@bassfingers 11 ай бұрын

@@DunsysGuitarWorldThere are no mistakes in Jazz, only “possibilities” 😉

@650thunderbird 11 ай бұрын

.👍🏻👍🏻

@carls8286 11 ай бұрын

Cant go wrong with a Melody Maker!

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@alanwilson1724 11 ай бұрын

Old Melody Makers are fantastic guitars. Prices seem to be creeping up for ones in good original condition, but "players grade" examples are ridiculously cheap for what you get. I got my refinished and refretted '65 a couple of years ago for less than what they're charging for some new Epiphones!

@DunsysGuitarWorld 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, 100% Of the 4 that I own, every one cost less than some of the new Epiphone Les Pauls. 2 have been modded and 1 has had a neck break. The great thing with a modded one is that someone has already done the work to make it more rock hardy. Plus it's 1/2 the price of an all original one that I wouldn't want to change.