Billy Corgan's Gish Guitar History | Guitars of the Gods

[@SecretsofRock]

What guitar history would you like to see next?

[@elang7961]

Steve Vai ibanez Jem

[@ian6202]

Randy Rhoads!

[@spudvader]

How about you do Peter Green's Greeny or Paul Kossoff's natural Les Paul? Steve Vai's 7-string? Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols white les paul custom? Clapton's Beano les paul?

[@spudvader]

@@ian6202 I agree, Randy Rhoads polka dot V would be cool. I have also heard that Randy used a Burny Les Paul Custom, maybe another story

[@Mason.Hacker]

Jonny Greenwoods Telecaster

[@mrkcrtr508]

"She drank the water in flint Michigan and now she's stupid". Sounds bout right

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

Well some people are altruistic, but yunno look it up in the dictionary.

[@ZombieFoodReviews]

This poor guitar. Must have been so traumatic for the poor fella. It's okay though, buddy. You're safe now.

[@garciansmith1460]

Phenomenal guitar. Siamese Dream is legendary, as it should be, but Gish is perhaps the best guitar album I’ve ever heard

[@MUFFINHEAD1985]

Massive Pumpkins fan. I've seen them twice. My fav music of all time. Gish has crept up on me and the beautiful album it is.

[@danhicks1319]

Yes. If you get a chance, listen to the vinyl remaster. It sounds amazing.

[@rhysmacias3016]

you should do a video on john fruciante 1962 strat

[@spudvader]

It's nothing special...as far as 62 strat's go. Anthony Kiedis bought it for John because his guitars got burnt in his house fire or he sold them for cocaine. It's a pretty standard vintage strat, I read in a magazine that John said he thought the guitar was all original but found out it had Seymour Duncan SSL-1 pickups installed. John has since changed his story, so who knows but if you listen to Duncan SSL-1 pickup demos on KZbin, it's instant John tone. I think John has the SSL-1 pickups in another strat that he uses as well, I can't remember if it's the fiesta red strat or the sunburst with maple fingerboard

[@harry_mair]

Yeah frusciante himself has a great story but that's just a 60s strat he bought

[@breadbowl4766]

now you gotta do all three of billys 57 reissues

[@SecretsofRock]

In the works

[@standinsilence]

@@SecretsofRock Do the Batstrat.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

@@standinsilence i wish.

[@craiggallagher7292]

I think the lady was amazing. I believe Billy reimbursed her for the $200 she paid for the orgy guitar and signed her left breast. That lady has class, so of course she did not take the money. If I ever lose a priceless instrument, I hope it ends up in her basement!

[@Dog-jk7nc]

Can you do a whole vid on billy Corgan's guitars?

[@SecretsofRock]

Working on it.

[@malicant123]

Losing your favourite instrument would be a very traumatic experience for any musician. I have a Fender Jazz bass that my dad bought 20+ years ago. I've owned many basses, but this one will always be my favourite. If I were to lose it, it would be like losing a cherished pet. I'm glad that Billy's guitar finally came home.

[@OnyxSkiesXIX]

I could watch countless videos on Billy’s guitars but if I had to pick just one it’s gotta be the I Love You Mom Strat that got painted blue. I need that video 💙

[@bakstabbath]

Some videos provided learning, others provide laughter. These provide both! 👍

[@SecretsofRock]

Glad you like them!

[@vinnyolmsted8018]

I cracked up so hard at 0:35.

[@xday32x]

Dude great stuff! Billy's tone is what got me into music and made me pick up the guitar. So massive but dynamic. I'd love it if you could do one for the Bat Strat too! Would love to hear the story about the Lace Sensors :)

[@Radiofred]

@5:55 "Suspicious" 🤣

[@FriendGaugeShotgun]

Jimmy Joined the band later, saw them at a gig using a drum machine!!

[@garycoates4987]

Allan"blind owl" Wilson from the band Canned Heat his Les Paul gold top

[@rageflash9]

wohoo..another famous strat..thanks as always brother :)

[@SecretsofRock]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Nativityin6lack]

7:36 does anyone know beth james' contact info and how one could be invited to any of those events?

[@spudvader]

It's a nitro finish because polyurethane and polyester finishes don't weather check. The lines that you see in the paint is when the guitar is heated up and cooled down rapidly or visa-versa. Also, there is wear marks from use, good luck trying to wear down a poly finish.

[@craigusselman546]

Probably one of the last Nitro Finishes Fender would have done for awhile did nt they go full poly in the late 1970s.

[@oaktowndimond668]

He went through so much hassle to get it back, but never seems to bring it on tour.

[@benmiddleton9984]

Fender should come out with a Billy Corgan reissue

[@SecretsofRock]

That'd be cool

[@benmiddleton9984]

@@SecretsofRock I mean, I guess you could buy a 1970 Strat and put the DiMarzio pickups in there.

[@louofm1]

I live about 3 miles away from flushing Michigan. It's crazy to think that guitar was so close to me, for so many years. Cool story

[@benmcnamara5572]

Could you do Joe Strummer's Telecaster next please?

[@SecretsofRock]

Great idea

[@oaktowndimond668]

I wish he'd take the guitar on tour again, but given how it was stolen, I doubt that'll happen.

[@MrRwk314]

Billy isn't a Trem guy. He's had that bridge locked down with 5 springs.

[@watersnortmoment3734]

There’s footage of him shredding on a guitar with a bigsby, divebombing and all, it’s great

[@TheLexiconDevils]

@4:00 the white under the arm wear is kinda obvious this was white to start with.

[@m1kr0kosmos]

i have a swamp ash 76' and it has a bridge with no whammy, and where ths prings woild be all the wood is still there.

[@lastbestplace8112]

Love the Robbie Lawyer meme. New sub here.

[@SecretsofRock]

Glad you caught that, wasn't sure everyone would get it.

[@bradhilton2283]

I love how the guitar was returned through the mystical love of orgies .

[@outtasightouttamind6263]

You should do a vid on the Rory Gallagher strat

[@SecretsofRock]

Great idea

[@vorpalblades]

Just sold for $1.5 million.

[@aravindvinayakan]

Good on her for doing the right thing simply for the sake of doing the right thing

[@floydlay9189]

paul weller's guitar history would be great,,by the way great content!

[@SecretsofRock]

Thank you and great suggestion!

[@clifisboring]

You should do a video on Tom DeLonges es 335 and 333s

[@SecretsofRock]

Great idea.

[@layne05]

I loved the joke of having the newer members morph into the old members

[@SecretsofRock]

Thanks! Not everyone got the joke.

[@zXobusterXz]

7:34 potslucks and WHAT??

[@jralanmorgan]

Thanks Keith!

[@kevinkibble8342]

Just think, some amazing human being returned it to its owner for free, despite how much it was worth.

[@MDC249]

Do a video about Slash's dering LP copy

[@SecretsofRock]

Great idea!

[@kingorbit]

Drummer sold that guitar cheap to billy. Could it be that the guitar was stolen before Billy ever played it?

[@mosj9876]

This is the funniest doc on a piece of music history I have ever seen LOL. Next, How Billy procured the "Siamese Sound" from the band Catherine who then Courtney Love stole from Billy to give to Kurt Cobain but wound up still being The Pumkins sound instead of the other bands. lol

[@anarchywon4170]

Greeting from Atlanta, Ga. Really enjoyed this video. Very informative and the animations add a whimsical feel that I personally found charming. Great job.

[@SecretsofRock]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@rorysteele4943]

I know that a bunch of people have done a video on Stevie Ray Vaughan's number one.but i would like if you did a in-depth video about it. Not like everyone else. Though ☺

[@SunnyKlein-vr7eh]

Dude U always make me fuckn laugh my ass off! Well done lol😂

[@SecretsofRock]

Thanks! Glad you like these silly videos.

[@liamflairty8944]

I mean it’s obviously originally white with nitro look at the checking and the white underneath it in heavy wear areas like the arm rest

[@jakehardyyy]

you should do a video on mac demarcos cardboard queen

[@SecretsofRock]

I haven't heard that one before, it's been added to the list.

[@CC-wf2qb]

Bravo @2:39

[@SecretsofRock]

;)

[@Mason.Hacker]

Thank You

[@MrRenardbleu]

I hate strats, but everytime I see billy holding one I kind of like it a little more

[@aprilkurtz1589]

How did he do it? 27 overdubs on the guitar, that's how he did it. I wonder if the guy who discovered Billy's guitar was gone was my friend Bobby, who was their guitar tech. Sometimes you do something because it's the right thing to do, not because you can make money from it. Duh.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

whatever this means.

[@thegingerpowerranger]

@@kristopherryanwatson say no to drugs kids

[@muzzartery562]

Great video!

[@SecretsofRock]

Thank you, much appreciated!

[@drexlspivey5828]

Yngwie's 'Duck' Strat Edit: As in make a video on that

[@TolyTheTolerBear]

GREAT VIDEO!!! I almost lost a kidney laughing (but learning 🤓)throughout it. Billy is an ingenious, versatile, shoot from the hip guitarist and a brilliant songwriter; LOVE all his work with the original lineup-saw them 2 or 3 times, including front row at the Double Door when they were trying out the still-freshly written songs for Mellon Collie (they still had the sheet music on music stands that night)! I almost got crushed against the stage during the encore when they played Hello Kitty Kat and Siva! Love his tea shop in Highland Park, too! 🤘🤘🤘

[@Mason.Hacker]

My favorite part was that this was my request (U.S)

[@muletsag300]

Loved the Who references, lol, they were so well scripted (California).

[@tylerparker3024]

The csi referance was hilarious

[@SecretsofRock]

Thank you!

[@reecesaracino8188]

you know, there was a good chance that thing was never found because shit like that sits forever until it either gets thrown away or sold.

[@tito.tarantula]

The voiceover guy sounds just like the guy from Five Watt World.

[@SecretsofRock]

Thanks, I get that a lot 😉

[@FriendGaugeShotgun]

70s white finishes were a bad batch of paint, almost every white strat from this period has been re finished or mostly flaked off, thats why you never see a used white 70s strat unless its a refin !!

[@watersnortmoment3734]

Also the nitro lacquer yellows like hell over time

[@samwilson2046]

Great video.

[@SecretsofRock]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@Atomsk484]

Why does this feel like a five watt world video?

[@mytorment]

I saved up and got a daphne blue strat because of this guitar, its feckin yellow 😢

[@thehistorybuff8265]

KURT COBAINS 1950s MARTIN d18E AND HIS BLUE MUSTANG WITH THE MATCHING HEADSTOCK

[@jonathanlong9176]

This guy reminds me of 5 watt world. Could this be him?

[@Ottophil]

No. That would be too non minimalist for him. He only does histories of guitar models, not specific instruments

[@jonathanlong9176]

@@Ottophil I swear his voice sounds like him though

[@SecretsofRock]

I'm not him, but I'll take the compliment.

[@jonathanlong9176]

@@SecretsofRock I like both of you guys! I love your channel so much I like your humor about the Billie Joe Armstrong guitar

[@FuriousWeasel-09]

Let's lower the middle pickup down to the pickguard and then add a 5 way switch, okay Billy.

[@Brokemf08]

The old paint chiping off kinda looks like some rotten mold.

[@mytorment]

The 'Slunk' guitar appeared blue...... I bought a Daphne blue 50's reissue Billy...... I feel cheated

[@alexandra4334]

Dude why did you morph Jeff Schroeder’s photo into James Iha? They are 2 different people omg. Then you put up other old band members pictures up and called them Darcy and Jimmy? Who is producing your videos?

[@SecretsofRock]

It's a joke, some get it, some don't.

[@ebathurst9216]

Jimmy page’s #1 lp

[@lemurdream]

I'm sorry. Did you just say "potlucks and orgies"?

[@SecretsofRock]

That's what I was told.

[@spudvader]

What about Kurt Cobain's telecaster? not a lot know about that

[@zac3713]

Do a video on Kurt Cobain's Martin D-18E

[@SilverWatcher.]

I like fender strats i love smashing pumpkins, however I've never thought as Billy as srv, rory gallagher, floyd, Jeff beck, Clapton, Hendrix, I wouldn't pay a dollar more because he touched it, just saying.

[@zachagassi]

Fooled again😁😁🙁🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

I an HUGE HUGE HUGE billy corgan fan. So I am shocked I never realized he use's maple necks 😮. Now I was a strat fan, got my trusty sunburst due to frusciante, but went for Billy's tone. So as well I love Jeff buckley so I got a telecaster and had played my very first (after playing guitar for 17rs at the time) a maple neck, I was use to rosewood. Also i wasnt a gear head so didnt really care to pick guitars on specs. But once I played a Maple's, rosewood (to me) doesn't do the trick for me. But I never put corgan and maple necks together.😔😔 god I am so oblivious

[@janiterinadrum1627]

I hope they disinfected that Guitar

[@kristopherryanwatson]

most of it was actually restored, so i imagine that it would have been

[@uticacrib1664]

The orgy guitar. Formerly known as the Gish guitar.

[@edgewhypaddra5969]

That's James iha? Eeee Hahaha

[@fignon]

They played 2 nights in St Andrews Hall, 12+13 June 92

[@samabbitt5587]

11:06

[@panam4redd]

moral of the story: you really CAN'T have shit in detroit!

[@NikoFrederiko.]

Quiet is SP best tune.

[@SecretsofRock]

I love that song

[@KentBuchla]

No

[@NikoFrederiko.]

@@KentBuchla I just unplugged all that mess in your spaceship of a closet "studio".

[@wesgk1604]

Trust me, she took the money or probably more.

[@paulwisham5943]

Noice ! (Bad British accent …)

[@augustjohnnycrashed]

And no flat poles started in 75

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Corgan is a monster on 🎸

[@Jllyrol311]

Way to stick it to the lady who returned the guitar without accepting the reward!! She's had it too good for too long!!

[@kristopherryanwatson]

i don't know why people have such a hard on for calling this The Gish Guitar. He used 2 strats for the recording of Gish. the only reason this is so well known is because of the story of it being stolen. it's a boring story if you consider the fact most know he has had that one guitar back for 4 years or more now.

[@augustjohnnycrashed]

Most 3 bolts are shit, Billys is a unicorn.

[@werdna3891]

Wrong Asian guitar player, that isn't James. Ha!

[@CarlosOrtiz-wi4kf]

Guita is rock star is music king love passion live free love is music.

[@andrewbrant3065]

The videos are fun but the jokes often veer toward mean, and it’s a big turn off

[@KentBuchla]

Nope. People need to be roasted.

[@madsplattalot8712]

It's just a old strat lol sounds like any other old strat