Iconic Guitars 1. Page, Van Halen, Thunders, SRV, Springsteen, Beck.

[@G.Photogirl]

I'd love to see a video showing iconic acoustic guitars

[@RockessentialTim]

Its on the list!

[@RockessentialTim]

There are SO many iconic Guitarists and guitars out there that I was only able to scratch the surface--- so keep in mind that this is only Part 1! I really love talking about guitars and had the most awesome time making this vid so I hope you enjoy it.

[@parlance.electricco]

Aw yeaaah, I just made a coffee and was looking for something to watch and then this is on my subs list... mama from Heaven. (Obligatory Spec Blurb): '59 Journeyman Tele NAMM Ltd into M/Boogie V1 Bottle Rocket (12AU7 in V1 position for cleaner headroom) (Second V1 inline for CREAM) into Tube Compressor, into 2000 '59 Ltd Reissue Bassman. #1 of six, limited under duress of she-who-must-be-obeyed-or-undergo-master-level-psyche-interview...❤🙏🏽 God bless you, Tim.

[@johnedward5520]

Trey Anastasio uses an awesome guitar and there is quite an interesting story behind them (4 in 40 years), it might interest you. Awesome vid!

[@ShaunM001]

Thanks, I really enjoy all of your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!@@ShaunM001

[@lancel71]

I'm a musician and for me, hands down, the most iconic guitar is the SRV guitar, 'number 1' He's my personal Goat. Rip SRV🙏

[@Cliffswanson]

When I was about 13 I saved money I made mowing lawns so I could buy an LP Jr that I had been drooling over at a guitar shop near where I lived. It became mine for $100 largely because it wasn't exactly getting a lot of eye traffic from anyone else and the shop owner knew I HAD to have it. My younger brother...who doesn't play any instruents at all...sold it because he needed cash and I was away from home for a while. I haven't been without a guitar since. Always a Tele but have had a few others come and go. I love guitars! Keep it comin', Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

They used to have them in the orphan bins for 150 bucks about 25 years ago. How times have changed. A few years back I bought a LP Special and its become my favorite guitar.

[@robertsegarra8642]

Great video. I could watch videos about guitars and guitarists all day long. The classic instruments are like works of art, and in the right hands they become legendary together. Can't wait to see your guitar videos to come.

[@RockessentialTim]

I start watching them and its like a rabbit hole. I end up watching some pretty out there stuff.

[@maureendrozda9960]

WE MISS YOU, STEVIE RAY!! YOU & NUMBER ONE MADE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC & AMAZING HISTORY TOGETHER🎸... SHE REALLY HUNG IN THERE WITH YOU!! YOU ARE MISSED...SOUL💞SOUL, STEVIE😘

[@kevinhensley4643]

Awesome history 👏... Can't wait for part 2

[@robertowolfo2128]

What a great video. Terry Kath from chicago was a phenomenal player and had a great custom guitar.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on Bob!

[@prajnachan333]

I was blessed to go to "The Fire 🔥 Meets the Fury" Tour with Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1989, at the Oakland Coliseum. That was an amazing, once in a lifetime show. They alternated the headliner each show to share the top spot. Jeff opened at this concert. He was phenomenal as always up there with Terry Bozzio bashing away on 1000 drums and cymbals! His 'surround' drum set. Then......Stevie. Ray. Vaughn. and Double Trouble lit up the stage. There he was. We actually got to take him in that night 🌙 in Aug. In Sept. he was gone. But he played his ass off - just like Jeff. Then he played Third Stone From the Sun for his encore. The Fire 🔥 Met the Fury - for sure. Then, in 1995. I saw Jeff with Santana at the Concord Pavillion (!) Fire 🔥 take 2 I think Carlos dedicated his set to both Stevie and Bill Graham. (Stop with the helicopters when it's too foggy to see, for Ch....s sake!) Two incredible guitar filled nights. When the lights came up after Jeff's set, everyone leaving - Oh, there's Ronnie Montrose(!) Years later, I see Jeff in Napa at the little Uptown Theater and there is Ronnie again! Just like 👍 me.

[@RockessentialTim]

Bucket list stuff! Out of everyone you mentioned I have gotten to see Ronnie and then Stevie Ray and it goes without saying that both were incredible.

[@prajnachan333]

John Sebastian had one of the iconic 1959 Les Paul Standard. He bought from a guy who found it in a pawn shop. He bought from him for $125.00! A friend of his kept going on about how great his Les Paul sounded. So one time he went over and after his friend played his guitar for him John plugged in. The sound was astonishing, the tone full and rich. His friend said, "Oh." Iconic guitars - John used that guitar 🎸 on many "Lovin' Spoonful" recordings.

[@dixirose111]

RIP Johnny Thunders was the most amazing guitarist I’ve ever seen!

[@RockessentialTim]

He had a thing that nobody else had before or since.

[@andrew.l.5493]

I watch a lot of videos on KZbin but yours are the one's i click on without question or thought. Always a pleasure to see your work. Great stuff stuff mate.

[@RockessentialTim]

Wow, thank you!

[@TheInterGalacticFederation]

another great video - first thought was: Springsteen - but then also Steve Vai has A FEW iconic guitars. Looking forward to Part 2 thanks Tim! Also: don't get TRiGGERed!

[@Troy99y]

Hey Tim , just watched the latest vid … awesome mate 🙌🏻 can’t wait for part 2 and more . 🙌🏻🙌🏻✌🏻😊

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I better get busy filming it!

[@Troy99y]

@@RockessentialTim awesome Tim . 😊 … will be great , can’t wait to check it out . These vids are a great part of my Saturday morning chill time . 👌🏻👌🏻

[@RockessentialTim]

@@Troy99y I'm glad I'm helping you with your chill. Now if I could figure out a cooking channel that could help you out with your Chile, we'd really have something to talk about Seriously, thanks so much for the cool comment, it never gets old.

[@Troy99y]

@@RockessentialTim 😂😂 good one Tim... no worries about the comments -I’ll keep sending them because the content is cool . I can’t get enough of the classic rock /guitar stories and actually being able to see the places they took place in . So cool 😎🤘🏻once again thank you . 👍🏻

[@freightdawg6762]

Outstanding Tim!!

[@thecoolestdad]

As always Tim I get a smile on my face when I see a new video of yours up. As I have said this to you before, being a musician myself, it delights me to see your videos about all of the rock stuff that you share. Seeing the various locations you go to to share old rock info with us is really cool in itself. Thanks man.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. It was SO fun hanging out with some old friends to make this one and I hope to do more like it.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Awesome, can't wait for part 2! 😎🍻

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. I better get off my rear and start working on it!

[@dugaldhutchings404]

Brilliant Tim - this could potentially be a long series with many parts !

[@RockessentialTim]

That would be just fine with me!

[@seamus6149]

Hi Tim, Rory Gallagher used a 1961 Fender Stratocaster , it was the first one to arrive in Ireland, Jim Conlon a member of the Royal Showband ordered it, he keep it for six months and traded it in to Crowleys music shop in Cork City, a few days later a 15 year old Gallagher saw it in the window and bought it on credit, he played it for the rest of his life, the guitar is owned today by his brother Dónal Gallagher . Another great video Tim.

[@RockessentialTim]

Love this!

[@jackaction7077]

Love or hate this guy he sure makes some bad ass informative videos ✌️😎🥳⛎

[@WendellBurkhart-g9v]

I just ran upon your channel and can't believe I hadn't seen it before. I've subbed straight off and this is something I can watch 24/7 and sure looking forward to your expertise in Talking about These Bands.

[@RockessentialTim]

After that buildup I hope I can deliver:) Thanks and thanks for the sub!

[@wayneanderson2]

Thanks Tim

[@joshualeifer3335]

Love the stories about how these guitars were traded & bartered. Also love how they have multiple lives through refurbishment & rebuilding.

[@jongibson2205]

Well done, Tim. One of my favorite custom-built guitar stories is from the late, great J.J. Cale. There is a KZbin video of him playing and showing the guitar while explaining how he acquired it and customized it for maybe $50. The video probably dates from the late 1970s or early 1980s. Great stuff indeed....

[@nickyanulis1852]

Great video Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@marktaft6467]

thanks so much Tim for highlighting these awesome guitars & the stories behind them , much appreciated Cheers ✌️🇺🇸✌️🇨🇦✌️

[@RockessentialTim]

It was my absolute pleasure to make it. Thanks!

[@ny2phillyholloway592]

This was such an interesting video! Loved the history and detailed back stories. I never realized the ingenuity that went into personalizing a guitar. Always thought they were so aesthetically beautiful. Can't wait for part 2. 🎸💖

[@RockessentialTim]

There is nothing more beautiful than the lines of a Stratocaster.

[@AlanMckenna-v7c]

AUTHORATIVE. INTERESTING. THANK YOU.

[@dvanmartin9842]

Great video

[@markbeavers5747]

Awesome video Tim, you remind me of a friend of a friend who was the manager of the Hollywood Licorice Pizza record store who gave me and my fiends free tickets to see Eddie Van Halen at the Starwood at around 1977. Wow that brings back so many memories!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

I saw them play there at least a couple times. Mind blowing!

[@markbeavers5747]

It was a great time to live in LA and experience the music back then!

[@prajnachan333]

In 1982, I walked into Leo's Music in Oakland, CA. I looked around, and a guitar 🎸 caught my eye. It was Carlos Santana's L-6S he used on the Borbelletta album. It has the blue 💙 butterfly 🦋 wings covering the face. The same as the album cover. He had it for sale for $400.00(!) Remarkably. So I bought it! It's been in my possession ever since. KZbin has videos of Carlos playing it on tour in 1974. It sounds incredible. Listen to Borbelletta. It screams. Especially with Carlos using it through a Boogie amplifier. It's a beautiful "Iconic" guitar 🎸 💜

[@RockessentialTim]

@@prajnachan333 that is incredible. One has to wonder what it might be worth now.

[@prajnachan333]

​@RockessentialTim My thoughts exactly. As much as I love it and want to play it. I'm actually not sure how much more time I have on this planet. Plus, I've always been torn between. It needs to be played, and I'd like people to be able to see it. 🎉 We'll see. Right Carlos? I think he may have sold it so cheap because he wasn't feeling good about Sri Chinmoy at that time. (His face is embossed where the toggle switch on Les Pauls is) I've wondered if he might be interested in it now.

[@RockessentialTim]

It would be really interesting to see what happens if you reach out to him.

[@unclerudy9797]

Great Stuff as Always Tim ! Thanks for keeping the great history of these great guitars alive ! I was always an old Telecaster Guy ! I had a Red Sparkle 1969 Maple Cap that used to belong to Buck Owens as well as a 1959 Top Loader Tele in Blonde finish. I also had a 1970 Rosewood Telecaster for a coupla years like George's Let it Be Telecaster. It weighed a ton but sounded great ! Really miss that one... Ah Well... The ones that got away... Happy New Year ! Keep "Em Coming ! Peace and Best, Rudy

[@RockessentialTim]

You had me at Buck Owens! I remember his and Don Rich's Telly's. Amazing. At one time I was friends with their bassist Doyle Holley who was just the greatest guy ever. Happy New Year to ya, Rudy and peace to us all this year!

[@sparx550]

Tim now your talking my language. My first six string was a a second hand Les Paul copy, made by grant, which I bought in Hessys in my home city of Liverpool. I wish I still had it, it was crap but I lov ed it. Great videos mate. All the best.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks!

[@sadielampduo3762]

Yes Tim , Pt.1 was a total turn on . At this time I'm looking to find a nother neck for a Roads Gtr. and seeing all the personalized built gtrs in this post makes the future for what I see easier to accomplish . Thanks again Tim , Rock On

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks guys. Hope you find that neck!

[@levistubbs8949]

It's amazing how the prices have gone up through the years !

[@RockessentialTim]

I think maybe they've peaked out. These young Turks don't seem to care as much about vintage--prolly rightfully so. Time will tell...

[@BryanDitman]

I love all your videos! Who does your music? It’s great! It’s perfect for each subject you are shooting - it’s got the “motifs” of the songs Thank you, Bryan

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks! I am a retired music composer and I used to do lots of rockin' music pieces for Fox Sports so making the music for the vids keeps me in the game. I'm really glad you like the music, I prolly put as much time into that as into the filming.

[@v2vroth]

great video guitars rule!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on!

[@davidjackson7281]

Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, Duane Allman and John Fogerty (11 minute Heard It Through The Grapevine) are three of my favorite guitarists. Three others are Freddy, Albert, and BB King. Alvin Lee's Red Gibson with the peace symbol is iconic to me.

[@RockessentialTim]

Totally!

[@mikebrison1838]

Another great video! How did you whittle down Teles to just 3? Boss Jeff and Jimmy. You could do a 5 part series on just iconic Teles: (In no particular order) Jim Messina George Harrison Keef Prince Clarence / Marty Cropper Telescopes Geisel Benoit Strummer John 5 Kath Johnny Greenwood Andy Summer Robbie Robertson Gratin Billy Gibbons Tedeschi Robben Ford TK Smith And so many others

[@RockessentialTim]

James Burton, Roy Buchanan, Muddy.

[@mikebrison1838]

@@RockessentialTim oh yeah….and buck owens and all those places ckers

[@mikebrison1838]

That’s pickers

[@RockessentialTim]

Just the country guys would take a whole vid, right? PS: Don Rich.

[@garrygballard8914]

I some how missed this one when u posted it. Sorry D/Bro.

[@PirateRadioPodcasts]

Willie Nelson's "TRIGGER".

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on and I agree and that guitar was one of the reason's I did this vid. (I cover it a bit in my Buffalo Springfield vid) Thanks!

[@jasonthemason1971]

Easily hands down the most iconic guitar is Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstrat. If it ever went to auction, it would definitely sell for the most amount of money a guitar has ever sold for. I doubt Wolfgang would ever do that. At least he’s playing is and recorded on it for his new album coming out in a few days. A close second would be SRV’s guitar.

[@RockessentialTim]

You might be right about Eddie's guitar. I would just add that Jimmy Page's 59 Les Paul might fetch a few bucks.

[@jasonthemason1971]

@@RockessentialTim Brian Mays would be in the top three as well.

[@Twobarpsi]

I agree. Ed's guitar is the most iconic, not just its appearance, but also for revolutionizing a new genre of guitars aka Super Strats🤘

[@PeterByker]

Pure pleasure watching, I could soak up this stuff all day long! the Christopher Cross/SRV connection?! Mind-blowing! I wonder if a certain Laurel Canyon Gibson SG might feature in Part II.....Subscribed!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much for the cool comment. I'm drawing a blank about the Laurel Canyon SG. Who's is it?

[@PeterByker]

@@RockessentialTim Initials: FZ

[@RockessentialTim]

@@PeterByker OMG! I was on his Log Cabin property shooting some vid yesterday! It wasn't for the guitar vid but nevertheless...

[@stevem5685]

Cool video, as a drummer thanks Tim for educating us . Help me out though, how is it that all these iconic artists guitars are just hanging in shops all over LA? Wouldnt those SRV and Page guitars be worth tens of thousand or so?

[@RockessentialTim]

Ha! I bet you could get it from Venura Music for about 2 grand

[@stevem5685]

@@RockessentialTim A bargain, thanks again for the great content. Any chance you could do a video with some of the gear at The Professional Drum Shop over on Vine St? Lots of history in there.

[@rockessentialswithtim710]

@@stevem5685 That's actually a really good idea. Thanks Steve M. !

[@stevem5685]

@@rockessentialswithtim710 Looking forward to it.....thanks Tim

[@jimbo1959]

All remakes!

[@larrypower8659]

Rob’s Tele appears to have the headstock decal of a ‘late ‘67 or a ‘68. I have a ‘68 with that decal and a rosewood board. It’s possible his Tele has a ‘50s body, pickups and hardware but a ‘68 neck. If it’s an ash body, it would be super lightweight.

[@RockessentialTim]

Yeah, like he said, wasn't sure about the neck date but now we know. Cool!

[@Panic42000]

I believe Jimmy Pages number 1 Les Paul is by far the most famous guitar out there. It would sell for millions.

[@RockessentialTim]

I wouldn't say by far but I also wouldn't disagree with you. PS: Willie Nelson and Neil Young might have something to say about that too!

[@kbusby4824]

Love the series to be!!!! What are your thoughts on reliced guitars? Thomas Raggi, the young guitarist from the Italian rock band, Maneskin, plays one. I feel pretty fortunate to have seen Van Halen on their 1980 World Invasion tour as a 14 year old. The only time I was up against the crush barrier for a concert. Great memory.

[@RockessentialTim]

I love Maneskin! I think relic guitars are cool. I'm lucky enough to have a 71 SG and a 58 Martin.

[@rikkousa]

Love Andy Summer tele and Pete Townshend’s #9

[@RockessentialTim]

I'm kinda partial to Townsend's SG but I'm glad you mentioned his Paul's.

[@terrorbirds9835]

I was waiting for Beck’s guitar from Looser…😂

[@haydndavies2248]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@DavidSampson-hk2xh]

Tim, what about Clapton's Slow Hand? You know, Clapton is God! A guitar god!

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Who is Tim? Am I meant to know him from his first name only?

[@RockessentialTim]

Only my IRS agent knows for sure!

[@franzwaltenspuhl8892]

What guitar shop are you at?! 😍

[@RockessentialTim]

Pitbull Audio in National City, CA (near San Diego) with the Jimmy Page Telly and Ventura Music in Studio City (in LA) for the Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat.

[@sheliamccullough1472]

BB King Lucille

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. On the list.

[@oldermusiclover]

another iconic guitar is the Fender Bass that belonged to the late James Jamerson

[@officialWWM]

It takes years for a guitar to get some mojo. I have brand new guitars but they have no vibe. I have an old Tele and an old Strat that are just completely played in and they simply play better. I don’t think they sound any better but they sure play better. I’ve never liked LPs but I’d love a Jnr with a single P90. They are so cool!

[@RockessentialTim]

For the most part, I would agree. There's something about a worn it guitar. But I have to say, in the very beginning of the vid I film the replica of the Jeff Beck 59 Telly in that guitar store. It was a Fender Custom shop model and off camera I got to play it and it was the nicest playing guitar I've played in quite awhile. If I didn't already have 15 guitars I would think about buying it---come to think of it I still might have to!

[@officialWWM]

@@RockessentialTim lol, but that’s a custom shop model. I’d expect that to have had a little extra love!

[@geraldmasters7595]

What About Leslie West.

[@RockessentialTim]

Good call! I LOVED the way his Jr. sounded, nobody had a better tone.

[@davidkulczyk678]

in the 80's, a Mustang was $200. cheap... a strat or a les paul was $300 +....

[@TheInterGalacticFederation]

video suggestion: Movie Guitars - Crossroads, La Bamba, BTTF

[@robertjohnson1681]

*First Wife

[@frankrichards3089]

Neil Young's guitar?? Ya gotta be kidding

[@RockessentialTim]

In my humble opinion at least in the top 3.

[@jonatanxzavier1445]

Promo`SM

[@MrShinebone]

I don’t consider Springsteen worthy of any notoriety.

[@officialWWM]

How many hits have you had? 🤔

[@MrShinebone]

@@officialWWM Just my opinion smart ass.

[@tomcarl8021]

Either did I until I saw him live. I grew up in his neck of the woods so I heard his music on the radio constantly. CONSTANTLY. I guarantee what you don't like about him, I didn't like. I saw him in his prime and I had to be dragged to the show. What I witnessed that night was astonishing.

[@stonesdude154]

That makes no sense

[@davidsteen-pn2lz]

An underrated guitar player

[@larrypower8659]

I was in a band that opened for The New York Dolls in 1973. They could hardly play or sing, and looked like they were going to fall over. Total media creation. Granted, punk bands weren’t about technical or musical expertise. It was about energy and abandon. But The New York Dolls were terrible.

[@RockessentialTim]

I liked em!

[@larrypower8659]

@@RockessentialTim Maybe we caught them on a bad night but … They were absolutely horrible. I’ve been playing in bands and been a professional musician since 1963. I think I can tell the difference between a good and a bad performance.

[@jimbo1959]

That's why many new bands were formed ( The Ramones ) after watching The Dolls! Everyone thought they could play better! The old " if they can make it, so can we, mentality.

[@siriosstar4789]

Speaking of iconic Tim . Willie Nelson's guitar as destroyed as it is, surely must be considered "iconic " . 😂

[@RockessentialTim]

I totally agree. I made a vid about Buffalo Springfield a couple months ago and I talk about Neil Young's Old Black and Willie's Trigger. I have to say, Willie never gets mentioned in the conversation about great guitarists. I think he is almost always overlooked.

[@siriosstar4789]

i think another "overlooked " guitarist is Lindsey Buckingham. his unusual finger picking style and his selection of notes often creates those Mystery Moments where our minds think we know what is coming and then we are completely surprised . Hendrix may be the ultimate expression of this idea but with the added feature of we don't even know what we are listening to let alone can guess what notes he will play next .🤪

[@joepierce1672]

Damn, All those "iconic" players played Fenders? So what does that make people like Duane Allman, Peter Green, Gary Moore, and even some old guy named Les Paul ? Just dog meat?

[@RockessentialTim]

Well, I'm not making an excuse but with all due respect we did feature a Les Paul in there so maybe save the outrage for part 2.

[@DavidSampson-hk2xh]

Not a fan of "The Boss". Guy can't sing, and he's a mediocre guitar player.

[@henryfung6789]

Your knowledge is incredible Tim.

[@RockessentialTim]

But is it accurate? Some of the time he said rhetorically. Seriously though, thanks man.

[@henryfung6789]

@@RockessentialTim Ha ha. Keep them coming buddy.