Kevin Nelson Interview | Musicman, Fender, Altec, & More!

[@T0neXIII]

Goldmine here. Thanks!

[@TeslaTales59]

YOU are a great interviewer! More please.

[@verycrankyperson]

Very nice to hear Kevin. Glad he's well. He's fixed and rebuilt the front end of 2 of my vintage Rickenbacker amps (M-14-A and M-15-A). Haven't talked to Kevin for a while as I'm not having any amp problems. Great job, Kevin!!

[@75YBA]

He seems like a great guy. Colleen is rubbing shoulders with the best!🌎🌏🌍🛹

[@damonstewart70]

​@@75YBA cause she is the best 😊

[@75YBA]

@@damonstewart70 Full on!👍

[@DrKevGuitar]

What a fabulous inerview! Thank you so much Colleen and Kev!

[@macaulaybulkin9198]

this channel makes me feel so comfy and cozy, thank you.

[@julesl6910]

Please keep these interviews up, you are documenting important history! You are a gifted amp tech and interviewer for certain.

[@svbarr]

60's Epi Crestwood's and Wilshire's were ass kicking hi quality guitars.

[@wiseeye8065]

Hi Colleen, wow quite the catch of an interview. I could see the wheels turning when he said he had all that inventory left :) I had a musicman bass for a time in the 80s and regretted selling it. Every thing he was discussing I was familiar with living my 20s during the 80s. I hope you are on the same track as Kevin and are as successful. PS my "little beast" BJ is still alive and kicking after your repair and upgrades a while back. best of luck to ya... later

[@zachjarrett8730]

Thanks for the interview! Awesome peak behind the curtain at a special time in amp history.❤ Also, love my RD 50!

[@backpacker516]

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Kevin twice, and have been fortunate to have him work on my amps. Kevin is a very gentle, kind, and unassuming “experienced” soul. His resume is vast and his obvious passion for amps, guitars and music are reflected in his work. An absolute treasure no doubt. I received so many compliments on my twin that he worked on. Thanks Kevin!

[@timmooney7528]

Great interview. I recall a Clapton interview where he raved about the TBX control and Lace Sensor pickups. He could get an SG tone with a turn of a knob, and began playing Cream songs again during performances.

[@nellayema2455]

Awesome interview. Great storytelling and history! I just watched a video about Clapton's pre-amp circuit an hour ago. Imagine my surprise when I heard Kevin talk about his role in developing it! I had a MM 112RD 50W combo 40 years ago. I eventually sold it to my older brother. He still has it. I wouldn't mind buying it back, but he won't sell it, lol. He knows what he has.

[@markgrimm3564]

wow colleen fantastic interview with a music icon this guy has had such a fantastic work history he truely needs to write a book on the music work history of his life's journey

[@fredberthiaume6883]

Wow such a good interview.

[@gregbear123]

This is some awesome history. What a cool dude, seems like such a chill guy. Can't believe he made that PA at 16 wtf!

[@simmdad]

I got in touch with you a while back whilst fixing a musicman amp and now you are featuring Kevin Nelson! who came up with driving the cathodes with the signal using transistors a fixed dc voltage on the grid. WTF! Lots of interesting info thanks👍

[@fabianreyes237]

This interview is gold and this man is a legend 🫶🏻

[@petersikstrom9232]

Wow. It reminds me of my youth in the 70/80s upbringing. I worked for 3 crazy English guys that opened an incredible music store in Gothenburg, Sweden, Music Unlimited, MUG. I did all the repairs/service for them in late 70s and mid 80s. They managed to get the Scandivian sales distribution for Earnie Ball, Altec and Hiwatt. Must have done a million of recones on Altec and Celestion. I actually visit Dave Reeves in 1980, I was hoping to meet Harry Joyce.....but no. I got a few Music Man amps with the SS driver, which confused the hell of me. Never seen anything like it, but all make sense now. My boss tried to get the schematic for them, but it was a no. I reverse engineered it and figured out. Thank You for a good channel, BR PeterS

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Great interview Colleen! Fascinating to listen to his stories. Hopefully there can be a part 2.

[@75YBA]

I don’t know much about Willie Nelson, but I did think for a hot second he was his son. Great interview, hug Hank for us all!🐶👍💙🌎🌏🌍🛹

[@75YBA]

Almost through it, even better than I thought! Seems like such a nice guy!👍🌎🌏🌍😄

[@pedraw]

I'm always amazed at how intertwined most of the companies of the past are with what we know today. I really shouldn't be surprised. Thanks for posting this it was extremely interesting.

[@lostreb]

It's over already!?!?!? I could listen to you two for at least another hour or more! Great information, insight, and history here. And thank you Kevin, for not only the interview with Colleen, but the info on the Frank Green Music Man Other Side Of The Story publication (I have one on order and if I'm lucky, I might have it by Thanksgiving!). Thank you Colleen and Kevin both!! Please keep the great videos coming!

[@dave_dredge-nz]

Loved this interview. I have a blonde RD112 50w combo. So cool to listen to the engineer behind it. Thank you!

[@direstrat1]

Exciting! especially for fans of music man amps like me! I would love to chat with Kevin! Thank you so much !

[@Earthshaker1965]

Excellent interview!!!❤

[@Andy-ql9wh]

Hi! Good interview. Cool T-shirt too 😘☺

[@tonytaylor5087]

Wow! Incredible life story!

[@jlore6344]

This was so awesome. Now I want a Musicman amp though ... and like I need another amp :) Thanks for bringing Kevin's story to us.

[@kenwhelan3003]

The most interesting man in the music business...bravo Coleen

[@tonytaormina4759]

this was an amazing interview, thank you.

[@jimibrown1955]

Great interview. And I have an E7 USA Strat. A strange one. Kind of like a Plus but without roller nut and non locking tuners. TBX and 3 all different color lace sensors. Gunmetal Blue. Cool to know Kev developed the TBX

[@saffronforthesoul4552]

Thanks Coleen and Kevin for sharing so much great information ❤

[@TwangThang57]

That was great, thanks!

[@george-st-george]

This was so great !!!!!! Thanks !!!!!

[@adrianodagenova6935]

That was Fazio-tastic and very informative and personal.....

[@ballenstorms]

Great stories! Thank you.

[@Phillipmann-2019]

I’m glad to see that you are a Robin Trower lover also. Keep up the great work.👍

[@Joshua_Stephens]

Too Cool. Nice Job.

[@Mr_Gray_Sky]

I love the Trower shirt.

[@brucebuckeye]

Awesome! Thanks for this!

[@Tom.Klingl]

Great interview, Colleen - Thank you! I currently own two 112RD fifty, a 112RP sixtyfive (which I recently purchased second or third hand) and a 100RD top. I love all of them and I think the end of Music Man as described here or in the book of Frank W.M. Green was a complete disaster and unworthy. Imho it does not shed a favorable light on Leo and not by any means on Forrest White. I really would be interested in purchasing some of those PCB boards as spare parts for the RP 50 and RP 65 as I would be interested in which modern capacitor and op amp parts would be most suitable to do a complete service!

[@travisking2606]

He is a great guy and such an icon

[@theoloutlaw]

Indeed as others said, you handle interviews very well. Thankyou for letting the guest talk and not butting in like most 'so called' professionals do. Jimmy Kimmel could learn a lesson or two from you.

[@BasicDrumming]

Great video.

[@vince3804]

im rd 50 owner - i would love to learn more ahaha

[@RocknJazzer]

Nice Robin Trower shirt, day of the eagle

[@mykelsaturn]

Love altec alnico speakers 🔊 Have a reconed one on a Fender Musicmaster Bass. Great for recording bass or guitar, don’t tell anybody I want to buy them all 😂

[@peterstephen1562]

Hey. Not quite that the truss rods in the MusicMan was installed upside down. The single truss rod was installed straight with no droop. This required too much force to achieve the result so the rods regularly stripped the threads or broke. The bridges had faulty design aspects where the string would force the saddle sideways spoiling the alignment of the G string on the fingerboard. I bet these errors where the result of Leo Fender's stubborn intransurgance.

[@yrulooknatme]

Great interview … Hi Kevin… I remember Wild West in berdo… back when Wayne Charvel was out in Calimesa. I bought a guitar in Fontana. It was called a cat… it was black and thus they called it the black cat. Looked like a cat… does anyone have any knowledge of those…

[@forestyogin2218]

A bomb just went off. It is going to take me about a year to process this. .:)

[@zacharyhill8405]

We took a trip to Garden Grove, it smelled like Lou dog inside the van, oh yeah

[@Strumbum01]

This ain't no funky reggae party Five dollars at the door…

[@damonstewart70]

Collen is so beautiful and smart❤

[@JackT_Music_on_Vinyl]

Amazing story of his self-made career. I and my dad built a pair of Altec Voice of The Theater style cabs for PA use back in the late 70s. We used JBL drivers and horns mounted on top with crossover controls on the back. They were amazing, if not really the brand. Love this video. Thanks for sharing. (PS: shout out for the Robin Trower tee-shirt! One of my favorite guitarists) kzbin.infoZ-Yd28FXPsQ?si=mSHqwPBrP2FZ33Qg

[@Stereostupid]

Awesome channel! Love the Trower power shirt!