Norman's Rare Guitars - Guitar of the Day: 1961 Gibson ES-125TDC

[@buffalofawn5237]

Thanks for the shoutout, Mark and Jen! Love you guys!

[@MilitaryAIWorks100]

Continually amazed by Mark’s playing. So many different styles and sounds. Truly inspiring. Thanks for all the hard work Mark and Jen. I’m sure these vids are sometimes the LAST thing you want to do at the end of the day. Norm give them both a raise already!

[@Yannplaysguitar]

Hey Mark... as a guitar mogul I really love hearing all the information you give about models. I learn a lot and listen like a pupil at school. This is simply lovely. Cheers from Berlin!

[@anthonynonya]

Wow that's one of my favorites. It's beautiful and sounds even better.

[@max12fisher]

It’s rare that get here before Mike M.!!!

[@mikeymojo8299]

Max Fisher lol. I’m watching

[@mikeymojo8299]

#WednESday #1961GibsonES125TDC 1) I drink Alone/ George Thorogood 🥃 2) Move it on Over / George Thorogood 3) Bad to the Bone / George x 3 🤘🏻 Hail Hail to George & the Delaware Destroyers freakin killer @markagnesi Yo Jen 🎥📹🎸

[@NiqScott]

You know what? I've been GAS'ing for a guitar from the year of my birth, and I think a 1962 ES-125 might just fit the bill! Affordable too. And while I'm here, can I just give a shout out to Guitarpoint Guitars in Germany (I'm not advertising the competition, I doubt if any of Norm's customers would want to pay the shipping). Great alternative (or addition) to Mark if you want to see some vintage planks getting spanked. kzbin.info/door/E657sh-FvHnXTQI3ZLBqLg

[@charlesholliday3860]

Good job Mark and Jen

[@raymondrodgers281]

Like so many great guitar players Mark plays not only with his hands, but with his face as well. Great stuff!

[@rjs2104]

Three killer songs, a cool guitar and a great player 🎸🔥🔥

[@iahawk36]

The smile on Mark's face when it started feeding back made the whole video worth it!!

[@MykeD913]

These videos always make me want to pick up my guitar and play...everyday! Thank you!!

[@Chrispy_tV]

Wayyyyy cool guitar🎸 and even cooler classic tone from those p90s. Looked like Mark was actually having a good time! Thanks guys! Byeeee

[@40spinup]

Off to bed now waiting for Thumpin Thursday. We get the videos a day later. Keeping fingers crossed for a shout out Strataday for my 40th birthday. Watch every day. Huge fan. Thanks Mark and Jen.

[@jacobreece1971]

I had that exact same guitar. I was jamming out with Jerry Garcia and Abraham Lincon. Good times.

[@skyking228]

Whatever happened to Abe's strat?

[@jacobreece1971]

Sky King idk when I met him he was shredding an Ibanez 😂

[@gutbucket260]

Though Lincoln was a mini humbucker man?

[@daviddawson1718]

@@skyking228 its in Terlingua. It can be found at La Kiva, in Study Butte on Saturday night

[@daviddawson1718]

@@gutbucket260 he's back to P90s now.

[@leesanna3923]

Mark, Brilliant as usual.

[@MSmifffy]

Always a pleasure to watch a master at work 😀

[@MrKandu4u]

Mark how did you learn so much about Guitars? I really enjoy the Guitar of the day schooling you give us, thanks and keep up the good work. Thank you too Jen.

[@RockHardRiffs]

Better really late than never? To hear those p90's? HELL YES! Rock On!

[@mattsmith9024]

Rock Hard Riffs P-90s! Single coil done right!

[@RockHardRiffs]

darn tootin'! ;-)

[@JtotheP68]

Just blooming lovely!!

[@scottwilson4273]

my first guitar- i was 12- 1973- my dad got it for me, and had a friend who played in a band get me sstaarted on it- then Nugent and his Byrdland helped! cool vid dude thank you! i love my gibson

[@larustatrust7796]

I never got to hear blue on black for my b-day but it's all good lol I appreciate every episode you do I'll watch every one you do even the thumpin Thursdays I got every person in my family who plays a stringed instrument watching your videos so we'll be watching and listening just in case you happen to play it

[@msolbakken]

I have the same version 125 TDC. Mine's from '65 with the chrome P90 pickup covers. It was a feedback monster. At first I stuck cardboard in the f holes then just relented and bought a new strat. This was back in '73. Talk about 2 ends of the guitar spectrum. Eventually sold the strat. Still have the 125.

[@frankb5728]

Finally, I've waited a long time to see this model on here. wonderful sleeper guitar

[@lanceriffle4841]

OMG. Super fine sound and playing!

[@martinbeaudry9475]

Awesome playing as always... fun to see Mark struggle with feedback ! !

[@harrison228]

Gotta give it up to Mark, he's a killer guitar player

[@bobross5580]

That guitar is a beauty.

[@glennevans5824]

Very nice seeing one of these....enjoyed the songs fit the guitar 👍🏻

[@Alfalfa_Male]

Mark killing it with the playing today.

[@onemanswrld]

Nice...love the explanation of the guitar model number. Seem to learn something every episode. Oh yeah, love the George T as well, well done again ......

[@jonlennon3348]

Outstanding Mark! That box has a great sound.

[@crazyuncleduke8012]

Drooling over this one!!! :-)

[@ConnorOBrien98]

I played one of these in my local shop recently. Awesome unique guitars with their own mojo!

[@mikethomas767]

merry christmas mark n jen!! love the show, cheers from seattle!

[@juliangeorge1722]

I love to hate on Mark just because but damn.... he is sooo ridiculously talented!

[@Zelomeisterdude]

Great guitar and, my, the red and yellow colors of this sunburst look delicious! I just want to lick that guitar!

[@flying_rat]

Fantastic playing Mark.

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

This thing is so fucking gorgeous I can't get over it. Seriously, LOOK AT IT!!! My absolute dream guitar. Fuck every other guitar in the world lol.

[@Gr8Layks]

I have a 1969 version here in Michigan I’ve decided to sell this winter. Same heritage cherry sunburst, original hardshell case, great condition, and just checked over by Elderly Instruments in East Lansing. I might be headed to Sydney in March, coincidentally. TBD

[@roaddog7542]

Plenty of big names come through the doors but nobody cooler than Mark and Jen.

[@jamesjohnson5333]

Wow that was cool ! Mark I will give you a case of beer to come play like that at my Christmas party ! That was awesome

[@benificentmillipedius634]

Looks like you guys have a lot of fun in that back room

[@billsmith5042]

Love the throughly Good stuff, well done!

[@alvarojmm]

Greetings from Chile! I´m a big fan from southamerica!

[@lukejacko888]

I'm in love what a guitar!!!!!

[@tenparkdrive]

Thank you thank you for the back story and the provenance on these guitars you play / adds so much weight to the vids 😎❤️

[@sickb2200]

1. I Zip Alone 2. Zip it on Over 3. Bad to the Zip That guitar is Georgeous.

[@alexcox3943]

Dude!! I think that is the nastiest sounding guitar I’ve seen you do! Loved that!

[@jimbonacum8917]

I am so happy! I have that exact same guitar (not as clean though) and I gotta tell ya they are barn burners! On one of the videos on your site Joe Bonamassa talks about how important it is ti use the volume control and these guitars are a great example of that. I play more jazzy stuff and I rarely open the volume pot up all the way and I get a nice sort of Charlie Christian sound. But it sure is fun to open it up all the way and rattle the windows for a while. These are great guitars and they are generally the most inexpensive of the ES guitars. There also seem to be quite a few of them out there so they are a great chance to get a great vintage guitar for a reasonable price. Thank you so much for finally doing one they are my absolute favorite of the ES guitars and I have been waiting forever to see one on GOTD. FYI there are some 3/4 size ones out there that are really cute!

[@mopheadmoffitt7746]

Freaking awesome !!!!!!!!!! Love this show!!

[@mistyrabka3651]

Representing some George Nice!!! as usual a beautiful piece of wood !!!

[@YourAverageStrummer]

That's it. My number 1 dream guitar right there."Yeeeeeeeeeeah with nobody else..."

[@dunlop7rush]

I love me some Thorogood! Great playing Mr. Agnesi!

[@angryheb1]

Kick ass playing Mark!

[@NeonsStyleHD]

Best video so far in GoD. Oh and nice camera word today Jen. Like

[@greensombrero3641]

man that is one smoking guitar! i wish I could get on that for a few hours.

[@tommyjayabruzzi9249]

My dream guitar!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

About $7,000 today. I almost got one in 2004, but couldn't justify the cost and use of a vintage 1966 for working gigs.

[@gnalbob]

my birthday is dec 14. a shout out would be cool. guitar of the day is my favorite part of the day

[@TheDude4077]

That sounded exactly like the record on bad to the bone, great guitar! P90's are king!

[@johnfunk6343]

Right up my alley on this.i love my 59 es175 With p 90s

[@rotorhead58d]

nice slide work Mark

[@AZWings]

"Oh, yeah" says it all. Very nice.

[@Geronimo122]

Well played!

[@john564holloway]

That was kick-ass slide stuff, bro! Good shootin', Jen!

[@stephenbeckham3513]

Years ago I was just getting into G. Thorogood when SR Vaughn blew me away, but I always like George's gritty snarly sound with those P90's! Get one of these 125's and a LPJr. and you'll certainly have some weapons! Mark your playing's great!

[@keithling417]

I love the boxy sounding click on the bass notes using the bridge PU.

[@toddflowers8052]

Mark killin' it ! Awesome !

[@DLawrenceMarketing]

Fun stuff Mr. Agnesi

[@scottmclennan6114]

You were freakin loving that Mark.

[@r03hls3ph]

Sounds badass Mark! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@tomschauman4960]

Mark is amazing…

[@robheinrichs7173]

Great Job Mark!

[@bigbassman08]

#bringbackweirdasswednesdayMarkandJen

[@MrStranger1944]

I can dig it.

[@g6rden]

I don’t think I’m alone when I say that I want a Mark Agnesi montage of him getting caught using a snark tuner

[@NiqScott]

www.thebigkahuna.co.uk/snag.jpg - this one?

[@jeffmoyers1773]

Just got one of those bad boys...super clean

[@stevec.1802]

Similar to a Guild Stsrfire 2 w/trapeze tail piece. Sweet-👍🏽

[@copierguy1961A]

Killer set Mark.

[@tomjohn3364]

Move it on over!!!! Nasty guitar love it!!!!

[@lqser000]

Please please do more B.C. Rich guitars!!!!!!! I know you probably don’t get that many but please do them whenever you get them in. I’m still drooling over that 10 string Bich from awhile back.

[@pizzamon795]

Damn, Mark can just about anything.

[@melvynobrien6193]

Great stuff. I have no real interest in Gibsons, but your videos are informative and entertaining. I do like the 335s.

[@ksmithreps1]

Good stuff all the way around!

[@eternalme6077]

This BABY WONT LAST THE WEEK before she's SNAPPED UP!!! 🌮💚

[@xJaGG3d]

Hey Mark! I don't know when you guys are going on break for the holidays but my birthday is Dec 28th. Thus, I would like to be entertained; I want you to play jazz on a fretless bass for Thumpin' Thursday. Or depending on the day, give me a killer maple-boarded strat. Thanks for providing the giggles and finger tickles. Edit: if you want to keep the respect of the viewers, I'd also be fine with you playing Bennie and the Jets for me.

[@eternalme6077]

DAMN AGNESI!!! I Know you can play but MAN OH MAN what a SWEET JOB on ' I drink alone' . Also your choice with the Slide, using metal instead of Glass, much more of that tinny sound. You should DEFINITELY work more Lead Riffs into your Demos. HI JEN..............🎸💚

[@ahmadfaeisalabubakar9706]

yayyyyyyy Mark Thoroughlygreat

[@matthewpaluch777]

Happy WednESday everyone! It's the all George & the Destroyers episode.

[@MoneyShotSolo]

Nice, very nice

[@tinyb69]

Authentic playing, right down to the roughed up brassie. Agnesi and The Cleveland Destroyers.

[@PicksPaints]

Awesome 175-TDC. Great playing Mark! Think I'll go have one bourbon, a double scotch, and think I'll skip the beer! Cheers!

[@wezzlyn]

DaveR Can I have the beer if you don't want it?

[@PicksPaints]

Bet! you can have my beer tonight! Think it's about scotch:30!

[@larrygeetar9309]

Hey DaveR It's a 125 TDC, not a 175. Quite a difference.

[@PicksPaints]

Oops you're right. My bad. Already had the bourbon at that point

[@Mr.Safety.]

Duuuudddee thats the thorogood sound agnesi! #WeirdAssWednesday #WednESday #61ES125

[@TheKyleNelson]

George Thorogood is a fucking guitar hero. People talk about underrated guitarist and shitfire George is so underrated he can't even get on those lists. He should easily be considered top ten of all time.

[@del0373]

Bought this guitar when I was 12 for $500 in 1986. Still have it 100% bone stock exactly like this... minus that strap button. Thank you for not playing jazz. Lol

[@comandinn505]

I got a '61 in Tulsa in 1986 for $350 with a 335 case. Still have it!

[@thomasrichmond601]

Love it, but then again I’m a lonesome George fan anyway , started back in last year of grade school 1978. ✌️byeeeeee

[@alodesosobelala]

What is the tuning on the second and third songs ?

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

Yep, open G. = D, G, D, G, B, D. Just drop both E-strings to D by tuning them to your D-string, then drop your A-string down to G by matching it to your G-string. It will be a little below Open G pitch, due to the drop in tension from loosening the strings so, if you want it perfect, use your tuner. Otherwise, it's super fast to tune the way I described above, which is how Mark did it in this video.

[@dshevack1]

That did not suck! Killer performance

[@sammyhat2443]

Thanx Mark I'm saving my money big plans

[@2na-phish]

love it!

[@geetarbube]

Oh, hell yes!

[@gerrys4593]

🤘 sweeeettttt 🤘