Phil X is a DADDY!! 1968 Melody Maker III 01625

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This super rare little 'Sparkling Burgundy' Melody Maker lll weighs just 6.40 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 9/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with a medium profile. Rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Headstock with gold silk-screened "Gibson" logo. Closed-back dual-line Kluson Deluxe strip tuners with white plastic oval buttons. Serial number "940025" stamped on the back of the headstock. Three hot Melody Maker pickups (white plastic-covered single-coil pickups without adjustable poles) with outputs of 7.01k, 7.11k and 7.04k. Single-layer white plastic pickguard with Gibson logo engraved in black and ten screws. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout plus three-way sliding pickup selector switch mounted on pickguard. Black plastic ribbed-side conical-shape "Witch Hat" control knobs with metal tops. The potentiometers are stamped: "137 6737" (CTS, September 1967). Stud wrap-around bridge/tailpiece with pre-set intonation and Maestro vibrato tailpiece with 'Walrus-tooth' plastic tip. The Sparkling Burgundy finish on the top has slightly faded to a 'Golden Burgundy' and there is some light finish checking. There is a tiny crack in the plastic pickguard near the bass horn and there is a tiny 'sliver' of wood chipped away from the top of the back of the headstock. With all that said this Melody Maker lll is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition - and certainly the best example of this rare color on a MM lll that we have ever seen. Housed in the original three-latch, shaped black softshell case with red felt lining (9.25).

[@oldie4]

"If you can't hear the difference, play drums!" That's great. Congrats Phil.

[@BumbleRumble1190]

THREE WAY lol love this guys

[@brocsheldon9018]

if you don't hear the difference play drums......BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@phillipcox370]

8:19 = BAAAAAYYYYHHHHCKKKK IN THE SADDLE AGAIYYYYEN!!!!!!!!!

[@MrDrewseph]

Also, that 30 seconds of band music sounded better, production-wise, than ... everything on the radio, man, everything in the last how many years.

[@Skiptracer1981]

Even the cheap ass budget guitars were better in the 60s. These were Gibson's student line and they were every bit as capable as their standard models.

[@blacksquire92]

Congrats on the Lil Boy Phil!!!!!!!:D He's such a cutie!!!:D AND I M STILL A HUGE FAN BRO!!!:D

[@NumanGhani]

How much this original 1968 cost ? I freaking love it man

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Gibby gave stratocasters are run for the money - wonder why they quit making 'em? (Gibson isn't known for being logical...!)

[@atolleter]

Baby is 8.5lbs, isnt that the ideal weight for a LP Phil?

[@TylerLL2112]

atolleter Haha!

[@diazzsama]

I thought it's a cheap lespaul with cheap finishing just like the reissue but damn that Melody Maker III is awesome

[@pahaahv]

I have a cheap Epi SG Special, I made the humbuckers splittable, it has some kind of maple body (I guess) and a bolt on neck.. It sounds more strattier than strat itself.

[@MaggaraMarine]

Tabs are helpful when used correctly (this means, you use them to check out the correct fingerings, but you still use your ears to listen to all of the small nuances in the original version), but a lot of people close their ears when they use tabs and end up learning these "half-assed" versions of the songs. The notes are correct, but it lacks all of the stuff that made the original riff sound so cool.

[@scootergreen3]

I never had to intonate my 1970 Melody Maker SG and It always tuned extremely well but I stupidly sold it and bought another one except it was a 1969 and it would not intonate. It would be in tune in one chord and be out of tune in another. Non of the guitar techs could intonate or fix it. I'm going to buy another one hoping I get one that will intonate. If I get one that has problems tuning how do you intonate them? Does anyone know?

[@harryevanvermillion5972]

Waitin' for the Phil X book! Lotsa tab, I hope.

[@NICKHAM16]

He looks like Mike Mangini with glasses on lol

[@ferdjanklow3566]

NICKHAM16 Except that Mangini is like 4'9"

[@erwark]

I kinda like that sun-bleached finish :) Sounds amazing. Nice and chunky for a single-coil, which I much prefer.

[@groovydjs]

Why would you want to lose your BUZZ?

[@TylerLL2112]

Groovy Music Lessons Hey Scott! How have you been? I've seen you post on these vids before. Do you purchase from fretted Americana or just dig the show? Hope all is well.

[@eternalme1016]

YO PHIL.......Has anyone told you that you look like Sammy Hagar's COOL KID Brother! Anyways Love you Man. I'm just Another KILLER Guitar Player Out There who will NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.......🎸💚

[@shadydamaja187]

play drums hah phil ur right bout that shit do it right or don't do it

[@liligman]

I disagree with the tab bit; they help loads with knowing where to go, but you obviously add the subtle stuff from feel

[@CountryHouseGent]

Quite a bit of anger in this episode compared to the usual chilled and carefree Phil. Punchin' heads and sh*t. Fatherhood does that to you. ;)

[@seanmoran4168]

If you don't hear the difference…. play drums :D brilliant!

[@PhongLe-kr4be]

wow it sounds really thick for a single coil

[@funkycustomer]

It's like the world's greatest hybrid guitar. Wish they would make a reissue of this!

[@Dirtilike1]

The best is actually a c shape strat with a hot gibson/dimarzio/semour duncan in the bridge. Throw in a coil split, and you have all the tone.

[@Jeff-hb1qq]

That’s a Gibson don’t make it sound like a fender if you want to buy a fender go by fender😊

[@RedroomStudios]

"sounds so white" ! exactly! so, do we know who the mother is?

[@etceteraw]

i fuckin love this guy.

[@PokeBiyul]

Man that is a pretty looking guitar.

[@milkhausguitars3851]

God that sounds so good with singles

[@abzoluut4084]

It's great to see Johnny Depp doing some music again 11:15

[@RBolognese]

Jayden Bueno Johnny sucks

[@RKO619ification]

"I thought l was gonna have a seizure. I was in the audience goin..." I dont know how to write that.

[@diceman220]

No matter how crazy you are. Your one Great guitar players. Unreal, just awesome.

[@NorthShoreMike]

might be the best sounding guitar you've ever demo'd. And congrats on your son!

[@ZacCostilla]

Missed the perfect opportunity to play “Back In The Saddle Again”

[@KyleCarrington]

haha that version of beat it sounded so white it was almost George Harrison doing Daytripper :P

[@Robstafarian]

He is bound to be insured, all things considered, but it is clear that guitars are mean much more than income to David Brass. That is why I cannot resent Fretted Americana, no matter how distant my finances are from their purchasing requirements. Also, Phil X.

[@No010944]

Been watchin' FA since 08, stuff has really changed. damn i feel old

[@diceman220]

RIGHT WRONG, anything you play, is the way it should have been played. I have to say, I would give ,just about anything to play, half as good as you do. I would say your in the top 10 ........ Great job Phil PS; Congratulations.

[@Yesidoplaytheguitar]

hey guys check seymour duncan's fb page they posted the list of all the guitars that were stolen this weekend. please help find these guitars and bring em back to the owners. i hope these thieves get caught quicly and put into jail for a milion years :s

[@DRAGON-kk2xv]

14 year old songwriter of psychedelic music. Check out my last upload, and my first upload if you wish. peace by the way, dont expect anything as grungy or rock as phil x.. My music is a little quiter. flanging guitar, keyboard, phaser vocals, etc

[@liligman]

I heard some stylistic differences. Tabs tell you what to play, not how to play it that's the thannng. They don't tell you to add a little finga trill! Or a mini slide, or a vibratoishheybend

[@Solloco]

Phil is kinda a hypocrite for giving shit to people for playing things wrong when his most memeable thing he plays is American Woman that he plays WRONG

[@winterlandboy]

Obviously the owner or owners of the store that had it in the window dudnt give a shit about their instruments.Punch in the face is right ..a slap at very least.

[@localcrew]

WTF!? Stolen guitars?!!! That. SUCKS!!! Hope they get caught. Bastids.... Congrats on the son -- "Double X", as he'll no doubt be known to one and all. Maybe not. You heard it here first.

[@scootergreen3]

I had one of these. It was a 1970 and it had very skinny fret wire. I don't understand why it says it has Jumbo frets. I didn't think jumbo frets existed in the 60s and 70s.

[@justinmyers8108]

My '64 SG Jr would KILL that. Dog-ear p90s destroy shit. Hey Phil, I got a Tonemaster 261!!!

[@DustyKorpse]

@Fretted Americana, RFID tags are the way forward, as small as a grain of rice nowadays. can track them anywhere! hope you find the guitars.

[@SvenTviking]

What I just love about Tabs on the net is the way these guys transcribe songs into THE most difficult way to play it. Absolute bitch chords you need to dislocate digits to play. And then you watch a vid of the original artist and he's playing all bar chords, just like you suspected!

[@sjdanthem]

Oh man, Phil! There was a missed opportunity to break into "Back in the Saddle Again" at 8:18.

[@ColeSai]

Funny thing is I kinda like the bleached out color better. But the back does look odd now... Ah, it's all just character!

[@BtoZproductions]

they said they werent even gonna give him a middle name, but then a good friend of theres passed away so they made his middle name Joshua

[@L3Gutierrez]

Well, TABs are fine when starting out. If you're getting better on it, it's best to make it sound like it has more feeling and improvise

[@BEHEDETY]

I'm having a lot of trouble correcting neck grip with hand and thumb the thumb position is above or below? phil x yay! gratz

[@breslonovic]

Can you try the Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Reissue or Gibson Nighthawk

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Oh, and I thought Phil X had adopted the Melody Maker III, but no - just another baby... Just kidding - another guitar shredder to be!

[@ronnieguitar99]

This guy does look and sound just like Sammy Hagar. I think Phil X is just another name Sammy uses when he does these things. I have one of these except it was the single pickup model. I say was because I bought it in '73 and two years later I thought the pickup sucked and I put two Guild humbuckers in it. I'm thinking about taking them out and putting them on Ebay. Don't want to sell the Melody Maker but the Guilds ain't original anyway and their '75 models, might make a couple dollars. Social security ain't paying the bills.

[@subjectt.change6599]

Im digging this demo, but I wish Phil had pulled back the treble on his Bad Monkey just a smidge for this guitar.

[@l.skynyrd2863]

Could have bought a walnut brown one back in 83 for $150 but didn't. DOH!!

[@martyr35]

I wonder if his hair ever gets caught in his eyebrow ring. I cringe every time he moves his hair out of his face because, eventually, I think he is gonna rip that ring right out of his head! XD

[@germainvargas8496]

i wonder why you dont do some rock in spanish theres some good songs of great mexican bands like jaguares caifanes or spanish bands like heroes del silencio or argentinas bands like soda stereo...illl be nice to hear you playing some of that!!

[@hikupmusicofficial]

thing is ppl play things differently then other ppl just because they play it differently do not make it wrong hell ther are songs i play differently then the original but it either way song almost just like it or in my opinion sound better rememer ther are more then one D cords and others note too lol :)

[@heynathb]

YOU TUBE.... these adverts are a fucking joke! seriously... putting me off using this all together!!!!!

[@ollypopification]

Fall Out Boy's video for Beat It came on TV the other day and I'm sure Phil was in it, is this the case?

[@samson915067]

Did someone really steal over a hundred guitars from Fretted Americana? Or it's just joking about Phil?

[@perfectfan2006]

had a 62 twin p/u said Gibson in the p/u covers mine was very beefy at the neck meet body part much more sturdy than a s/g real good clean not so good on the hot

[@BPDouglass]

Sorry I love that Phil said no that's so white

[@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials]

Phil X is essentially awesome!

[@boogiechillen123]

Congrats on the baby Phil! That melody maker sounds sweetest!

[@littlegoobie]

7:30 most those who don't hear the difference probably went to playing bass. hehe

[@Punkundead17]

EVERYONE CHECK THE LIST THEY POSTED FOR WHICH GUITARS WERE STOLEN AND SEARCH EBAY AND HELP OUT!

[@MrDrewseph]

The bit where he plays the actual guitar part in the Aretha Franklin song. Laughing so hard. =D

[@SandeepRao84]

Sorry to hear about your guitars fretted Americana :( hope you get justice soon. Love the vids .

[@kommi1974]

Give me a break and quit being so politically correct. He's obviously just joking around.

[@ethanneale]

please Phil write a tab book with all your hits and the right way to play all songs please!!!

[@RobCabreraCh]

So the initials of Phil's kid are XJX? That's quite cool...

[@Casey_J96]

I actually like the color on the front. its a kinda burnt orangeish color. sounds great though!

[@heggy_69]

its early as hell so I'm not fully awake now and holy crap that baby frightened the hell out of me lmao

[@chrisbrown18andup]

i was about to say the same. sounds awful, except for the clean neck pickup. that was tasty.

[@BorisGrozdanicGorjan]

Hats off to Phil, but in the end song is BASS sound that is AWESOME!

[@Charleypassy]

Do you think whenever Phil picks up his baby, he gets the urge to play a LP solo?

[@ELITEWOLF7LKH]

Doesnt the room behind phil look like that on the cover of Deep Purple's Machine Head?

[@Robstafarian]

David Brass is a much kinder man than I if he only has a middle finger for the thief.

[@QuarterFlip1]

He's in the Vox AC10 until around 4:00, then he switches to the Friedman Pink Taco.

[@007JStewart]

I can't believe that a Phil X video made me fall asleep in front of the computer.

[@skullkrusher4418]

"if you don't hear the difference, play drums!" lmao

[@CheapGuitarsAndMore]

I love lightweight guitars, I would rock this thing

[@Brannington]

same

[@osvaldovaldes10009]

Miss Kelly said you can't love lightweight guitars, only people and animals,

[@CountryHouseGent]

Wow, this was a pleasant suprise. I thought that with Mr X now being a dad, there wouldn't be any episodes for a while. Now that's commitment. :)

[@mbk9764]

Am I the only one who prefers the sunbleached color? 😂😂

[@VitorDuzarte]

It's a shame that these guitars were stollen. Pieces of history right there.

[@Branbreakers]

"Supernaut" by Black Sabbath. He says so right after he finishes playing it

[@RedroomStudios]

it's not like he has a day job where he has to be away 8 - 10 hours a day...

[@msykala]

I love that face he makes when he explains the guitar part.

[@47SoulHunter]

What is the song at 08:30 ? I can't hear,he's saying it too fast. Thanks

[@robertrosejr1]

The. VOX sounds like shit compared to the pink taco

[@jimicrack29]

sad to know seems all forgot tommy bolin wish keep him noticed

[@GLI_16V]

Do you like partially mute the strings when playing walk this way?

[@patricksnowsell2139]

Phil, do you ever use delay? I've never heard you use delay?

[@mikecarmean6446]

Never Heard of This 🤔 I Don't Believe It

[@joshmartins560]

Thing sounds sick in drop D!!