The Stories Behind 7 More Famous Guitars

[@TheGreenguy85]

I have "played" Steve Vai's guitar.. or he was on stage, I was in the crowd, and he held the guitar over the audience so a few of us could reach it.. I managed to strum the neck..... still tho.. :)

[@lewisgartland8126]

TheGreenguy85 cool man

[@LightningJackFlash]

Wow

[@jdcsteelers498]

You’ve been blessed

[@alexmansworth7066]

That’s so f*cking cool

[@metalinyourhead3604]

TheGreenguy85 I think that counts

[@usejustonce2386]

Robert Trujillo is probably one of the nicest guys in rock, not to mention a sick bassist.

[@junkhead_92]

Dave Grohl and Brian May are also nice guys.

[@bimosasmito6627]

how about jimmy page and john paul jones ? they're looks like a polite nice gentleman

[@saladhands1127]

@@bimosasmito6627 yes, jimmy page is especially nice to young people

[@idontlikeapplejuice7]

You realize that Robert Trujillo is in metal not rock

[@cobgod1415]

@@idontlikeapplejuice7 heavy metal is a subgenre of rock

[@kingcayden9362]

“Lucky for him, he did have a caring wife” Me: HE SOLD IS WIFE?!?

[@disturbiafromthebay]

Lmao underrated comment

[@jgamer8624]

Sad that is wife was sold

[@williamcahill4188]

Samuraiguitarist: It’s a bass but still a Guitar Davie504: Am I a joke to you

[@konodioda8173]

He's saying that a bass is just as relevant as a guitar

[@sorrenblitz805]

"Still a guitar" Davie504: WHAT!? That is Illegal! I am calling the FBI.... FBI stands for Federal 🅱️ A S S Inquisition...

[@bored9260]

Ehhhhh..... 🤔 it’s a string bass because I couldn’t hear him over the rhythm... 😒 need more phases between rhythm and bass line.

[@RainytheNB]

I wonder why they call it a bass guitar

[@toku7319]

Yes, he's a fucking joke to everyone.

[@EliseOfTheValley]

Joe Strummer is hands down my favorite guitarist of all time. The Clash is one of my all time favorite bands.

[@OnAir21]

Slash’s “Appetite for Destruction” (the Kris Derrig replica) is crazily important to feature, as a replica/clone was essentially ‘the’ guitar that saved a then-failing Gibson amidst the hair metal era.

[@iamgalaxy1424]

Why isn’t jimmy pages telecaster in any of these vids

[@magmarok8209]

The Dragon Tele is my favorite Fender I own

[@chrishorton615]

or his doubleneck gibson, or his #1...etc. Jimmy Page has a number of iconic guits

[@michanowak7060]

Once I went to the music store, they had extra price for some yamaha bass, that's how I got my battle axe, then I covered it with rock and astrophysics stickers and put it to the service to make it perfect. They altered a neck a bit, change some frets and did some magic, so after that every band I've been in asked if there is some fuzz/overdrive/chorus hidden inside for it has unique sound. It ain't legendary yet but man, just give me 10 more years ;)

[@jhay3966]

well, I removed the B and E strings of my acoustic, realigned the strings, and added a drop d string at the top and got rid of the lower machinehead. Give me 20 yrs, it'll be known

[@laundrysheets9156]

I know it's not as iconic as the others but Jimmy page's double necked Gibson SG. It's pretty neat and I haven't seen anyone else use it

[@sammccue500]

The Eagles.

[@ZeFrenchiestFry69420]

Alex Lifeson? Search up 'Xanadu' by A band called rush

[@mackmitchell94]

Jimmy Pages double neck isn’t an SG, it’s an EDS 1275

[@CurtisAlfeld]

Slash.

[@rizkiarya6257]

Alex lifeson Slash Don felder

[@TheBurgy91]

I love the fact that compared to other KZbin Guitarists, you also bring this side knowledge which makes your clips nice to watch. Plus, you also appreciate a song/artist/instrument more if you know its story.

[@jacobreece1971]

Syd Barrett's mirror Telecaster

[@davidjohnsen3245]

Jacob Reece THIS!!!

[@JohnSmith-hm6lv]

It was an esquire actually. It's been lost since the late 60s.

[@darianbaxley8850]

Dude whats up i see you everywhere bro

[@owenmccormick6147]

David gilmour's black Strat with Jimi hendrix's guitar strap. Or his #0001 Telecaster

[@DalekWindmill]

It was an Esquire, i suppose that makes it even more special.

[@chrissoares23]

I dunno maybe: Randy Rhoads' first Jackson V, Ace Frehaly's Les Paul with the smoking fake pick-up, Paul Stanley's mirrored Iceman, Gene Simmons' ax bass, Zakk Wylde's target rings Gibson Les Paul, Hetfield's EET FUK explorer?

[@mrmug4000]

Angus youngs sg?

[@jecos1966]

Randy Rhoads Guitar was called concord

[@davidjohnsen3245]

I'm almost offended you haven't done any of David Gilmour's guitars yet! Such as the Black Strat, and the #0001 Strat. Other ideas are Slashs' Appetite For Destruction Les Paul, Robbie Robertson's Last Waltz Strat (very underated guitar player from a great and underrated band), Eric Clapton's Blackie Strat, Syd Barret's Mirror Esquire, George Harrison's Lucy, John Lennon's Epihphone Casino, the list goes on!

[@davidjohnsen3245]

Xander Mohan ooooo I never actually heard of the fool before, just looked it up. Pretty cool.

[@Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed]

Mirror Esquire.

[@danthorpe8485]

You’ve made his job 10,000x rasier

[@davidjohnsen3245]

Dan Thorpe haha I know. *easier

[@toms8255]

Chuck Schuldiners BC rich stealth

[@agarpro7886]

Brian May the guitarist in Queen had a pretty interesting guitar

[@lapinus]

has*

[@hadleydowell2095]

He actually made it with his dad

[@Me4-gc8qs]

And an Aussie made the copy Brian uses as a backup, you can tell which is the copy because it has no damage/wear marks on the neck pickup. It was such a good copy that Brian hired him as the head builder at BMG Brian May guitars!

[@WeBothAreMonkeys]

Don't think you had to specify he's from Queen.

[@mads9270]

Me 4 Well, not really. The Fryer replicas aren’t quite the same colour as the original and he isn’t the head builder at BMG.

[@johnmurphy5783]

These vids always make Mondays better.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Gene Siimmons"s Axe Bass Or Paul McCarthy's Hofner Bass? I mean since you did put a bass in the list, I'd figure maybe basses could be of the next installment lol

[@zr5r514]

McCartney's Revolution bass, please!

[@RC32Smiths01]

Ye I would like to see that!

[@piranhasforscissors]

Those Hofner basses sound awful. I know because I have one. :P

[@RC32Smiths01]

ahhh I see. Well just simply in the hands of one of most famous and renowned bassists makes the bass Iconic I would assume y'know.

[@zr5r514]

David Lololol I own a 500/1 Mersey I agree that it sounds meh, but the violin bass has been iconic, not legendary ;)

[@craigpoole1868]

The fact that a Hammet owns that Les Paul breaks my heart. That poor thing is going to die a slow horrible death having him play it. And it wasn't a factory mistake that made the guitar out of phase it was a repair where the neck pickup magnet was put in backwards and pickup installed backwards. The pickup is physically out of phase not electrically.

[@marauder600]

You should do JJ Cales Harmony!! A total Frankenstein, his studio work with that old thing was outstanding. The tones and sheer variety of sounds and styles he created with that thing is still influencing players today!!

[@KealohaHarrison]

I love these videos! If you do a fourth one, you should include George Harrison’s Rocky Strat or Syd Barrett’s ‘62 Esquire with the reflective chrome paint job and plastic mirrors

[@LeChaunce]

Definitely George Harrison's Rocky. That's an icon.

[@mungethekpopstan]

the fact that kirk hammet has a guitar originally owned by a member of fleetwood mac is amazing

[@cryptic-jack8108]

$2M dollars? Kurt's Guitar: Am I a joke to you?.

[@gianski3306]

How about “Stories Behind Famous Guitarist”, how their parents met, raised, conceived, etc.😂

[@pomaranc747]

I have nothing against Kirk Hammett, but calling THE Les Paul Kirk Hammett's Les Paul feels kinda wrong.

[@metalabsynth]

pomaranc747 I agree, plus Kirk has so many other guitars that could’ve been put on another list

[@matiasmetsavainio9674]

Well since kirk bought it it is KIRKS guitar. Like it or not

[@matiasmetsavainio9674]

Xander Mohan so. Do you meant that if you would buy a used house it still wont be yours. Cos the previous owner ones had it.

[@brianhedley5139]

Technically if you are the second outright buyer. Your name is added to the deeds of a house but the original owner if they bought it remains there. Peter Green actually listened to Gary Moore's album using the Les Paul and declared the album was awful.

[@matiasmetsavainio9674]

Brian Hedley yeah but the current owner still is kirk hammet

[@stanleyknife888]

Famous bass guitars next?

[@nicks4802]

9/10 are only famous because of the guitars they played next to...

[@Videohead-eq5cy]

Nick S lemme introduce you to Cliff Burton

[@stanleyknife888]

Geezer butler, flea, les claypool, David ellefson, Larry graham, Chris from muse

[@ashleyjohansson230]

bass are boring

[@sashingopaul3111]

404 Studios I think the most extreme bass could be Phil Lesh’s Eye of Horus Bass.

[@SilverSting420]

You need to do one for bass guitars. Like Gene's axe bass, Paul's Hofner, whatever one Deacy used.

[@fernandosilva6295]

Johnny Greenwoods Tele, Jack White's axe, Matt Bellamy's Mattocasters, John Petrucci's new freaking NASA Computerish guitar Also, 0 dislikes, 600 likes! Wow!

[@revertingtonothing985]

Glitterati is absolute legend of a guitar man

[@gastilarrivey3654]

Love these kind of videos, keep up the great work

[@RobertWJackson]

Great video! I really enjoy this series of videos that you’re doing. I love the entire history of the instrument, and these have all been very informative. In the next video, maybe cover Rick Nielsen’s Hamer double-neck, Randy Rhoads’ Jackson Concord, Slash’s ‘58 Les Paul that they just recently discovered was one of the very first “Burst” guitars? (I think it’s a ‘58, anyway.) Great video!

[@lukebyrd8406]

I love these videos! The stories behind these instruments are so interesting

[@ZachClossin]

Kurt Cobain's Left-handed baby blue Jagstang Ian Curtis' Vox Phantom James Hetfield's White Explorer Brian Jones' Teardrop Vox Lemmy's Rickenbacker Bass Great video!

[@anndynegative]

This is a wicked series, hope you get around to making more of them!

[@joewg3]

In 1961 the country/bluegrass band Betty Amos, Judy Lee and Jean (now in the country music hall of fame) were in a plane crash in Alaska on their way to a USO show. Amazingly, they all survived (almost crashed flying back to the southern 48). About a month after the crash Eskimos found Judy Lee Schreiber's 1958 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman and sent it back to her. She did nothing to restore it and immediately started playing it again. A few months ago she asked me to build her a replacement that she can tote around and sent me some pictures of the guitar as it is now. She still uses it to play local venues around Nashville! The story of the crash is documented and is one heck of a story! She used to take a soldering iron with her on the road to rewire or fix pots, etc. She was friends with Chet Atkins and herJudy Lee personally played her guitars on a number of occasions. Honestly, I don't know how I can possibly come close to building a guitar to rival something like this, but I am humbled and honored to get the opportunity!

[@williw.5815]

These videos are so cool man. So interesting to hear some of these stories.

[@notaparrot3426]

So close to 200k, good job man!!!

[@matiasmorales073]

I just freaking love this guy

[@argosytheband]

Doug Irwin's Tiger. One of the most-played, most-recognized, most-unique, most beautiful guitars ever made.

[@stacygaryowen]

Randy Rhoads guitars please!

[@kevinseintu212]

I love this video series, it's good to watch. I would like to see you cover Don Felder's Gibson EDS-1275 double neck, used in the live performances of Hotel California. I think it's interesting because it's modded and actually has two jacks so it runs through two different amps.

[@davecochran]

Brad Nowell from Sublime had a cool Dan McDonald custom towards the end of his life. Kind of a strat/Ibanez hybrid with a G&L neck The brown one. His bass player also had a green bass built by him.

[@MillicentOak]

Can't believe you still haven't come back to this and talked about Clapton's "The Fool" SG!

[@ghostface9772]

Amazing video! Part 4 needs Slash's Appetite For Destruction studio guitar

[@andrewpappas9311]

For the next one can you include some basses? I'd love to see Cliff Burton's Rickenbacker 4001 and one of Les Claypool's Carl Thompson basses that he used in the early days of Primus, I've always wanted to know how he became associated with them

[@saintluciaofficial2019]

You should do some about notable extended range guitars. Just a thought.

[@BengB]

Elijah Shiver I know of an extensive archive of meshuggahs old guitars if SG is interested ;)

[@ggenutrition1028]

As always: great job man!! Thanx for sharing!

[@jayrey4210]

Love these vids Samurai. 🤘 Really cool stories

[@revsyz]

I love these videos, thanks for making them. I would like to see more bass guitars discussed in future videos.

[@angelusnielson7135]

I love these lists, keep it up please!

[@fafafuhi2231]

gotta have more of these... u have the best voice for it

[@angrydragon5567]

You should look at some of the weird guitars josh homme from queens of the stone age has, there's a few interesting ones in there

[@Matthordika]

Always nice to see some much deserved attention for Jaco!

[@nobodyhere4860]

Wow wow Wow! Hold up, so Rob helped the family get Jaco's bass back? That dude just keeps gettin cooler every time I hear about him! On top of being a darn good bassist🤘🤙

[@scarlettepunk2087]

I don’t have an original Moderne...but I saw the Sasquatch playing one near a crossroads...under a cherry burst moon...he was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein True story...

[@obsessedwithguitars3157]

I suggest you do Tony Iommi's black John Birch SG that was stolen and returned twice because the thieves were convinced it was cursed.

[@marko00chim]

Awesome video like always!!🙌

[@BSIII]

Michael hamptons 'fat strat' 1973/74. A 17 year old Michael hampton (less known, i know) played maggot brain note-for-note, at a party that george clinton was at. It blew him away, and with the recent incarceration of eddie hazel, had mike join funkadelic as the new lead guitarist. He bought mike a strat, mike had a reverse headstock neck added to it, had the single coils replaced with humbuckers, and decorated with rhinestones. This may have been one of the first 'fat strats', and was used in many of pfunks live performances and recordings. Mike is an extremely underrated guitarist. I doubt he'd make any of these lists, but he is up there with the greats. Eddie hazel, as well, except itd be impossible to find any detailed information about his guitars to make a list.

[@TheFarout69]

Peter Frampton's Les Paul. Stolen, then, survived a plane crash with heat damage but managed to finally be reunited with Frampton some 20 years later or something.

[@calebwashburn2193]

I def like these videos MR. Samuri....I love hearing the history behind these relics

[@paulalexiou2448]

Eric Clapton's "Blackie" should have been on the list and also Jimmy Page's mirror tele and Toni Iommi's Gibson SG

[@DBSG1976]

Great video, I'm a new subscriber as a result!

[@nath1606]

Jonny Greenwood’s Tele plus would be a nice addition to the series

[@greatscottrules]

I used to have a beautiful Ibanez Jem with a root beer finish. It played like a dream. Sold it during tough times, and by then, I was a Gibson-holic. Wish I still had it in my arsenal. It was luscious.

[@mlwsf]

Still waiting for Ty Tabor's original Red Strat, Waylon Jennings' Tele, and Johnny Ramone's Mosrite

[@mgamel777]

Hey there, Vai just named his pickups after the Harley engines. "At the same time, I was also working with DiMarzio designing a new pickup. There were four that we experimented with and each was named after a Harley Davidson engine style. They were the Flathead, Knucklehead, Panhead and Evolution. The one I liked the most was the Evolution, so DiMarzio put them into production and they are still available." www.vai.com/minisites/EVO/history_frameset.html

[@caseycoughlin4975]

I love these videos! Please make more

[@Djarra]

Most people now accept that the bass Jaco used a butterknife to rip the frets out of at the breakfast table in a motel while on tour with Wayne Cochran was a 70s jazz bass that he had before he acquired the Bass of Doom. Somewhere along the way the story of him doing that, which is corroborated by most of the other members of Cochren's CC Riders at the time, got transferred to the legendary Bass of Doom. Apparently Jaco was literally pulling the frets out with a knife and filling the gaps with liquid wood he'd borrowed from the janitor at breakfast. Cochran was furious as Jaco had only one bass and they had a lunchtime show. After the second song of the lunchtime show Cochren walked over to Jaco on stage with a huge grin and big thumbs up as he could tell not only was Jaco hitting ever note perfectly the fretless sound merged with the horns so much better and made the whole group sound more cohesive. Exactly what Jaco and said would happen.

[@ascii7085]

If you do another one of these, I'd like to hear about Dick Dale's 'The Beast'.

[@skumpkin5191]

Gene Simmons axe bro! I got to meet the guy who made it since he lived in my home town, he's a real guitar hot rodder. It will also make Delaware look better lol

[@susancorgi]

Way to go dude!

[@joaotorres6631]

thanks for featuring Jaco's Bass of Doom, such an amazing instrument

[@არვიცი]

James Hetfield's Garage Made Guitar should be in there too.

[@Idontknow-v7u]

yes

[@alexaudiovisuals]

Still no Lucy :(

[@dumbbitchenergy4223]

No Rocky either...

[@matt.fromtheinternet]

Or any of the Beatles' Casinos (John's probably has the most history). Honestly, he could probably make an entire video of just Beatles instruments.

[@dumbbitchenergy4223]

YeOldeMemeBoi Yeah, just throw in Paul’s Hofner bass, and that’s about a full video in itself!

[@joshuavargas9668]

If ur talking about Lucille than that's in another vid .

[@matt.fromtheinternet]

No, Lucille was B.B. King's guitar, Lucy was a ruby red Les Paul that Eric Clapton had gifted George Harrison in exchange for his wife. I think you can hear it on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Something."

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

Here's a few more: George Harrison's 2 Rickenbacker 360/12's. Ace Frehley's light up and smoking Les Pauls. John Fogerty's "ACME". George Harrison/Eric Clapton's "Lucy". The VOX Tear Drop. The Rickenbacker Convertible and Light Show.

[@xLHAssassin]

A few i'd like to see: Jack White's 50's Kay Hollowbody Tony Iommi's Jaydee SG Angus Young's SG Jack White's Airline guitar Tim Armstrong's Gretsch

[@floppz9549]

Cobain's competition Mustang?

[@renknook]

A suggestion for the next video on this subject; David Gilmour's #0001 strat.

[@markomarinovic3763]

There is a strat that Dave Murray from Iron Maiden played for about 20 years between 1970 and 1990, and it was owned by legendary guitarist of band Free, Paul Kossoff. It's an interesting story, you can check it out.

[@benaaronmusic]

Very good video, dude.

[@comand0Metalero1]

Hetfield's EET FUK Esp Explorer?

[@EvelynRoods]

Dog Mattinson it was an MX220, but we get your point. One of the most iconic guitars in metal.

[@latioswarrior]

You should do this series but with amps and their origins

[@Nothing25568]

Clapton’s “Blackie” Strat. Bought out a pawnshop’s supply of strats and took out all his favorite pieces from the ones he bought and built blackie out of the parts.

[@mad-dogmcfarlane3530]

Of all my guitars, my replica of the Peter Green LP Lemondrop (by Vintage) remains my all-time 'go-to' guitar. I bought it originally because of that out of phase pick-up tone but two or three gigs later, I knew I found 'The One'.

[@dsmith9087]

That white mark behind you left me scrubbing my screen trying to get it off for the first 15 seconds of this video.

[@jerrymorganjr]

That pic of the 59 les paul is "Stripe" Gary Moore's other 59 burst. Not Greeny. Love these videos not trying to be a troll. Keep this coming man!

[@samuraiguitarist]

I appreciate the correction. Good eye

[@cas9564]

Another cool fact about Steve Vai's JEM guitars is that one of them was used for the Mjolnir Mix of the Halo Theme.

[@noahb7942]

Ollie Halsall's left handed 1967 Type 2 Gibson SG Custom should be on the next video

[@scottkee1864]

Pretty sure Greeny's guitar OOP sound was a magnet reversal during fiddling, not a factory error. There are several variants of the story from Greeny, but all of them involve accidental rewiring misadventures.

[@davidflint12]

Another great episode. Fun facts: Love it. Also, Jaco = Genius

[@goldenstarmusic1689]

I found a Steve Vai signature once at a guitar center, white with floral patterns on the fretboard. it was surreal

[@Tommy-te4su]

do Angus Young's first sg

[@wanderingstar23]

I would love to see something about the Jupiter thunderbird. Its my favorite guitar design. You could probably do a whole segment about billy gibbons collection. Haha

[@benlohrer2334]

Respectfully, kirk Hammett didn't pay 2M$ for Greeney. He explains that story in the Gibson Icons series. Wonderful story with a great guitar with such rich rock and roll history

[@starke2908]

While having dinner with Denny Freeman in 2004 at my home while he was on tour with Dylan. He told me about buying Lenny for Stevie Ray Vaughn. He said he never got paid for it, and also that SRV owed him rent when he died..... I wonder whatever happened to Freeman's guitars when he died two years ago..... He sent me pictures of all of them.

[@aidankinsman3368]

2:57 hell yeah he's going to talk about lemmy 3:01. Why do you like to hurt me

[@RMoribayashi]

Add Eric Clapton's "The Fool" 1964 SG Standard to the next series. While Clapton only ownd it for a year or two it had a second life in the hands of multi-instrumentalist Todd Rundgren. TR played it in the studio and on stage for over a decade but eventually Todd began only playing copies while the original stayed safe at home. A icon of British psychedelia, Todd auctioned The Fool off in 2000 for around $150,000 to pay off a tax debt. That buyer turned around and sold it a few years later for $500,000.

[@Rebackka66677]

I love watching this stuff it's really inspirational

[@dwightdaone2815]

The stories of Keith Richards 1959 Les Paul and his 1953 Telecaster would be rad

[@danielfassler8900]

I want an Ibanez Pía so Bad, I never had the desire for a guitar like now

[@rooster261]

Norman Greenbaum’s telecaster a sound that will never be replicated

[@lefthandluke8923]

Still making my way through this series. Hoping you covered Joe Strummer's '66 Tele! [Edit: Posted before I saw the whole video. Strummer's Tele is well represented!]

[@f3uibeghardt522]

That's pretty goddamned funny that Billy Gibbons won't even let anyone look at his supposed Moderne. Not because it reminds me of that scene in Spinal Tap, but because it's just funny all on its own.