The Original Randy Piper, "The Pipes" Guitar!

[@dcright]

Wow!!!! I just came across this video. I haven't seen that guitar in nearly 40 years!!!! I worked for B.C. Rich in '83-'84 and remember when that guitar and Blackie's Widow bass were made. The shop was S. El Monte. Brings back a lot of memories of my time there. And, yes, Randy is a good guy,

[@petepunckowski]

Oh man !! That's AWESOME, Dan !!

[@thomasfoytek7633]

Did you work with Tino, who's buffing+ at Anderson Guitarworks these days?

[@dcright]

Yup! 🙂@@thomasfoytek7633

[@matsnilson7727]

Had the posters when I was 11. For 38 years I've thought those were real pipes. 😄 I always thought Randy was the coolest cat in WASP back in the day.

[@robwallace802]

To me, Randy was a big part of WASP. They were never really the same once he was gone.

[@CalmBrook]

True. An his voice is strongly similar to Blackie

[@FreeMTrider]

I agree. I saw WASP on both tours with Piper and he was a huge part of the show. I still have those ticket stubs! Blackie should have stayed on bass or just added a third guitar.....but you know he would have never wanted to pay another salary. lol

[@shawnfarris1849]

True

[@robwallace802]

@@FreeMTrider I agree. Once he changed to guitar it had a different feel.

[@jonsimmons4150]

I saw randy playing this at the lyceum london 1984..

[@camshaft2112]

Was that with Metallica?

[@stephaneauger1036]

wow...80's so uniques....i miss 80's stuff am 53 and a wasp fan till 1984

[@fretman09]

My first show 1984, with Iron Maiden an awesome experience at my young age back then.

[@IanOnTheDL]

I always thought it was actual pipes. Crazy what an amazing paint job can do to the eyes

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

Loved the custom 80’s guitars. Piper’s is classic.

[@cyberlip666]

I'm the Tom from that letter! I bought the guitar directly from Randy in 2001 and sold it ten years later in 2011 to the guy in TX mentioned in the video. Seeing this makes me miss it lol.

[@-GRAVESITE-]

Now that is a custom guitar. That headstock is crazy AND I thought it was real pipes too. Badass.

[@joshkaye5303]

This is freakin' awesome! for being that old and hand made (before CNC) this is an incredible masterwork seeing it close up.

[@braxal6983]

W.A.S.P also played in Anaheim at a little club called Radio City when I saw them as a kid. The club was on Ball Road in Anaheim. The club was like the size of a dive bar but a tad bigger. Saw many top bands in there.

[@asuperstraightpureblood]

Man that's too cool. Neal Moser Jr. Was a great friend of myself and many others. He had his apartment decorated with oddball bodies he and his dad had made. Cool to see this.

[@jimlawson9014]

What a talent to paint like that!

[@adamphillips6747]

The BC Rich factory was in El Monte.

[@twinvasion7798]

Such a badass guitar… went great with his pipe jet pack onstage. When Randy left WASP, thought for sure his solo band would be called “Pied Piper” lol… instead it was Animal.

[@thefrogking481]

Many years ago a much younger version of myself played a Cammo painted BC Rich Warlock. It was over the top on all levels. I remember the name Screaming Leaming on the back. The guitar played like nothing I'd ever touched, it left an impression on me. Now I know the significance of what it was, and I kick my ASS FOR NOT PAYING THE $800 THE SHOP WANTED. Yeah, a US made BC custom shop guitar, and I didn't buy it. It was probably 1988/87 and the shop was in Decatur Alabama.

[@TheTacoMonger]

The Pipes baby !!! Yeah!! Classic W.A.S.P

[@IanOnTheDL]

I like my traditional shaped guitars/basses for sure but I also love the over the top ones as well. Currently my only bass I own is a 2008 B. C. Rich Warlock bass with the two P-bass style pickups

[@lauriepoloni2668]

If the original line up stayed together wasp would have been huge.

[@shaunduffy5180]

Thank blackie for that

[@lauriepoloni2668]

It was all about him,he ruined wasp.

[@hellchild6668]

@@lauriepoloni2668 I actually listened to an interview with Randy on Eddie trunk, where he said he quit after The Last Command tour because he was broke and in debt and Blackie bought him out of the band

[@lauriepoloni2668]

@@hellchild6668 l didn,t know that,even when Johnny Rod joined the band,it was never the same.

[@zakiahmad4024]

Sorry but wasp always sucked.

[@ClintsCrypt]

I loved WASP in the 80s! Cool guitar.

[@bigjohnson9561]

I saw Wasp open up for Iron Maiden on the Power Slave Tour.

[@CalmBrook]

Woah! Irvine Meadows show?

[@bigjohnson9561]

San Antonio, TX

[@CalmBrook]

@@bigjohnson9561 - awesome!

[@stevengoodman3498]

I am so jealous! Lol

[@jeffhodge7272]

@@CalmBrook That's the one I saw. Some dude 3 rows in front of me got a whirling firecracker in his hair.😮

[@davidshaw8402]

Love that guitar when I was in high school I did a oil painting of him with his guitar I got a "A" for it🤘💪 And if I ever got a chance to meet him which I probably won't I would offer it to him

[@ShapuhiFilms]

That is so cool! I remember seeing it live in Madison Wisconsin back in the day!

[@AaronG72901]

Big Thanks for making this video and showing this Iconic Guitar! Wasp has always been one of my favorite bands!!

[@rikfox8812]

I'm not sure if Screamin' Leemin' did the multicolored crackle paint job on my custom Warlock bass...🤔 However, the *original* 1982 lineup of WASP was Blackie, Randy, myself and Tony. Photos by Don Adkins are out there on the internet. Randy validated it in one of his interviews, so does Chris Holmes.

[@thearonroberts6703]

Most definitely one of the baddest customs out there....Steve vai's flames guitar and of course Mr. King of the cool guitars...Paul Stanley's holograph Hamer Scarab he sported on the heavens on fire video is the coolest looking one of all in my opinion....he also had leopards print bcrich eagle, zebra print flying v which I could never get a look at the headstock to see who's product it was ....think it looked like a Gibson v headstock but the body was more streamline than a gibson...let's not forget the shattered glass ibanez iceman....oh yeah creatures of the night saw him with a yellow/ black zebra print explorer or destroyer....black bc rich mockingbird with 2 rows of large rhinestones....damn he has got some bad ass guitars

[@richardturk7162]

I met Randy at a guitar show in Ohio super nice guy. I saw that guitar up close it looked pretty much as it is in this video. A friend of mine in Fla owned Chris Holmes Budweiser star and blood drip star. So there are some great WASP guitars in private collections. Back in the early 2000s I was deep into collecting BC Rich, San Dimas Charvels, San Dimas Jackson guitars. Had a few rare Roscoe guitars from the 80s one was Joe Perry's Dr Death guitar which was #1 of only 12 made.

[@richardcurtis1912]

Lita trashed the Budweiser guitar. Threw it in the street and then into the trash case and all. She destroyed that guitar. Common knowledge.

[@williamboyle8918]

Why would Randy rid of this?

[@roymartin500]

Got to see WASP(the Piper & Holmes duo) w/KISS at The San Diego Sports Arena on The Last Command. FF to now and Randy is still playing.. a Custom Cadillac guitar! Piper has style!

[@Malte-Micha]

Randy piper was approached by Blackie about the next album cover picture. When Randy seen the electric circus cover, he realized it was time to Leave WA.S.P He didn't want to stand in the shadow of Lawless. Blackie was upset when Randy quit the band. Randy is a very underrated Guitarist.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

First time I heard these guys was on Sirius XM’s Hair Nation. Pretty tasteful guitar work, pretty outrageous guitar.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

1st time i heard them was in the early 80s ,good to see someone who wasnt born when they came out appreciating them

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 Yeah man my dad raised me on Van Halen and everything 80s, most of my music taste to this day stems from that.

[@JohnnyBeane]

Nice!

[@leehuff9901]

Thats so sick. Love that. unreal!

[@umur207akaydn5]

That was awesome 🤟😎I'm a huge W.A.S.P. fan. Thank you for this amazing episode 👏😊

[@elsargentodevinilo6230]

This is Nice!!!!!!!!!!! What would be the price of this guitar, if it was put for sale?

[@Reppie.]

One of the coolest guitars i have seen.

[@brianraap8543]

This is amazing.

[@darrell8167]

I love charvel's I miss the '80s damn

[@rickya3877]

I was there when Unknown Hinson attacked Screaming Leamin at that Radio Shack...I screamed "By God,you're KILLING the man" but he he kept at it like some sort of deranged shrew...a grotesque site to behold

[@billypainter3715]

was that the day screaming Leamin lost his left testicle

[@rickya3877]

@@billypainter3715 It certainly could have been...I wish I could get that vision out of my head...haunts me to this day

[@billypainter3715]

no wonder Leamin was Screaming

[@riverbastard666]

Oh oh oh Leamins Screamin...

[@vintagetubeamplifiers]

I'm seeing WASP in December! Bought tickets like a year ago.

[@vintagetubeamplifiers]

Their show this past Saturday was incredible!

[@TheOfficerMahoney]

Fantastic guitar

[@gabrielbrouwer]

Very clever design to make it appear they’re real pipes. Cool.

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

Thank you very much!

[@JustinSmithPYRO]

Never been a fan a B.C. rich. I'm a Les Paul guitar player. But I've always wanted this one, or a copy of it, IF They exist. This thing is absolutely awesome 🤘🤘 WASP is one of my favorite band's. Thank you for this video. If I had a 100k sittin around I would definitely offer you that for this.

[@jeffhodge7272]

You must play W.A.S.P. on that guitar. It's a moral imperative. 🤟

[@SemourDuncan]

Can you do a video with Randys BC Rich Skull Warlock Guitar?

[@petepunckowski]

I believe that's owned by Zolton Bathory from.. one of those newer bands.

[@ScottyBrockway]

Cool guitar, probably hard to play leads on but I bet its great for rhythm.

[@davidportnoy3237]

Oh man, the feedback should be just sick!! Nevermind, I thought they were real pipes at first.

[@RushGuitarMan]

Speaking of Swiss Picks, they’re my favorite plectrums. I use the atomic glow in the dark picks. My other favorite is Dragon Heart picks, by C. Whitney Guitars.

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

I sell swiss picks

[@RushGuitarMan]

@@ZIMMSGUITARS I may order some from you at some point.

[@onionsavoya1506]

Did you ever see Chris Holmes Budweiser 🎸??

[@christopherw3221]

Definitely a cool score Pete

[@thestarseeker8196]

That paint job is INSANE. It has ALWAYS looked like a guitar neck fused to some actual pipes.

[@Zedster88]

I saw this guitar live at least once. Probably 2 or 3 times but those days are a blur 😅

[@jamesbridges1107]

Bring in more Star's guitars!!!!!!!!

[@LevySouza-b6r]

mano onde tu consegue todas essas guitarras tu comprou na epoca que eles venderam enhhhh

[@workingorder2189]

What a legend Zimm! Showcasing this rare Bc rich on your channel. What’s next, Lita Fords loco motion Bc rich?

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

That would be great

[@vintagetubeamplifiers]

1:31 two in the pink, one in the stink.

[@ClintsCrypt]

Now I spent the whole day listening to WASP! 🤣🤣🤣

[@FretLevelMidnight]

Love it!

[@JaniceLalla]

looks good!

[@portuguesebeer5069]

Fuckin' awesome! I have subscrived! Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

[@james4084]

It would be exhausting playing that. 😀

[@seagullpoet]

I’d ❤ to own that guitar !

[@kenvorland]

Awesome

[@mark6302]

thats fucking wild

[@Ultra-Collector]

What’s up with the BC Rich and Charvelle behind you at the end of the vid while you’re playing the pipe guitar? Are they for sale? They’re likely exactly what i want and are always looking for Dane! Contact me please and let me know! Thanks Dane! Ultra

[@MesaGuitarGuy]

that was cool!

[@danielagado1731]

I need those pipes to make my barbecue pit so I won't burn my ribeyes

[@nicholasaquino5160]

I'd love to have that guitar"'

[@rudycastillo6369]

the dude from five finger death punch owns it i believe

[@petepunckowski]

He owns the Warlock with the skull graphic.

[@MrNumber1gator]

I owned it in the late 90s 2000s was actually trying to scrape up the cash to purchase back the guy had a 10,000 price on it and I heard death punch dude bought it.

[@_racoon_7778]

I want you to see savatage's Chris Oliva gargoyle guitar

[@stevehounslow9749]

I'd buy that

[@kissdiaries]

Wow, what a Beauty

[@jeremybaker195]

The back bottom of that guitar looks like the shocker. Lol🤘

[@dantucker7390]

Lmao 🤣 I thought the same thing. I watched Steel Panther videos just yesterday then saw the shocker when he flipped it over.

[@jamesmccool503]

Wow!!!

[@jddilligaff]

I saw WASP in Seattle in 1984-85 with Kiss they Kicked Kisses ass , on our way back to Yakima we ran into the tour bus the Band was eating Breakfast Randy was off by himself in the dark eating by candle light it seemed strange but Blackie was not too friendly with us , it was obvious we where fans as we both had on our new concert shirts personally I lost interest in them after that . just recently started watching vids of Chris who I think got a raw deal from Blackie . just an old mans opinion that is a cool guitar.

[@elflakeador09]

Thats insane looking

[@blackanchorage1]

Magnifique

[@wesbeach69]

1:27 one in the stink, 2 in the pink.

[@wilrodzslayer]

killer

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

The Pied Piper.

[@keithholley546]

where is his naked lady guitar? that one was as cool as the pipes guitar

[@bh870]

hey xmas coming up, can i have it 😁

[@jamesamsler2418]

He had a naked lady guitar also!!!!

[@slayer666ere]

🤘❤️🤘

[@smoluk1]

Id rather Have Chris Holmes Guitar he even did he paint job on it himself Drunk.

[@petepunckowski]

Yeah... he did.. though the paint job, was more of a... paint dump. :)

[@laryedus]

Tremolo??

[@petepunckowski]

Yeah, I know.. I fucked up. :)

[@drunk247]

It makes me kinda sad that Randy had to part with this. If guitars could talk

[@TheOfficerMahoney]

Letting Randy go was Blackies worst mistake

[@ZmanKC]

Almost make SG's and Flying V's look good.

[@danielwilliams6761]

Can't believe that's a paint job.

[@rockdaddy2168]

Living proof tonewoods don't matter on a solid body electric guitar. Want to sell that?

[@micemr76]

He said it himself...money talks everything's for sale

[@petepunckowski]

It's a Maple centerblock with either Koa or Mahogany sides.. Sounds Killer !! :)

[@mr.astrophysics9115]

I'll pass on that

[@zachary_attackery]

Why would Randy sell this?? I guess none of these signature guitars mean anything to these guys

[@petepunckowski]

The gravy train doesn't last forever for these guys.. It's sad in that respect that some of their gear is sold to fans.

[@TheOfficerMahoney]

I offer 328$!

[@petepunckowski]

Add 2 zeros and we have a deal. ;)

[@TheLordGoat]

Blackies ego ruined their early legacy.

[@DavidMadeira29]

I'd rather call this one Fury Road...

[@richardflora7940]

The headstock just don't match.

[@Ultra-Collector]

The head stock on the exhaust guitar should’ve been a pipe bent like a BC Rich pointed reverse head stock. Total design fail! In my opinion of course! I simply cannot stand that headstock!

[@chromag33]

Come on guys. You do not know what you are talking about!!! All of your reviews are so for off.

[@edwardprzydzial]

fuckin W.A.S.P. first tour man!