'Turquoise Fade' | Yamaha SBV500 | Yamaha SC1200 | Line 6 Helix Native | Hamamatsu Sessions

Of all the guitars that I was lucky enough to try in Japan this was probably the one I would have most liked to bring home. A prototype that for some reason never made it into production. Shame.
Hope you enjoy!
I'm quite proud of these little ideas. They aren't the greatest things I've ever written or the best examples of my playing but I'm quite proud of myself for being able to record the bass, rhythm and lead guitars parts for the six short tracks in about a day and a half. All with severe jetlag and a pretty bad cold!
Steve Geer as always did a great job of the filming and it was a pleasure to search through his footage and edit these little pieces together.
All recorded with a Line 6 Sonicport VX into Steinberg Cubase running Helix Native. Technology can be pretty awesome.
Hope you enjoy.
From the Yamaha page
"Join Paul Hindmarsh Music as he explores the vast collection of rare and prototype instruments at the Yamaha Guitar Archive in Hamamatsu, Japan. Paul composed six short pieces as a musical tour of Yamaha’s unique guitar history.
Paul selected his favorite guitar from the archives, a 2009 prototype developed as part of a design project exploring new body silhouettes for the song titled "Turquoise Fade". “Of all the guitars I saw in Japan, this would probably have been the one I would have picked if I had been able to take one home," said Paul. "It sounded great and looked different enough to stand out from the crowd. A nice single-coil sound on a modern-looking guitar.”
For the bass, Paul chose the awesomely funky looking SBV500, a redesign of the offset SB Series from the 60s, featuring a deep neck joint and unique pickups.
Finally, for the rhythm, Paul went back to the clear sound of the SC1200, a top-tier model of the SC series featuring a neck-through design, unique bar magnet pickups, and mini-toggle switches.
Paul recorded into Cubase recording software from Steinberg, using the Line 6 Sonic Port VX interface and Helix Native plugin"

[@chaoschoir4759]

These little video snippets are a testament to both your playing skill (superb!) and the Yamaha instruments you’re using. Great stuff as always Paul..!

[@paulhindmarshmusic]

Thank you:-)

[@BhanuKer]

That prototype sounds and looks amazing. If Yamaha were looking to dispose of it, then I'd gladly pay for delivery. I believe that Gibson has a Reverb site where they sell off design prototypes . I wish Yamaha did something similar.

[@afkasm]

looks and sounds awesome

[@paulhindmarshmusic]

Thank you.

[@ryanfitzgerald8489]

Cool guitars and awesome jam!

[@paulhindmarshmusic]

Thanks.

[@sjsphotog]

Keep it up..

[@audionutmike]

Paul, your video production and playing continue to evolve and grow! A different musical idea from you and I like it! Love your sense of melody . Great work yet again!

[@paulhindmarshmusic]

Thanks! Very nice of you. I had a lot of help on this video. All the filming was done by Steve Geer at Yamaha, so I just had the editing and playing to do. Pleased you like it.

[@hollywoodactress]

Cool turquoise guitar, reminds me of some the shapes by music man and some smaller guitar makers. Any idea why the prototype was shelved?

[@paulhindmarshmusic]

I have no idea. I really liked it. Shame.