Why Dave Grohl Bought Chris Shiflett Two Gibsons!!

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[@the_minimalistic_adventure]

Never realized how cool Chris was. He seems like a genuinely nice guy who got lucky in one of the best bands out there! It seems like all of the Foo’s are good people!

[@steveeckert8396]

It should really come as no surprise. Most businesses mimic their leader.

[@SusannTx]

Yep. I have noticed that most of the people who work with or for the Foos are good people also. I think Dave looks for that as much as talent and how everyone will get along with each other.

[@bushleague3472]

Actually he's played in two of the best bands out there, and NUFAN seemed like a bunch of really great guys too.

[@bobabooey4537]

Do you think Nate is cool too? LOL

[@Julian-um2om]

@@bobabooey4537… is he not? Idfk anymore they make great songs

[@hankramos8663]

Man just a damn good guy that Grohl is to give gifts so extravagantly to his band mate! Love this story!

[@CUZ_2]

I don't even play guitar (drums 🤫) and I was on the edge of my seat with excitement. "He said "get whatever you want." Talk about music to my ears. ❤️

[@leokimvideo]

Any guitarist who is an Ace fan is always going to be worth listening to.

[@monexpo86]

Chris is the best. Doesn't look for attention just does his thing and rocks out every night

[@TAdamRox]

Because 1) He's a cool dude, and by all the accounts of people who knows him, just a great all around human being. 2) Chris is someone who deserves to have two Gibsons for free. Millions of people seems to agree with me on this 3) Dave has, uhh, sold a few records here and there, you know. He's not strapped for cash. 😁😁😁

[@andrewclemons8619]

He seems like a turd

[@toast4975]

Gibson sucks

[@iMadrid11]

For Dave those 2 free Gibsons would pay for itself in one night at a Foo Fighters gig.

[@joew717]

@@iMadrid11 more like 10 seconds into the first song LOL

[@shagsmith3410]

@@andrewclemons8619 Why?

[@DanielPestanaTranslations]

Thanks for these videos. Chris is such a nice and humble guy.

[@seanj3667]

3:15 Someone has never been to Mr Music in Allston MA. I bought my first bass from Steve there in 1989, when I was 15 and he was awesome. He still works there and is still a fantastic guy.

[@isurfnerd]

Shifty having his "Pretty Woman" moment at Voltage is pure gold!! 😎🤣

[@joshuabrown5123]

An underrated guitar player. His two solo albums are great.

[@Julian-um2om]

fav songs?

[@AceJams]

You KNOW this guy is cool simply because he said “l just love Ace Frehley”

[@jamesgibson3242]

I loved Voltage and miss it. I always loved to see all the old Gretsch hollowbodies and Gibson hollows from the 50s and 60s. The owner Lloyd is quite a character. Went in about 1999 and he Jon Biron (producer Fiona Apple, etc ...) and him were having some philosophical discussion about something which I forget what it was about. Ah I believe they were talking about conspiracy theories also. Loved Guitar Row on Sunset and off Sunset on Gardner. Too bad it's all but gone. Shiflett mentioned he went to another guitar shop around the corner. He may have been talking about Volpe Guitars which is gone. I bought a guitar there once in 1999. Those were the days.

[@a.j.garrett9639]

There's nothing like hearing the Man play the riff on his own off stage. Something so cool about that!🎶

[@JeffStrickland]

Ha! Love that he's an Ace Frehley fan. That's why I bought my "used" '69 LP Custom waay back in '83. Now we're both vintage.😂

[@dilegox]

One of my favorite guitar players. Great guy.

[@nicknamebe]

Bro just got everlong played for him by Chris Shiflett and didn't even flinch

[@arlo12345678910]

2:00 The Les Paul sounds great!

[@markrosenquist8259]

How cool would that be? Well we’re going to have to get you some more guitars. And joining the Foo Fighters. Dream come true! Couldn’t have happened to a cooler guy. And so well I deserved! He’s a great guitarist.

[@RMGCBG]

Ace lives on!

[@montydaniels1054]

Chris is a cool guy. No ego problems just a great musician...

[@tunesmith86]

Yeah, still wouldn't leave Shifty Chris alone with my kids though..

[@johnshields6852]

Everlong, that riff is so infectious.

[@RJReda]

Pick-ups aside, that Explorer was my first major guitar purchase as a kid entirely due to Metallica and James Hetfield (same color and everything)

[@Swogie]

Just bought myself one a few days ago bc like you said James Hetfield and it truly is the most ergonomical guitar. Love it so much

[@robinho1978.]

You can’t beat a JB and 59 combo, I dropped those into my first LP!! Amazing

[@lazylion420]

*"A Few Gracious Gifts From Grohl"* was always my favorite holiday song

[@Wargasm54]

Cool guitars. Cool dude. Thanks for sharing!

[@eddietorres1000]

There is this Rock Band From Mexico called The Warning and this past summer they were on Tour with Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, and Lilith Czar and in One concert in Irving Texas The Warning's Guitarist and Singer Daniela She was Switching Guitar after a Song And her Guitar Tech Took her Guitar But Didn't Give her a Guitar so Dany is standing there with no Guitar then all of Sudden the Audience started Cheering and Lzzy Hale come out from Back Stage and she got one one Knee and Handed Dany a Brand New Gibson Explorer and Dany thought Lzzy loaned her one of her Guitars and after The Warning Set Dany went up to Lzzy and thanked her for lending her one of her Guitars, And Lzzy told Dany you don't Understand this is Your Guitar I bought this just for You and Dany started Crying and Hugged Lzzy

[@son0fsocal]

Warning SUCKS

[@Z-Zack]

Love seeing these big musicians using Explorers! Claudio Sanchez turned me into the shape and that and telecasters are my favorite guitar shapes!

[@zach4968]

Didn't know Claudio Sanchez was a wizard

[@bayuwicaksono3241]

love chris, always reliable and let others shone

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

JB and a 59 is THE best combo for rock/metal/pop/progressive/emo/jazz/country/blues/bluegrass/fusion/.....

[@DavidOakesMusic]

Oh man I guarantee you there is someone somewhere who is adamant the neck pickup will affect the bridge pickup due to the wiring or magnets etc. 100%. they claim they can hear the difference in a fraction of a percentage when it's played thru a 4x12 cab at full volume 😀

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

@@DavidOakesMusic Well, they can say anything they want, we know the truth. At those volumes the only freq that matters is the midrange and the JB/59 has the perfect midrange to cut thru any mix on stage. Alex Skolnick has this set in his signature Heritage Les Paul and he said in an interview that he has to compete with another huge guitar rig and a giant bass rig on stage and the only way to be heard is a heavy ass Les Paul with the JB. I will defer to Alex when he likes a piece of gear. And the man himself it was named after still uses them. If Jeff Beck says something, better listen to him

[@ThorneyedWT]

Honestly all decent quality PAF derivatives sound the same to me. Little bit of over or underwound makes much less difference than pickup height or 1 click on amp gain or eq.

[@grahamcollins2350]

I have a JB and a lollar imperial in my les paul and I love it so much I put the Mustaine JB and a 59 in my SG That Mustain JB is even better than a regular JB

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

@@grahamcollins2350 Truer words have never been written on KZbin! All fantastic pickups. Just find your right combo and you're golden!

[@samright4661]

Cool Ace pic on the Custom

[@gumbilicious1]

Every guitarist talks about a guitar while holding it and looking at details of it like they are checking it out for the first time, even if they know every square inch of the guitar

[@Dwendele]

He's got a podcast, Shredding with Shifty that's really good. His rig rundown videos on Premier Guitar are really good too. Especially the second one! His disclaimer at the beginning is comedy genius!

[@robertwells6454]

Both sound great. Cool 🎸

[@Canadianwheelchairguitar]

Dave playing explorers is why my girlfriend, now wife, bought me a black Epiphone Explorer w/ white pickguard in 2002 for Christmas. Now I've have it in drop C tuning with active 60 & 81 EMG pickups & a FF logo I made out of some silicone plaster thing in white.

[@Paul-dw2cl]

@Premoer Guitar - Great stuff, guys. These Shiflett videos are great

[@jime6688]

That’s very cool. I’ve had many brands over the years, but I always come back To Gibsons and Fenders which is all I own at the moment.

[@michaelr.4878]

I know that his Explorer is an Explorer...but when Shiflett first picked it up,..the angle of the camera shot made the guitar look more slender and it looked like one of the original Futuras. Funny enough, I just saw something that said that Gibson are going to do a run of Futuras in 2025. It should be cool. When some people hear the name Futura, they might think of the Norlin era Futura that came out with the funky Corvus line. Those were interesting guitars. I think that the Norlin-era Futura prototype was a headless guitar. However, it never came out..and that is probably a good thing because the Corvus/futura line were not the most please guitars to the eye. I wonder if the new, 2025 Futuras will have the split-V headstock. Should be interesting one. I'd b'e interested in possibly buying one...but I highly doubt they will issue a lefthanded version...l

[@nathaniellarson8]

My antique Ivory Epiphone Les Paul is also my drop guitar(d or c#).

[@mykylc]

Now, home skillet can purchase whatever he wants. :) That last riff he plays. He sure does love Ace.

[@RokDAWG1]

So much YES! He deserves them!

[@TheNothing6]

Hard to believe Chris only had one guitar. Must be cool to be rich and take someone on guitar spending sprees.

[@uglycasanova4240]

I was just wondering, what that would be like..

[@ravenstrange8466]

Yep, nothing wrong with using your wealth to help and support other's

[@fistinair1979]

I'm not usually a Les Paul guy but that one is 🔥

[@the_minimalistic_adventure]

Same. Amazing guitar!

[@nordstrandmusicinternation9518]

agreed profusely gentlemen

[@rahchinate]

He deserves everything he has. And prolly deserves a lot more.

[@shokprof1313]

CONGRATS 🎼✌🏿🌎✌🏻🎼

[@ditchgator1]

Lloyd at Voltage always has what you need...or can get it😉👍

[@enr555]

nice, cheers for chris!

[@ashburnian]

JB and 59 ... my kind of a guy

[@papablue3015]

I've got a 1983 Gibson les paul custom pearl white!

[@robbie5984]

Yoooo what is that shirt?!?! I need one. Does it say “Chicago Honky Tonk”? Man what a great shirt.

[@glengamble526]

Chris has a radio DJ voice!

[@dosesandmimoses]

Such a great sound!

[@chrisshiflett5166]

@jessica thanks for enjoying our work thank you

[@pierrelacoste6621]

MY GODNESS, BEAUTIFUL NICE GUITAR IN THE WORLD SINCE 1954/1958 ♾♾👍

[@TwangTown]

Dude. You know I'll give you a bender install. Dave gotta know that too

[@johnmorris7969]

"Ace Frehley LEAD GUITAR" Ace inspired a lot of us to pick up the guitar

[@itchyvinyl]

He inspired me to pick up a tennis racket. Then I became a drummer. Haha

[@p1rz666]

Very cool dude and a great player

[@Fafafohi]

He looks like Matt McCusker! High spirits, 432 hz.

[@luizgabrielandrade7710]

Dave are awesome 👏

[@lawndart188s]

So awesome!

[@sagittated]

It's a story about Gibsons, so "broken headstock" comes up twice in five minutes.

[@TAdamRox]

I started playing guitar in the late 90s, so I've played a LOT of bad Gibsons. I feel bad for the younger guitarist right now that is swallowed up by this relentless hype of "vintage" guitars. They'll be saving up for $2000-$5000 guitars that has a high percentage of being duds.

[@grahamcollins2350]

A gibson just doesn't sound right until the headstock gets broken and splined back together

[@brizzieleif5258]

I went into Voltage in 1990 when I was 22, visiting from the UK with hardly any spending money. There was a cherry red Gibson LP in there for $300, I was crying how cheap it was and I couldn't buy it. No way could you get an LP for that price today

[@chebounet1]

At Last Dave is a real guy Who knows what is à musician and a real friend

[@morbidmanmusic]

If that was true the drummer would be alive, because they all cared so much, that they got him clean again... they all knew and still went to drug world... so, no

[@randall9000]

@@morbidmanmusic it was the jab. You think ole boy couldn’t handle his Colombian blow?

[@alexmarenco2399]

​@@morbidmanmusic but they did help him through rehab with his heroine addiction in 2003, like how is he responsible for Taylor putting drugs in his system?

[@clancykobane9102]

lets hear it for standard guitar straps

[@crazywisdom2]

Great Vid. I own the Gibson Explorer. MINT. Think 82. Been played maybe 10 times.

[@er5490]

My les paul is my drop d guitar also. Rock on lol

[@johnreagan4162]

Everything sounds better with some Duncans under the hood.

[@glenfdoss]

Do you ever see the Shiflett brother together?

[@geneevans7885]

Those les Paul’s are tanks. That one weighs in at the 10 to 11 pound mark.

[@cliftonbrown4051]

Imagine the music this created

[@lizarrrdbeth]

I thought it was the KISS GUY!! LOL

[@talisguitarmagic3158]

Pra comprar um Gibson no Brasil tem que vender um rim. Ou você usa os instrumentos piratas de plantão.

[@talisguitarmagic3158]

perceba que sou musico formado na universidade de federal da poa so tenho as tranquiras risos.

[@DanielKimdanielkim90]

Cool story to share!

[@fredfloyd68]

Grohl is a drummer and a great one get back on it Grohl...

[@Johnny_Doe]

When you are as big as the Foos, buying gear is a business expense/tax write off. All big bands do it..

[@ManeeVaughn]

4:49 It's obvious that Chris was inspired by Ace Frehley.

[@cohibabutt]

Yea that was all Frehley there

[@johnphillipsjr7238]

🤦‍♂️

[@jamiegustkey2573]

As good as KI⚡️⚡️ guy was when he jammed at the show, he probably woulda enjoyed the ACE AXE!

[@westbayk2156]

Dave Grohl is the new Eddie Vedder, who was the new Bono, who was the new Phil Collins.

[@johnphillipsjr7238]

Eddie vedder sucks. No comparison to Grohl

[@westbayk2156]

@@johnphillipsjr7238 Well......they both became a big part of the corporate music business, an entity they claimed to despise when they weren't famous. That makes them bonafide hypocrites. But DG is by far the bigger industry weasel.

[@Drummerbobo]

너무 좋은것🤟

[@rosieotis]

Sounds like Pete Thorn.

[@mc76]

"Do you hear the sustain?"

[@eroknrwton]

Cool fuckin dude that Shifty

[@Turbo-D]

collecting a hundred average guitars is not as near as satisfying as just having two really great quality ones IMO! same with woman 🤣🎸

[@SinjaEs]

haha just true 😂😂

[@boseefusmacmurphy1156]

I never f___ked a 10, but one night I f___ked 5 2's!- George Carlin

[@markrosenquist8259]

Very true 😅

[@andrewbecker3700]

There all average till you make them great, just the same as women.

[@scottmthw]

Terrible analogy comparing a guitar to a woman for a multitude of reasons

[@phillippitts6294]

Gibson will make you a signature model now ! But I personally love your signature telecaster, a metal monster in sheep’s clothing! ☠️☠️☠️🖖🏻

[@richardflora7940]

Could you please buy me a custom shop Phil Collen archtop Jackson.

[@PompeyMatt17]

oh come on you're milking this one interview..

[@bringouttherum19855]

Is that…..a bbq sauce shirt he’s rocking?

[@remualltone1790]

In this case it would've been more appropriate to have done the guitar shopping at MusIcian's Friend. Just sayin'..

[@Eric_In_SF]

Funny I know yeah who this guy was just by looking at them. I couldn’t even tell her the bass player is.

[@6nosis]

R.I.P. English Language * taps plays in the distance* …….. maybe try smoke signals next time?

[@rolnstone]

because he is rich and got enough money not to think about buying stuff everywhere

[@bobabooey4537]

Ya it means a lot to him, its sentimental, hes a guitar player in a band.... and doesnt know the year of his Les Paul.

[@jcsolomon6470]

You can Nebbuh Have 2Much Guitars,nah!Love you Guys FF.Take care nah!Ace is Cool,Cause dats who I wanted ta be in 78,Dressed ta Kill,for Halloween!Just like Dimebag did in da Day!Jcs

[@frankzappa951]

Dave got good discount as also bought one for each of his Goomahs.

[@MiNiMeMiniatureDrumCovers]

He is Dave’s PRETTY WOMAN 😂

[@peterdaigle4772]

Ace Frehley is the best

[@chimpansi2]

So funny, they are never nice in the guitar shop. Same experince growing up in Gothenburg Sweden in the 80’s. Might be the same everywere, fucking guitar shops..😂

[@andyandrews788]

Pretty hot indeed!

[@damham5689]

Or did Gibson give Grohl the guitars to give to him as a publicity stunt ?

[@bethmacisaac1300]

I don’t really think buying a couple guitars for a guy literally joining your band is too big a deal for a dude with Nirvana money

[@veerchasm1]

Cause Dave cheated on him?

[@mikawaii_og]

😂😂😂

[@rareform6747]

Repete ?

[@mateoh.3735]

When you have as much F-U money as Dave why not?