tbonesullivan

For the price, I certainly hope those both bring the goods. That pain scheme reminds me of a story from Billy Gibbons guitar book, where he talks about opening for Hendrix when he was with the Moving Sidewalks. After a show was over, they brought out sheets of paper and paint and just were throwing paint on everything, or something like that.

I mean.. that is his classic look. His Fender signature models are also usually just black, though they sometimes make sunburst ones. However all of Geddy Lee's Sansamp pedals and preamps are kinda seafoam green, so I think he also likes green.

Ahh, a black SG. I used to have one. I'm sure I've posted pics about it. definitely one I should have not moved on, but I sold it to a friend, who later passed away. Now I really kinda wonder what his sister did with all his stuff, as his mom passed away not long before he did. I have two SGs now.. somewhere in the pile.

See, that's one thing I was glad about. Being used to Fender and MM basses, having the pickup cover or the horseshoe in the way is just a pain. I know some people love it, and it's got that iconic look, but you'll also see the majority of Rickenbacker 4001 and 4003 basses out there with it removed. The other Rick model basses don't have the big cover thing.

Yeah, I just saw two more photos posted of the blue one... danng.

Oh man don't even get me started on the prices of Concert Tickets, with or without the involvement of Ticketmaster / LiveNation. Here's the second one they made, which is more my style. I have no idea what the control setup is, but IIRC, Geddy lee is pretty much both pickups FULL OUT on his Jazz and Ricks.

As an owner of the "Big Beautiful Book of Bass", I know that Geddy Lee has quite the collection. He does not however have a very early 4000 bass, which had a huge gold scratch plate, single horseshoe pickup, strange plastic and lucite bridge cover, and other things. Well, Rick did him a solid and made him one, though with a neck pickup so it would give him the sound he wants. Now I have no interest in having this bass. I already have a 4003 in Fireglo. I love how well it does the Rick thing. However you can bet your ass that rich Rush / Geddy Lee fans have been activated by this. Apparently a second one was made in a more blue color with a Schaller bridge. I'm hoping that for once Rickenbacker decides "yes, we want to make money" and gives the people what they want. https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2026/04/27/inside-geddy-lees-new-custom-rickenbacker-4000v-bass-for-rushs-return/

Wow, I'd never even heard of this brand before! Definitely some interesting "ahead of their time" innovations, like an adjustable nut? Is the tremolo based on a big leaf spring like that later Gibson trems they used on SG specials, or is it something different?

I love the videos he does. He's just such a mellow guy. He also looks like one of those people who could eat all the junk food and not gain a pound.

Oh wow, never knew there was that much inside a duotone. What kind of shielding paint did Hamer use for those, anyone know? I've seen a few different colors inside the control cavities.

Another thing to note is that Jim Irsay was only 65 when he passed away. There are plenty of people his age and older with crap tons of money, as well as people decades younger who some of his collection will appeal too. He didn't just collect guitars either, and things like the first draft of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" were also a part of this auction. Predicted to go at around 2.5 to 5 million, it ended up going for just over 12. His collection is honestly exceptionally well curated and much of it was definitely historically as well as culturally important. For the guitars, he also was a player, and tomorrow it looks like most of the "player" guitars are going up, which also look quite nice, but are only really remarkable in that they were part of the Irsay collection. Which yes, I admit sounds rather odd when there is a Gibson Les Paul 1958 Burst, two 1960 Bursts, and a circa 1971 Flying V as part of the auction. However there's also a lot of "modern" production guitars, including a bunch Martin and Collings Acoustics. I would water the Martin Museum however may also be in the game, as there are some Martins from the 1930s as well.

No idea... I'm sure whoever gets it is either gonna talk all about how they got it, or it'll remain hidden until they pass away. I don't see any companies having interest at that price point. Fender doesn't need it to copy to make a Gilmour strat. Still, must be plenty of rich Pink Floyd fans out there, as both Gilmour guitars went for well over the estimate.

Apparently the record for "Most Expensive Guitar Ever Sold" had to be changed several times in the past few days, as late massively rich guitar collector and businessman Jim Irsay's collection has been up for auction at Christies. Currently FIVE of the top ten most expensive guitars are guitars from the auction, including the entire top three. Those sold at the current auction are those in bold. David Gilmour’s Black Fender Stratocaster – $14,550,000 Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” guitar – $11,560,000 Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang – $6,907,000 Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E – $6,010,000 Eric Clapton’s MTV Unplugged Martin 000-42 – $4,101,000 Eddie Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher Kramer – $3,932,000 Eric Clapton’s “The Fool” 1964 Gibson SG Standard – $3,003,000 John Lennon’s Framus Hootenanny 12-string – $2,857,000 Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Kramer – $2,734,000 “Reach Out to Asia” Fender Stratocaster – $2,700,000 I should mention that the Gilmour Strat sold at just under 4 million in 2019, so that's definitely a good investment, I guess. There are still some further auctions that might be affordable for the "minor aristocracy", or even, dare I say, "regular" people. But you have to be looking for a lap steel guitar. https://www.christies.com/events/the-jim-irsay-collection/about

Almost all of my guitars have D'Addario strings on them. I know some that swear by GHS, or Ernie Ball, or DR (Especially in the NJ Area), but I just like the way D'Addarios play. For bass strings however I use like every brand, especially for Flats and ground wounds. There is so much freakin variation on the bass side of things, both with feel and sound.

Do the string companies draw their own wire and such, or do they get it from other sources? I know they do all the winding, but the machinery to draw down steel and such to such small diameters is not small.

Not gonna lie but yeah, I find his voice and commentary annoying, and just find his stuff to be excessively click bait oriented. Thankfully there are lots of other interesting Youtube channels to watch that are guitar gear oriented.that deliver reviews and such that are much more interesting.

Someone just posted about this on the EBMM forum. Some Reverb Store called "Klezmer - Jerusalem Branch" opened an account and within hours had dozens of Brand New EBMM guitars listed, with pictures lifted from other websites, including some that were only available at specific stores. I would be very suspicious of any seller without a history, and also using google image search to look for photos can help.

Peavey always made good stuff, but never really broke out as a "good" brand for many people. Damn shame, but also means that you can get some quality instruments for not much money.

Yeah, I think they found one side of his larynx is paralyzed? I heard they were trying to fix it, but when you sing like that at the edge of your range, things happen over time. Brian Johnson of AC/DC maybe should be in there, mostly because his hearing is completely shot, and also his voice is not what it used to be. They almost need to re-write some of the vocal parts or take them down an octave so he actually sounds decent, which is still does in his lower range. Part of me wonders whether Freddie Mercury would still be able to sing had he not passed away from AIDS. He had already been suffering from vocal chord nodules, and touring destroys your voice unless you go full Andy Serkis / Gollum and pretty much ice your throat and drink special throat stuff whenever you aren't performing.

I have a love hate relationship with 3 single coil strats. I LOVE the sounds that other players get from them. Clapton. Gilmour. Hendrix. Vaughn. Knopfler. There is nothing like that sound, but I struggle to get the sounds I want out of them. I have no trouble doing the same with HH guitars. I also don't struggle at all getting the sound I want out of a Telecaster. I remember someone saying to me that "you're either a Tele or a Strat person" and it's possible that is true. I will say that with the closing of G&L, the loss of a company making the "passive treble bass" setup for a Strat type guitar is a blow to the industry. Honestly it allowed me to control a strat type guitar in a way that I never could with anything else. Why the hell would you put a pickup by the bridge but decide that it didn't need a tone control???

I have an impulse bass guitar buy incoming, and that thing is gonna sit in the box in the case for at least 3 days before I even think about opening it. Thankfully it's not nitro so hopefully it'll be fine. Yeah I saw it, had to have it. oops. I can totally understand why they don't want to be shipping stuff right now though.

I was hoping to hear some BFG and / or Randy Rhoads. Maybe Randy was too easy.

1 2 3 5 7 and a few others. Some were players I haven't listened to at all. Also some guitarists I expected to hear on there weren't, but maybe they were just too easy.

Someone is gonna get a great deal. Not me though, I'm in bass mode right now.

I don't notice too much. People have been obsessed with cooking tubes since Eric Clapton beefed up the bias on his "bluesbreaker" Marshall JTM45 combo. Vox AC30 amps also cook the EL84s over spec to get part of that sound. In these days after the military production ended, more moderate bias levels should definitely be the norm, regardless of what the guy at Eurotubes says. The move away from power amp overdrive to preamp designs pretty much makes power tube cooking unneeded. So unless you are running something vintage, I would usually keep things to around 60%. I know some people say "well the only way you can truly tell is with a scope to look for crossover distortion" but honestly that's above my pay grade. I go with what I think sounds good, and I have noticed far more from changing brands than I ever did from cooking my power tubes. Definitely be wary of anyone who says "you need more current" as an absolute. While most amps these days seem to have the plates at around 450V, some go higher, and some go lower (like Rivera). You need to know the current and the voltage to calculate the idle dissipation. I've never tried the NGV method of biasing, and don't intend to start now.