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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.

Honestly I only like the stuff from their first two albums... because I'm an MTV kid. I had that stuff hard written into my brain as a kid. That and Rush's Moving Pictures.

He really does. And he also owns Bernard Edwards Stingray Bass. Taylor was really influenced by the stuff Chic did, and worked with a few members, including Edwards and later Nile Rodgers. I still want to pick up a 4 string stingray and throw some GHS Brite Flats on it to see if I can get that sound.

YES. I also have to say that the song they did with Olivia Newton-John for the Xanadu soundtrack is pretty dang good, even if they didn't write it. Now I go back to RE listening to most of my favorite Duran Duran songs after finally noticing how great the bass lines are.

I guess also titled, is there anyone who ISN'T friends with Randy Newman? I mean, "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman is really REALLY Good. Yes, it's a comedy song, probably most famously remembered for the montage in the first "Naked Gun" movie, but aside from that, it's a fantastic example of 1980s production, and the list of people playing on it is incredible. It also might have my Favorite Steve Lukather Solo. Ever. And drums by Jeff Porcaro? Anyway, what are some examples of songs that you might have dismissed at first, but then realized were incredible?

Looks like mahogany. Cherry over maple should be quite a bit lighter.

Yes, and watching Syd Barrett unravel had a profound effect on him and the rest of the band, as well as their songwriting. Roger had first met Syd at an art class a few years before they turned ten years old. David Gilmour met Syd a few years after that. They all got a front row seat to the mental illness show, and it sucked.

"Remember when you were young? You shone like the Sun Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze Come on, you target for faraway laughter Come on, you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine"

I heard about that, hopefully they are able to complete it without Reiner. In other news, I am seeing reports that Nick Reiner was diagnosed with Schizophrenia weeks before the murder, and was having issues with his meds, which is probably why his parents were keeping close tabs on him.

Just got around to watching Spinal Tap II, which I guess is now his final film. Was it as good as the original? IMHO, no, but it was still great.

I will say, Tina got a freakin awesome sound out of that bass. Perfect for that song. Sadly short scale basses are often completely overlooked, even though there were some really nice designs. Marketing fail for Hofner I guess, but then again it's hard to fight the Fender Bass Supremacy Syndrome

Jeez, I was just curious to see what their actual product line was and their website now literally redirects to the article about going bankrupt on guitar.com. Most of my knowledge about Höfner actually comes from their association with Carvin Musical Instruments in the 1970s and early 1980s, when they made necks, bodies, and semi-hollow bodies for Carvin, who finished and assembled them stateside. I think they rode the McCartney connection for so long that they forgot how to do anything else. Did they ever make a long scale violin bass, or something more appealing to non-Beatles fans?