Dude... I laughed when he dumped the Strat behind him like an old broom or something. BC is the man!

voldemort's starting to achieve that healthy glow

Always found Billy to be quite an underrated guitarist. From a sheer talent perspective of all the frontmen from the big bands of the 90s- it’s pretty hard to beat Billy. Saw him live in NYC some years back. Dude takes his guitar and lays down the law with it.

Corgan is a genius

Billy Corgan in the early nineties playing a strat is why I play one. Such a beautiful instrument. I'm so happy with it and it's all I play even now.

"Which have more Black Sabbath in there than your average pickup" I love that way of putting it.

1:56 He hates when people do what he (and I) both do. Billy, your pickups are mini humbuckers. :)

As mentioned, its funny that he says "Strats are such expressive guitars, I hate it when people just drop humbuckers in these things" when all 3 pickups are humbuckers... also that he alludes to how perfect it is for him off the rack without modding when he's changed the neck for a '57 reissue, (a neck with a different finish, profile, fret size and fingerboard radius to his signature), which is probably the most drastic change you can make to a bolt-on Fender; they're pretty much a different guitar once you've done that. I do like that he seems to have made it into a cross between his two preferred types of Strat though, his mainstay '70s hardtails and the '57 reissues he played in the Siamese/Mellon Collie eras. With the DiMarzios this one pretty much has vibes from every era of Pumpkins now.

'Billy Corgan's Guitars': The Billy Corgan Signature and The Rock-a-billy Special. Two guitars.

Corgan is a legend with life!!!!

I love this man. He can strum me like his fav guitar 🤘❤️🤘❤️

Billy is referring to dual humbuckers in Strats. He's mentioned it before, always been confused by it and so have I. Having three pickups with a 5 way switch is what gives the player huge versatility from a strat.

rail size humbuckers are not the same due to the lack of magnetic field. In another post, Corgan likes the clarity and sensitivity of this style pickup with the extra punch, but still keep that single coil chime.

16 dislikes= ex bass players

I believe he is talking about humbucker sized humbuckers because sometimes you have to rout the pickup cavity to fit hums, so buy a 1-2000 dollar guitar then cut it all up is what he doesn't like.

Awesome!

Thanks Binny!

His Drop D guitar is the 70's Strat that in the early 90's was a clear color (maybe cream) and had I LOVE MY MOM on it... This was later painted blue for MCIS and you can see him using it on the Live in NYC DVD that was just released. Its Blue and has 2 Pumpkins & 1 Ghost sticker on it near the bridge and the blue paint is a little beat up.

Billy Corgan gives back to his fans which is so important.

Its a good guitar and there are a lot of sounds you can get from it. I checked it out awhile back at guitar center.

I just bought one of these. It’s a great guitar.

I never pictured Corgan as a hollowbody Gretsch kinda guy.

Must be the axes of evil we hear so much about

I have that guitar. Its awesome

Is any other human watching this in 2021?? ...just me then...?

I ❤️ stratocaster

Billy’s a legend!

Country Billy Darcy badasses

Why is his strat discontinued!? I wanted to buy it so bad.

The bridge pickup routing on most us strats surprisingly are routed for humbuckers. I've not looked under the pickguard of a BC strat, but I suspect it is. I think he genuinely means full on humbuckers (i.e. Fat strats) - referring to how hot and bottom ended they end up being as a result (as opposed to his relatively bright choice of railed pickups in single coil size)

where do you buy that bridge? im looking for it right now

1:58 - Try telling that to Mick Mars and Joe Holmes.

I'm not even a Strat guy (though I do own and play them), but I've never felt so vindicated as when I heard him say he hates people dropping humbuckers into Strats.

Wait, he said "hello this is Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins." Duh. If anyone doesn't know this guy, pleeeeeease go listen and learn what the fuck awesome music is.

Gothic egg talks about the virtues of single size humbuckers.

My guess would be that that sticker is from 76 not the 60s....seeing as it says 76 (the exact number of comments on the video when i showed up)....I'd bet it was from a bicentennial celebration seeing as thats what 1976 was all about in the states.

Those humbuckers will have a much cleaner tone than he would get from PAF pickups and still have a punch.

Rounded neck w the dimarzios(?) Totally sick

he says he doesnt like humbuckers but all three of those are humbuckers

Can someone please elaborate on why he hates people putting hum buckers in a Strat?

“I hate when people drop humbuckers into these” *looks directly at his single coil sized humbuckers* 😂

hates when people drop humbuckers in strats. Signature strat has three humbuckers in it.

damn he holds that like nothing!

I’m sure he says, "I was younger and a lot more nipple then"...

Ya'll realize that those pickups sound different than full-size humbuckers right? Yeah thought so..

1:56 "I hate when people just drop humbuckers into these things" But aren't those single coil humbuckers?

Uh... you dropped single spaced humbuckers in there!

Even back in the day he used Lace, which is basically a humbucker-style single-coil.

Mine is black, but yeah, those pickups are really great sounding! Good job Billy. I like the chopper's Humbucking characteristics much better. I wonder how different a set of calibrated choppers sounds?? Blessed Antonin talked me into it! Tom

Eric Clapton plays his production model as well, and he only has three of them.

1:56 who me?

Those blade pickups are humbuckers though. I guess he hates the big humbuckers in strats but it's splitting hairs.

oops forgot the Reverend!

Interesting that he hasn't stated a model he uses for songs in Drop-d tuning. Seems unlikely that those 2 guitars would be enough to cover the whole set.

never seen him play an arch top. I'm shocked at the lack of feedback I get from mine but its a semi hollow. I guess we don't all get to or want to be Jesus and Mary Chain.

A thousand bucks is pretty damn expensive.... I still love you tho billy!

Why doesn’t he like humbuckers that’s what he put in

Anyone know what strings he uses ?

i think it's funny when he says he hates when people drop humbuckers in strats. his strat has humbuckers that are single coil sized. also, fender produces hss strats now and I actually sought to own one because it is more versatile. I would never own a BC strat. he says it's not a personalized strat and that everyone can use it, but that is a load. Billy is nuts these days. I would own that gretch though

I love billy but... "I hate when people drop humbuckers in these" - He says as he points to his railed dimarzios that are little humbuckers.

LOL! He says he hates humbuckers in Strats but technically rail pickups ARE humbuckers!

Haha "Younger and uh... a little more NIMBLE" love that.

...this gretsch looks nice...

He fails to mention that his earliest and best music was recorded on stock Fender stuff.

Talks so good ab his model guitar then just throws it on the floor to pick up the gibby

He hates when people just drop humbuckers in strats? These DiMarzios are humbuckers.

***** I'm not a guitar technology expert, but I'm pretty sure they're single coils...

I hate when people put humbuckers in this thing *Looks over at my strat with two humbuckers*

I actually don't like him that much but I think he meant routing out the body for humbuckers, ruins the value.

I don't like Strats but that's a nice one!

"I hate when people just drop humbucker s in these things". Guess what Billy? Your DiMarzio pickups are single coil sized humbuckers

"a source of pride that I play the same production model" but he said he replaced the neck. Eh, that's no longer the production model!!

I never knew billy plays fast leads, I dont even think he knows any scale at all

It's only a $1000 or so...? Yeah

he hates when people drop humbukkers in strats....what about people that drop the strats....like he did

He seems sad

1000$ is not yung musician money come on give me that 400$ off brand shit

I wish he had just called "Melancholy and the infinite sadness" just "infinite sadness" instead 🤔

billy the bore :P