was it a burst or was it red?

was it a burst or was it red?

Me too! 🎸🎸🎸

@@0megalul309 Yes, the Strat. :)

Me, too.

Trygve Heivang sane here

Today Ed King's spirit hit me twice..

I wonder who bought the one that Ed had that he played on The Lynyard Skynyrd band with Ronnie Van Zant. I saw an interview of Ed Kings where he had it and his wife had bought it back for him and it was in bad shape and he had it repaired and he told the name of the man who repaired it for him but I can't remember the man's name.

no it doesnt, Joe has some kind of goofy speech impedment....and hes a total nerd....

Sean Marshall you’ll have them someday.

Boy that was a cheap shot man

Joe Johnston haha. But it’s true. I like truth.

That's what I was thinking.

Clifford, Isbell is worth getting into, imo.

He's a massive bad ass and a cool cat

Isbel is a unbelievable writer, singer guitar player. Basically a triple threat! You’re really missing out.

“Southeastern” ..a masterpiece.

Fuck Joe.

IIRC Joe has actually said this is one of the best sounding original bursts he's played.

Bonamassa will own this guitar some day, as well as yours, mine and everybody else's guitars.

IDK Isbell seems to be a burgeoning competitor to Joe when it comes to the acquisition of holy grail guitars. Joe has quite a head start on him, but he seems to be steadily acquiring some ridiculous high end pieces now.

Actually... Joe's in financial trouble. He's been selling A LOT of his bursts and Signature Gibson Prototypes. (Plus he's been "joking" about being broke/in debt quite a bit.) I've seen several of his well known bursts for sale online and every time he goes to Norm's, he's handing over another prototype to pay off his tab. I live out in Hawaii and just had one of his prototype Bigsby Gold Top Relics at my studio a few weeks ago.. ...if that tells you anything about how much he's flooded the market lately. Lol

That's debatable.

@Literally Shaking it's one of those unintended consequences that create legend. If they all looked the same 60 years later, there would be no mystery to it.

If I could have a Collector's Choice Les Paul, I'd want the Blackburst, but that's just me.

Sure, but if you can afford it and are in a position where you'll likely never have to sell it, why not? It's not what I would do with that kind of cash even if I did have it to spend on a leisure item, but if somebody's into guitars and does, it's not really that different from any other kind of collecting or expensive hobby IMHO.

@@timf7413 I'm not knocking paying that much for one as a collectible, that's not my point. My point is all these people who act amazed EVERY time they see or hear a vintage burst. They're just mass produced guitars. I get thinking they're cool, I get them being valuable because of their scarcity and the fact that so many famous musicians used them....I get that they sound great......but they're not supernatural....they're just guitars. Like I said we've all heard the stories of those things sitting sometimes for years in music stores because no one wanted them when they were new. Then a few years later Clapton, Page etc use them and now people pay hundreds of thousands, even millions, for them and act like you're ignorant and tone deaf if you dare to say it's just a guitar lol.

its the wood mostly...it has cells....full of water and oils when cut....as it ages, the water and the oils dry out, creating tiny little echo chambers...tens of thousands of them...combined, they create a 'singing' tone...

Ed White so do thousands of other old LP.

@@Vichedges but only the 58 les paul had PAFs, two of them, in that combination , and the tune a matic bridge...it was the culmination of Gibsons electric guitar production and design...Flying V's and MY favorite , the 58 Explorer were all that had those pickups ....and they are ALL very expensive now.

Heard someone demo that Alabama strat on youtube, honestly sounded like "a strat" to me (and I've been floored by pricey vintage guitars before, I don't deny them all). And also heard Ed play parts of the song on a different Strat, of course sounded just like the recording. It's all in the fingers, but people obsess about gear mythicality, Ed probably knew than and made good money on his old guitar he didn't like to use.

gryzew I also think it sounded great when I heard a demo.

Peter Davies the custom shops are like that as well.

Joe and Ed were pals. He knew about it. I have pictures of Joe's "spot" with this one "Red eye" side by side at Ed's house.

it is still very cool to see that he booked some extra gigs to pay for this.

time to up your game,play or sing something worth hearing

trillriff-axegrinder lol good idea, 35 years playing guitar I won't give up hope!!

@@angryheb1 ive been playing about that long as well, played in Nashville, three A's circuit Atlanta Austin Athens for years played with several famous ppl, played in front of thousands before. Don't ever let your talent go, you will live a miserable existance and will suffer mentally if you can't play, try other types of music if you get burnt

I heard 1.5 million for the moore les paul

@@Jarrettguitar yeh ive heard up to 2 million - so definetely in that ballpark

I've heard that Hammet paid around 300k and up to 2 million for it. If I was very rich like him, I believe I would have stopped at 750k. One thing is sure, Hammett likes being seen with the guitar.

@@rokhamrr yeah good for him - not leaving it in a glass cage - playing the shit out of it live - he had to sell other things to find the money for it - yikes

@@williamgainford9332 I needed reminding, it was comic book/Sci - fi kind of stuff he sold off. I guess I overestimated his wealth. I had forgotten that he did that. All of his tax bills alone are probably enormous.

X10

@@mikev.2945 and then x2 - reportedly sold for $650k

@@JasonShiplett Holy shit.

Expensive for sure, but likely less then 700k...

Lmao, NO. Under 100k.

@@kommi1974 59 les paul's easily fetch anywhere for 1-300k .. this one owned by ed king probably worth substantially more.

It was listed for $650k

At least 450k

Lolololol ... you don't know how any of this works. Just stop.

Probably the best songwriter working today.

Lolololol ... you don't know how any of this works. Just stop.

Why?

@@dirkdiggler13 because then he will be a happy kid lol

@@johnnybgood774 Can't argue with that logic! ;)

@@dirkdiggler13 lol 🤘🤘🤘

Spam.

Andrew Moseley what the hell does that have to do with anything

Journeys Into The Unknown I don’t know...I’m just not an Isbell fan but Skynyrd is my all-time favorite. I wish it was in the hands of a southern rocker. No offense to anyone, it’s just a southern thing.

Alabama is southern enough?

mark sekerak Alabama is Southern for sure!

@@andrewmoseley4029 Lol Jason's from Alabama, and played for awhile Drive-By Truckers. Think he's lived in Nashville for awhile but the dude is consummately a Southern Rocker. I promise you could name very few artists out there today that are MORE so than Jason.