Billy Corgan's Gish Guitar History

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Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins rides a roller coaster to a Joe Rogan interview with Dennis Rodman, Howard Stern and Courtney Love wrestling an acoustic tiny desk in 1979 in a shredding landslide tonight tonight in a furniture commercial...that was all for the algorithm.
About the Video:
The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan lost his mid-70's Fender Stratocaster in 1992 and today we're exploring its origin story, theft and how Billy got his guitar back. What are the specs? What year is it? We tell all!
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Billy bio
1:09 - What's a Gish?
1:19 - Billy get's a Strat
1:43 - What is this guitar?
2:38 - Flat vs Staggered
3:14 - Why middle pickup so low?
3:23 - More Gish guitar specs
3:38 - What a color!
4:29 - Billy no like yellow
5:03 - Why Billy Loves this Strat
5:44 - A Thief is Born
6:19 - Ten Years Gone
6:31 - A Break in the Case
7:06 - The Story Goes...
8:00 - The Middle Man Emerges
8:12 - Inspection Location Set, the Deal Goes Down
8:26 - Distinguishing Marks on the Guitar
8:49 - Beth No Ragrets
9:14 - End of the World
9:39 - Billy Talks Stolen Strat
10:24 - So What Year is It?
10:54 - It Was Already Stolen?
11:22 - Billy Corgan Tells All
11:46 - One More Thing
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@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

What guitar history would you like to see next?

@elang7961 2 жыл бұрын

Steve Vai ibanez Jem

@ian6202 2 жыл бұрын

Randy Rhoads!

@spudvader 2 жыл бұрын

How about you do Peter Green's Greeny or Paul Kossoff's natural Les Paul? Steve Vai's 7-string? Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols white les paul custom? Clapton's Beano les paul?

@spudvader 2 жыл бұрын

@@ian6202 I agree, Randy Rhoads polka dot V would be cool. I have also heard that Randy used a Burny Les Paul Custom, maybe another story

@Mason.Hacker 2 жыл бұрын

Jonny Greenwoods Telecaster

@mrkcrtr508 2 жыл бұрын

"She drank the water in flint Michigan and now she's stupid". Sounds bout right

@mikethebloodthirsty Ай бұрын

Well some people are altruistic, but yunno look it up in the dictionary.

@ZombieFoodReviews 2 жыл бұрын

This poor guitar. Must have been so traumatic for the poor fella. It's okay though, buddy. You're safe now.

@garciansmith1460 2 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal guitar. Siamese Dream is legendary, as it should be, but Gish is perhaps the best guitar album I’ve ever heard

@MUFFINHEAD1985 2 жыл бұрын

Massive Pumpkins fan. I've seen them twice. My fav music of all time. Gish has crept up on me and the beautiful album it is.

@danhicks1319 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. If you get a chance, listen to the vinyl remaster. It sounds amazing.

@breadbowl4766 2 жыл бұрын

now you gotta do all three of billys 57 reissues

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

In the works

@standinsilence 2 жыл бұрын

@@SecretsofRock Do the Batstrat.

@kristopherryanwatson 2 жыл бұрын

@@standinsilence i wish.

@rhysmacias3016 2 жыл бұрын

you should do a video on john fruciante 1962 strat

@spudvader 2 жыл бұрын

It's nothing special...as far as 62 strat's go. Anthony Kiedis bought it for John because his guitars got burnt in his house fire or he sold them for cocaine. It's a pretty standard vintage strat, I read in a magazine that John said he thought the guitar was all original but found out it had Seymour Duncan SSL-1 pickups installed. John has since changed his story, so who knows but if you listen to Duncan SSL-1 pickup demos on KZfaq, it's instant John tone. I think John has the SSL-1 pickups in another strat that he uses as well, I can't remember if it's the fiesta red strat or the sunburst with maple fingerboard

@harry_mair 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah frusciante himself has a great story but that's just a 60s strat he bought

@Dog-jk7nc 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a whole vid on billy Corgan's guitars?

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Working on it.

@HellcatCustoms 2 жыл бұрын

Some videos provided learning, others provide laughter. These provide both! 👍

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@craiggallagher7292 2 жыл бұрын

I think the lady was amazing. I believe Billy reimbursed her for the $200 she paid for the orgy guitar and signed her left breast. That lady has class, so of course she did not take the money. If I ever lose a priceless instrument, I hope it ends up in her basement!

@OnyxSkiesXIX 2 жыл бұрын

I could watch countless videos on Billy’s guitars but if I had to pick just one it’s gotta be the I Love You Mom Strat that got painted blue. I need that video 💙

@vinnyolmsted8018 2 жыл бұрын

I cracked up so hard at 0:35.

@xday32x Жыл бұрын

Dude great stuff! Billy's tone is what got me into music and made me pick up the guitar. So massive but dynamic. I'd love it if you could do one for the Bat Strat too! Would love to hear the story about the Lace Sensors :)

@oaktowndimond668 Жыл бұрын

He went through so much hassle to get it back, but never seems to bring it on tour.

@malicant123 Ай бұрын

Losing your favourite instrument would be a very traumatic experience for any musician. I have a Fender Jazz bass that my dad bought 20+ years ago. I've owned many basses, but this one will always be my favourite. If I were to lose it, it would be like losing a cherished pet. I'm glad that Billy's guitar finally came home.

@benmiddleton9984 2 жыл бұрын

Fender should come out with a Billy Corgan reissue

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

That'd be cool

@benmiddleton9984 2 жыл бұрын

@@SecretsofRock I mean, I guess you could buy a 1970 Strat and put the DiMarzio pickups in there.

@spudvader 2 жыл бұрын

It's a nitro finish because polyurethane and polyester finishes don't weather check. The lines that you see in the paint is when the guitar is heated up and cooled down rapidly or visa-versa. Also, there is wear marks from use, good luck trying to wear down a poly finish.

@craigusselman546 2 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the last Nitro Finishes Fender would have done for awhile did nt they go full poly in the late 1970s.

@Radiofred Жыл бұрын

@5:55 "Suspicious" 🤣

@MrRwk314 2 жыл бұрын

Billy isn't a Trem guy. He's had that bridge locked down with 5 springs.

@watersnortmoment3734 Жыл бұрын

There’s footage of him shredding on a guitar with a bigsby, divebombing and all, it’s great

@rageflash9 2 жыл бұрын

wohoo..another famous strat..thanks as always brother :)

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.

@aravindvinayakan 10 ай бұрын

Good on her for doing the right thing simply for the sake of doing the right thing

@benmcnamara5572 2 жыл бұрын

Could you do Joe Strummer's Telecaster next please?

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@garycoates4987 2 жыл бұрын

Allan"blind owl" Wilson from the band Canned Heat his Les Paul gold top

@outtasightouttamind6263 2 жыл бұрын

You should do a vid on the Rory Gallagher strat

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@louofm1 2 жыл бұрын

I live about 3 miles away from flushing Michigan. It's crazy to think that guitar was so close to me, for so many years. Cool story

@layne05 Жыл бұрын

I loved the joke of having the newer members morph into the old members

@SecretsofRock Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Not everyone got the joke.

@kevinkibble8342 2 жыл бұрын

Just think, some amazing human being returned it to its owner for free, despite how much it was worth.

@bradhilton2283 2 жыл бұрын

I love how the guitar was returned through the mystical love of orgies .

@FriendGaugeShotgun 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Joined the band later, saw them at a gig using a drum machine!!

@MrRenardbleu 2 жыл бұрын

I hate strats, but everytime I see billy holding one I kind of like it a little more

@Nativityin6lack 2 жыл бұрын

7:36 does anyone know beth james' contact info and how one could be invited to any of those events?

@MasterYodaBiotch 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t tell if you’re being funny but at 0:37 that’s not James Iha, Darcy, or Jimmy Chamberlain

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

The joke is that Billy formed a new band without any of the original members and called it The Smashing Pumpkins. That's why the images morph into the original members. Just being silly. The editing process on these videos is tedious and so I add in jokes as much for me as for the viewers.

@SunnyKlein-vr7eh 2 жыл бұрын

Dude U always make me fuckn laugh my ass off! Well done lol😂

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like these silly videos.

@lastbestplace8112 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Robbie Lawyer meme. New sub here.

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you caught that, wasn't sure everyone would get it.

@liamflairty8944 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it’s obviously originally white with nitro look at the checking and the white underneath it in heavy wear areas like the arm rest

@tylerparker3024 10 ай бұрын

The csi referance was hilarious

@SecretsofRock 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@m1kr0kosmos 2 жыл бұрын

i have a swamp ash 76' and it has a bridge with no whammy, and where ths prings woild be all the wood is still there.

@floydlay9189 2 жыл бұрын

paul weller's guitar history would be great,,by the way great content!

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and great suggestion!

@anarchywon4170 2 жыл бұрын

Greeting from Atlanta, Ga. Really enjoyed this video. Very informative and the animations add a whimsical feel that I personally found charming. Great job.

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@clifisboring 2 жыл бұрын

You should do a video on Tom DeLonges es 335 and 333s

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea.

@rorysteele4943 2 жыл бұрын

I know that a bunch of people have done a video on Stevie Ray Vaughan's number one.but i would like if you did a in-depth video about it. Not like everyone else. Though ☺

@Mason.Hacker 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite part was that this was my request (U.S)

@FuriousWeasel-09 12 күн бұрын

Let's lower the middle pickup down to the pickguard and then add a 5 way switch, okay Billy.

@aprilkurtz1589 2 жыл бұрын

How did he do it? 27 overdubs on the guitar, that's how he did it. I wonder if the guy who discovered Billy's guitar was gone was my friend Bobby, who was their guitar tech. Sometimes you do something because it's the right thing to do, not because you can make money from it. Duh.

@kristopherryanwatson 2 жыл бұрын

whatever this means.

@thegingerpowerranger 2 жыл бұрын

@@kristopherryanwatson say no to drugs kids

@TolyTheTolerBear 7 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO!!! I almost lost a kidney laughing (but learning 🤓)throughout it. Billy is an ingenious, versatile, shoot from the hip guitarist and a brilliant songwriter; LOVE all his work with the original lineup-saw them 2 or 3 times, including front row at the Double Door when they were trying out the still-freshly written songs for Mellon Collie (they still had the sheet music on music stands that night)! I almost got crushed against the stage during the encore when they played Hello Kitty Kat and Siva! Love his tea shop in Highland Park, too! 🤘🤘🤘

@reecesaracino8188 2 жыл бұрын

you know, there was a good chance that thing was never found because shit like that sits forever until it either gets thrown away or sold.

@drexlspivey5828 2 жыл бұрын

Yngwie's 'Duck' Strat Edit: As in make a video on that

@jralanmorgan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith!

@Atomsk484 2 жыл бұрын

Why does this feel like a five watt world video?

@tito.tarantula 2 жыл бұрын

The voiceover guy sounds just like the guy from Five Watt World.

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I get that a lot 😉

@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu 2 жыл бұрын

I an HUGE HUGE HUGE billy corgan fan. So I am shocked I never realized he use's maple necks 😮. Now I was a strat fan, got my trusty sunburst due to frusciante, but went for Billy's tone. So as well I love Jeff buckley so I got a telecaster and had played my very first (after playing guitar for 17rs at the time) a maple neck, I was use to rosewood. Also i wasnt a gear head so didnt really care to pick guitars on specs. But once I played a Maple's, rosewood (to me) doesn't do the trick for me. But I never put corgan and maple necks together.😔😔 god I am so oblivious

@Mason.Hacker 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@jakehardyyy 2 жыл бұрын

you should do a video on mac demarcos cardboard queen

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard that one before, it's been added to the list.

@MDC249 2 жыл бұрын

Do a video about Slash's dering LP copy

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@mytorment 6 ай бұрын

I saved up and got a daphne blue strat because of this guitar, its feckin yellow 😢

@jonathanlong9176 2 жыл бұрын

This guy reminds me of 5 watt world. Could this be him?

@Ottophil 2 жыл бұрын

No. That would be too non minimalist for him. He only does histories of guitar models, not specific instruments

@jonathanlong9176 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ottophil I swear his voice sounds like him though

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not him, but I'll take the compliment.

@jonathanlong9176 2 жыл бұрын

@@SecretsofRock I like both of you guys! I love your channel so much I like your humor about the Billie Joe Armstrong guitar

@FriendGaugeShotgun 2 жыл бұрын

70s white finishes were a bad batch of paint, almost every white strat from this period has been re finished or mostly flaked off, thats why you never see a used white 70s strat unless its a refin !!

@watersnortmoment3734 Жыл бұрын

Also the nitro lacquer yellows like hell over time

@muzzartery562 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated!

@SilverWatcher. 2 жыл бұрын

I like fender strats i love smashing pumpkins, however I've never thought as Billy as srv, rory gallagher, floyd, Jeff beck, Clapton, Hendrix, I wouldn't pay a dollar more because he touched it, just saying.

@muletsag300 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the Who references, lol, they were so well scripted (California).

@zXobusterXz 2 жыл бұрын

7:34 potslucks and WHAT??

@CC-wf2qb 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo @2:39

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

;)

@TheLexiconDevils Жыл бұрын

@4:00 the white under the arm wear is kinda obvious this was white to start with.

@uticacrib1664 3 ай бұрын

The orgy guitar. Formerly known as the Gish guitar.

@thehistorybuff8265 2 жыл бұрын

KURT COBAINS 1950s MARTIN d18E AND HIS BLUE MUSTANG WITH THE MATCHING HEADSTOCK

@ebathurst9216 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy page’s #1 lp

@qwertb27 2 жыл бұрын

Dope

@augustjohnnycrashed 7 ай бұрын

And no flat poles started in 75

@fignon 2 жыл бұрын

They played 2 nights in St Andrews Hall, 12+13 June 92

@janiterinadrum1627 2 жыл бұрын

I hope they disinfected that Guitar

@kristopherryanwatson 2 жыл бұрын

most of it was actually restored, so i imagine that it would have been

@zac3713 2 жыл бұрын

Do a video on Kurt Cobain's Martin D-18E

@eliwallace3825 2 жыл бұрын

moral of the story: you really CAN'T have shit in detroit!

@Brokemf08 Жыл бұрын

The old paint chiping off kinda looks like some rotten mold.

@samwilson2046 2 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like it!

@spudvader 2 жыл бұрын

What about Kurt Cobain's telecaster? not a lot know about that

@wesgk1604 2 жыл бұрын

Trust me, she took the money or probably more.

@edgewhypaddra5969 Ай бұрын

That's James iha? Eeee Hahaha

@augustjohnnycrashed 7 ай бұрын

Most 3 bolts are shit, Billys is a unicorn.

@The.Last.Guitar.Hero. 2 жыл бұрын

Corgan is a monster on 🎸

@NikoFrederiko. 2 жыл бұрын

Quiet is SP best tune.

@SecretsofRock 2 жыл бұрын

I love that song

@KentBuchla 2 жыл бұрын

@NikoFrederiko. 2 жыл бұрын

@@KentBuchla I just unplugged all that mess in your spaceship of a closet "studio".

@zachagassi 2 жыл бұрын

Fooled again😁😁🙁🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥

@paulwisham5943 2 жыл бұрын

Noice ! (Bad British accent …)

@lemurdream Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry. Did you just say "potlucks and orgies"?

@SecretsofRock Жыл бұрын

That's what I was told.

@alexandra4334 Жыл бұрын

Dude why did you morph Jeff Schroeder’s photo into James Iha? They are 2 different people omg. Then you put up other old band members pictures up and called them Darcy and Jimmy? Who is producing your videos?

@SecretsofRock Жыл бұрын

It's a joke, some get it, some don't.

@werdna3891 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong Asian guitar player, that isn't James. Ha!

@kristopherryanwatson 2 жыл бұрын

i don't know why people have such a hard on for calling this The Gish Guitar. He used 2 strats for the recording of Gish. the only reason this is so well known is because of the story of it being stolen. it's a boring story if you consider the fact most know he has had that one guitar back for 4 years or more now.