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I had to smile when Steve offered to dig up the old tuner knobs for you. What class!

I am very impressed with this interview. You were prepared, didn't sound gobsmacked, and really got some great information all the way through. Very well done indeed.

Not just super cool he would have such long, friendly, informative conversation but that he offered to go look for the original tuning buttons is amazing. What a great dude.

Don't think I've ever been genuinely happy for a KZfaqr until now. Congratulations!

I Saw YES at Madison Square Garden during the "Going for the One" tour. '77-'78 ? Steve was a phenomenal Guitarist .. still is

Steve Howe geeks out in a sublime interview. What a treat to listen to you two digging into the minutia of Steve's collecting, great stuff, more, please!

A huge thank you to Mr. Howe, so very interesting. Sharing his stories was both gracious and appreciated. I'd like to see Gibson do a similar run of Les Paul Customs.

Congratulations on getting to talk to one of the greatest guitarists of the last century.

What a cool guy. Wow he’s a treasure to listen to.

Yes was the first concert I went to with my own money. A magical night with The Eagles as the opening act followed by The Edgar Winter Group and finally Yes to finish off the night. All for $5.00 and free parking. Wonderful to hear the story of Steve Howes guitar journey and the history of this guitar in particular. Thankyou Trogly.

Awesome Interview/Discussion with Steve.....Great history.....Congratulations!!!

Steve Howe...one of THE absolute greatest guitarists.

That would be just amazing if Steve found the original tuner buttons and sent them to you! Great interview Trogly!

Huge Steve Howe fan, lovely guy and amazing player. Didnt plan to watch this whole video but it flew by, great video and interview man.

I was only 9 years old back in '79 when my older brother and sister could see Yes live. They couldn't take me because I was too young and I remember crying lol. Fast forward to the '91 Reunion tour, I saw them live and what a treat that I would never forget. Steve Howe was and still is a fantastic guitarist and what a cool interview with him. He seems to have so much class as a person. I'm sure you were ecstatic about how well the interview went.

Holy Sh**!!!! This video / interview is EPIC!!!!! Thank you!

Incredible episode, definitely try and do more interviews like this if you can!

What a treat! Great interview and Steve had some great stories. He sounds like a really sweet guy

Austin, getting The Les Paul serial # 26 that Steve Howe had is amazing by itself, but getting Steve Howe on your channel is unbelievable! The exchange between you and Steve around the fine tuners was very interesting. The secret Steve Howe signature on the back of the headstock really clinched the authenticity for me. Also to hear that Steve shipped a guitar to Alison Krause's son was again a special moment. I had never heard of a quad pickup Les Paul until today! Steve didn't like it, but still has them and would sell them! He seemed to say that the Les Paul Jr was all you need. Simplicity just like a telecaster. Thank you Austin for sharing! Right on!

Steve once said in an interview that he loved Charlie Christian because his playing was always “happy” and upbeat. For me that’s how I feel when I listen to Steve’s playing. I think I’m in a minority of people who absolutely love the “Drama” album, Steve’s playing on that always puts a smile on my face. Also love “The Steve Howe Album” and his playing with Asia. A brilliant episode Trog. Really liked how you edited the shots from the book as they came up during the conversation. This was a fascinating listen. Loved hearing Steve’s guitar (Wondrous) stories.

Amazing video! Such an amazing player and what a gracious and outgoing personality. Happy you were able to chat with him!

I know Tormato gets a bad rap but I love the record and have been listening to it since it was released. Steve's an incredible artist.

This is awesome! Well done Trogly! So informative. Great interview.

I saw Yes in the mid 70s for the Yessongs Tour, the stage was layer out like a garden with a big ladybug in the center. The ladybugs wings opened and the drums were there. It was a fantastic concert, one of the best concerts I ever saw! That includes seeing Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Grand Funk Railroad, and the like. Steve Howe was incredible, his interactions with the crowd was amazing!

The best interview of an incredible guitarist. Saw Steve with Yes on the Close to the Edge Tour, then again with the Tales of the Topical Oceans, and finally once in 2020. I also saw him with two tours of ASIA. Just an awesome guitarist. Thanks for having him on your show and you did an awesome job.

As a long time proghead, I am jealous of you having a conversation with one of the OG prog guitarists. Very cool that he took some time to give you an interview. Maybe we should call it Progly's Guitar Show today!

Very classy interview both you and him. I like the way you let him speak and didn't say more than you needed to. Shows maturity and emotional intelligence on your part... well done! Steve is a proper old-school Londoner, says what he means and means what he says... no b/s. Great job BRAVO

Steve is one of the greats in rock history and he’s mostly overlooked when they mention the greats,this dude blazes,I’ve listened to Yes all those years ago,Asia,and pother works of his,his personality is on another level and his knowledge of actually knowing of what was done to the guitars and who did it ,whether it was him or someone close to him,great interview.

My Dad bought me a Gibson Grabber bass straight out of the factory. Now I wonder how he pulled that off. We were from Kalamazoo and he was a country musician. Played everything. He musta' had some pull somewhere.

I've had a very small handful of interactions with Steve Howe, dating back to around '74 or '75, and the latest being just a couple of years ago. All around I have to say that Steve was a very friendly and decent chap. I'm so happy for you Austin and thank you for presenting this chat for we viewers.

How awesome that you got to speak to and interview one of the very finest guitarists to ever walk the planet! He's such a nice guy. I've met him a couple times and he has always been super cool! This interview also reminded me that I've got a set of his guitar strings. His guitar tech gave them to me after he swapped them out during a load in for an Asia show back in 2019. I cherish them!

Trogs! This has to be my number one episode of your guitar show!!!incredible. Have loved Steve Howe since the early 70’s. Fantastic segment and so satisfying to hear all this from the Legend, himself! Hats off Trogly and thank you, MR. HOWE!!! Please, more segments like this one. Five stars!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Very good Austin. Excellent interview with the great Steve Howe. When he was talking towards the end about classical guitars, I’m surprised he didn’t mention his contribution to Queen’s Innuendo. Yep he played the marvellous Spanish guitar part on that song too. Also glad he mentioned one of my favourite Yes songs Turn of the Century 😉😉

This was great Austin, Thanks Steve for the awesome stories

Wow! How did you pull that off? Great interview.

Great job editing this. Always pulling up relevant images or videos of the guitars while he talks about it is top tier effort

I’m very excited for this episode because YES is my all time favorite band and I’m a huge Steve Howe fan. Steve is one of the best guitarist of all time. Thank you.

This was a lot of fun. If you want to see Steve Howell in a really cool video look up Astrell traveler. It’s one of my favorite yes songs.

Great interview. It was good that Steve was allowed to speak without interruption and that that he was so open and remembered so much detail about so many individual instruments and developed on the questions. He still sounds pretty enthusiastic about guitars generally despite them being the 'tools of his trade' for a long time. I do associate him primarily with the ES 175 so it was cool to see and hear about the other types he has owned and used.

In 1982 my college roommate had a ‘79 strat that he’d gotten Steve Howe to sign. I’d heard Yes but didn’t know who he was. But, because he signed a guitar, I started following his career and have been blown away ever since. What a great guy to just dive into the guitar’s history. Thanks for sharing this!

This was an absolute pleasure to listen to, and criminally, I have listened to very little of this mans work, cant imagine how good this was for a fan

I love how Steve really blooms talking about guitars... this conversation is wonderful .. I can hear him smile!

Howe cool. Grew up listening to all the records he mentioned. Yes was my favorite band in the 70s. In my heart they still are.

Going for the One !!! Don't kill the Whale, Tomato, that's my favorite era for Yes, SIHT, and that's the guitar that was all over it, FM !!! Trog, for me mate, this is the best thing you've had on your show...

Glad you two got together for this most informative discussion. Favorite solo. Perpetual Change, starting at 8:23 from the Yessongs Live album.

Steve Howe is absolutely correct about each guitar having it's own personality. and for a musician to be able to play their full repituare of their music. it could require them to have a number of guitars to reproduce all those sounds. it's so AWESOME that he has such a wonderful strong British accent, especially after all these years. and high marks to Austin for asking all the most correct questions. no doubt this was a great conversation/interview. as always Trogly never fails to amaze me.

What a class act for spending so much time explaining the history of the guitar during his time with it...and a great guitarist/musician too!

Loved that interview

Finally got to listen to this awesome Steve Howe interview, I'm huge Howe fan from late 60s. Love to hear him geek out about his style and inspirations. Thanks Trogly for doing this important bit of history!

This interview is pure gold! Great history and so much good stuff talked about! Thank you Mr Howe for being so gracious!

Grew up listening to Steve and my first live concert was a Yes concert in 1975. Talk about putting on a show! Music is and has been my life’s passion. Steve has contributed so much to my life and he has been loved since my older brother brought home the YES album. Many thanks Steve for all of the joy! Happy to hear your voice and to know you are doing well. Also thanks for inspiring me to become a vegetarian. My thinking was, if it’s good enough for Steve, it must be alright. 🎉 Thanks Trogly. This was a real treat for me.👏

Thanks for taking the time to once again educate and entertain us Steve!

Great interview and fantastic b roll as the video progresses!

That was a great interview Mr. Trogly! I have seen some version of YES (including Cinema and Union)14times. Of course a couple were with Trevor Rabin. Steve Howe always plays with passion and never disappoints. It's amazing how much detail he remembered after owning so many guitars. Thanks!

Didn't know Steve Howe was so personable! Friendly, expansive conversation. Probably the best Howe interview!

What a great guy to give you all that time to talk guitars etc

Great interview style, Trogly. It’s a good talent that gets people to not just talk, but to tell their stories as they remember them out loud. And one of my pet peeves is when the interviewer constantly interjects and interrupts with their own story. I don’t care about the person who’s asking the questions, I’m curious about the person being interviewed. None of those problems here, and when you did talk besides just asking questions, it was more of a conversation between two people who have a common interest, and your in-depth knowledge definitely helps. Good vid!

Loved this interview! Steve is one of the all time greatest. 175 guitar’s and remembers all the little details as well as remembering all his songs. Amazing mind. Genius!

What a great interview! Steve is a good guy, and it's so nice to see someone just willing to talk shop! I love this guitar, the color is great, The wood accessories are awesome, the gold hardware just WORKS with this color, I love the harmonica and TP6, the whole package is great. I have never had a harmonica bridge, but I ALWAYS run a TP6, not only on LP's but any tunomatic I have owned. Main reason is because I used to be an old Floyd/Kahler player (my 80's phase) so reaching for the fine tuners is "natural" to me. So when I got into LP's I went straight to the TP6. Even my old 6 post Strat has a bridge with fine tuners (handy with the locking tuners)

Austin, a really great show today. Now, there is no doubt as to the provenance of ol #26; what a beauty. I see it listed, but what a keeper...

Steve always gives great interviews. Could listen to him all day.

sounded like you both had fun. thanks to each of you for sharing !

Epic. Thanks to Trogly and the great Steve Howe. Cheers Steve!!

God bless you for getting an interview with Steve Howe, that is absolutely an artifact!

This is great. What a cool guy to spend the time and be so open with you. Congrats!

Thank you and Steve Howe for a great Sunday morning here in the UK.

So great to hear it directly from the source! Thank you

It's really awesome how much you can tell he's a gear head. He has a very good knowledge as to how these guitars work. Nowadays a lot of artists get the sig and have No idea what work goes into them or the mechanics behind them.

This is awesome I have never heard him talking before. Been listening to his music since the 70's. Seen them in the yearly 80's

Wow, this guy is so nice, so down to earth, a total pleasure to have a nice conversation with him, great work Austin 👍

Well done. What a document. You covered multiple books of information with asking the RIGHT questions. You really surfaced where Mr Howe is all about with instruments. Now we only need to listen to the songs to know what he is spiritually about. What stands out for midi guitarists is the part about roland and gibson midi guitars. Here is somebody who has toured his whole life and knows what works and what doesn't.

How freaking awesome is this??

Good conversation! Steve has a brilliant memory.

I’ve been following you trolls for years, and this one takes the cake. Wow,,,,,I saw yes in Arkansas several years ago and grew up in the 1970s and 1980s addicted to their music, Thank you Mr. Howe for sharing your story with our man Trogly. You are the best.

Loved hearing one of my guitar heroes. Thanks and congratulations on owning such a beautiful and well preserved guitar. Btw, I met Roger Fischer a few years back. He's living in Monroe WA. I also used to own a Martin Nancy Wilson signature model accoustic

That's a hell of phone call. What a great opportunity...to actually speak to Steve Howe and get a bit of history, not just on "The Les Paul" but his other guitars... I've already sent a link to my brother. We'll done and thanks.

THAT, was one of the best interviews of one of my favorite guitar players I ever experienced! Thank you Austin! Good Job!

Wow! Great show. You’ve outdone yourself. Saw Yes twice, decades apart, Winterland in the early 70s and the Greek Theatre in the late 90s. A class act.

Steve is a very gracious and engaging person.

I'm sometimes critical of your videos, but this was a home run. Your questions and interactions with Howe were top-notch, and he obviously felt very comfortable speaking with you. Just an excellent job, Trogly.

Love Steve Howe's acoustic guitar in The Coil of Life , You And I.

Always respected the man as a musician and I’m so pleased to finally become a fan! What a good dude! I could listen to you guys talk about guitars all day. Great episode Trogly, I’ve only watched a couple hundred so far and this is my favourite. Kia ora from New Zealand 🇳🇿

So happy to hear Steve say that you can find unique music in different guitars...Every guitar I pick up takes me somewhere different... some just respond as if they were a body prt, others I have to fight a little bit, but each relatioship will bring different riffs or licks... the music really does come from them.

You have to be the luckiest guy to speak to Steve and you got a ton of info I never heard of so good going.

Roger Fisher of Heart smashed his The Les Paul onstage, the night he quit the band, there was footage of it in their Behind The Music episode. Awesome video, Trogly. Steve is my favorite guitarist ever.

Long been one of my favorite guitarists, and what a fantastically nice person. Thanks for doing that sir!

Thank you mister for that interview! That was something great!

definitely was not expecting this. this was an amazing interview.

!! Absolutely amazing interview !! Thank you for posting this. And thank you to the Great Steve Howe for giving us all, the time for this interview. Absolutley fabulous!

That was great, sounded like a conversation instead of an interview.

I had an oxblood case with my black LP custom. Sometime in the mid 70s.

An absolute Legend. So 😎 Cool that he would take the time to tell the story to fellow guitar enthusiasts. I remember seeing YES live in Cleveland I think in 1978 at the Richfield Coliseum. Phenomenal live.

Wow!! This is definitely historic to hear Steve's thoughts and insight to guitars and his take on his personal guitars..this is an awesome conversation..thanks for sharing 👏

Definitely cool you got to chat with Steve, he seems like such a nice guy

Wow! Thank you. That was one cool interview. Love Steve Howe

Great interview with Steve Howe.

I saw then i 2009 in são paulo brazil...chris was like a giant playing that rickenbacker using big leather boots, RIP bassist friend...steve howe played great too. Unforgetable moment.

This is a dream interview. Wow!

My gosh, for a super living legend he sure gave you a ton of time! What a guy. Steve Howe is the most versatile, unique guitarist I've ever heard.