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Post by Steve Reynolds on Apr 7, 2016 13:29:34 GMT
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Post by baz on Apr 7, 2016 17:09:56 GMT
Steve.....if it came with a guarantee that I'd be able to play like him, I'd order one tomorrow.  Baz |
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Post by scanners on Apr 8, 2016 3:28:31 GMT
wasn't he a Les Paul player?
Matthew
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Post by kipper on Apr 8, 2016 7:53:12 GMT
wasn't he a Les Paul player? Matthew hi Matthew that's what I thought as well. peter |
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Post by frisp on Apr 8, 2016 8:53:09 GMT
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Post by Steve Reynolds on Apr 8, 2016 8:55:14 GMT
He was famous for playing a les paul from the still got the blues era but before that he played Strats and his main guitar was a 1962 Fiesta Red Strat and he was heavily influenced by Hank Marvin
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Post by Charlie Hall on Apr 8, 2016 9:23:34 GMT
I saw him with Skid Row when he was about 16 or 17 and he was playing a Gibson SG with a bridge humbucker and a neck P90. Would be interesting to know when he got the Strat.
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Post by Steve Reynolds on Apr 8, 2016 9:43:10 GMT
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Post by ha2he on Apr 8, 2016 16:23:30 GMT
Hi Charlie & Friends, He makes very good use of Strats HERE, Blues For Jimi. During the concert he is joined on stage by Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox which makes it very enjoyable indeed. Regards, Tim. P.S. Hopefully it will be better than the recent Hendrix guitar by Fender which was awful just to look at! |
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Post by biggs1946 on Apr 8, 2016 20:09:48 GMT
My friend in the USA works for Fender and he says he know of no plans to produce a Gary Moore Signature Strat.... Just get a 62 and rough it up a bit.. lol
Regards,
Jeff
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Post by philc on Apr 9, 2016 10:57:50 GMT
Peter Green gave Gary Moore his LP when he dropped out from music and pretty much everything else after a a drug spiking incident. I read that the LP was sold in auction to someone in the USA many years ago but I have since been told that it was still in his estate when he died?
GM used the guitar on many recording including the Blues for Greeny album.
I believe that the neck had also be changed due to an accident or warping.
He has been using a Strat for many years, also when he was on Collosium II
Phil
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Post by bor64 on Apr 9, 2016 11:36:07 GMT
Phil, Gary bought the LP for 110 GBP from Peter, because that's was all Gary had....and Peter said just pay me what you can and that's the price.
The neck is stll the original, only it got iron pins and a lot of glue because the guitar was involved in a car accident(it was in the booth of the car)Gary was also in pieces btw ....
It got sold about 8 years ago for nearly 500k to someone high in the tree of guitar centre and later sold on for more....rumours say it's now it the hand of Phil Harris of Harris hire.....
That cross-eyed kid, called Bonamasa has played it recently(as he played more then 90 original burst)and he was apparently nicely surprised on the sound.
So Phil we both have already a GM strat lol.
I was also thinking along the line.....Fender will just pull a run of the mill 62 replica strat in F red of the line, drag it behind a F150 on the parking and cash in on a reputed player who's not amongst us any more...
Cheers Rob
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Post by philc on Apr 9, 2016 12:03:28 GMT
Thanks Rob, I now remember the story of the sale!
Phil
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Post by bor64 on Apr 9, 2016 12:27:37 GMT
YVW
Cheers Rob
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Post by philc on Apr 10, 2016 7:20:39 GMT
So Phil we both have already a GM strat lol. I was also thinking along the line.....Fender will just pull a run of the mill 62 replica strat in F red of the line, drag it behind a F150 on the parking and cash in on a reputed player who's not amongst us any more... Cheers Rob You are right, you would be paying just for a few marks on the Strat as opposed to say the Eric Clapton one which I have and has active circuitry which gives a mid range boost, all made to his spec. Phil |
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Post by Steve Reynolds on Apr 10, 2016 8:19:25 GMT
My friend in the USA works for Fender and he says he know of no plans to produce a Gary Moore Signature Strat.... Just get a 62 and rough it up a bit.. lol Regards, Jeff Hi Jeff it's on the official fender Facebook page with a release date of 22nd May from fenders custom shop |
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Post by philc on Apr 10, 2016 8:39:54 GMT
I'm going to rough up my 62 and call it GM  |
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Post by glyderslead on Apr 10, 2016 9:35:42 GMT
Hello Phil,
Well, much as I admired Gary Moore's playing, still do, I for one won't be buying a knocked up marmite guitar or buying a cheaper version and kicking it around a bit. I like my guitars to look as good as possible. Yes most have had a little ding or small mark from use, but it's from honest wear or accidents, not abuse.
Separately, Phil is the mid range boost pot on your Clapton Strat the same as can be found on my 1983 Elite series? I always thought, but am probably wrong, that the Clapton's Strat is simply a variation of the Elite series, with the same wide gentle radius neck; but having a traditional slide pick up selector instead of buttons and a traditional style tremolo unit instead of the more fiddly unit on the Elite.
Mick
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Post by bor64 on Apr 10, 2016 10:21:23 GMT
Guess what....the Fender CS is making a kinda GM strat already, the Model #: 1550610840 aka 61 relic strat in Fiësta Red for the cheap as chips price €3769....
Well let's see what happens....errrr adding a extra decal for a extra 1k perhaps??
Cheers Rob
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Post by philc on Apr 10, 2016 10:39:17 GMT
Hello Phil, Well, much as I admired Gary Moore's playing, still do, I for one won't be buying a knocked up marmite guitar or buying a cheaper version and kicking it around a bit. I like my guitars to look as good as possible. Yes most have had a little ding or small mark from use, but it's from honest wear or accidents, not abuse. Separately, Phil is the mid range boost pot on your Clapton Strat the same as can be found on my 1983 Elite series? I always thought, but am probably wrong, that the Clapton's Strat is simply a variation of the Elite series, with the same wide gentle radius neck; but having a traditional slide pick up selector instead of buttons and a traditional style tremolo unit instead of the more fiddly unit on the Elite. Mick Mick, I also love Gary Moores playing, I have posted a few of my take offs of his tunes here with vocals, (not mine) "That kind of woman" " The stumble" "You upset me" to name three all with a LP. I don't know anything about the 1983 Elite Series except I though they had top boost and not mid boost. I read that Eric Clapton had many prototypes with different boosts until the final one which was then cloned and released as an EC. CS Model. BTW, the tremolo unit is locked with a block of wood. Going on to the Jeff Beck CS, again much different to stock with locking nut and a cut away tremolo block that gives extra notes when lowering the arm. Rob.....those decals are expensive Phil |
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Post by philc on Apr 11, 2016 8:44:02 GMT
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Post by bor64 on Apr 25, 2016 17:51:28 GMT
Phil,
Great site, I've contacted the the owner and put the record straight about some guitars of Gary and he did change the info..
Cheers Rob
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Post by philc on Apr 25, 2016 19:33:24 GMT
Rob,
I did the reverse magnet thing on my LP many years ago and it does give that old Greeny sound, I think reversing the pickup leads would probably do the same thing with the phasing, I changed it back to standard some years later.
Phil
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Post by bor64 on Apr 25, 2016 19:43:43 GMT
Hi Phil,
Regarding that Greeny sound because of the neck pickup turned around( by a London guitar tech) and the magnet also was directed the other way(preusmably at Gison).
In Hayes guide for the les paul there is a nice part writen and with pictures of the real thing, made during Gary's ownership of that famouse guitar.
Cheers Rob
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Post by philc on Apr 26, 2016 7:31:48 GMT
Hi Rob,
I would guess that the magnets were assembled that way by mistake at the factory, it wouldn't have happened with just a guitar service as the whole pickup has to be stripped, not a quick or easy job...i've done it!
As for the pickup being turned around...going from memory, I could be wrong but the lead going to the pickup is short and at a corner, I don't think there is enough slack for a turn around.
The other thing that is mentioned on a few forums is that the magnets were just turned end to end on one pickup..doing this would still give North up on both pickups, for out of phase they need to be North up and South up regarding the both!
Phil
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Post by bor64 on Apr 26, 2016 11:49:26 GMT
Hi Phil,
In the case of the greeny/gary LP, in the Hayes book they go into detail about it on the real original greeny/gary LP!
There are pics of the inside and all written in detail about what they found and measured!
The neck pickup was turned around by some London guitar tech in the late 60's, coincedently that pickup got a reverse magnet by accident at the Gibson factory in the late 50's also . So that in combo with the switch in the both pu's positon give the greeny sound.
All other tricks with switches and leads etc. is a weak substitute!
Because before that original guitar was taken apart during Gary's ownership nobody know about the reverse magnet in that infamouse neck pick up!
Cheers Rob
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Post by philc on Apr 26, 2016 12:29:45 GMT
I can vouch for the sound Rob from when I did the change.
Phil
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