Best review I’ve seen in along time ... Just the video I needed to see ... Mr. C. just stopped playing guitar in heaven for a moment to smile down upon you friend 👍
Thank you for the video Dale. So sad to have lost Bill. Collings has been on my want list for years. Hope to pick one up soon. Cheers!! Love both guitars :D
How did I miss this? Hope all is well Dale and thank you for sharing your gifts. 😀 Takes me a while to watch your video's because I always hear a chord or run that I have to go figure out! 😂
Great video, Dale. Thanks for the comparison. You are a talented player and are generous to share your knowledge in these videos and also your lessons and of course your LLB concerts. As a fellow Collings "nut," I too appreciate the quality of what the Collings brand stands for. Those are good looking guitar stands for these guitars. Can you share where you got those? Thanks again, Dale.
hello Jeff! sincere thanks for checking this out and i'm glad to hear you are a Collings fan! I found the stand at Chicago Music Exchange, your friend, dale.
tone...good video...thanks 4 takin time to compare em directly. even options vs. standard equipment .nothing like a heads up comparison on anything...noticed how you discussed the variables...always the variables...backs up what i told a few llb fans when concerning the variables....remember.."a rockman will get u close"...but not all the way, even song to song......anyway...another good 1.......maybe the most entertaining of the tdr tech videos!!!
sorry to hear about Mr Collings.....im sure music history will remember him well.....respectfully,...did you know him,or ever get to hang out with him?........am losing family friends and aquaintences at an alarming rate these days.....have always been appreciative ..but its schooling me to be more........among other things......was remembering [we] were just a few months apart ...in our envelope of time..under the dome.
Good Stuff Dale!!! I really like that I30LC... I have another suggestion for the LLB, I would love to hear you guys tackle some Glen Campbell. I still say he was the greatest all round entertainer ever.
Glen Campbell was in every sense of the word a legend and in many ways - i don't disagree with you in greatest all round entertainer ever. I met him many years ago and was so awestruck i just about couldn't speak!
I can't say which one I like more...there both fantastic guitars Dale... Hey Dale have you ever done any Eric Johnson Covers? Thanks for the videos Amigo!!
thanks for the kind words...I bias but I'd say yes in that they are very different guitars which is good. The I35 I think will feel enough different thank you 335, yet chasing the same vibe, that you'll enjoy both. I've been fortunate to have all 3 versions of the I35. The I35 solid wood is perhaps my least fafe although an amazing guitar. I now have the I35LC and I35LCV.
I just picked up an I-30LC w/Throbak PU's. It is blowing me away so much I started looking at I-35LC's and the new I-35 LC Vintage to see what the Humbucker version might offer. After all this time, do you have a preference? I-35LC w/Humbuckers or I-30LC w/P90s? also, any comments about Lollar versus Throbak PUs in either of these? Great comarison. Thank you. Enjoy your authentic genuine comments as well.
hello Gary, thanks for checking this out and congrats on your new guitar! I had an original, solid wood, I35 first. Beautiful guitar, a bit heavy and sounded a little too 'alive' if anything. When Mr C offered the I35LC I sold the solid wood and bought the one I have in the video. LOVE the guitar, it's hotter with the TB PUPS but in a good way. Really does anything I want the guitar to do and sound like. I got an I30LC when they came out so I've had it awhile - LOVE the guitar. Yes sir it's different as you know, especially if you add an I35LC to your collection. Mine has Lollars, which I love. It's more 'acoustic' sounding in a way, the pickups are not as hot as the TB but I love the contrast. Hard to put into words but the guitars give me enough of a different feel and vibe that they are different enough to really enjoy on their own merits. I have an I35LCV on order. I guess you could say I'm a fan of this series - welcome to the club - I'll help in any way possible. The Gear Page has some good discussion on these models as well. your friend and Collings bro, dale.
Hi Dale, you are telling it like it is. I had a I35LC Vintage with the Throwbacks. They are edgier to my ear, but I didn't keep that guitar. Just a bit to raw to my liking but thats just me. I have had a few I35LC guitars and still have my tobacco I30LC. I am being honest here. I think the I30LC is the best sounding guitar ever and my favorite of their line up. The dog ear P90s are sublime, they cut, and have a 3D swirly tone when combined with the hollow body. I am 60 years old and have 8 super killer sounding hand picked guitars that I have narrowed down to over the years. A good Strat maple neck, Les Paul, Explorer, Martin, Tele, another Strat with rosewood board, Gibson 355 and the Collings I 30LC. All the Gibsons and Fenders are custom shop guitars. If I had to take one guitar out of the line up for everything it would be the I30LC. It such an all around monster and its light weight. Like u, I went with Calton cases for most everything. And did that after noticing your cases from videos (: I like the tone of your I30LC over the 35. Great videos!
Thanks so much for checking this out..greatly appreciated! Loved reading this - I think we could def spend some time together talking and playing guitars brother!
I know most of these likely have laminate tops. Have you tried an I35 with Spruce on top. I've seen a few for sale. Would love to know your opinion on those ? Which would you keep between I35 and I30 if you could only keep one ?
both of these are laminate tops, the LC is Laminate Construction. I've had an I35 with a solid maple top but never spruce. I would imagine it to be a very acoustic guitar, in a good way but i don't have any experience with one. only one? tough one - i'm still in honeymoon period with I30 but prob pick it - just an amazing instrument in every facet.
it will definitely let you know it's hollow at some point but not to a degree that in interferes with what i do - for very loud contexts it might be a challenge:)
I’ve been on the fence between the Collings 35lc and a Gibson 335 but after this video I want one just like your red one! Do you want to sell it? 😁 Also I use the same Fulldrive from that era and need a great delay. What delay are you using? Thanks so much! 🎸
The doctor is in & the prescription is a double dose of guitar. Best medicine one can take. Very nice instruments Dale. Terrific sound for sure. I got reliced by being drug around & frozen, but I just sound the same. :) LOL
hello! I would say maybe a humbucker style guitar over the single coil pickups in fender style guitars. The Humbucker is a full sound covering more of the tonal spectrum to accompany your voice perhaps. An acoustic guitar for singing solo is likely where you'll end up.
did savage remark on randys tall bass work.....only reason i ask ........always have a soft spot for really good bassists......[.he is ].........i just always feel like they dont get enuff glory...for what they do........but ..lol ....some of em want it that way!!!........[early bassist was tuff 2]..liked in the makings when he said he liked seein randy killin it!!!.....everyody humble...love it!!!
Savage was very very nice...he said nice things about Randy. I actually have a very cool connection with RS Guitarworks, my friend Roy, the R in the name, bought a bass years ago that was the one of the basses RSavage used on Hysteria. He confirmed, so Randy was playing the same lines, or as close as he could, to those original tracks on the same bass. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ef6PBoTpmJw.html
and u say my stories are good?......pppssshhhh!!!....wow thats off the hook and on the floor......no wonder randy seems elated in the makings..it is a small world ...big brother used to play a local dive just to stay active.......alabama jeff cook walked right in 1 night..hung out and jammed most of the night....said it was his thing 2 drive around an find guitar bars....he stopped back in when he was in the hood...u know sometimes the bigger they are!!!....gotta a few stories myself...but theres plenty of time 4 that crap later....but even still nothing like this................kool to the fan.................tone........glad i asked....do i have to ask if yall have played the white house?...or kremlin?....i know..under promise over deliver.........lemme guess the wilsons sew quilts with the heart girl?.........paul rogers, bob seger hang out with b/c singer now?
Dale, permission to get a review from you?....have been thinking strong on writing a book.and was hoping to get some feedback. In first grade my descriptive "Thats Life" ended me up in the cafeteria with three nationals for a week of tests that shook my parents pretty good. In Jr. High I had 2 printed in the State Finals, with awards then in High School, the newspaper staff with a printing. [I feel like Rudys first meeting with Ara]. Anyway, i knew we have kind of been , pen pals, lil bit. You commented a few times you enjoyed my reply,s and even a few lol,s. Now I know its a tall order to determine with just a few online chats,, but do you think I still have it?..[gotit?] Its a book about an alarming, growing trait in human beings. Growing up in the sixties has given me a birds eye view of what I think is the most fundamental changing of the guard in history. I owe a lot to Mrs. Weaks, my english teacher, she put faith in me, and pushed me for the turney. She always told me I see things things. So? do you think I can pull it off? I am in the final stages of a five year exhaustive research, and am about to begin actual work, Any pointers on following your call, would be sincerely appreciated, obviously you clearly have followed yours and made it work [Vandy and all the rest too].. A persons call could be fishing, and he,d still need guidance on how to follow it, dont you think? The local boys asked Max Sledge [Robert Duval] for advice, and he told them, just play it like you feel it!, which I thought was low tech, but solid..... Any thoughts? It was responding to your videos, [not much ever before now] that helped sharpen the butchers knife before slaughter. I even used proper pronunciations for you.....[whew, thats alot for me, ..rough]. Yours very respectfully and sincerely, .......... D D.
i know you can pull it off! your gift for words and unique perspective on things is creative, refreshing and interesting. IMO a must - you need to follow this dream and down the road i want an autograph copy of the Best Seller.
great question..tough, they are different enough to like them both so well - if I had to have only one, wow, don't even want to think about that - prob the I35LC because it's a bit more versatile maybe - that said I think the I30LC is my fave of the two.
got it sorry! Yes a couple...Rich Savage from Def Lep set up a YT account just to comment and it was very kind. Ed King was kind enough to chime in on some of the Skynyrd tunes. It was an honor for sure.
tone,......u dirty dog.....been holdin holdin out...i know, your so humble u wouldnt name drop .....2 nukes like savage...and ed king.......WOW!!!...and on your own merit. too.......bet ed king lost it, on the skinner songs.....yes their that good..........wow tone wow.........bet ed king is as cool as he seems.......im very happy 4 u...........you and you all deserve it.....its a different story .........when the recipient of noteworthy attention deserves their rank and honors.........u do/did.........4sure
I think the I30 edges it for me. Lots more variety and articulation with the P90s and fully hollow body.I don't imagine feedback could really be a concern if you're using a smallish mic'd amp anyway. More comparisons please Dale !
tone, ..shouldve added the 5 loved my papaw just as much as i did,...mom only worded it that way to make her point.....there,......................now its done...................Thanks Buddy!!!
tone, have u ever seen clapton look the same in 2 pictures?........for years i thought it was just me then i saw like his 40 year mgr or somebody say exact same thing ......whadda u think?
Hey, there is a band from Russia , Leonard and friends . They sound just like Chicago. They want to come to US for tour. You could team up share cost. It would be great.
Andrew Cooksey I called the 30 so that’s both accounted for lol. I’ll save dale some shipping and keep it here in KY as well. I can even come pick it up.
tdr,..........whats your opinion on rik emmet/triumph.........im a fiend for his/their early stuff..u probbly gathered that...several fellas ive played with said i was a mix of stephen stills/rik emmet ...leaning towards stills.....but that was a long time ago.......in a galaxy far, far away.........and tone, my friends that are brothers say,.....i aint gonna front....some..people say im pretty good........................i couldnt hold a candle to u...........dont think 2 many could..............
i'm sure your very good! In a perf world we'd get to hang out, talk shop and tune em up..love Triumph and what a cool story to have a connection with those guys! I think i still live in a galaxy far far away:)
tone, was watching makings of with a friend........we stopped just for a second on 1 of those happenstances.......stopped on a shot during the cam crews contributions,........and there was a dude using what looked like a regular digital cam.........thing is him and randy kind of favor 1 and other..........any chance their brothers.......maybe the cameraman just plays the 4 string 2..
even from what little i saw in the makings of... Ryan seems like he has the right attitude also........................i can do the math and deduct he wouldnt have a place in the laboratory if he didnt..............as it should be....................nolol
no secrets! He was kind..not gushy but ya know it's kinda his baby:) I felt good about the set overall - it was a lot of work for all - the keys parts, Randy's parts and multiple guitars. No one will ever capture ever nuance of another play but i felt we took a good pass at playing those tunes with their original integrity as we could - that's all we can hope for.
man, you remind me of the doc apologizing to marty after he built a very elaborate model of the town square but didnt have time to build it to scale or paint it...marty said "its ok doc"....so its ok tone ...let me tell u somethin son ....that skynyrd work is off the charts good and among my llb top favorites...dont change a note....king doesnt appear gushy in any of the countless interviews ive seen..but very tactful,goal oriented but not a stone either...he commented how well music and water go together..that would never grind out of a machine and while i really hate to bring it up....the cat scan of that band after the tragedy is a whos who of whos suin who for who knows what....[llb couldnt have gotten close to any fencelines]...didnt patsy worry that loretta might sing that thing better than her?.....its just for conversation tone....ed kings got no more to worry about than do.......lol.....couldnt copy either 1 of u 100%.. nolol
hey man,....if u can get this 1 to ryan,...watched vid tonight ..what made bonham such a good drummer....outstanding ....thought kid dynamite ...ryan.....and well.....everybody......good chance some or all have seen it.....thought it worth mentioning........since i said ryan/bonham class drummer........ryans since of timing is impeccable ........i mean like its crispy......man!!
of course any body would ask...did he..[respectfully] ...want it back.....[purchase]....hey be4 you give me both barrels....its a fair question......look at the joe perry/slash deal...tho the situation was east from west. from this.............4me................what a tuff call
so i go with the fiance and coupla close freinds down to ruckus to catch the moods..[always been a fiend for tuesday afternoon]..were just to the right of the stage up...show barely gets started and a BIG dude is leaning over the rail screaming obscenities at the blonde singer..soon 2 security guards were comin up and i told robert i saw a pistol in his hand...the guards jumped him and he just 1 arm chucked em in the air...then several came from no where and he started chuckin them in the air but then they all got him at once and he went down...took em a while but even hogtied he was bangin his head all the way out...they even had to stop with his head 2 inches from my boot on the way out....robert said see he didnt have a piece.....i said b/s ..looked like a s/w combat 10/38 w/4inch barrel...he said ...b/s...and i said b/s......then 1 of lexs finest came down ...shined a light around ....got a ink pen out and hooked the s/w combat 10/38w4/inch barrel. by the trigger guard .. and carried it out...egad........robert didnt say sh--......turned out ...supposedly the guys wife told him she was goin to have sex with the blonde singer...after a fight....what a world...they otta sell tickets.............................id buy 1...
also, am still waiting on my first royalty checks 4..... "didnt know u were expecting"..interest is ......acrewing ?...............acruing?............................agh!.......................piling up!!
tone,.....cool!!!................its a deal ...the groundskeeper in rudy promised him when ever he dressed for his first game...hed be there..........so let it be known......u get the first copy.....autographed...........see what i can do about the best seller part ....of the deal........
should get you one of those headband mirrors dr,s wore when we were kids,...a white lab coat ...stethoscope stuck near the f cut......dont forget some candy in your shirt pocket.......lemon orange lime and grape!!!.....a tire pressure gauge 2 see if anyones payin attention ...be great at the 4th cookout!........might be a bit much 4 a video.tho......well ........maybe the mirror..................dbe ok!!!........................a tdr emblem on the headband.
well,....i guess its now 2 royalty checks in the snail mail,....maybe i should go ahead and start a tab...........of course i do hold retainer fees, we do accept old guitars... rusty harmonicas.....last customer paid with a pillow case full of kittens......maybe a pr man for the llb someday, maybe write a few songs.4 you guys,........check the tire pressure in the tour bus?........if this took u out .....maybe an ampule of ammonia or some smelling salts in your shirt pocket...next to your picks.....[by the way dale have u tried those new style of wooden picks that are all over the net?] .......................they look appealing .......dont u think?.
used wooden picks 30 years ago at least...i think they are a type of new angle on the cut and/o file angle..........kool,...........dont they even come in the handy travelin case......................for the travelin man!!!
guess you should go ahead and make it 2 royalty checks in the mail....and u know if u use it 4 both holidays..thats seperate instances which will require a 3rd check,....then theres the rude charge....maybe we should start u a tab.....we do do the retainer thing if thats your thing......................,economy is so bad 1 guy paid me with...................................................... a pillow case full of kittens!!!
oh, and wasnt their a small finders fee for puttin u on the gittler?......................theres that............... acrewing thing.........again .............acruing?.............................acrooed?.............
tone,....ever hack around in drop d....i mean not just 2 play a certain song....[ramblin man]...... .seems like i always finish up my sessions with it.....especially when im alone....1st i love the sound..... 2nd i love the wave length/cycles.........3rd kinda like playin bass at the same time............................and even a 4 5 6 7.........................................................how bout u?
of course computer laid down ..anyway like i said it was late 70s...it was the highest point of his cowboy stage...think he even bought a dude ranch in texas [whatever that is].....slowhand was still currently in the charts ...so he comes out with a kind of a cowboy look..and played lay down sally..and the boos started...then he did i shot the sheriff ..they were singin i shot the singer...then he did the promises song and it wasnt even the chic on/in the record....and that was it ....seen beers slammed and popcorn in the air.... and by now the boos are really bad ..slowhand turned away ...and stood there with his back turned...and stood there [remember the grand funk/clapton incident]...then turned around and hit the bam ba bam bam ba bam bam of cocaine and i mean loud and the crowd went bat sh--...then he did layla and they were dancin......then some derek/dominoes and they were sparkin doobies....turned out to be a great show..so see why his worshipers say whadya expect..and put their fists down ....then they say good story let me get u a beer ..lol .....got a wild 1 from the moody blues at ruckus 24 or 25 ago..think that 1 made herald leader ..may have time this mornin 4 it..lol
scruggs boy was restringing right in the middle of a tune....thought that was a nono ....he could string almost as fast as he....... ppttwwanged em.........u can pull up eddie rabbit ...i think rainy nights....hes beatin his strings so hard during a pantomime he broke a couple of em,....reaches down to yank em away....and cuts his hand..........then he draws a smile on his face ..keeps playin..and the song sounds like the radio clone!!!!...nothin against ol ed..tho..he showed courage.......i think?.. er uh i guess? ..........how many people from jersey named rabbit........Kentucky ...a different story......[notice Kentucky in capitols].............
tone, in the few minutes since,.." the deal"....already a little flak... [relax..not that much]....when my grandfather graduated...[86 and change].......my mom gave me his doublebarrel.....it was my grandmothers favorite 1 on the wall......she always said when they first married..it put most of their meat on the table...short time later the 5 siblings got wind of it and started squalling like housecats.....How Come?????....she told them i was the only grandchild her dad had that hunts!!!.....and i was the only 1 that asked......none of you even cared enuff to ask.... till u found out....so my minds made up!!!..[she said it tenderly]....not only did u give encouragement....[not the 1st]....u were the first to ask,....so my minds made up!!!.....PS ...the Allmighty teaches... My children have not, because they ask not.......nuff said ........................aye old buddy?.............Verdie was the best man i ever knew......period.......
tdr, ..just wanted 2 make sure... [respectfully] ...your tech sites are the still the ok place to rap?......remember it was cool.............sometimes you hunt, fish, or gig ...another area .....different times'''''''''''' different places........4 different reasons.....as my boys that are brothas say ......can i get an amen?................lol/nolol
just got back....saw the red dot...while i was watchin the bass story, ...shouldve told me about it when i replied ...launch F/A18s off that monster!!!....remember seein that still in the clickbait ..but when i went back...the yt shuffle vaped it............worth the wait tho..........did u all feel like wayne /garth.............were not worthy!!!
tone,.......ever tell u bout the time i saw eric clapton get booed off the stage....[thats how the story goes...but he only got it real bad.not off the stage]...it always makes slowhand fans get ready 2 box....when they hear what happened they put their fists down and say ..."well that figures ....whadya expect".......no kidding,...probbly 100 times over the years.....i believe it was in 78 or 79.....wanna hear it ?....the time frame is a major clue!!!
i say grace before i eat,....use dust and hitch for warmups..........and the tone dr,s format as the pregame stretch for the book......how kool is that?.....the only thing else i need is 1 cold beer and a baloney sandwich .......5 years in research....i didnt get to write jack!!!...........thanks tone........... thanks.........feels like the rust is loosening and starting a pattern on the floor.............with a little persistence,.......maybe chromium will shine in the sun again!.......[forrest runnin off his leg braces wouldnt be bad for an analogy]...................nolol
u and the tone clone workin on anything unusual?.............really enjoy those duets of rock u 2 do/did when he was a munchkin.....................................talk about father/son bonding..............as it should be tone.............................................as it should be.............
those are great memories! thanks for the kind words...my son is married and lives in Fla these day. His life is great and i'm very proud just wish he were a bit closer and maybe one day he will be:)
used to vacation in clearwater,.......and went to tampa 4 fishing trips.....had a sister that lived in duneden......where u think she got her mad beach band husband?........mabe u will go to him.......remember what seinfeld said........if u wait 2 long to retire....the retirement police....show up at ur door dressed in all white...even their socks are white ...put u in a white golf kart and take u 2............. florida .....its the law......i know i know its not time 4 that just yet!!
