Def Leppard's Phil Collen | Backstage Pass | Jackson Guitars 

I like how he's gotten better as he's aged. Some rockers go down hill but he seems centered and is obviously very healthy and fit.

Phil's got great taste in guitars. They look awesome.

damn, Phil looks great for a 60 year old dude, looks half his age, and in such a great shape!

Please make X-Stroyers for a wider audience than just Phil :) I want one!

What a great guitarist and human being. Always try to see them when they come into town. I do a great Joe Elliot impression by holding both my arms straight out to my sides like wings - my kids don't get it. I always feel like I'm in the company of true "rock stars" when I see Def Leppard. I'm a drummer more than a guitarist and I fully respect how the band waited until Rick Allen was proficient on his electric set up after his accident. Rock on boys!

We sold the Jackson crackles in the mid 80's and Vivian Came to demo them in our store...such a great time!

This guy is the reason i fell inlove with jacksons when i was 16,now im 32 and own 8 of them and 4 of them are early early years of jackson

Always a pleasure getting Phil to talk about his Jacksons. Thank you guys at Jackson. Now please go and get Rick as well to present his awesome Jackson basses ;)

I love Jackson Guitars 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🎸🎸🎸🎸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Can’t wait to see Def Leppard’s Rock And Roll induction ceremony.

WOMEN is a very underrated song . Heard it on MTV when it first came out and it's got killed guitar

I really want the Jackson x-stroyer and star models to be part of the standard and pro lineups.

Those guitars are so superb,cool guy!

Great to meet you Phil at a quiet pub in the mall in Brisbane the night before the concert. Was lucky to get 3 of your picks and the playlist for the night!! Been a fan for over 30 years and will be until the day I die when Hysteria will play at my funeral!

I can listen to this animal play all day!!!! Something about his playing style, it’s just the way his sound is. I listen to Def Leppard everywhere I go.

Wow. Phil is actually wearing a shirt. Amazing.

One of my favorite concerts in the 80's. And the man have not changed much. He is 61. Cool.

Beautiful collection Phil..very nice I must say. Jackson guitars have been my passion since they emerged in the early 80's...and I still love them to this day. It just go's to show that the best things last the test of time Jackson guitars and Phil Collins.

Love Phil. Back in the day he really could have gone with any of the major brands but he met Grover Jackson, they clicked, became best mates, Grover realised what sound and what modifications Phil wanted and the rest is history. To be objective Phil has been amazingly loyal to Jackson, they went through being bought out/sold to Fender, different manufacturing sites in different countries, all the ordinary challenges that come with both building a business that had been to that point largely in the US dominated by only a few iconic brands, and Phil stuck with them. And they have rewarded him in spades, they've always, no hesitation whatsoever, been ready and able, willing to help and mod out guitars for Phil, create new designs, tweak his termolos, fretboard, the whole kit n kaboodle. And having met him as many have the chance to also do, he is to me special for two reasons. Firstly, he is a really sincere working class bloke done good, lived, chased his dream, so many sadly don't even know what he did with 'Girl'. Just a really nice personable and shy bloke. The second reason is he is for me the missing link to one of the greatest 'artists' I never saw live, a song writing genius responsible largely for Leppard's earlier heavier break out sound, he penned some of rocks most iconic songs, and he created some of rocks most timeless melodies, riffs, hooks and bends again in rock history. Yes I'm talking about Steven Maynard 'The Riffmaster' Clark. Steve, being co terror twin was Phil's best mate, reading Phil's book 'Adrenalize' there is one paragraph on that book where I just lost it and broke down. Phil tells the sad story of how he could not attend his best mates funeral, in and of itself gut wrenchinly emotionally, saying good bye, but he goes on to say two things about Steve. First, he says there is not one single day he continues today, ever since that dreadful day Steve passed, where Phil has not thought of his best mate. And also, Phil states it took him years to actually mentally/emotionally process the loss of Steve. That comment came one day sitting in traffic on an LA freeway and the Stones song "I'm still waiting on a friend" came on over the radio. Upon hearing the song Collen simply broke completely. The emotion of well over a entire decade, the pent up sadness, and anger just hit him and like a dam wall bursting he let all that grief out. A truly wonderful human being, and although I did to be honest prefer Pete Willis, Collen bought to Leppard not only the chemistry with Steve, but that distinctly powerful and seriously musically amazing dual guitar sound that Leppard have never replicated. And that's not me knocking another shy and really humble bloke in Viv, who as anyone familiar with DIO knows was simply as a young axeman one of the most mind blowing guitarists in the 80's, Viv an play, in my subjective opinion, Phil under the table. Sadly Viv imo is under used, but the two of them have been able to carry on Leppard's distinctive dual guitar sound. And to see Vivian play, listen to his amazing vibrato and sharp biting notes, Vivian and Phil have and still deliver in spades. Thank you so very much RB forum for posting this. I cannot wait to see them in a few weeks.

Love how Phil show you how to play the solo in photograph,right to the start. The coolest . amazing guitarst!!!

Dude has put some of these guitars on the map as some of the most iconic guitars in rock n' roll history,

Phil has got to be one of the coolest rock stars out there- and such an incredible player.

Vote Def Leppard into the Rock in roll of Hall of Fame every day.

Amazing guitars, I love Jackson!!!

Glad to see you are still using some guitars that still have the pointed headstock.

Release an xstroyer model JACKSON PLZ I BEG

Dear Jackson: release the explorer looking thing I want one so bad it hurts

That's cool his son is named Jackson.I play Gibson's and I named my son Gibson.I thought I was the only one to do something like that.

Jerry's hair flip makes my hormones crazy!!! And that guitar, OMG, makes me cry!!!! AIC 4 EVER

For those of you who have never seen Def Leppard , you need to go see them , they are totally amazing, I'm as old as they are and they still sound just as good as they did in the 80's , actually I think they sound better, amazing band , go see them it's worth it will blow you mind what us old folks can do!!!

I still have my 1988 with the, wait for it, "Rainbow Crackle" finish. Oh, yeah. Totally original with the Jackson pickups and Kahler trem. That guitar just makes it impossible to play anything but Hair Metal! ;-)

love the guitars, love Phil's chops and he is a class act for sure !

Phil Collen is a badass. I remember him in Girl. My top 5 guitarist

The X-Stroyer is such a stunning guitar. Just fantastic. Would love to own one of those one day. Just the best-looking guitar design I've seen in ages. I prefer some of the other versions I've seen online previously (white binding, block inlays, gloss finish) over this matte one, but they're just dynamite!

I love my dinkys!!! And I think I'd stick on to jackson now. I kinda trust em! Love the guitars, and the overall feel. And yeah the slim fast neck in dinkys is amazing, no wear and tear on the hand at all, smooth as butter!

Great looking guitars. I had essentially forgot about Jackson guitars.... damn.

Bloody Awesome!

i have a multiple amount of jacksons as well. i plan on getting more and more and more...

Phil is the reason I bought a Jackson USA Soloist after the Hysteria album came out.

Hi Phil Collen. Wow thanks for view on your amazing Guitars 😊

My favorite guitar player

His Signatures are unaffordable to the average player

Nicest guy in rock.

Looking forward to seeing you in NEWCASTLE in December Phil!

The man knows his guitars. Kudos

Plays the Bela during Love Bites...hahaha

i freakin love that black crackle,,i have a 1988 rainbow crackle and plays like butter,,,jacksons for life for me but NO bolt on's

Awesome tour Phil, caught you guys in Toronto, forgive the quote "I can't get enough"

Nice to see some of his old wood again.

I still think Phil Collen has the BEST looking signature model guitars of all signature model artists!! There are LOTS of artists model guitars that I love..but his look the best!!!

Thank You

Jackson is in my blood!!

Guitar envy is right. He has some of the nicest looking jacksons. Especially his signatures.

I'm sure the guitar's he's holding are magical.

Phil Collen is the Boss!

who is this shirt-wearing impostor?!

I own a 2013 Solar PC1 and now I'm a proud new owner of a 2017 Jackson PC1 satin au natural~ I love LOVE the baked flame maple neck. After seeing Phil's new "Jaxson" PC1 I'm kinda jealous now. Nice walnut top and the new signature Dimarzio pickup!!!

Happy day late birthday, Phil

I saw him playing Bella - 1992 Rosemont Horizon near Chicago. Great show

Wish Jackson would make an Phil Collen explorer copy guitar!!! Like the one he showed!!!! So cool!!! I still like that Ibanez Destroyer guitar that he played in 83-84 during the Pyromania Tour!!!!😄😀😄😃🙂

Def Leppard my fav band. Love that black one he had in pyromania. I want one so bad

That black Jackson guitar the one with the kill switch is bad ass

Love the black Xtroyer guitar 😍😍

Insane guitars!

That X-Stroyer is fucking amazing

Killer tone

Jackson Guitars 4 Life ♥️👍

Also love to see a Jackson archtop ,hystera style.

I LOVE THE MICHAEL JACKSON GUITARS, THE BEST

i very much appreciate that Phil puts the Volume knobs as far away from the strings as he can. Ive got 2 ESP's and theyre the best Floyd equipt guitars ive ever played but theyre dinged with the volume being very easy to hit. Thankfully one of my ESP's is a Custom Shop KH2 and the bridge volume is the middle knob so hitting the neck volume doesnt bother me.

Phil You Rock👍

Phil, do you still have the infamous 1980’s Ibanez Destroyer DT-555? That guitar is legendary.

You rock phil

Awesome guitars, I could never afford one of his signatures so I just build them, it's way cheeper and it's actually pretty fun to build guitars.

He seems a cool dude!

Cool guitars I like them all

Congratulations, you need to make more videos.

I've never enjoyed Leppard after High-n-Dry. I'm glad they stuck it out through all the turmoil, and were a commercial success. That's the goal for a band, right? But all the real energy and hard rock I loved disappeared with Pyromania. It turned total commercial. Since then, I only hear them on the radio, or in some grocery stores while picking up food. (Or if I crank the non-updated version of High-n-Dry or on through the Night)

I just bought my 2nd Jackson PC1 and really want the new Audio Lava DiMarzio signature pickup...but I wonder if they will make a traditional humbucker version so I can install it on my Jackson PC1.

Tuned out after High n Dry, but Phil is a grand fella.

Forbidden planet!! 2:46

0:35 So that's where my Jackson's gone!

That PC1 with the rail single coils and walnut top is gorgeous I wish Jackson would build a few of those but they won't.

I would love to see the signature titanium Floyd Rose. Also with an r3 nut lock system love to see it on the market. The drop in effect I can upgrade all my guitars. Amazingly sweet thing to do.

Just ordered a blue Frost on August 15th. I can't wait. It's really for my youngest son Colton, he likes def Leppard. Phil if you go in the plant can you sign a guitar for colton. Or a back plate,the sustainer plate.the guitar is going to Central North Carolina .thanks your the best. Salisbury, Lexington area.

Roll on Dublin 👏👏👏👍

I need one them to produce the Phil Collen Floyd Rose asap! Probably would be pricey since it's all titanium, but looks and sounds killer!

This dive at The begining of Photograph solo is fucking huge!

Is it just me, or does anyone else think he's underrated & kinda overlooked?

Viv was playing an epiphone les Paul on tour £300 worth and still sounded incredible

Jackson, if you hear us, please release the Xtroyer !

wow

Be nice to see the Fractal Audio setup they're using too.....

great t shirt

Lugosi's guitar is very cute!!!

hi all, been a big fan of Phils Jackson guitars for years now would love to see the white archtop back out...my question , can anyone identify this T Shirt please /?

Yea...we need a pro series X-Stroyer for the rest of us!!

A Jackson copy of an Ibanez copy of a Gibson, love it

Still bums me that the Xstroyer hasn't had a real release. That thing is a beaut and I need one.

Jackson... x-stroyer.... everyone and their dog wants one.