The second half of Money was played on David Gilmour’s Lewis guitar with 24 frets. BTW a Music City Savvy bridge went on my 2001 Junior yesterday……a revelation! Would never have happened without Uncle Larry. Thanks!
It's how I found out about Synergy long before the hype hit. Bro was already doing it well and they agreed to be smart and share instead of fight about it. Pretty ballsy to make clones of all your peers' preamps and match em up to your power section using a modular chassis in a very approachable form factor. You used to be able to buy a blank chassis to put your own preamp in so you could use it just like any other module he'd built for the platform that became Synergy we see now.
Love the Gruhn vids so much, so much gold. The amount of tone a good player can pull from a single p90 never ceases to amaze me. That red double cut was it
Well happy birthday Mr. Gruhn, I could listen to your stories and ideas all day! Thank you so much for patiently letting things go to the last moment for the sake of this Tom, it was the NICEST way to spend an afternoon listening! And man, I was blown away as you kept playing cooler and cooler stuff! Thank you for giving us a glimpse of all the people and things you love so much! Jonathan
The neighborhood in Queens that Waddy and Leslie are from is called Forest Hills. Other big names in rock came from that town: Simon and Garfunkel Al Kooper Bassist Harvey Brooks (Dylan, Butterfield, Electric Flag, Doors) The Ramones
Greg V is right on with that recent video where you spoke about vibrato and bending an When to shake that note. I can’t not think about that whenever I’m playing. Damn you Larry 😂 Thank you so much!
Oh man, what a blast. The Delay thing.... just blew my mind, seriously, how in hell did you came across that uncle Larry? Another brick in the wall intro.. just perfectly nailed. To most people, if they listen to that, they wouldn't have a clue that is just a guy with huge imagination and skill. really amazing. In the other hand not only the guys, but when Mr. Gruhn arrives, I'm sure we are all excited about what he has to say. The man is truly a legend and this channel is getting only better with these Gruhn visits section. Really candy for us guitar lovers.
Really dig this one Tom. My dad was tour coordinator on Mountain's last tour with Felix in 1974. Leslie West was always asking dad about his country friends like Junior Bryant and Jerry Reed. He was the king of heavy tone but loved country pickers. Not many know that. Hey Ebo , been a while man! Good to see you.
Tom, I feel like George is the only one allowed to say 19- when talking about guitars and you keep listening haha What a treasure. Great clip. Fun watch. Thanks man.
Damn Tom these are my favorites! Not just geek talk George is the authority of this stuff…and talking with real techs that work for George is cool as hell!!!
that better be a Dali clock or I'm in big trouble :)~~~ Love the video! I think Bob Marley did the Jr. justice! That Bogner amp is cook9ing and I dont care how you record it! That's fire
80s NEO guy here, Akron Music Center in the house ❤ Bought my 86 Kramer Pacer there , wanted the Baretta , but they were backordered, my neighbor was owner sold me the Pacer at cost , still have it today Love your stuff, love to see you live someday
Mostly when a video is over an hour, I'm wondering when I'm going to have the time to watch it. When I watch any of the longer Homeskoolin' videos, I don't want them to end. Thanks, Tom (and the rest of the cast). 😎
Hey, Maestro. I don't comment much but I watch a lot! I miss hangin' at 2nd Gear, now a lost mini-era! FWIW, I think the first single cut Junior you played was the best sounding although the second had the not-so-loud thing and might have hidden charms. The best one I EVER had was a 1960 TV double cut with a big neck. Intonated stock with the treble side screw all the way out. Those old bridges had a ping and a ring to them but that was the only one I ever had that intonated stock. I have the Buk/Joe on both my 1-P-90 guitars at present. Rock on. WW
I love when Tom name-checks Pete Townsend. The older I get and the more I listen to the who's music I have to say that Pete Townsend is one of the most underrated guitarist, that music is powerful and Pete was the greatest musician of that era.
When you were tuning it brought me back to when there was no electronic tuners. Man talk about frustration screaming yelling kicking shit. Electronic tuners changed my life.
@@stringlocker My ear is pretty accurate, but I was the happiest guy in the world when I got my Rhodes keyboard because all the guys in the band would tune to that. Can't tell you how many times we started to practice and someone had learned all their parts out of tune, that's when I learned to chart so at least we were all playing the same thing. Funny how much changed with such a simple device. No more 30 minute tuning sessions just to get everyone in the same key. Even the drummer started using a tuner to adjust his drums for relative tuning.
I experienced something like that. The band finally got tuners. I said this is going to be wonderful 123 what the fuck sounds like shit. I said is everybody on the tuner the bass players said no. So again I said WTF. He said he didn't trust the tuner he trusts his ear more so another fight ensued. I was so happy to give up the band thing. I've only had two tuners in 40 years. That was one thing I was always careful with. I was afraid they would stop making them.
@@stringlocker I was fortunate to be in a group of guys actually focused on being professional musicians and not just stage occupiers wanting to get laid. Usually the only guy fighting was the drummer. His day job was beating people up for money. Hell of a drummer, but a bit on the pschyco.😂 Oh the good Ole days of taking a bunch of misfits and trying to get everyone to get along.😂🤣😜🤣
"check it out, this is my fake echo I've been workin on it for years" favorite line and always fun to see someone exercise extreme dynamics control - the first time I realized dynamics in a bar setting was this one drummer warming up, I thought he had mutes on because he was swinging and moving but no, it was simply outlandish control... Seems like the start of some sort of joke: "four tone monsters walk into a room with four tone monsters on the table" lol
The discussion about the originality of vintage instruments hit close to home. Back in the early 2000s, I bought a '77 fretless blank plank maple board P Bass that looked _really_ close to the same bass played by Stanley Sheldon on _Frampton Comes Alive!_ … This was purchased from a well-known guitar shop in Tokyo for a price that clearly indicated it was a 100% original instrument. Fast forward to earlier this year. I took the bass to a popular Tokyo shop to sell and they detailed all the reasons why the bass only had a verifiable '77 neck and the rest of the bass was of unknown vintage. My takeaway: Don't trust big name stores. If I ever buy a vintage instrument again -- rather unlikely at this point -- only specialist places such as Gruhn's are to be trusted. It was a very expensive lesson to learn. [Edit to add: That double cut sounded glorious. Have never owned a DC Junior and really want one. 🥰]
Hey Tom - what a great conversation. Thanks for sharing! If I could ask George Gruhn one question, it would be this: does he know of any Martin D18s from mid-70s that were made with D45-style inlay ("hexagon" markers and the C-F-Martin vertical inlaid in headstock)? I owned one, bought it used around 1975, and it was stolen around summer '77. (The insurance money bought me a Mossman Tennessee Flattop, which I still have.) I do miss that Martin still, and have never seen or heard of another one like it. I wonder if George has?
Will the music city bridge intonate for D standard tuning? I LOVE the junior, and tried a few compensated wrap arounds with no success. I sold the junior as a result.
I brought my les paul junior Billy Joe Armstrong signature to 30th street guitars for a setup, And they had the most beautiful 57 LP junior on the wall, Personally I could never justify a purchase like that, But, Man that guitar sure has the mojo! And I'm sure uncle Larry would make it sing!
What did the Gruhn guys think of the vintage Martin destroyed in the Quentin Tarantino film “The Hateful Eight”? I would love to hear George’s thoughts on it.
Uncle Larry, some classy pedal maker needs to make the "Buko Bucket Brigade Delay". That is just amazing. And thanks for these visits with your crew at Gruhn's. One of my all time dreams before i leave this mortal coil is to spend a day at Gruhn's and try not to drool all over myself. Thanks for putting us at the table.
