Joe is extremely humble and his passion for the history of the guitars wonderful to see. Many collectors would just put there guitars in a vault and never play them, Joe realizes the true value in these instruments in in sharing them with the world on stage.
This was a super great vid! I just bought a current era unburst from Norms online. Gorgeous guitar! They even included a Norms tshirt. Sales rep Brandon was great help!
I think people listen to what Joe has to say, because he talks about relatable things.. It's not like some guy from a defunct glam metal band from the 80s boasting about doing a mountain of coke and then having an orgy with swedish swimsuit models and then crashing his ferrari, and other unattainable things.. Joe is the real deal.
"defunct glam metal band from the 80s boasting about doing a mountain of coke and then having an orgy with swedish swimsuit models and then crashing his ferrari, and other unattainable things" Who's that?
I like both of these guys and watch their videos regularly. We love Joe's music and listen to everything he does. I know they're both millionaires by now, but you'd never know it. And both are very famous in the realms they travel in, but they both seem very approachable and more importantly, really likeable. I wish them both all the success they can handle.
I love Joe B, and am glad to see all the accolades he's getting here in the comments. But how about Norman Harris? That dude is a national treasure when it comes to the history of guitars. I get that he's in the business of buying cheap and selling high--but it's pretty clear that he's devoted his life to the instrument, and not just for the $$. I wish I would have been on this cruise!
So glad to see your work/this video was shared on Joe's newsletter! Too cool and Very Well deserved! Have been enjoying your work for years! Thank you so much
Loved the stories, laughed and nodded as both of them shared some tales. It's cool to listen to other guitar addicts talk about their collecting and find out that you're not the only person who wants a collection that Steve Howe and Keith Richards would be envious of! Great video, thanks for posting!!!
31:29….that red Les Paul is the one in the recent Beatles documentary that falls and almost breaks while they were recording…was leaned up against something and fell…you could feel the air kind of come out of that room for a second until they saw it was damaged
I can't believe the last two guys had a chance to ask Joe a question and instead they wasted everyone's time asking Norman how much their old guitars were worth!!!
Does anyone know where I can get one of those "Straight out of Nerdville" t-shirts? I looked on Joe's web page and didn't see them. I need one of those.
According to many "whole lotta love" is a tele not a 59? The story supposedly goes that Page bought the 59 from Joe walsh during the Led Zep II sessions? Can anyone verify this? I looked online to see if i could get anything from Page himself but found nothing?
You have what’s known as G.A.S. or (Guitar, Aquisition, Syndrome) I also have it and bad. However I don’t have the cash to do anything about it. Really dig your playing Joe!
bad thing is that when these artists with all these bursts die, the guitars get locked away in a museum to the artists and never get to live on stage again. bummer
At least the artist owned guitars get played. Most of the 1958, 1959, and 1960 Les Paul standards are in private collections and never see the light of day. I would venture a guess that most of those private collectors aren't guitar players at all, but are in it more for the turn over in profit. $350,000 today, a cool million in ten years. They probably would be selling for a million by now if it wasn't for the 2008 recession.
Not to mention, Gibson "break angle" design is prone to....BREAK! I would not chance having an outrageously expensive guitar knocked over accidentally at a live gig...
There is a old original 59 burst for $485,000 for sale right now on reverb. it is known as the "Black Magic Burst" for its age it is in amazing condition and that makes it even more collectible! Has full documentation and has only been owned by 2 people, the original and the seller. I would buy it if i could!
No guitar on earth is worth that much, almost every guitar on the planet only has about 300 dollars at the most of INTRINSIC VALUE. Only out of pure vanity do people pay that type of money for a guitar, and it is insane and a waste to do so.
At Pinkston music in biloxi, mississippi on pass road, there is a guitar in a glass case for sale for 925,000.00. it is the box guitar that astronaut Armstrong brought to the moon and played, has a bit of moon dust on it, and there will be some nut out there that will buy it.
moseseseseses Yeah but it isn't that highly valued just because it's a guitar; it's because it not only contains traces of moon dust but is a one of a kind piece of one of the most significant moments in modern history. It's sort of similar to owning something like the steering wheel from the car JFK was killed in. The historical significance far outweighs it's value as a steering wheel. A portion of the value of, say a late 50s Les Paul, is derived from it's period-significance and pedigree of artists who played them but most people value them so highly based mainly on their rarity and the fact that they believe they were some of the greatest guitars ever made.
Joe has been my man for a long long time, but this video and another one has him on them using a bit of bathroom wall Language, and his mom and dad are in this audience, so I'm really hurt and disappointed a bit to know he uses that type of language at all, especially in front of his mom in the audience.
Just imagine people growing up in the real world where people say bad things some times. Or maybe you shelter them from that for 18 years and you get the weird state America is in now. It's time you as a country grow up, it's getting a bit pathetic.
Sorry Joe, you are a FANTASTIC guitar player, one of the best.... but you ain't Clapton yet... Technical ability is one thing, and for Joe B, he's got that covered as one of the best. But he has yet to show the ability to write marketable original music at Eric Clapton's level. Eric has been writing top 10 hits for 6 decades. Eric has the technical ability AND song writing ability,. I hope Joe B can get there because I really admire what his does.....
Freddie King was a blues Master... His playing was technically good, but I think his stardom was more articulation, phrasing and tone.. Joe and Eric are better technical players than Freddie, but the way Freddie phrased his notes was legendary......
Nice!! speaking of the Kings. my personal Favorite was Albert King!! that dude could smoke that flying v and talk about phrasing? He was Stevie Ray Vaughn's biggest influence. You can hear Albert in Stevie's licks......
ContraBand Joe I think I'm going to put on some Mr.Albert King now and then SRV live at the El Mocambo after! The amount of incredible footage to be found on RU-vid is incredible.
I think Eric Johnson can collect royalties for EVERY TIME Joe has played his EXACT licks note for note... Eric should really have his entertainment lawyer look into that, for back royalties owed and due him...
Hi Joe I´ve got a Guitar for you that you don´t have!!!!!!!!! a original 1954 Gibson SJ 200 sunburst original condition with the best sound that you can find.............but it is in Europe.................. and recently you was there, and you don´t visit me................................