Les Paul Killer (featuring Doc Hammer) 

Billy Quizboy pulling an Augustus St. Cloud move by having the guitar lol.

I love how Doc morphed into Billy "Quiz Boy" when he started talking about obtaining the guitar.

I think it's funny that his normal voice is a slightly less sloppy "Billy Quizboy".

He needs a podcast I wanna hear more from doc

4:05 Monarch Henchmen mask made by yours truly

I could listen to Doc talk about 1 guitar for hours.

Love listening to Doc Hammer and his extensive knowledge of guitars. Plus Doc's paintings are phenomenal and, this comes from painters, artists and illustrators I've shown his work to who are some of the greatest living artists, is one of the current masters of Oil Painting. Like his work is an amazing subversion of the current art trends because Doc is one of those guys who is oddly traditional and yet rebellious. I hope he sees this because I know people who know him from his paintings and his music first and have never even heard of "The Venture Brothers".

Appreciate more Doc Hammer, thank you!!

I wish someone would animate this with Billy Quiz Boy

I want an Update! Did Siouxsie and the Banshees ever get back to Doc?

Talking and smoking with Doc Hammer changed my life.

No way St. Cloud is a little piece of evil Doc

Revstar hell yeah! Yammie kills'm all.

This is so perfectly done, thank you for making this. Such a great slice of pop culture & music history. Doc Hammer is such a remarkable person. 💜

Doc is a genius. I find something new to enjoy about him every time I see him interviewed.

He's talking about guitar as a totem or fetish object, as a manifest Icon in the literal sense. Something to connect you to the mystique of rock and roll, as opposed to a tool which is either convenient, effective and efficient or not. I totally understand and I think it's good to talk about because not too many people talk about gear in emotional or even "spiritual" terms despite it being a reality of the human experience as a musician. Lots of placebo effect and woo in guitar. Remember that soundboard vibrator from bitd? Pretty funny I play a Les Paul because Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy did, and also because of Les himself. All I could afford 25 years ago was an Epi paul special, but got one with transparent green paint over bookmatched flame maple and cream hardware. I think it was 600$. I'm seeing a comparable one on reverb for 700 now, which is a pretty serious depreciation accounting for inflation lol. I never got rid of it and never got anything more expensive, just a bunch of other stuff I got rid of or held on to now and then if friends had something they were getting rid of or wanted. That guitar is rock and roll for me. I honestly couldn't tell you how well it plays any more than I could explain what the inside of my own mouth tastes like. I get a fret job and deep clean & setup every 7-8 years. A lot of cool guitarists played oddball stuff either because it was all they could afford from the pawn shop, or deliberately because it looks wild, or because it has unique tone which in most contexts is "total shit" but works for them and becomes part of their sound and changes their playing even if they move on later. That's definitely part of post punk. Robin Guthrie comes to mind. Cobain loved jank guitars too because he had that same awareness of "oh let's take this weird old half forgotten model and see what it'll do, that's punk"

It’s been a year have they got in contact with you ?🤟🤩❤️ good story ! 🌹💋💋

Doc is just one of the most interesting dudes on the planet, great video

Doc Hammer is just so cool!! He’s so smart, fucking hilarious and he’s got the sharpest whit in the galaxy!!🥰💜💜

Fantastic! I love John’s playing, especially in PiL with which I was obsessed in grade school. Big influence on my playing. Glad you own it, keep it safe.

such a precious guy! I wonder,is the black guitar he's holding the one that had a flower on it??( if so why did doc remove it?😢)

doc looks good

man thats just Billy Quizboy

I enjoyed watching that! Thanks! I also recall the auction for the late, great man's Yamaha SG but knew that acquiring such an item would be beyond my financial means. Treasure it!!! :)

I wanna be like doc hammer when i grow up

awesome. great story. thanks for sharing!

That is very cool.

Just listening to this passion for music, the passion for a guitar is making me ashamed for my lack of knowledge of music I take for granted. Thank you so much! Just knowing there’s a chance you might see this, makes me happy.

I have the lower cost model from the 80s: The SBG 200. It's my favorite guitar in the entire world. Most people say the pickups sound crummy, but there's so perfectly suited for me. They're loud, jangly, perfectly midranged, etc. I wish yamaha could reproduce these guitars again.

Nice one! McGeoch's playing artistry with Magazine is tops for me. Saw them in '79.

Santana and takanaka. I want the fancy one. Sg3000. But it is random and rad the doc hammer is into them for totally different reasons Yamaha made a bunch of great guitars in that era

I always thought Doc Hammer was a play on Doc Savage because of all the pulp magazine stuff in Venture Bros. I never realized it was his real name

Good stuff

My friend had a yamaha sg2000 from 1978 and used it all his life , heaviest guitar ever

Loved this. Thanks Frankie D from TV.

Thank you for making the best show I've ever been into.

he can still get it

Go Team Venture!