I once played a '62 Gibson 335 at a music shop. Don't let let anyone tell you these older guitars don't have any extra mojo. That guitar resonated through my whole body, and my heart rate instantly went up about 20 bpm. I was in sonic heaven for a short time, and experienced something akin to an altered state. Guitar nerd? You are damn straight!
Um. EVERYONE knows but You that the Olden guitars have all the Magic. That's why they are soooo expensive and sought after. THAT is the whole point of Norman helping to manipulate the fake market. SHEESH. Did you just wake up from a coma? That is the dumbest thing anyone has said on this page in a long long time SHEESH. Hey Everybody!!! The olden guitars are good. Don't let anyone tell you they're not. Imbecile....
Pretty cool stuff, always an adventure when Norm shows off his buys and finds, ( smoke and ciggy time ) while I learn and drool 🤤 regards Sydney Australia 🇦🇺.
Fantastic guitars as usual. In the new Get Back Doc, George uses the Rosewood Tele on the rooftop but in the studio he is using the famous " Lucy" red Les Paul quite a bit too and the famous painted " Rocky" Strat makes a couple of appearances also. Priceless instruments!
It is my understanding that the maple sandwich strip found in the Rosewood Telecaster bodies is there to allow the top and back to be glued together. A one piece solid blank of rosewood thick enough for a Telecaster body would be too rare to source on a regular basis, as such thinner pieces were used to make the guitar body. The reason for the maple strip is that rosewood is too oily of a wood to glue to itself, however it can be glued to other woods (in this case maple). 2" thick rosewood blanks are to rare and expensive, 1" thick rosewood blanks are much easier to source, thus the design of a front and back glued together utilizing the maple sandwich so it will stand the test of time (in most cases). Modern Rosewood Telecasters are sometimes weight relieved, the vintage late '60s and early '70s however are not weight relieved.
I can't work with rosewoods anymore - my immune system decided that for me whilst working with cocobolo. But yeah, I remember them being a real pain to glue. For some strange (but happy) reason I can still work with African Blackwood, which I don't understand since all other dalbergia woods just tear the hide right off my hands. Does anybody have any clue why ABW is still okay when I can't even have cocobolo or other rosewoods in my house? ABW is a dalbergia too, like cocobolo and other rosewoods.
Am I crazy, or is the lacquer on the one in this video cracked in circles exactly where you'd expect weight relief holes (which might account for different expansion rates of the wood and cause that cracking)? George's, for the pedants, had no maple skunk stripe or plug (it was a rosewood cap neck), and a hand applied satin finish.
Great pieces, we guitar freaks appreciate all the guitars you feature. That Les Paul is very nice. When I was in high school (I graduated in ‘74) I played one of the original rosewood Telecasters at King James Music on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn. Ken, who owned the shop along with another fellow, let me check it out and play it. It was always hung in the glass door case behind the counter with a “Not For Sale” tag on it. The Fender rep was in the store quite a bit and always had interesting pieces. I wonder if that rosewood Tele is the one I played. Thanks for all the great guitar vids. 🇺🇸👮🏻♂️🎸
The B benders sound amazing in the right hands but they make me wince at the same time when you turn the guitar around and you see how much they butcher the body to install it.
Awesome Norm, love your narrative/description of these beautiful guitars, made my day!!! I got out all of my guitars, cleaning, adjusting, polishing! LOL….
The shoulder bag buckles must sound much worse smacking the back of the guitars than they actually are. Considering there’s no one in the history of vintage guitars with more experience holding these treasures, it must be simply a sound thing. I do recall though how Mark Agnesi used to get ripped to shreds for wearing a leather jacket! He’s due an apology, frankly. Thanks again Norm, for a brilliant episode!
I'm somewhat amazed/disappointed the way Norm handles, and allows his guitars to be handled. He is wearing a buckled strap type bag while flipping these guitars all over the place? At 6:13 you can hear the guitar getting hit.
Love that Hummingbird on wall behind you Norm, I have a similar 1965 Dove that has a Dearmond 260 P90 pickup mounted like a J160E and if not mistaken isn't My favorite Guitar the 65 Dove also Your favorite
Not Harrison’s Telecaster as the title claimed. Not even the same model year. Still a fine guitar probably. I am a fan of rosewood telecasters myself. The Parsons/White B-benders are superb in their functionality and their elegance of design are as good as they get. The R. ford Fender is a great guitar. I never owned one; but I have played one. BTW: Henry Mancini did not write Moon River.
Saw Robben Ford give a clinic back in the early 90's (94ish) and was using the Fender like the one here. He was getting an amazing tone, but then he usually does regardless of what he is using.
@@BlueStratRedStrat Yeah...I've bought & traded guitars at Norms, even wear his T shirts occasionally.. Rosewood teles are cool but Harrison's would be historic..
@@spooky3120 I beg to differ sir! Norms Guitars and Norm are national treasures! and he has come from nothing to create this most amazing store and a Giant heart! Keep your contrary verbiage and sour puss away from the grownups here! #keyboardwarriorsblowdonkeys
I've a 1966 Fender King. I've only seen a picture of one like it and sure wish I knew more about it. SN# 01206 natural color, rosewood neck. Original case has some tape on it...LOL
@@jimmytaylor9854 I completely agree with you if you like it and you want it and you have the money get it. I go way back and I can attest that it's a new phenomenon ...in the old days we didn't care about vintage... there was no such thing .. we wanted new stuff
Norm I love your channel. you have the sweetest finds out there...But I have to say..PLEASE LOOSE THAT RING..every time a see you handle guitars I hear that ring clanking on the most amazing examples of classic guitars...Love ya Brotha but...DAMN
Very surprised by Norman in this video. First he pronounces D'Angelico wrong (hint: ignore the apostrophe). Next I notice that he's wearing a bag for no reason and it has metal buckles on the strap. Norm then bangs nearly all the guitars he shows against the metal buckles. Hey, those are expensive guitars - quit scratching them! And it's already been pointed out that the video title is a lie since none of George Harrison's guitars are shown because Norm doesn't have any. Sheesh.
So they do a George Harrison tribute guitar but change the body of the guitar to chambered because "they" don't like heavy guitars even though George's guitar was a solid body rosewood. Using the name just to sell guitars...details don't matter.
Georges wasn't a solid rosewood it was two pieces of rosewood glued to a thin slab of maple . there is no weight relief in them they are heavy as hell. The guitar Norm is holding isn't a tribute guitar it's. 1971 original, they just weren't popular because they were so damed heavy!
@@leesloan8216 thx for the clarifications... Still not a very good tribute if they completely change the major components of the guitar. What's next.. a hollowed - out "1959 Les Paul Jimmy Page" model? 😝
