Neil Schon is THE violin virtuoso of a guitar fretboard-his melodic solos on Journey songs coupled with the amazing register and soulful singing of Steve Perry are the mojo that makes Journey’s musical catalog a timeless jewel that will be played, enjoyed and loved not only now but for future generations, long after they are gone.
I just saw Neal with Journey and Toto in Orlando and the dude hasn't lost a beat !! Fantastic show!! I've always loved this guy's style both in lead AND rhythm!!
For those of you who feel Neal Schon doesn't care to straighten out his picture frames, he did, many times. He simply gave up long ago, because he didn't want to turn down his amps from 11. LOL
@ 2:55: As a very young teenager growing up in San Francisco...had the fortune to see Neal Schon/Journey play live at Winterland a couple times, which he played that beautiful 1969 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. The sound from that guitar back in '75 & '76 live through his vintage Marshalls was unreal sounding, up towards the front of the stage. Realize he's selling a load of his collection due to the overwhelming amount of guitars currently owns. Surprise he's letting go couple of the very rare Gibson Les Pauls & Fender Strats. Some of those guitars have quite a sentimental history. Especially during the early stage of Neal Schon's career. Love the personal stories behind some of these gems, up for auction.
Classic 59 processed tone he means…. How could you even tell with all that gain and delay?!?!?!?! That 59 through a Fender would have sounded much better….. oh well….
One of the greatest, thank you for the all the great memories! It was a great time for live shows, my first Journey was Calif music festival, I want to say 79 at the LA Coliseum. 3 days of great rock! Saw Journey at Ventura country fair grounds, Billy Squier Opened for them, believe it was escape tour. Next was Rose Bowl show, then Frontiers where Bryan Adams opened. Finally Raised on Radio, which I noticed the vibe being different. I remember Randy Jackson on Bass. Blessed times, best band imo behind the Beatles. Arnell is great however Steve Perry has to have the most powerful an beautiful natural voice Ive ever heard live CONSISTENTLY.
I was at that Ventura County Fairgrounds show with Squire opening ('82 I think?). I just remember his epic tone and extended soloing. He seemed pissed off to me and he took it out on his leads which was actually great fire breathing energy for us the audience!
@@stevenjones6780 I believe you are right and now knowing the animosity drama they had going on, I wouldnt doubt they had a spat before the show. Very intersting documentary on them and their personal issues but it never stopeed them from puting on a great show.
@@jorgea3507 'Documentary'? Maybe I shouldn't ask unless I want the drama. I guess part of what we love about great music made by great musicians is their ability to transcend all that. Thanks for the reply.
Wanted to hear him play the 1977 Black LP !😩. That guitar has the MOJO. Talk about TONE…that Live in Houston Escape DVD has it on it I believe…just amazing rock tone!!
Neil and Carlos a match made in heaven. Neil's killer tone and solo's on 3 and Caravanseria as nasty, timeless and fresh now as it was then, just does not get better. Still yet to hear any duo better than these two. No one screams like Neil Schon. Cannot sing his praises enough.
I really appreciate his work in Bad English and Hardline. He showed all his Technique and Knowledge in this two bands. Not so much in journey, because is more AOR sound.
Geez only two comments for this guitar God? Come on. Firstly, that burst is insane one of the nicest tops I've ever seen. Second I was just watching him play Rock Candy with Hagar on stage and man, that was an INCREDIBLE display of guitar prowess my God.... the solo was just so perfectly executed. And the fro???? Legend.
I saw that same video about a month ago too... Hagar was *SO* was amazed with that performance... he said something like *_unrehearsed baby... how 'bout that!_* Hagar was in La La Land... and believe me... with a player like Schon up there... I get it!
Trogly mentioned something about the Neal Schon auction in one of his videos so I had to check it out! Killer gear, man! I hope Heritage Auctions is doing a collab with Trogly’s channel. Love to see a deeper dive on the guitars up for auction (even though I can’t afford any of them, lol).
Monster guitar player. Agreed, his playing today is every bit as good as it ever was. Would love to see if he still has some of his other guitars from back in the day, such as the red Roland Strat-style guitar and his Schon/Jackson NS-6 guitars from the 80's. Also, he has used many different amps over the years, what has he done with all of those?
Ok but you used Arias for a good while and you didn’t mention them. There in most of the photos from the 80s and I bought a Aria PE60 pro2 just because I was big into you and journey at the time. Loved that guitar. Sorry to say I sold it a few yrs back because it was so heavy. After a. Set it just killed my neck
Dude, you are seriously fucking demented. He's been one of the greatest guitar players, in one of the largest touring bands for almost 60 years........
Please please NEAL…….. can you speak about „the eternal caravan of reincarnation“ from Caravanserai. Abbout the Voicings, the structure. And the spirit at the recordings….for me it is absolut magical….. with closed eyes I can see the caravan entering the caravanserai on an magical late afternoon
I thought he was going to talk about all his gear and all he talked about is his guitars!! Is there one talking about the rest of the gear?? I'd like to know about the amps by him.
Neal is the king and watching this makes me happy, but it's an auction company which means that these instruments that made some of the greatest and most memorable music in history were sold to some wall street guys with far more money than talent, who either abused them or stuck them in a glass case on a wall in their "man cave" as a trophy to show off to their other cigar chomping overcompensated buddies. And that makes me sad.
Guys like Neal, Eddie Van Halen (RIP), Joe Perry, Slash, etc. They all like the older guitars and amps, est 1958, 59, etc. With today’s technology and tools and building techniques, you’d think they would be using more modern stuff.
It was different back then. The core instrument was ok but the hardware needed tweaking. I have a '73 LP Deluxe with a brass nut, Grover tuners & a Leo Quan Badass bridge. Modding was pretty standard, which is why seeing so many from the 70s now in mint condition is laughable.
Can’t take the guitars with you when you go bro. That’s the world’s greatest equalizer. You, Carlos, Slash, Joe Bonomassa will find that out eventually. If your lucky you’ll lose them all in fire before you leave. And that way it will insure that knowbody will be picking and plucking your prized possessions after your gone. 😂
Proof these vintage guitars aren’t anything special from a modern made guitar. Neil Schon is wealthy enough to hang onto these guitars if they were truly superior. He’s figured out his modern made PRS guitars sound as good or even better, and he’s making out far better getting the $$ out of these relics rather than pretend they have some special unobtainium mojo
Hell of a guitar player! But I refuse to listen to the Steve Perry era. The Perry-heads aren't even aware of his career before that. What a band that was...
