Def Leppard's Phil Collen on his Fender Strat | Fender
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- Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen recounts some of his earliest memories of wanting to be a rock star and the concert moment that led him to the guitar. He also discusses Felix, his 1978 Fender Strat that he received as a gift for his 21st birthday.
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Def Leppard's Phil Collen on his Fender Strat | Fender
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Phil's a great rock guitarist, but his physical fitness is also amazing. Makes many of the 20 something players look old.
no bacon..no life!
Carlos cavazo looks pretty young too. Especially considering he had to put up with Kevin in quiet riot😂
How can you losers not like this interview huh! Its the most awesome interview with this wonderful amazing rockstar i love him with all my heart
Yes, He's a GREAT one and always been. For the 2nd part, you always get a bad apple.
It's like my broom, it's only had 5 new handles and 3 new heads since I bought it, it's worth every penny!
Saw Phil when he was in Girl at city hall long time ago man so glad you made it
Girl Supported Queen
Japan makes great guitars!!!
He plays Jackson primarily, right?
Yes, Fender owns Jackson and other companies
Yes, as above comment noted Fender own Jackson, so no issue. Phil was once of the very first major guitarists who met Grover Jackson, became very god mates with him, and was again one of the very first 'big' gets for Jackson as he signed with Jackson in/around 1986. I really liked his Ibanez 'Destroyer', it had 3 pink pick ups on it at one stage, and I have no idea what happened to it, the guitar was the first one he used when he joined the band. The 'new' Jackson designed take on the 'Destroyer' is no where near the original, even the design is slightly different. Phil's stayed loyal to Jackson. "The Riffmaster" also used Strats/Teles in the studio.
i saw a photo of him a few weeks ago with a jackson tele. it was butterscotch even had a black guard. he also has a jackson destroyer identical to the ibanez one.
The Jackson X-stroyer (as it's called) is not identical to the Ibanez DT-555. If you look closely you'll see that the "thunder" - like cut on the back near the strap button is reverse, as the little "twist" near the end of the lower horn under your playing hand is under the horn on the Ibanez vs. over on the Jackson. Also, the lower horn is more pointy on the Jackson, on the Ibanez is rounder and fatter at the end.
Great story
Now that was something I didnt know, Phil played mostly a fender strat on studio.
Its quite common for a lot of artists to use a different guitar than they normally use, in the studio.
It's really common use a strat fot the solos because of the definition and attack the guitar has. and use another fot rhythms
He talks about it in other videos where he says this guitar was one of Steve's favorites to.
daipaulig it cuts through the mix.
So did Steve Clark as well
Awesome!
YOU'VE GOT A COOL MUM PHIL!!!
can Phil comment on what pickups did it had when they recorded Hysteria?
Luis René Ventura Cruz dimarzio super distortion
Eddie Van Halen told Phil “ you won’t be happy until you put a Humbucker in that strat
Phil has commented most of his touring guitars,very interesting
That's a very well designed strat.
Are the three pickups Super Distortions?
If you Know British comedy, Trigger’s broom might spring to mind
Plug him in Fender!
🤘🏻🕶🤘🏻 for sure
1978 stratocaster made in japan?? how did this get pass fender? first japan stratocaster 1982.
82 is when the collaboration with Fender and Shokai and Gakki "officially" began. Fender had been having guitars made in Japan for years before that going so far as putting made in the USA markings on Japanese made instruments. Can't say I blame them During the time the Japanese were making way better guitars than America was for far cheaper. Fender spent a long time denying it but they don't seem to care anymore. Besides it was different ownership.
If its made in Japan your much better off unless you could afford something from Valley Arts!
I'm surprised he didn't mention the string gauge he uses, I'm pretty sure they're like 11's or 12's in standard tuning. He must have a vice like grip
He also plays with steel picks. He's a very heavy player no doubt.
He said that the strings are 13s and plays with metal picks.
Phil uses 13's to 54's, 1/2 step down. Which is nuts.
love them seymour duncan rails pickups screamers \m/
Those are Dimarzio's version.
It used to have a super distortion in it
look like what I put onto my HSH 'Seymour Duncan' "Hot Rails" which are essentially a humbucker in a single coil pick up.
in relation to his technical skills. its the tunes you make. a lot of these technicians that guitar anoraks love are incapable of writing anything memorable.
I wish my strat had no volume knob right by the strings!!! But both my stats are too expensive to switch out things lol
Exactly, I heard sticking some felt under the knob helps.
Ritchie Blackmore......cool
83 ? So this guitar hasn't been on a Def Leppard tour since he joined def Leppard. So basically the first time he's using it live.
Esa guitarra es una Deluxe con Floyd Rose e incluso una Dave Murray signature made in USA... Nada más que eso
And we couldn't hear it because...? What pickups are in there now?
DM Mini distortion
nice axe phil
Hotrails pickups?
Nope, DiMarzio of some kind
Chopper T is for Telecaster. Probably a Fast Track 2 in the bridge, the closest to a Super Distortion humbucker in single coil size, Phil's favorite pickup, and Fast Track 1 in middle and neck...
+BCCGamers S There's no such thing as Chopper 3 and Super Distortion and Super 3 are full humbuckers, not single coil size like in this guitar.
You don't know anything about pickups and you haven't read my reply at all. I wrote about Fast Track 2. If you don't know what this is go to Dimarzio web site and find out
+BCCGamers S No, Super 3 in Jackson PC1, Super D in Ibanez DT-555 and in Gibson Les Paul
Phil is one of my favorite guitarists...I know in the Hysteria era he used either a Dimarzio super distortion or a super 3....I believe you are right about Felix( The guitar in this video) ..You can buy a prewired pickguard with a fast track2 in the bridge & a fast track 1 in the middle & neck.
He's pretty much in tune for his age
People better watch how you talk about phil collen and the rest of them and their music or else.
Would have been nice if you would have played the strat
one tone knob; one volume knob. how it should come out of southern fucking california!
iago68 COULD NOT agree with you more, man. Ugh! The dual tone knobs are just NO. Get that volume knob out da way of the picking hand!
With a rack full of jacksons behind him
it means those are all fenders cause fender owned Jackson..
His "Blackie".
Phil Collen is a great entertainer and Def Leppard is a great band but I have to say, Phil is not exactly a good guitarist. He shows off the same "shred lick" in all of his demo videos if you noticed. Also, his right hand is picking faster than his left. Lock it up my friend. He's a cool dude tho. IMO, Vivian Campbell is a much better guitarist in terms of technique. He's just keeping it low enjoying his role as a second guitarist:)
Not exactly good?
Steve Clarke was the best guitarist Def Leppard had in my opinion
lol are you looking at all the phil collen videos to comment that he is "not exactly a good guitarist." Ive seen you more than once with this same comment
I never said Phil Collins wasn't a good guitar player. In fact he's the guitarist that made me want to start playing guitar and made me want to buy a jackson. Steve Clark is just mysterious and has a different approach to music that I find fascinating
derek lubbers no bro i wasnt talking about you, i was talking about the original poster. And its not Collins, its Collen
He is OK
he needs guitar lessons badly..
Not a Fender then if it’s 1978 and MIJ !
It a fujigen
my 1st concert was KiSS and it was so rudely loud it ruined me for any desire to ever go again. absolutely unbearable and un enjoyable. ive never been again 4 some reason.
KISS is one of the worst, low quality bands to ever exist (check out their song "Beth")...there is so much good music out in the world- it is unfortunate that you had to experience KISS for your first concert!
Def Leppard's Hysteria and Adrenalize albums are both amazing.
+StratMatt777 agreed. i have no idea how kiss is so big. i like maybe 2 songs almost kinda
KISS has gotta be like the worst band in history.
Very famous guitar,and.... its a cheap japanese strat!
Fender Japan is some of the best, if not the best Fenders you can buy. The build quality is second to none but I must admit some of the parts they use can be a bit iffy on the guitars for the western market. It's the guitars that are made for the Japanese market that you can get imported, they are pretty special and some of the guitars they make are cool as... If they were made in America, they would be special run and would cost top dollar. You should check out Ishibashi.co.jp (best use google translate) to see some cool Fenders
Actually, it is NOT a Japanese strat because Fender Japan was founded in 1983 and thus didn't exist in 1978 and when they zoom in on the headstock you can just make out the serial number underneath the Fender logo. Japanese Fenders JV 72 reissues DO NOT have the serial number there, they have them on the neckplate.
So nope Phil, your Fender is a USA-made one.
Täking Thë High Roäd I have a left-handed Japanese Strat and I love it.
RastaSaiyaman
Actually, Fender had some of their guitars more cheaply made in Japan. Even though there was no Fender Japan at that time, guitars were contracted out much like they are now. I know. I bought one for one of my students. The only problem with the Japanese strats is that the pickups were not quite right. Fender Japan came about as a split from Fender USA. The two companies have nothing to do with each other. The Japanese do not honor our USA copyrights. If you have gone to any of the vintage guitar shows you will see Japanese buyers buying up any vintage strat or LP. They sell them for ridiculous amounts in Japan. Also, if you buy a vintage Fender Japanese "history" book you will see that they have documented all kinds of info about US vintage instruments.
vrdyer So, why does my Chinese made Fender Tele Players, feel, look and play better than my US Fender Deluxe Tele.
Its a fraction of the cost and yet, to me, and I have a pretty good ear etc... they are comparable
Did I just get lucky with the tone woods and the manufacturing of this particular Chinese plant Fender Tele, or, is it that the differences now are negligible and its all about slave labor in China?
aww lose those stoopid earrrrrings please....lol..... love the hysteria album didnt know it was a strat..although a pimped out strat...