What’s an OG Trainwreck go for these days? As much as everyone creams over Dumbles, for my money (or lack there of) Trainwrecks are the king of the unobtanium boutique amps.
I really do enjoy these videos you do of guitar shows…..so much cool stuff….absolutely amazing. Looking forward to part2. Thanks and peace to you, brother!
I have a 1962 Gibson Les Paul GA-40T Crestline in 100 percent stock condition. It’s almost mint and still has the cover in good shape. I might however have to get it recapped and regrounded properly with a 3 prong cable. It actually does have a primitive grounding system in the form of a little wire coming out above the two prongs with an alligator clip on the end that you’re supposed to ground off on the wall outlet.
@@Factory_Muff Maintenance on that era of Gibson manufactured amps is kinda a pain. If it’s in original condition it probably needs almost all of the caps replaced. Except the ceramic/mica caps of course. Those Sprague “Black Beauties” and “Bumblebee” film caps haven’t fared well over the past 60+ years. They have a failure rate that exceeds the yellow Astron caps that Fender used back then. Most of those have been replaced by now. I believe Brad has a few older videos on those amps if you want to do the work yourself. It’s not particularly hard, it just takes a lot more time than a Fender of the same era.
@@matthewf1979 I’ve watched those videos years ago? As as I’ve had the amp in this same condition since 2010 and have been trying to get Brad to do it for me several times without success. I’m not qualified to even attempt anything close to doing it myself: I’d absolutely butcher it. Electronics and soldering are not my specialties by any means. I have zero training, knowledge, or ambition.
A wild Josh Scott appears! That’s awesome man. I’m really starting to think about selling off a lot of my unused gear to get a decent ‘59 to early ‘62 Strat/Tele. Buuuut, I ain’t payaing no ~$23k for a munched ‘65. I don’t want a dang museum piece….
Lol, I was waiting for the, "He has the box!" jingle when they were talking about the Boss pedals and then like a minute later I saw Josh walking by in the background and I was like, "He can smell the boxes and manuals!"
@@TheGuitologist Yeah. Apparently that's the story he was told when buying it.. one of two stories anyway. He said the "kid" who was selling had two stories he told people of how he got it. So I was still a bit fuzzy on it. But just crazy condition. I'd like to see a full video on that guitar and the kossof burst, and Gabriel burst stories. Maybe a three parter. Anyway, I mean to introduce myself and thank you for years of content watching but you vanished while I was listening. So... Thanks man!
i’ve been to this a few times when i was a. kid.. It was amazing! biggest guitar shows i’ve ever been to. we paid one year extra to go the 1st day i think it was friday., and there were so many famous rockers there just being pickers and looking at guitars.. it was a great experience and memory.. everyone should go-
I have to say. Huge props for your intros. I watched 3 of em today and you made very credible parodys of recognisable film studios. I love them. Must have taken you a good while. Much appreciated. Luv and Peace.
I have to say too that culturally we're miles apart. I was really enjoying one of your videos about fixing some guys boutique amp but the designer and builder had painted or gooped the inside with red paint so as to obscure the values of all the components. You got in touch to confront him (Rightly) but he turned out to be cool and all was well. I was completely taken aback at a gun sitting on your desk as you fixed this amp. An automatic pistol just sitting there. Here in the UK we almost never see guns and we never see pistols especially just lying around. I was waiting on you commenting and explaining why it was there like I had to repair my pistol today and I haven't put it back in my gun safe yet. You have no idea how jarring that is to someone in the UK. I love your videos but it just goes to show the difference between the US and the UK. Luv and Peace.
Worth the drive, that place was packed, I'd have to carry a mop with me, for all drooling I do over vintage guitars and gear, if you want a vintage instrument, these shows are the best place to find one. 🤣👍
Cool to see you in my neck of the woods Brad! I wanted to go to the Guitar Festival but got stuck working last weekend. I usually go every year and always see all kinds of cool stuff, but most of the stuff worth buying is usually well outside my price range.
53:55 That's a dyed in the wool salesman right there. Willing to do whatever it takes to make a sale. Way better than any of the NAMM videos I've seen, that's for damn sure! Thanks, Brad!
Old'scool Amps is such a cool dude, and his prices are good too - somebody to watch? I bookmarked his website anyways, liked his vibe. Thanks for the tour man!
Love the intro. I'm a big old film buff. Check out the great video, *Legendary Theater Organists* . At the 40 minute mark is a great Paramount short about the "newly introduced" Hammond Tone Wheel organ. They finger crank two different tone wheels to demo the difference between a higher pitched and lower pitched tone wheel. The number of serrations on the edge and speed of wheel determine pitch. More serrations equal higher pitch, also faster is higher pitch. Which for years I didn't know Laurens Hammond geared different axles at different speeds. Of course Laurens invented the synchronous motor for his original business, clocks. The speed of the motor is kept precise from the 60Hz from the electric company. ---A BIT ABOUT LAURENS HAMMOND, DON LESLIE and their contributions to the industry... Don Leslie of speaker fame and also a great inventor, he actually worked for Laurens Hammond briefly, changing the organ motors in Hammond organs in communities that still were running electric at 50Hz. Iirc Don switched them to 60Hz motors when the territory changed to 60Hz. Don invented the Leslie rotary speaker in 1941 to imitate theater organ "Tremulant" (Amplitude Modulation + Frequency Modulation which results from oscillating air flow to the organ pipes, AM/FM...Tremolo is AM, Vibrato is FM. Combined is Tremulent. Spinning a directional baffle over a speaker produces Doppler effect (FM), and volume changes (AM) due to the narrow directional moving path with respect to the listener). Well, Laurens hated the new "Crawford sound" ( as it was coined for the legendary theater organist " Poet of the Organ" Jesse Crawford, a household name in 1941 for his glissando filled ballads. Jesse will grow on you. He singlehandedly invented how to play a theater organ. His glissando resulted from hearing a woman swoon when he played a glissando, so he spent weeks perfecting it. see vid *Eric Lord Playing in the style of Jesse Crawford - TH-cam* ). Laurens thought the Leslie speaker ruined the sound of the Hammond, which had only recently previous to this had to convince judges it could fool the listeners it was real pipes. So he thought it would cut into his church market and give the Hammond a bad reputation. So for this reason it wasn't until 1968 when Laurens retired that Hammond finally included internal Leslie switching on their organs. This is why there are "half moon" switches mounted to the front of Hammond B3's and other 1935-1975 Hammond tone wheel organs. Of course the Leslie speaker opened the world to the Hammond/ Leslie sound for theater organ enthusiasts, but mostly the whole _new sound_ that this combination imparted for pop, gospel, and jazz music. ( see images of the first Leslie's, the 30A Leslie, in which the upper horns were fabricated crudely by his wife and sister-in law using a cube block of wood in the center and two paper mache horns. Note, only one horn "speaks", the other is for counter balance.) Don's very first rotary design used a metal 'vane' rotor. Although not used for Hammond's, Don did employ it on the Vibrato cabinet he designed for Wurlitzer, as the Wurlitzer Model 310 Vibrato Speaker. Wurlitzer was Hammond's first viable competition, beginning in 1946 after the war. Wurlitzer had retooled to make b0mbsfor the war effort, and knowing the theater organ business was put out by sound movies, they settled on an Electrostatic Reed Organ design, and procured the patent for it from The Everette Piano and Organ Company, who preceded Hammond by six years in making an electronic organ. The electrostatic reed works by an active capacitive discharge principle. The best way to learn it is by the excellent animated article the *North Suburban Hammond Organ Society* did not only for the workings of the Hammond B3, the Hammond X66, but also the holy grail of the electrostatic reed organs, the 1953-1963 *Wurlitzer 4600* _Continuous_ Free Reed, Electrostatic Reed Organ ( the 4410 is the spinet version, same guts just less keys and pedals). The "continuous" free reeds meant that the Wurlitzer electronic organ now had Instant Attack! Just like Hammond. Unfortunately two years later, in 1955 Hammond would redefine organ as we know it, with the introduction of Key Percussion. The B3 was born. Farnsworth Wurlitzer couldn't catch a break! The first Wurlitzer Electronic Theater Organ didn't happen until 1964, with the "straight console" all transistor Wurlitzer 4500 manufactured, not in Tonawanda(Niagara Falls) NY, but in Mississippi. [Morelock's Wurlitzer Parts & Svc is still in business there, as they were former Wurlitzer factory employees who bought out all of the inventory. Great people!]. The 4520 "Horseshoe" theater console came along in 1966. The 4300 is the spinet version of the 4500. IMHO the holy grail of all organs is the 1964-1968 Wurlitzer 4300! Man it will do it all, from biting grit to smokey blues, to sweet hymns, to the pure theater organ it was literally designed from in the lab. ( see pics in the cool brochure in the *Internet Archive WurliTzer Model 4300 Organ Brochure* ) A few things though that the Wurlitzer's '53- '63 Continuous Free Reed Electrostatic Reed models have that Hammond Tone Wheel organs couldn't match are, SUSTAIN ( Wurlitzer invented organ sustain with this very organ model by putting a bleeder network consisting of a capacitor and resistor on each key. This became the industry standard for all DC-Keyed Wurlitzer and practically all other brands except Hammond, hence why no sustain on a Hammond, but every other brand. Actually two capacitor choices gave short and medium length sustain. Long sustain just put the two caps in parallel to add them together. Also, since the reeds are only used for their harmonics, after the filter circuits, these electrostatic reed organs have breathtaking *Flute, String, and Reed/Horn, and Diapason" tone. Don Leslie also worked on the Continuous Free Reed organ design. Since all of the reeds are vibrating with air at once ( in soundproof enclosures), there is an audible cacophony of sound that shimmered in the background. Don Leslie's genius managed to squelch it into silence using one adjustment screw (located in the center of the thin metal chassis above the cello-board soundproof reed box). SAVE THE ORGANS GUITAR PLAYERS! They are not wooden parts bins. Models to seek: - Hammond Tone Wheel 1935-1975 - Wurlitzer Electrostatic _Keyed_ Free Reed 1946-1952 (Keyed "air only when key pressed") - Wurlitzer Electrostatic _Continuous_ Free Reed 1953-1963 ("Instant Attack" like Hammond) - Wurlitzer all-transistor 4XXX series 1964-1974 - Lowrey DSO/DSO1 Heritage , TBO (transistor version) See *Rory More Lowrey DSO/DSO1* - CONN 800-825 Classic, 700-725 Artist, 640-645 Theatre, 550 Theatre, 650, 652(holy grail) - Baldwin Orga-sonic Model 54A ( DON"T YOU DARE ROB THAT AMP! This organ is bliss!! ) - Gulbransen Rialto K ( the Holy Grail of Electronic Theater Organs, this 1961 organ sounds exactly like a real theater organ, and all done with transistors! A key component was once again, Don Leslie! Don designed the ISOMONIC CHANNELLING. Since 4ths and 5ths clash in speakers and amps, Leslie and Peterson surmised that by putting adjacent notes in two separate amps/speakers, then allowing them to mix in the air it wouldn't clash. So by placing 6" x 9" speakers next to each other, where one carries all of the C,D,E,F#,G#,A# notes, and the other C#,D#,F,G,A,B the 4ths and 5ths blend in the air like a real pipe organ, choir, or orchestra. The *1975 and 1978 Gulbransen Rialto II* (designed by CBS, as they bought them too, along with Leslie's company, and Fender of course), it also used the ISOMONIC system, both internally in the Rialto II and in the Leslie 705 cabinet and two stacked 540 "topper" cabs. - Thomas, Allen, Yamaha, Kuwai, Kimball, etc. - See Jan Giradot Master Organ List PDF - Laurens Hammond invented Spring Reverb. See the first, ggl *Ken Griffin Special Effects" . Ken Griffin and Les Paul were great friends and together they innovated many recording methods. Ken played Hammond, but played the Wurlitzer 4600 on the albums Cruising Down The River, 67 Melody Lane, and Anniversary Songs. Ken had a TV show called 67 Melody Lane. Check out the few eps on TH-cam. Including Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood Mailman/ guitarist... *Ken Griffin's 67 Melody Lane - Johnny Costa & Joe Negri - After You've Gone + Little Brown Jug*
Having disassembled several Hammonds over the years, I'm aware of the genius way the tonewheels work. I have a full set of the pickups for the tonewheel assembly. I have thought of making a video on that subject many times.
Try simple green to remove paint with a nylon bristol brush. I have had it dissolve certain paints. It is much gentler than stripper. Also, there is a product designed for dissolving paint from plastic airplane model kits, it is called "Scalecote II- Wash Away" which may be even better because it is designed to dissolve even oil-based enamel paint while not damaging plastic.
Thanks for this video Brad. I'm not sure about the body shape of the Theodore (not revulsed by it anyway), but who doesn't love a drooping hockey stick headstock! It works on every guitar shape! Strat, Tele, V, Explorer! All of them!
37:08. My closest friends had a very old guitar like that. It was slim but not as slim as that. It was appraised as a Victorian era guitar and sold for a good amount of money. It didn't have strap buttons because it was totally unmolested since new. I always remember the Mum of the household that played it only ever put Black strings (Black Diamond Strings) on it so to us 10 year olds it always looked like an alien guitar. I got to play it a few times and it sounded amazing but I was always scared to play it in case I damaged it. It had a very bright timbre but also had depth in the mid and lower mid range. Sounded sweet throughout actually and had a very low action and for an ancient guitar that always surprised me. It looked and felt more like a violin than a guitar. Not really but you know what I mean. It was a piece of art. They eventually sold it and went to Corfu on holiday with the money. Probably kept the balance to fund the sons new house deposits. Luv and Peace.
That was very enjoyable thanks Brad! I think you made a good trade for that lp standard. 2020 was good year for quality imo. Also if you don't keep her, she will be much easier to move.
DAMN! You don't want a fire in that place! What's kinda sad is, all the great musicians who played all those vintage guitars are now probably dead. Players come and go, but Fender's last forever!
25:52 ... My pastor has one of those Cort guitars. I tried to convince him to let me pull the original guts out of it, which not longer seem to work, put them aside to be saved and install some regular guts. Mainly because the way it's wired, it's both pickups all the time. It offered no way to select which pickup you were on. He said no thanks.. lol. Neat guitar though.
9:00 I had that exact model '61 Les Paul Junior as a teen. That price, oh my... It was magical through my WEM Watkins MkIV Copicat "For Guild Guitars USA" [not Guild Copicat] into Sound City MkIV 120R I put a PPInv Master Volume on. My buddy just picked up a '74 Sound City MkIV 120R full stack I'm going to go jam through next week. He also has a very early Sound City ( '68). We also both have WEM MkIV Guild Copicats. I believe Guild struck a deal with Charlie Watkins to do away with the 220/110 volt system, go with 110V only, remove "Watkins" name, brand it as Guild. Hardware and tape loops still avail. at WEM. RIP Charlie Watkins
I paid $100 for my 1968 Bassman drip edge black line amp in the late '80's. (pawn shop special). Also got a 1973 Gibson SB450 for $150 around the same time.
OMG! I had a Japanese Epi Sheridan, I traded it in for a LP Studio in 1992. I cannot believe what they are asking for them now. That Studio was killer, 59 round maple neck with ebony board...
Didn't you hear me ask you to slow down and look at those Firebirds and SG's?? LOLOL That was brutal, I was drooling and had a semi a couple times!! That would be a very bad place for me!! Maybe next year I could stop and pick you up on the way! 8) --gary
Very interesting. I can tell you one thing - prices in the US are way higher than in the UK, which is weird 'cos I'd have thought it would be the other way round for most stuff. Looking forward to part 2 :)
Lmao at 17:00-18:15 I seen my favorite back alley guitar dealer!! I’ve bought a ton of gear from that guy at his old shop in mesquite,Texas and I have no idea what his name is. Then he’s in 20:00!!!! Bruce Lee!!!
I see the prices of most of my gear has either gone up or it was just listed really high at this show. If people are just walking by it's listed too high. If they buy everything you got the first day it was listed too low.
$1200 for a silverface Bassman head🙄. I remember back in the 80s to early-mid 90s where silverface everything was available in every used shop from $125-350.
48:10 If I was rich, that would be so kick ass.... Go stay at a outdoors type place that sells high end guitar gear where you can stay for a week and enjoy the outdoors, while testing out vintage gear to make a proper decision.....THe dude is is on to something
As you said, there are only so many shapes one can come up with for a guitar with out copying or close to copying another's patent. I think that's why a lot of these copy suits don't get to far. I'm sure others think the same way.
This store is most interesting, but your camera man needs some basic knowledge on how to handle the camera. I could not read fast enough on the labels, worst of all the camera pans so fast, that makes my eyes hard to follow. I could not finish the whole video, very tiring for the eyes.
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Great meeting you and putting up this video. We chatted a little while my hands were holding the nachos. Great video
Thanks for taking us along Brad, really appreciate you taking the time to film this.
Love it, turn round and Josh Scott just happens to be there
Great video Brad. Glad to meet you. Crazy cool show! Thanks for the deals!
Excellent. Thanks so much.
What’s an OG Trainwreck go for these days?
As much as everyone creams over Dumbles, for my money (or lack there of) Trainwrecks are the king of the unobtanium boutique amps.
This is the perfect type of cideo ive been waiting for! Excited to watch! I binge watch all the old 90s videos about this event
Thanks alot for posting this video. No way i could have made it to the show in person, so this is really appreciated!
These kind of videos are the best guitar videos.
I really do enjoy these videos you do of guitar shows…..so much cool stuff….absolutely amazing. Looking forward to part2. Thanks and peace to you, brother!
The Best Store! Thanks for video! ☀
Wow cool guitar show. Thanks for the take along
Wire brush bit was hilarious! You have a healthy, self deprecatory sense of humour!
Beauty. Thanks.
Hey Brad, I hope you picked up that 59/60 GA-40! Those things are *BEAUTIFUL!*
I have a 1962 Gibson Les Paul GA-40T Crestline in 100 percent stock condition. It’s almost mint and still has the cover in good shape. I might however have to get it recapped and regrounded properly with a 3 prong cable. It actually does have a primitive grounding system in the form of a little wire coming out above the two prongs with an alligator clip on the end that you’re supposed to ground off on the wall outlet.
@@Factory_Muff Maintenance on that era of Gibson manufactured amps is kinda a pain. If it’s in original condition it probably needs almost all of the caps replaced. Except the ceramic/mica caps of course.
Those Sprague “Black Beauties” and “Bumblebee” film caps haven’t fared well over the past 60+ years. They have a failure rate that exceeds the yellow Astron caps that Fender used back then. Most of those have been replaced by now.
I believe Brad has a few older videos on those amps if you want to do the work yourself. It’s not particularly hard, it just takes a lot more time than a Fender of the same era.
@@matthewf1979 I’ve watched those videos years ago? As as I’ve had the amp in this same condition since 2010 and have been trying to get Brad to do it for me several times without success. I’m not qualified to even attempt anything close to doing it myself: I’d absolutely butcher it. Electronics and soldering are not my specialties by any means. I have zero training, knowledge, or ambition.
Glad to see you pop up in my feed again.
Some amazing pieces in this show . And you’re definitely right about some of those bits belong in museum .
Gave enough time to watch the replay in full, I enjoyed it!
Hey Janice! thanks for watching!
A wild Josh Scott appears! That’s awesome man.
I’m really starting to think about selling off a lot of my unused gear to get a decent ‘59 to early ‘62 Strat/Tele.
Buuuut, I ain’t payaing no ~$23k for a munched ‘65. I don’t want a dang museum piece….
Lol, I was waiting for the, "He has the box!" jingle when they were talking about the Boss pedals and then like a minute later I saw Josh walking by in the background and I was like, "He can smell the boxes and manuals!"
I got a refinned early 65 L series for under 10k a year or 2 ago
Locking forward to the second part. Thanks Brad 👍🤘
Yeah Dude! Show was cool. I was standing there next to you when Kris was telling us about the LAndfill V
that was a crazy story. Surely it can't be true. Right?
@@TheGuitologist Yeah. Apparently that's the story he was told when buying it.. one of two stories anyway. He said the "kid" who was selling had two stories he told people of how he got it. So I was still a bit fuzzy on it. But just crazy condition. I'd like to see a full video on that guitar and the kossof burst, and Gabriel burst stories. Maybe a three parter.
Anyway, I mean to introduce myself and thank you for years of content watching but you vanished while I was listening.
So... Thanks man!
i’ve been to this a few times when i was a. kid.. It was amazing! biggest guitar shows i’ve ever been to. we paid one year extra to go the 1st day i think it was friday., and there were so many famous rockers there just being pickers and looking at guitars.. it was a great experience and memory..
everyone should go-
Awesome content, Brad! Its crazy where prices are now.
those are boomer prices cant wait till they die off
WOW , what a good video , I love it , hats off Brad , Alfred NYC /PR
I have to say. Huge props for your intros. I watched 3 of em today and you made very credible parodys of recognisable film studios.
I love them.
Must have taken you a good while.
Much appreciated.
Luv and Peace.
I have to say too that culturally we're miles apart. I was really enjoying one of your videos about fixing some guys boutique amp but the designer and builder had painted or gooped the inside with red paint so as to obscure the values of all the components. You got in touch to confront him (Rightly) but he turned out to be cool and all was well. I was completely taken aback at a gun sitting on your desk as you fixed this amp.
An automatic pistol just sitting there.
Here in the UK we almost never see guns and we never see pistols especially just lying around.
I was waiting on you commenting and explaining why it was there like I had to repair my pistol today and I haven't put it back in my gun safe yet.
You have no idea how jarring that is to someone in the UK.
I love your videos but it just goes to show the difference between the US and the UK.
Luv and Peace.
Yo Brad...... been missin ya. Love your shit. Fellow KY-ian here
I've been around. Just doing some non-guitar stuff lately.
Worth the drive, that place was packed, I'd have to carry a mop with me, for all drooling I do over vintage guitars and gear, if you want a vintage instrument, these shows are the best place to find one.
🤣👍
Diggin' this video and the way you go around checking them out.
Great video but the best part is when you say I don't know jack about pedals. And Josh Scott is there.Haha love it.
Josh of JHS has a fetish for original pedal boxes!
Anyone remembers the "He's got the box" jingle? 😂❤
Pretty sure Josh bought that guys whole boss collection for spares.
I wish but no... not yet
Damn. I'm not surprised you ran into Josh Scott in front of all those pedals, but shit that's cool.
I was just thinking that josh from jus pedals would cream his pants over that boss collection and then all of a sudden he’s there on your video 😂😂
He nerded out for a good 5 to 10 minutes.
Love these vids you do. Looking forward to part two
Cool to see you in my neck of the woods Brad! I wanted to go to the Guitar Festival but got stuck working last weekend. I usually go every year and always see all kinds of cool stuff, but most of the stuff worth buying is usually well outside my price range.
53:55 That's a dyed in the wool salesman right there. Willing to do whatever it takes to make a sale.
Way better than any of the NAMM videos I've seen, that's for damn sure! Thanks, Brad!
Old'scool Amps is such a cool dude, and his prices are good too - somebody to watch? I bookmarked his website anyways, liked his vibe. Thanks for the tour man!
Love the show! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Mike.
Great show Brad, I had my doubts that JHS would even have the "T" to make eye contact with You.
Loved this one Brad. Thanks Brother.
Love the intro. I'm a big old film buff. Check out the great video, *Legendary Theater Organists* . At the 40 minute mark is a great Paramount short about the "newly introduced" Hammond Tone Wheel organ. They finger crank two different tone wheels to demo the difference between a higher pitched and lower pitched tone wheel. The number of serrations on the edge and speed of wheel determine pitch. More serrations equal higher pitch, also faster is higher pitch. Which for years I didn't know Laurens Hammond geared different axles at different speeds. Of course Laurens invented the synchronous motor for his original business, clocks. The speed of the motor is kept precise from the 60Hz from the electric company.
---A BIT ABOUT LAURENS HAMMOND, DON LESLIE and their contributions to the industry...
Don Leslie of speaker fame and also a great inventor, he actually worked for Laurens Hammond briefly, changing the organ motors in Hammond organs in communities that still were running electric at 50Hz. Iirc Don switched them to 60Hz motors when the territory changed to 60Hz.
Don invented the Leslie rotary speaker in 1941 to imitate theater organ "Tremulant" (Amplitude Modulation + Frequency Modulation which results from oscillating air flow to the organ pipes, AM/FM...Tremolo is AM, Vibrato is FM. Combined is Tremulent. Spinning a directional baffle over a speaker produces Doppler effect (FM), and volume changes (AM) due to the narrow directional moving path with respect to the listener).
Well, Laurens hated the new "Crawford sound" ( as it was coined for the legendary theater organist " Poet of the Organ" Jesse Crawford, a household name in 1941 for his glissando filled ballads. Jesse will grow on you. He singlehandedly invented how to play a theater organ. His glissando resulted from hearing a woman swoon when he played a glissando, so he spent weeks perfecting it. see vid *Eric Lord Playing in the style of Jesse Crawford - TH-cam* ).
Laurens thought the Leslie speaker ruined the sound of the Hammond, which had only recently previous to this had to convince judges it could fool the listeners it was real pipes. So he thought it would cut into his church market and give the Hammond a bad reputation. So for this reason it wasn't until 1968 when Laurens retired that Hammond finally included internal Leslie switching on their organs. This is why there are "half moon" switches mounted to the front of Hammond B3's and other 1935-1975 Hammond tone wheel organs.
Of course the Leslie speaker opened the world to the Hammond/ Leslie sound for theater organ enthusiasts, but mostly the whole _new sound_ that this combination imparted for pop, gospel, and jazz music.
( see images of the first Leslie's, the 30A Leslie, in which the upper horns were fabricated crudely by his wife and sister-in law using a cube block of wood in the center and two paper mache horns. Note, only one horn "speaks", the other is for counter balance.)
Don's very first rotary design used a metal 'vane' rotor. Although not used for Hammond's, Don did employ it on the Vibrato cabinet he designed for Wurlitzer, as the Wurlitzer Model 310 Vibrato Speaker. Wurlitzer was Hammond's first viable competition, beginning in 1946 after the war. Wurlitzer had retooled to make b0mbsfor the war effort, and knowing the theater organ business was put out by sound movies, they settled on an Electrostatic Reed Organ design, and procured the patent for it from The Everette Piano and Organ Company, who preceded Hammond by six years in making an electronic organ. The electrostatic reed works by an active capacitive discharge principle. The best way to learn it is by the excellent animated article the *North Suburban Hammond Organ Society* did not only for the workings of the Hammond B3, the Hammond X66, but also the holy grail of the electrostatic reed organs, the 1953-1963 *Wurlitzer 4600* _Continuous_ Free Reed, Electrostatic Reed Organ ( the 4410 is the spinet version, same guts just less keys and pedals).
The "continuous" free reeds meant that the Wurlitzer electronic organ now had Instant Attack! Just like Hammond. Unfortunately two years later, in 1955 Hammond would redefine organ as we know it, with the introduction of Key Percussion. The B3 was born. Farnsworth Wurlitzer couldn't catch a break! The first Wurlitzer Electronic Theater Organ didn't happen until 1964, with the "straight console" all transistor Wurlitzer 4500 manufactured, not in Tonawanda(Niagara Falls) NY, but in Mississippi. [Morelock's Wurlitzer Parts & Svc is still in business there, as they were former Wurlitzer factory employees who bought out all of the inventory. Great people!]. The 4520 "Horseshoe" theater console came along in 1966. The 4300 is the spinet version of the 4500. IMHO the holy grail of all organs is the 1964-1968 Wurlitzer 4300! Man it will do it all, from biting grit to smokey blues, to sweet hymns, to the pure theater organ it was literally designed from in the lab. ( see pics in the cool brochure in the *Internet Archive WurliTzer Model 4300 Organ Brochure* )
A few things though that the Wurlitzer's '53- '63 Continuous Free Reed Electrostatic Reed models have that Hammond Tone Wheel organs couldn't match are, SUSTAIN ( Wurlitzer invented organ sustain with this very organ model by putting a bleeder network consisting of a capacitor and resistor on each key. This became the industry standard for all DC-Keyed Wurlitzer and practically all other brands except Hammond, hence why no sustain on a Hammond, but every other brand. Actually two capacitor choices gave short and medium length sustain. Long sustain just put the two caps in parallel to add them together.
Also, since the reeds are only used for their harmonics, after the filter circuits, these electrostatic reed organs have breathtaking *Flute, String, and Reed/Horn, and Diapason" tone. Don Leslie also worked on the Continuous Free Reed organ design. Since all of the reeds are vibrating with air at once ( in soundproof enclosures), there is an audible cacophony of sound that shimmered in the background. Don Leslie's genius managed to squelch it into silence using one adjustment screw (located in the center of the thin metal chassis above the cello-board soundproof reed box).
SAVE THE ORGANS GUITAR PLAYERS! They are not wooden parts bins. Models to seek:
- Hammond Tone Wheel 1935-1975
- Wurlitzer Electrostatic _Keyed_ Free Reed 1946-1952 (Keyed "air only when key pressed")
- Wurlitzer Electrostatic _Continuous_ Free Reed 1953-1963 ("Instant Attack" like Hammond)
- Wurlitzer all-transistor 4XXX series 1964-1974
- Lowrey DSO/DSO1 Heritage , TBO (transistor version) See *Rory More Lowrey DSO/DSO1*
- CONN 800-825 Classic, 700-725 Artist, 640-645 Theatre, 550 Theatre, 650, 652(holy grail)
- Baldwin Orga-sonic Model 54A ( DON"T YOU DARE ROB THAT AMP! This organ is bliss!! )
- Gulbransen Rialto K ( the Holy Grail of Electronic Theater Organs, this 1961 organ sounds exactly like a real theater organ, and all done with transistors! A key component was once again, Don Leslie! Don designed the ISOMONIC CHANNELLING. Since 4ths and 5ths clash in speakers and amps, Leslie and Peterson surmised that by putting adjacent notes in two separate amps/speakers, then allowing them to mix in the air it wouldn't clash. So by placing 6" x 9" speakers next to each other, where one carries all of the C,D,E,F#,G#,A# notes, and the other C#,D#,F,G,A,B the 4ths and 5ths blend in the air like a real pipe organ, choir, or orchestra. The *1975 and 1978 Gulbransen Rialto II* (designed by CBS, as they bought them too, along with Leslie's company, and Fender of course), it also used the ISOMONIC system, both internally in the Rialto II and in the Leslie 705 cabinet and two stacked 540 "topper" cabs.
- Thomas, Allen, Yamaha, Kuwai, Kimball, etc.
- See Jan Giradot Master Organ List PDF
- Laurens Hammond invented Spring Reverb. See the first, ggl *Ken Griffin Special Effects" . Ken Griffin and Les Paul were great friends and together they innovated many recording methods. Ken played Hammond, but played the Wurlitzer 4600 on the albums Cruising Down The River, 67 Melody Lane, and Anniversary Songs. Ken had a TV show called 67 Melody Lane. Check out the few eps on TH-cam. Including Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood Mailman/ guitarist... *Ken Griffin's 67 Melody Lane - Johnny Costa & Joe Negri - After You've Gone + Little Brown Jug*
Having disassembled several Hammonds over the years, I'm aware of the genius way the tonewheels work. I have a full set of the pickups for the tonewheel assembly. I have thought of making a video on that subject many times.
Try simple green to remove paint with a nylon bristol brush. I have had it dissolve certain paints. It is much gentler than stripper. Also, there is a product designed for dissolving paint from plastic airplane model kits, it is called "Scalecote II- Wash Away" which may be even better because it is designed to dissolve even oil-based enamel paint while not damaging plastic.
Great video Brad I really enjoyed it!
That Jackson with the stripper on it was awesome hahaha, idk if it was $4000 awesome, but still awesome hahah
I died when I saw the 53 p bass. yep 1951 was 1st year.😁
3 years ago I scored a 1968 drip bassman head and cab all works great to this day for 200.00$ I gig with it using a 4by10 cab makes me happy
Thanks for this video Brad. I'm not sure about the body shape of the Theodore (not revulsed by it anyway), but who doesn't love a drooping hockey stick headstock! It works on every guitar shape! Strat, Tele, V, Explorer! All of them!
A wild josh scott appears suddenly and is waxing poetic about boxes within a few words lmao
37:08. My closest friends had a very old guitar like that. It was slim but not as slim as that. It was appraised as a Victorian era guitar and sold for a good amount of money. It didn't have strap buttons because it was totally unmolested since new.
I always remember the Mum of the household that played it only ever put Black strings (Black Diamond Strings) on it so to us 10 year olds it always looked like an alien guitar.
I got to play it a few times and it sounded amazing but I was always scared to play it in case I damaged it.
It had a very bright timbre but also had depth in the mid and lower mid range.
Sounded sweet throughout actually and had a very low action and for an ancient guitar that always surprised me.
It looked and felt more like a violin than a guitar.
Not really but you know what I mean. It was a piece of art.
They eventually sold it and went to Corfu on holiday with the money.
Probably kept the balance to fund the sons new house deposits.
Luv and Peace.
That was very enjoyable thanks Brad! I think you made a good trade for that lp standard. 2020 was good year for quality imo. Also if you don't keep her, she will be much easier to move.
Great video, always love it when you go to Guitar shows!
Josh from JHS admiring the Boss collection.
I would be, too. I love Boss.
"PC load letter, what the f*** does that mean?" 😂
He was looking for more ideas to rip off and claim as his own.
@@Axldeziak C'mon man, Josh is a good dude.
Some anger.
Oh wow , it’s like the Long Island expressway . I didn’t know the traffic was that bad.
Yeah dude. Dallas is one of the busiest international cities in the US.
DAMN! You don't want a fire in that place!
What's kinda sad is, all the great musicians who played all those vintage guitars are now probably dead.
Players come and go, but Fender's last forever!
24:00 I'm so jealous as a Boss collector. Oh well, I'm getting there, I'll have 75 pedals once my Boss SDE-3 and Dunlop Cry Baby From Hell arrive.
Vacation. The ol family Truckster 😂😂. Good video 😎👍👏💯🎸🎸
Loar was obsessed with making pickups and electronics believe it or not.
25:52 ... My pastor has one of those Cort guitars. I tried to convince him to let me pull the original guts out of it, which not longer seem to work, put them aside to be saved and install some regular guts. Mainly because the way it's wired, it's both pickups all the time. It offered no way to select which pickup you were on. He said no thanks.. lol. Neat guitar though.
Thanks for the upload. Always wanted to go but I know better. My wife says I have enough.
9:00 I had that exact model '61 Les Paul Junior as a teen. That price, oh my... It was magical through my WEM Watkins MkIV Copicat "For Guild Guitars USA" [not Guild Copicat] into Sound City MkIV 120R I put a PPInv Master Volume on. My buddy just picked up a '74 Sound City MkIV 120R full stack I'm going to go jam through next week. He also has a very early Sound City ( '68). We also both have WEM MkIV Guild Copicats. I believe Guild struck a deal with Charlie Watkins to do away with the 220/110 volt system, go with 110V only, remove "Watkins" name, brand it as Guild. Hardware and tape loops still avail. at WEM. RIP Charlie Watkins
I paid $100 for my 1968 Bassman drip edge black line amp in the late '80's. (pawn shop special). Also got a 1973 Gibson SB450 for $150 around the same time.
Gotta get there next time around - what a great collection!
Great Stuff! Thanks for sharing.
OMG! I had a Japanese Epi Sheridan, I traded it in for a LP Studio in 1992. I cannot believe what they are asking for them now. That Studio was killer, 59 round maple neck with ebony board...
Brad, just wanted to send my condolences. I recently heard about the passing of your buddy CGS Mike.
Loved that video ..all tnose beautiful amps 😂
I love these videos
I didn’t realize josh was that tall.
I owned that Alembic at 10:00 for 20yrs, it belonged to Carl Radle (layla). I hated to lose it but se la'vie.
Great stuff man!
The jumpy camera work is vertigo city. Hope it slows down.
Long live the guitologist
boy someone has some very historical guitars there, top dollar, good luck with that...
Didn't you hear me ask you to slow down and look at those Firebirds and SG's?? LOLOL That was brutal, I was drooling and had a semi a couple times!! That would be a very bad place for me!! Maybe next year I could stop and pick you up on the way! 8) --gary
Most are a bit steep, but I see a few reasonable deals hidden in there if you know what you are lookin at.
Yep. And the prices are not firm anywhere in here. They are a starting point for a negotiation.
I see Josh made an appearance. I have seen this episode. I must not have been paying much attention when I gave saw this.
It amazes me how some of these guitars hold these prices when EVERY guitar show Ive seen is just FULL of them that wont sell
wow!
I used to go to these for great deals.
Now they're just a mobile museum.
I found a few deals. They were there, man. You just gotta ask for them.
Very interesting. I can tell you one thing - prices in the US are way higher than in the UK, which is weird 'cos I'd have thought it would be the other way round for most stuff. Looking forward to part 2 :)
That depends on what
Why guitar players shouldn't shop ... every buyer, seller, player... knows everything ... Thank God for Google search !!
Thanks for giving us poor working folks who can't go that show a good look at what's going on!
I’ve never hit a guitar show before…might be about time.
Those trainwreck amps are so good and good looking
Lmao at 17:00-18:15 I seen my favorite back alley guitar dealer!! I’ve bought a ton of gear from that guy at his old shop in mesquite,Texas and I have no idea what his name is. Then he’s in 20:00!!!! Bruce Lee!!!
Yep still around!
Damn! Josh is a tall fellow! 😂
I see the prices of most of my gear has either gone up or it was just listed really high at this show.
If people are just walking by it's listed too high. If they buy everything you got the first day it was listed too low.
Very enjoyable ! 🤤
wow alot of cool stuff
12 and a half hours?!?! WOW!
Great vid. Come to the Orlando vinage guitar show sometime. Would like to meet you.
Judging by the price tags,…I’m glad I didn’t make the trip to Dallas.
$1200 for a silverface Bassman head🙄. I remember back in the 80s to early-mid 90s where silverface everything was available in every used shop from $125-350.
48:10 If I was rich, that would be so kick ass.... Go stay at a outdoors type place that sells high end guitar gear where you can stay for a week and enjoy the outdoors, while testing out vintage gear to make a proper decision.....THe dude is is on to something
Interesting...
But I got seasick watching, and I am a Merchant Marine 😂.
As you said, there are only so many shapes one can come up with for a guitar with out copying or close to copying another's patent. I think that's why a lot of these copy suits don't get to far. I'm sure others think the same way.
This store is most interesting, but your camera man needs some basic knowledge on how to handle the camera. I could not read fast enough on the labels, worst of all the camera pans so fast, that makes my eyes hard to follow. I could not finish the whole video, very tiring for the eyes.
Me too. Couldn’t see a lot of the prices
WOW…ok I thought it was the weed!
Man, I'd come out of a place like this broke.
Guitar Heaven.
I'll give you a hundred bucks for that Trainwreck. Built in some dudes garage. Nobody wants them. I'll take it off your hands for you 😂