My First Gibson: Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- As the lead guitarist and songwriter of A Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide, Billy Howerdel got his start in music as a guitar technician working for bands such as Tool, Fishbone, Faith No More and The Smashing Pumpkins.
But it was during a 2 year stint guitar teching for Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails that he came across a Les Paul that would end up becoming his first Gibson Guitar.
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"He said 'pick 2 or 3 guitars'. I picked 3."
Billy is a legend. :D
A Billy Howerdel signature model would be awesome.
Yeah sure but no one's really aware of who this guy is, so Gibson isn't gonna do that, infact Gibson is going for TH-camrs even though that's silly because they are even less relevant and don't have hit songs so it's just silly.
@@auntjenifer7774 Billy actually said in his rig rundown that he’s talked with Gibson about them doing a signature model.
@@nimitz1739 damn
You read my mind 😄
It would be a studio cause he doesn’t have hair :p
That's so cool that Trent Reznor gave him guitars. Good dude.
well he worked for him and watched him smash 137 of them, I'd hope he let him snag a few.
Neck repair using a different neck... That's a labor of love right there
Epic, APC's tone is amazing will never forget my first time hearing Judith.
Billy is seriously one of the coolest musicians
The best underrated creative talent guitarist in the last 20 years of rock. This man is a great artist and a lovely person. Thank you Billy.
He’s great - I think that honor lies with Travis Meeks - but Billy is f**king awesome!
Thanks, Billy, for sharing. Great story! It's interesting how an axe ends up in the hands of its player.
Billy Howerdel looks Great with Shaved Head, I seldom see a man and first think is "Oh His head is beautiful!"
Man that axe has been through the blender.
Make a signature guitar already and take my money!
Trent destroyed 137 Les Paul's on tour?! What the fuck? LOL
Even with the broken neck stigma... It's a damn fine guitar.
It's that...."root beer burst".
Reznor destroyed so many instruments (and his bandmates) on the Self-Destruction tour that he had to do Woodstock 94 to finance the tour. Billy got his first taste of playing on the big stage because Reznor knocked himself out and was too dazed to play the guitar so he subbed in for him.
@Akilleus oh no the rock star did rock star things. what an asshole!
Go catch covid.
@hudson
Says the guy who probably worships Keenan
@hudson aww did I hit too close to home? Don't worry, maybe you can get a sample of his shit tier wine for your troubles.
The synths they wrecked were Yamaha DX7s, used only for triggering samples via MIDI. They went from being the best selling synth of the 80s to being deeply unfashionable by the 90s, so could be picked up for two a penny.
The neck is from a 1993+ gibson les paul classic. The original headstock for this guitar would of had a 'les Paul model' written on it rather than 'les Paul Classic'. I know about this because I'm a happy owner of a 1991 gibson Les Paul classic.
Most Gibson's that suffer a headstock break and are properly repaired thereafter end up stronger in the area of the break because modern wood glue cures harder than the wood itself, which begs the question, why does Gibson not return to using volutes?
Because it’s called a tone break, which you repair using special toneglue. Learn your facts you dimbo.
@@thedutchdjentleman lol good one. Somewhat coincidentally, twoodford just posted a repair video of a voluted 70's SG Special with two previous headstock breaks (sorry, tone breaks). Go figure.
Check out his channel btw.
@@peachmelba1000 yeah, I saw that! I’m definitely gonna keep calling them tone breaks now lol
They should make an exact replica of this one!
One day, I want to get a '68 Les Paul reissue from the Gibson Custom Shop.
Hi guy, look on reverb i bought mine there in mint condition paid $2700. The best sounding les paul i own .
@@jerryfraker377 Thanks for the info.
What's the difference between a '68 reissue and a '60?
@@bryanlettow4389 60 is more of a standard model guitar. 68 is a custom model. Diamonds in head stock double multi bindings still has real abr1 bridge , long neck tenon and nylon nut and think they use the hide glue on it two. Ive played 3 different ones and all of them have that clear articulate tone you dont get in a regular standard or custom guitar model from gibson. 68 custom shop goes for $5800. Now 60 custom shop starting at $6400.0 now.
@@jerryfraker377 ah okay thank you.
People shit on them but I have an Epiphone Special II and I've loved it since I got one back in 2011
Don't listen to the cork sniffers brother. I've had 2 different Gibson's a standard and a classic LP, but my 2022 Epiphone Jerry Cantrell Custom wino blows them both away by a mile. I sold my last Gibson off which was the classic after I got that Epi and fell so in love with it. Granted I have done some tasteful mods like Seymour Duncan JB/59' combo, orange drop caps, TonePros bridge, Tusq nut and Keystone metal tuner buttons. I'll never sell it, this one's staying for the long haul lol.
Early 90's Les Paul Classic in Cinnamon Burst with gold hardware. I had one just like it.
I really enjoyed that story.
I have a epi and I love it my first Gibson was a epi
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This can’t be a 1991 les paul classic, because the early classics from ‘90 and ‘91 were such accurate reissues of the 1960 les paul that they were more accurate than the historic les paul models coming out of the custom shop, however for a way cheaper price, so in 1992 Gibson changed a few things. One thing they changed was the wider binding between neck and body, which you can clearly see on Billy’s guitar at 1:45 and another thing they changed was the word “model” in the les paul decal to the word “classic”. So the replaced headstock on Billy’s guitar is also from a newer classic.
I have the same exact guitar in the same, rare, cinnamon burst finish from 1994.
Does yours sound better than other guitars too?
glade someone who knows guitars showed up.
Imagine a signature Howerdel model: headstock repair at the weird angle and everything. Gibson breaking off two headstocks and then swapping them onto the different necks.
I love my Gibson.It just gets better with age.Tone.Tone.Tone
are we gonna talk about those 400 dollar pickups
A minute detail that makes a HUGE difference
What kind are they?
@@6nosis Tom Anderson I think
@@6nosis Tom Anderson H3+ in the bridge H1- in the neck.
@@shatteredsquare I just looked them up they cost like 100 bucks apiece.
I want my Gibson Les Paul..oh God, when will i get mine???
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Went through & broke how many guitars ?!?!? That's expensively crazy...think I would of found a different style of guitar or something, wow... I get it though. I LOVE my Epi Standard Plus Top Pro & would take for it...
He started smashing cheaper model Dean's during the Fragility tour. LuLz
I also have own a 91 Gibson Les Paul classic but looks completely different to this one. This is heavily been modified I believe
He just changed out the pickups to Tom Anderson pickups and put a cap in on the volume. That’s not too much modification.
A Perfect Circle fan really let Billy down by only getting 900+ likes on this. However I barely ust discovered this. If Gibson wants to feel out interest, which I'm in sure is why they did this, then they need to be seen. this should have been all over instagram ect ect ect.
137 Les Pauls to destroy in one tour is crazy. And some claimed the record labels always screw over their artists. Not the label for NIN clearly.
I have tons of low quality footage of trent playing that guitar and another just like it. its not a 60's reissue. its a les paul classic. its a rare color Cinnnamon burst that was made exclusively for a few specific guitar chain stores. I've got one from '99. I do not believe Billys is a '91. both the cinnamon bursts were identical years and under the "les paul" it would have said "model" instead of "classic" only the very early ones said " gibson les paul model", it was later changed to "les paul classic" It's also not got the aged fret inlays which means its older, but can't be as old as 1991. If Gibson or Blilly want my knowledge on these guitars, hit me up, I even have some footage of billy working on them and has a beard. This one is a " good wood" year but the real reason it sounds so good is because of the reduced break angle on the headstock.
Gibson does not realize how big of a deal a Billy Howerdell signature, limited les paul cinnaburst would be. If they were brave they would match the headstock angle. Otherwise they could just make it normal and it would be a funny running joke that you have to break it to be accurate. I have so many ideas about this model I'm imagining and I'd love to share them.
Tone King.
Damn that thing has character lol
They are all good , some got a slightly different vibe .
Everybody knows therapist they make the signature model. But it will probably be a short run. With a straight headstocks lol
Ya, ask him about is Marshall/Freedman Frankenstein head.
The Friedman Naked amp. My friend owns one. Dave is making a Naked MK2 now
@@vogtgrant1 Billy had Freedman change out the preamp in his marshall head (billy didnt like the way the default sound of the marshall pre) to a Nailer 80 watt pre. Ive touched it ;P
Mike Johnson wow, that’s awesome! I think he is using AxFX3’s now though. I wish he’d go back to tube amps.
JVogt he’s still using tube, he just runs it through his a UA OX box out to his cab. If I’m not mistaken, he just uses AxFX3 for the effects. It’s quite the setup
Anyone know what color that is?
Cinnaburst
@@billyhowerdel123 Thanks! The Billy H? Who owns said Cinnaburst?
Does anyone know the actual year and model of this guitar? I've scoured the interweb and can't seem to find it. A link maybe???
1991 Gibson Les Paul classic
Do Jeff Parker
"don't mention the break angle"
According to Kirk Hammett, if you snap the neck on a gibson it comes back sounding better.
Am I the only one feels like there was latency from his guitar to his amp?
Trent needs to stop breaking his guitars. He’s a keyboard guy anyways. Never let a keyboard dude near a guitar they act like wild animals around them
He destroyed keyboards as well.
1st
poor guitar lol
Fckn weird Gibson commercial. Don't get it at all.
Mean this ain't exactly a glorious guitar that you wanna show off.
It's a smashed and togheter gathered piece of broken shit. But still useful. 😉
It isn't about bring the best or the newest, it's a reflection on a famous guitar.