Is Alex Lifeson selling his guitar collection?!
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- In this interview excerpt, Alex Lifeson of Rush talks about gear opportunities he's missed over the years and what he plans on doing with his guitar collection.
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Most Excellent human being award goes to Alex Lifeson.
and Brian May
Alex: Bla bla bla blaa........ :)
He gets the nice guy award because you can tell sometimes he doesnt feel like being nice, but he is really good at being nice when he doesnt feel like it.
@@servethesongs he gives, I have no doubt about that. I personally find it rather disgusting that people of fortunate circumstances give and then spend all their time telling anyone who'll listen, about how giving and how generous they are. Alex Lifeson, if you are familiar with anything he shares about himself, makes no bones about how fortunate he is. That he can still present a relatable version of himself knowing there will always be someone somewhere that that isn't enough for, is really awesome. He buys guitars, so do I, he's not saying buying guitars is some feat of greatness, it's just what he does, and whatever his reasons are, he can buy guitars and feel OK about. Don't presume to know what anyone, rich or poor is going thru, living with or trying to cope with. Stay safe and well ✌️ 🎶 🎶
Alex is a class act ...a seriously gifted musician...but never took himself seriously.
As much as their music has meant to me over the last few decades - my respect for them as human beings is greater.
My friend, I couldn't have put it better! 👍
This right here…for me, their perpetual humbleness speaks absolute volumes.
It makes me feel good, to know that Lerxst is at a place in life where he is aware that his guitars have value as a result of his owning them. And he can casually consider selling most of them for the good of others. He deserves that. He has always impressed me.
A legend.
Clapton did it too. I'm sure many will be.
@Uncle Ho I'd definitely take a shot at Ged's Rick or Jazz if that day ever comes.
Very, I could see Eric doing it as well, but I didn't expect him to let Blackie and Brownie go. They are serious about helping others.
@Uncle Ho c'mon Eric, don't you have another that's not so scratched up?
What a classy & deep soul. His usually light & comedic state's been tempered by such a monumental loss. I wish I could have even one friend that close to me. They really lived a charmed life & they should be proud of their accomplishments - including the longevity of their friendship. RIP Neil.
Been a fan since the 70s, always amazed at how humble and human and nice he is. Does he even understand who he is? What he means to us all?
That is beautiful man...'Does he even understand who he is?". Love it!
I've loved Radiohead and Soundgarden and Talk Talk and The New Pornographers and Queens of the Stone Age and 1980s R.E.M. and U2 and mid-2000s Dimmu Borgir and Pantera and of course The Beatles for decades, but no one comes close to Rush. Knowing that they're such fundamentally kind and decent people just amplifies that love in orders of magnitude.
I once heard it said (by someone who became famous) not to try to meet your heroes. That for him, some of them kind of turned out to be jerks. While this will never be a problem for me - I also never had the feeling that the members of Rush had any time or interest in being anything other than absolutely what they seem. Which is just decent guys who love what they do.
@@jamesmason2228 no way, jose! he's just inherently better, by virtue of his merits, and i bet it wasn't so easy for those guys, puttin' up wit'that uppity drummer for all those years.. i really feel sorry for those clowns! they may or ay not have took themselves or their golden eggs a little too seriously. i know i have, they're almost like spells that may or may not be used for the power-of-good, or the power of-the-news, right?
@@jamesmason2228 To me they regard themselves as artisans; musical craftsmen, that's why their success has never gone influenced who they are.
@@YourHeartIsAGrave Hi there. Hey man, it's all just rock 'n roll, ain't it?
Lifeson's gonna download most of his collection for his favorite charities, that's cool.
I've been so impressed by the members of Rush over the years on so many levels...
Well, time to add another reason!
@@JDubzDrumz Holy cow, that's funny! Great story!
@@JDubzDrumz i saw that tour as well. was a good laugh
it's so true - the feel of a guitar has an amazing influence on how you play it; you can tell when a guitar player is uncomfortable or "fighting" their guitar. It's so good to hear his voice; sounds like he's getting to a good place.
“ Not really “ lol ....what a nice guy they should put his face on a bottle of maple syrup because he’s a sweet Canadian
Alex - I wish that I had a better way to give back something to you, Geddy and Neil's family. You three contributed so much to the backdrop of my life from the time I was a boy, when I first heard you until today. The first concert I ever went to was Grace Under Pressure and I was frankly mesmerized by musicality, power and sheer brilliance that came from three little figures on that stage that stood only a few hundred feet from my teenage eyes and ears. If I knew where to send it - I'd send you and Geddy a written letter of my thanks and maybe even an original, little song to two of the nicest and most talented musicians I've ever had the pleasure of listening to in my life. God Bless you, Geddy and your families and Neil's family as well!
Just like Jimmy Page-using a tele a lot in studio. Tele is a secret recording weapon
I’m a huge Lifeson fan. I’ve always played a lot like him and in my mid 40s started a moderately successful Rush tribute band,at a point when joining another original band was of no interest.
Another similarity here. I have a modest guitar collection but I’d never owned or been interested in a Tele. A friend gave me one he no longer wanted.
I assumed I’d probably just sell it and buy a really nice bottle of wine to drink with him, but I found I LOVED playing it.
I have a Les Paul, a white Sheraton (poor man’s Lifeson 355), two Strats and a cheap shredder style guitar I use of a song with alternate tuning (Between the Wheels).
When I want to just sit with a guitar, improvise along with unfamiliar movie soundtracks, or develop an idea, that’s the go-to.
Totally get why Alex and Jimmy love em.
Even makes me sound good🤭
Page only really used the tele on the first album . After led zepplein 1 page did not use the tele agian until led zeppelin 4 for the stairway solo and that is the only tele on zepplein 4. After led zeppelin 1 there is more fender strat used than there is tele . Physical graffiti presence and in through the outdoor had a fair bit of stat on them but even those Albums were more les paul than anything else . Pages use of the tele after led zeppelin 1 is a wildly exaggerated internet myth . Pages dragon teller was destroyed in 1969 after page retired it from the road . A friend of his repainted it without his permission and destroyed the electronic so that only the neck pickup worked. So it was not really usable except for stairway which was recorded on the neck pickup in the late 70s he replaced the dragon tele with a brown tele and put the dragon tele neck on it .
I have around 25 guitars and my 2 teles are my favorites ❤
I have owned les Paul's from 68, 73, 75, 76, 81, and 98. Now I only have a 77 telecaster.
Dude is a good person. Huge fan. I would love to own anything from his collection.
is there anybody, anywhere, who gives a better interview than Alex Lifeson? great guy.
Y'know, I always figured Geddy and Neil were the intellectual drive of the band - but I'm realizing now that Alex was right up there. What a gift to have lived through the music the three of them made.
The LP used and pictured on the cover of All the worlds a stage.
Most underrated guitarist ever
I can't imagine the thrill of owning a guitar once owned by Alex Lifeson. What a buzz !
Yup. I once played his black Les Paul from the 90s... then I woke up.
A few years ago, there was an auction for a Signature Aurora guitar he had owned, with a MIDI pickup installed. His name was engraved on the 12th fret block. Anyways, I did consider bidding, but didn't. It went for around $5K.
Dear Mr Lifeson.Its nice to hear something from Rush in present time.Greetings from a fan
Watching this then limelight comes on the radio. Can’t get much more perfect than that.
It is extremely difficult to part with guitars that you are emotionally connected to and which remind you vividly of good times past. It says a lot about Alex when he has no problem selling them for charity. Neil's life and untimely death has made a lot of people see the priorities in life much clearer.
Alex is great, but I'm here for the interviewer's hair. Looks like a mad scientist who just discovered a new type of explosive, and I love it.
hahaha
I have a rush tattoo (P/G) grace under pressure but I wouldn’t have gotten it if they weren’t such incredible human beings. Since they clearly are, it was an easy decision. I’ll play music until the day I die thanks to these guys
What a gentleman...reminds me of something Joe Bonamassa said about his vast collection of vintage guitars..That,they were here before me and have thousands of stories that he doesn't know about and they will continue on long after he's gone and make thousands more.
yes, i bet no matter what he does, he's just above reproach! he's justified by all that privilege he's rightly merited and he spent a lot, he need not rely on special status, he's a good guy to talk with, i bet! good enough, just to see an interview here and there... he-just-might wanna buy a 'dossier' i'm compilin', jajaja, just kidding!!
A Guitar is what you do with it. Great words
If Alex wants to save the world by donating his guitars, he should award them to worthy musicians for them to be played and inspire musicians into the future... not sold to the highest fat cat bidders as a trophies.
Some of the planet's best Strats are now in Japanese tycoons collections, never to see a stage ever again. And in this digital world, we need real musicians more than ever. You should pass your torches (guitars) on to them- after all, it's about the music.
Thanks Alex for your fantastic and innovative playing over the years, you are truly one of the greats both on and off the stage.
Cheers!
I agree somewhat, I'm sure he wants the hard cash to go to these charities which is noble but as he stated these are tools of the trade and it would be nice to see these wonderful guitars played instead of just admired. I had an EVH Wolfgang (I'm a crap guitarist) that just sat around and finally sold it because I felt bad for the guitar not wailing as it should. Such a wonderful humble man considering his stature in the world of rock music. It angers me when I hear he is an underrated guitarist, I just laugh because he is the platinum standard for what a guitarist and bandmate should be. Alex was in a band with the finest of drummers and bassists rock has ever seen and it goes without saying he is right there with them. No one element was more important than the other.
@@heyg7819 I definitely agree with you, but it's like putting a beautiful car in a museum instead of driving it. SRV had Jimi's wah-wah pedal and played the hell out of it...
That is the type of player that is worthy of such gear, not some millionaire collector.
Alex has plenty of money and influence to contribute to special causes in many ways... but his gear is irreplaceable and should live on like Jimi's pedal did through Stevie.
I really liked you comment, though.
So glad that Alex didn’t say “give back” when referring to charities. Thieves, robbers,abusers, politicians need to “give back” not the good people of the world that have EARNED their wealth.
In the political context when politicians say the rich need to give back theu really mean confiscation of wealth wealthy people who did not earn their money fairly like those in the financial sector are not expected to give back either. Its only people who earned form hard work that they target
@@adamwatson6916 I wish that were true. The reality is they simply want to take the from those they disagree with. Earn your money fairly, but disagree with them over some woke political narrative and prepare to lose your money.
@@adamwatson6916 Maybe they should abolish leaving money to people. Make it a law that everyone has to support their families and earn everything themselves. What we really need is a new economy that's not based on money bonds and oil. No more fighting and killing for a 20. No more stealing and robbing by banks stealing peoples houses and lives. At least over money. A basic income for everybody, a job for everybody if they want one. There will be no motivation? You can be motivated to enjoy your life. The way it is now, a lot of people are killing themselves with work stress and dying a year before retirement. My father worked his ass off, was just preparing to retire. Bought the house moved, and then dropped dead of an aneurism from high bp. What is the point of that.
Research your charities, they must disclose what % goes to the recipient. It’s law. Bear in mind they must pay for their labor, medical people etc. But look into them, they must disclose their distribution.
@@EdAb well, wish in one hand & crap in the other-see which fills up first, ok?
Time has a way of letting you grow to be wise.
What a classy dude.
Would love to have his Gibson Howard Roberts (Fusion).
Yeah the guitar he uses on red barchetta in exit... stage left I always thought that guitar looked cool and sounded cool
I'd take the one he would give me, in a wishful thinking way, autographed of course...🤫
Just gotta love this guy ;-) Puts a smile on my face whether he is playing, talking or just goofing around... decent human!
great alex !!!! this guy is so humble !!!! that's why his music is so good !!!!
I'm a drummer anything from Alex is a keeper.
I'd be thrilled just getting a set of used strings from this great man.
Just imagine the joyous riffs, chords, and free styling they would have enabled him. He's been fundamental in inspiring me with my music since I first heard (and saw) Rush play the permanent waves tour. Anything would be amazing, but regardless, we still have their music which they shared with all of us, that'll do me 🤓👍
Bond.
...right there with ya man PW was my 1st tour also ... 1st of many,...
Then you missed out on the good rush, before they sold out. Shame!
@@joeking5610 didn't miss out as such Joe, I was 17 at the time and Rush were only the 3rd band I'd seen (the other 2 being AC/DC with Bon Scott on the Highway to Hell tour, and Motorhead on the Bomber tour). Once I'd found Rush I quickly invested in the back catalogue and agree the earlier stuff was awesome. You can't blame me for being young at the time, I was a late starter 😁👍
@@zqxwas4018 ..fwiw.. all the BS about "selling out" is nonsense as if nothing after caress of steel had value? And as if bands were never expected to evolve as bands, musicians, and people experiencing life on the planet...
Bullshit.
bias is bias no matter how you apply it... 2 each his own.. I love most all RUSH music, but just because I didn't lose my shit over the last 3-4 albums like I did over 2112/ PW / MP / ESL / ++.. doesn't mean I refer to the later work as "sellout" albums and discount them....
Totally get that. Bill Bruford, best drummer in the world (come at me Peart fans) and also a wonderful human, sold a lot of his studio and drum gear last year since he long ago retired from professional playing. I have a microphone labelled "Bill Snare" which is now my prized possession.
I feel for you Alex Lifeson, my childhood best friend of 44 years who able to play all your Rush Songs on bass guitar passed away the same time as Neil Peart. I still have his bass guitar and wanted to give it to you. Your music was a big part of his life and mine, If you find yourself in northern California near the Concord pavilion let me know, I have a rare working crystal radio you will want to check out. Wishing you the best, Larry So.Thank you!
We are never old if we are young in our hearts!!!
I have loved this band since the first time I heard them. They are humble and down to earth. What I really like about them is their sense of humor. I feel for them in losing Neal. Never heard a band that had so many long songs and seem to never miss a lick when playing it more or less remembering all the parts. They were and are pretty amazing. 3 of the greatest musicians that will ever be together. Glad I lived to hear it.
Alex. What a cool dude man. So kind always so easy going.
I've heard when he runs into fans, he will sometimes chat for up to a half hour. Really down to earth guy.
i hope he's got a good sense of humor, ha ha, because i may have already poked-a-russian bear, so to speak, he does scare me a little bit and always did, it seems to me he speaks very 'frehley', both music'ly and rhetoric'ly he's entitled to claim any special status he should choose, to, should-he-choose to accept it~
That's funny because like Gilmour he's q fan of fullerton era strats, very underated period
thanks for talking with us fans. most underated musician out there.
I can’t look at Alex without laughing & thinking of Paul Rudd, Jason Seagull, “ those laminant’s are fake” great scene. Everybody knows you don’t eat Neil’s sandwhich...
Can I have your white 335 from permanent waves your tone on that album kills me
Saw Rush for the first time when I was 9 at the Cleveland Agora on 24th and Euclid. Always will be my favorite band I do suppose. I even had a haircut once like the one Alex had in the Subdivisions video. I owned a 1979 Gibson Les Paul vintage copy once and practiced to Alex Lifeson among others.
I remember that hair cut... I used to talk about that, but you're the first other person I've heard mention it. They were regarded as nerds, but they were so friggin cool...
@@donquixote... I was that social outcast they were singing about so it hit home. They are the band that got me through tough times because as an individual their music allowed me to express myself sorta as Tom Sawyer I do suppose is the best way to put it. Look, When Alex was arrested for BS back in 2004, the interview he gave was in itself a song in my opinion, "I've met some of the best and worst people in here". Free Alex.
I, um, bought a bass last year specifically because it reminds me of Geddy’s 72 Jazz 😂😂😂 hero worship is real, bro
Crazy. I have a poster from the late 70’s with him playing a Strat Every other time I have seen them live or in pictures never a Fender. Always understood the tonal difference. In the 80’s my band always had that great guitar tone cause I played a Strat through a Twin and the other played a Les Paul thru a Marshall. A great blend.
He will always be “The Master”. I would love to own one of those!
Awesome guitarist and all around great person!
Alex Lifeson = Not only a phenomenal guitarist, but an-even-better human being.
Just when you thought you couldnt love this guy any more, he starts to sell his guitar collection for charity.
Ah man I'd give my right leg if I had it to be able to play one of his! 🇨🇦🤘
I would want Alex's Gibson Les Paul All Access, with Floyd Rose tremelo...
thanx for the love kind sir...please gift me the guitar. : )
Dibs on the Howard Roberts Fusion!
So down to earth, just as normal as anyone of us. Alex, thx for sharing.
Thank you for all the great music RUSH. You made memories I will cherish.
My connection with Aleks.... My dad was RUSH's weed dealer in the Niagara Region while they were young. Then again my dad was a pot head and maybe it was another band. He showed me a house in St. Catherines Ontario where he would meet them.
In other words, you're throwing shit on the wall, hoping it will stick, in a simple psychological desperation to feed your need of approval from complete strangers.
Wow.
@@gavinvalentino6002 Too deep....think superficial not existential. Such as jokes typically are. I will digress to the comment police on this one though. Have at'er!! Further...I took the time to write it....you took the time to reply. Appreciate the time you used to true me/other poor plebeians that may find it to be what it is...a comment on a TH-cam vid.... .... .. ."SO what your saying is" :)
Let's be real, you have no connection to Alex.
@@vicariousjohnson9823 I never implied Aleks had a connection with me. I have one with him. His music (RUSH's) music changed my life. Met them all in person before. One of my family members was a rush groupie when they did high-school gigs in Scarborough. I grew up in the same area as them ....and my dad was their weed dealer. My comment was not asinine it was a comment on a connection I have with them to me... not them. I get the Rush army is on like donkey kong but sheesh people this was harmless.
@@robbiekop7 Impossible. My surname is not wellington. I mean he may have had a pair of wellington boots that I cant speak on.
Get your checkbook ready - bitcoin - whatever. Alex's axes going up for sale soon (for a good cause)!
what a guy.
I'm in,... let's get the bidding started.
I can't even imagine him with a telecaster... awesome!
I could be wrong but I believe Alex used a Tele to record New World Man.
He used Teles for some time in the 80s actually, I think. Until he found, what were they, Paul Reed Smiths he played almost exclusively in the 90s?
Search New World Man Toronto from GUP tour
he's not above usin' the inferior-tools-of-the-common-man, for a righteous cause he's in no way obliged to disclose, yet he's obviously just exempt from a lotta crap he may or may not understand- but he's smart! he's got more power than any politician, kind of like certain other characters who may or may not still be out there.. respecto!
I would love to buy one of the guitars played on All the Worlds a Stage... or maybe used to record something on Fly By Night.... Rush has been huge in my life since I was 14 years old. I am 58 now.
Geddy did all the singing, Neil the drum god, but this guy is underated. He is so eloquent and fun to listen to.
Yes and such a great player too.
2015 Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Guitarists ranked Alex #98. Bullshit!!!
While there are a lot of great guitarists Alex does not belong @ #98.
2020 RS 50 greatest bass players Geddy #24 (2011 RS readers ranked #4)
2016 RS 100 greatest drummers Peart #4
Do NOT sell the white 355!!! never, never, never.
In the 80's while in Montreal I picked up a Tele that was out of this world and regret ever since not buying it.
Wonder if he still has his Hentor Sportscasters?... he had at least 2 if not 3.
He is pictured with one on his equipment page in the Grace Under Pressure tour book. I also wonder if he still has them.
Eh Alex you rock eh god love you and do it sir hat's off to you sir!#
ANYTIME Alex shares his BLAH BLAH BLAH's with us Fans....It's Epic! He is such a down to Earth dude. Check out his visit to Jason McNamara at the Guitar Store he worked at in Japan...it defines the goodness of this Rocker! Cheers To All
Ritchie Blackmore must come in second cause he has tons of vintage old fender strats and some old early Gibson guitars he used from the early days
I think the lesson that Blackmore could take from Alex is that you don't have to be such an arse towards other people. I am a committed Purple fan and have seen them more times that I can remember and have everything they ever recorded, same with Blackmores Night. But I will be honest and say that RB is a cantankerous old sod and always has been. Alex on the other hand is just one damn nice guy, very humble and at times very very funny.
@@pdstokes8 dunno i like RB humor. His sarcasm is on another level 😂😂.
i was shocked that he is going to sell the hentor strat. that must be a vey special guitar.
Hey Alex, I have a really beautiful 1978 double neck Rick 6/12 hollow body SN# 2112. I just want to let you know before I offer to sell it Geddy. Not kidding
Rekindles warmth in man, doesn’t he...
How I wish I had the coin to purchase the white 335 he played in the early days.
My original guitar hero for 45 years... ;-)
Under-rated by any measurement.
Even after EVH hit blew all our fucking minds, and took it ALL to a new level,... then Randy, Lynch, etc etc.. but thru it all Alex's melody and beautiful chord structures on so much music just never ceases to entertain, impress, and Bring The Joy.
It's kinda Insane how the mid 70's produced these amazing amazing guitarists that just changed it all.
Mine was Ritchie blackmore Gary Moore Micheal schenker
Also Ronnie montrose Tony iommi rik emit evh jimi hendrix man we had some guitar players when I was growing up can't forget page ace 2
RUSH, a MONSTER 3 piece band!! 3 guys who are HUMBLE and down to earth!!!! Regular, guys from the neighborhood, who would hang out and throw back a few BEERS 🍻!!!! LOVE THESE GUYS!!! RIP NEIL!!!!
I never have been able to own or buy whatever guitar I wanted. I always had to get whatever I could get and work with that. Still to this day, I have 7 guitars, one being a 5 string bass, and none of them would be considered high quality. The best ones I would be lucky to get $200 for them. But I wouldn't sell them, because I use them all. Some of them are warped from humidity, some of them I had to redo the electronics myself to make them a little better.
What a guy! Love to just have a beer with him and just listen to the stories...
Better to collect what you use to express your musical voice, than to get bogged down with vintage gear. Just my opinion. Start your own vintage...
One of the greatest guitarists ever.
Alex is one of the most generous people !
Imagine getting your mitts one any one of the guitars those hands have touched !
Forget about it !
Priceless !
Fucking Priceless in my eyes !
Thing is , the dudes with the heavy pockets deserve them .
Oh my god! I would LOVE to have ANY one of Alex's guitars. I've been listening to them for over 40 years, have about 7 guitars of my own, and 4 or 5 of them are essentially 'copies' of the types of guitars Alex played, or were built to elicit a specific 'sound'. For example, I built an SG shaped guitar, with a fender style neck, ebony fretboard, Bill lawrence l500 rail pickups, cts pots, and locking tuners. I use Dean Markley blue steel strings on it, and the back of the body is bubinga (african rosewood) and the cap is western Canadian big leaf curly maple. It has real gibson jack and switch and it sounds so sweet. Deep ballsy lows, yet, crisp mids and highs. I'd had a dream that I got to sit with Alex for a few hours and let him play my homemade guitar and he offered to trade one of his guitars for it. Strange dream, but almost like I got a real visit with one of my primary influences. I'd love to sit and chat with Alex for an hour.. so many questions, and he's so entertaining too.
His kid is thinking...Dad leave them to me!!!!
Why? If nothing else donate them to a museum must be a personal mind trauma Alex but unless you're mentally Superman you are gonna miss it.Today, I just ditched my 35 year old beloved mixer my dad bought.. XANADU
Wow, how awesome would that be to own a guitar from his collection.
I’d take any one of his PRS guitars ! Those are sweet.
ONE OF HISTORIES GREATEST GUITARISTS! That said, a very sweet guy and one in a million...
Can you ever have too many guitars? Joe Walsh must have a million, yet he was in a local guitar store near me when touring with the Eagles and bought a 1950's telecaster.
I could be wrong but I think Joe gave Jimmy Page #1.
@Samí Warrior You sound like my mom. You sure you like guitars?
Where almost none of his guitars are from the late 50s and early 60s you could probably got some of his guitars for a quite reasonable price . If I could have one of his guitars its would be his mid 70s tobacco sunburst les paul standard that he used on all the worlds a stage . For me tone wise that guitar is right up there with pages number 1 burst . Even though it's what vintage snobs would call an undesirable norlin era les paul . Those 1974 and 75
Tobbacco sunburst standards are killer sounding guitars and can be had for very reasonable prices in fact they can be had for alot less than a custom shop les paul . He also has an early 2000s 58 led paul plain top reiisue that I thought was one of the best sounding modern les Paul's I have heard . He uses that guitar on the making of 2112 DVD as well as on every live release starting with the one from Brazil in 2003 .
He actually lives right down the street from me!
Might swing by and check 'em out... Or meet the Collier County local. 😂
I have brain cancer stage 3 any advice how to play more like you Alex? Lol thank you 🙏
I didn't know Don King does interviews
it's don ki! ja ja ja! no way jo se!!
I wish some company ( like Fender ) would make a deal with Lifeson for a signature Hentor Sportscaster. Make it affordable and true to the original.
Sell them and keep the money!!! Buy great wine, get Dirk over and chug-a-lug....Rush stylee!
I would love to have the Tobacco Sunburst Les Paul he used on my favorite Rush album "All the World's a Stage".
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If he was to sell the guitars, there should be a requirement to the buyer to be able to play one other song than "Stairway To Heaven" or "Smoke On The Water". ;)
I totally know what Alex is talking about. A guitar is a tool for the guitarist. They don't rule the musician, the musician rules the guitar. Sure it is great to have a nice vintage guitar or something special, but in the end, they are just tools for the guitarist.
I could maybe come up with a few $100 for a pick... The good stuff will surely be way out of my price range.
If settle for any guitar that Alex just glanced at
haha me too
I imagine Alex has a couple of guitars laid up in the hard rock café
80% on a Tele?!
Teles are great.
Too bad these guitars will be aquired by collectors to be put in vault and not used by musicians . Good for the charitys but it must be painfull to see . Gilmour is in the same boat
Hey Alex, jk, which guitar would I Like To Rock sound best on?
I wonder how much the white Es will go for. Who thinks what the most expensive guitar will be?