Here is my official playlist for this series of videos. th-cam.com/play/PLPtwr3QSRr7r7pLgktEvWInx6QOQgBAHr.html Big Al's Musician's Swap Meet. This event is held at Renningers Flea Market, Mt Dora, FL. It is currently, Second Sunday of every January, March, May, September and November.
This is Jeff Fender, great video by the way, It was nice meeting you in Mt. Dora @ the Billy Fender custom guitar booth. Dude you kick ass on the guitar that you bought. Hope to see you again in January on the 14th. We will be back out there. Billy has built some more customs for the show.
Looks like a great atmosphere, better than a claustrophobic Music shoppe or taking a gamble with buying on-line. You get the chance to really check the gear out with your own eyes-ears-hands. This type of "Music" fleamarket is a great idea. The prices looked reasonable too, less overheads, just 1-2 stall holders and their wares. Time will weed out the ruffians from the sincere traders. Great day out!
YES......................... That was very cool ................... It's nice to see what's happening guitar wise in different parts of the country..... I'm currently a Northern California San Francisco Bay Area person and it's been awhile since I've seen something like that ....... I honestly really appreciate you posting that...thank you..... I am looking forward to seeing what else you do and have done as a new subscriber..... Take care brother,... Rock on.
Cool, thanks. I undersold some gear there many years ago when I had too much. Now I enjoy messing with super light Squires and maybe "upgrading" them a little. The simplicity and fasting from the ridiculous "Guitar Industrial Complex" is quite satisfying at this point in life.
Hank at 8:41 your looking at a vantage VP 795.. I have a Arira PRO II Thor sound. With same everything except mine is a bolt on. And the selector switch is were one of the two dip switches are... I'm still not sure what the other dip does on mine. I believe it's a phase switch... but am not sure. The guitar outline is the same.. even has that "Heritage" shaped headstock.... crazy man. Cool video too!!
"There's a lot of people looking at me like I'm an idiot" I felt that in my soul! 🤣 Trying to record video in public is a daunting task to say the least! 🙄
Don't overlook the made by Matsumoku stuff. High end parts & manufacturing. Aria & Westone are two of the more commonly known brands, but Vantage of that era are the same makers in a lesser known brand. Matsumoku's head company was Singer and when it collapsed in the late 80s, Matsumoku going under was a side effect. I own two Vantage basses, a set neck factory fretless & a bolt on fretted, lovely instruments.
I am looking for Westone guitars! I am especially looking for 1 in particular-my original (198-mbk). Do you happen to know where Matsumoku made gutars are available besides Reverb, & ebay?
@@d.j.9961 Basically anywhere you can find in your area, which can vary. In the US for example it's like craigslist, Canada Kijiji, Australia has it's own, etc. Besides that, like pawnshops, facebook market place, some guitar stores / chains also deal with used, etc
Then my punk band in the 80's exclusively used Matsumoku when we started - Aria bass, Westone and Vantage guitars. More coincidence than deliberately, but interesting to find out. Thanks! :)
21:13 “Sic transit gloria mundi” is Latin for “Thus passes the glory of the world”. It was said to remind the new Pope that even though he was at the top, he would eventually die like everyone else and turn to dust. In short, "Don't show off too much". But to whom is this message addressed; to the guitar or to the guitarist? Too bad, I don’t think there are any guitar fleas in France
19:19 I really like that Billy Fender's stuff. IM not usually into super customs, but his are super custom, with lot sof cool touches and not over the top
Awesome video Hank, I really dig these sort of videos, I wish they had this sort of thing nearer to me. Some of the Billy Fender guitars look pretty cool
I have a 54 Hofner 12 string dreadnought that my nephew ruined by trying to tune it to open G . I love that guitar and have been trying to find someone to fix it. The bridge inside the body is broken and the bracing is all pulled loose the spruce face is cracked. It has the Made in Germany and 1954 in German on the tag. It is in a box waiting. I may tune it to Nashville tuning to take stress off of it. D’Addario makes a set of strings for Nashville tuning. Mine is a set neck with a 25.5 scale and 7.25 radius on an acoustic 12 string. It sounded so good!
5:34 That Supra Distortion, had it and the Trash Master when I was a teen. Wonder what happened to them, now I have to find it, especially the Trash Master🤘
D'ddario is based right here on Long Island in Farmingdale LI NY. I love their strings and will basically only use theirs. Love the color coding too, especially when I'm putting a new set on my 12-string! Cause it's a nightmare otherwise. Plus their strings are just high quality, great tone and balance. I also swear by their tuners!
what a great show.. so much stuff, from the cheapest bargain starter gear, right up to the expensive and iconic. Darned I'm in England because I'd defo go. Thanks for uploading :-)))))))
The Schaller trem on that Peavey is a dream. Those only stayed in production on the Japanese Fenders etc for a couple of years 84-86 be use they were too expensive for Fender to buy in
That 81 Matsomuko looks close to being exactly the same as one of the guitars i recently had renovated. The one you saw doesn't have the original pots and the bridge configuration is different. Mine was definitely from 81 as i found an old Japanese catalogue online and it was exactly the same. It originally had to have a battery in the back but instead of setting the wiring inside the same again, we decided to dump the battery and he did his own wiring design and a Buckethead style arcade fire button was installed instesd of one of its switches.
Aria Pro II TS 500? Thor Sound (Tri Sound is the TS 400) look at your serial # for the year. No prefix, 6 numbers, 1st digit is a 1 for '81.😊 heavy ain't it ?
Great song at the end there ,i forgot that was you ,and thought it was a Bill Fender, worker ,lol😂! Thank you for the tour , i would love to find one of these in Az , Keep on Rockin'
You’re the first and only person who had a peavey patriot that I know of. That was my first electric. It did not look like that guitar. It was all black, maple neck which today I would only get rosewood and the pick ups had a straight metal line across it. It served its purpose but I was glad to get rid of it. I did not like it. It was so stiff I was a beginner so that’s what they had in my price range. Today it’s so much better for beginners. I could not bend the strings but at least the neck was comfortable. Anyway, I went to get a Fender American standard at a different store and I read later that my hometown and that store was where Seymour Duncan got his start before I was born. I couldn’t connect with it and wanted humbuckers but I do still have it. Waiting to sell it. Waiting for the fender to be worth more. But the guy gave me full credit on the peavey because my teacher knew him so I got a great deal. And it was nowhere hear $500. It was around $200 I think. Can’t remember.
A couple weeks ago, I saw a clip at a north-eastern bar/venue, and there was this older looking rocking-guitarist playing this 60ish car looking guitar that was lit up. To be truthful, I may have seen one of these before, but it must have been decades ago but I wasn’t sure. The guitar caught my eye, and here I am a couple weeks later, and I find out it is an American Showster, and I get a better look at a bunch of them. Thank you. I did watch the entire video and enjoyed it. Thank you!
Sir, I really LOVE your show! The first episodes I saw didn't impress me until the last 8 minutes, but THEN i re-watched the whole thing and went on to watch another 1/2 dozen of your show. McLuvin' it!
It,s funny the name of that Flea Market because in Paris they also have the same name they gave to a very very old market in north Paris Porte de Clignancourt.
That dude working the "official guitar center", booth literally had no idea what he was talking about the whole time. LoL. I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face!
I'm pretty confident it was all tongue in cheek humor. Probably saw the camera and was playing it up lol Because the alternative is a case of the Tism's
I agree with looney, that was his, (vendor), attempt at humor, not easy sometimes when a camera is on u outta the blue. I liked the ref: to the Gibson Strat maple neck...
@@HankCoffey I am a scrap metal artist & create metal art guitars. Thinking of participating, bringing some of my work there. The award winning guitars I create have mostly car & motorcycle parts. Might be a win win!
I'm gonna have to head out to Mt. Dora if nothing else than to window shop a bit... That Gretsch 5220 is the one I'm looking for right now. I've got a few Harley Benton's but not the one in this vid... The Gretsch is my choice for a single cut over the LP's simply because I love the tone of the filtertron pickups and that Cadillac logo style stop tail piece. Lots of cool stuff at this flea market. Thanks for showing me that this exists somewhat close by.
What fun! This is died and gone to heaven fun! My only advice would be to linger over each guitar a bit longer and show the headstock- brand name even if they are no no names. That is what I find interesting. Subbed! Keep ‘em comin!
As a lover of both vintage style instruments aswell as modern shredders, I had to do some digging on that "Steve Vai / Keith Richards" (lmao!) slime green Schechter 7 string, thru-neck superstrat, at 10:43 . Turns out it's a Keith Merrow signature Schechter. Keith Merrow, it turns out, is a utuber / death metal guitarist for instrumental death metal band, Conquering Dystopia. 🤷♂️ Not my cuppa tea, but the guitar is pretty kickarse! I'd prefer it in a 6 string. though. Downtuned heavy metal riffage gets old quick! But...each to his own. $1K was a very good price, though, from what I can dig up..
That Keith Richards model was cool, but I passed it off as something that could be bought new for about the same price. Next time I will start looking into values of the guitars.
I just got a peavey milestone in teenage relic EVH condition, only they used electrician's tape😙, for cheap. Had only the bridge PU - but it was an 80s SD Custom wound by Juarez 👻🍼👈🎯👈.!!
when the 57 chevy tail fin guitars first came out in NJ 30+ years ago they were so expensive. Many players I knew at the time called them “American Shysters”!!!
The Great American Guitar Show you see all of the strange and vintage guitars you can handle. Also a bit of everything guitar related. I found a nice mahogany Tele body for a project.
Ive been to the buildings they have on the hill when theyre open they have a few music places and a killer vinyl shop. Video games too I got Fire Red and og Wind Waker. Defiantly check them out any time they have something going on,
I don’t know who you are, I have watch a total of 7 seconds before commenting…..because this is a brilliant video idea and I am really excited to watch! (Also your camera is really good!)
The Squier Strat you played , i believe was a Black and Chrome model Customized Love the black headstock on those I turned one into a Gilmore strat Brady Customs
I have a Peavey Rage amp, that thing kicks and has good presence. But you can chug with it too. I want to get a Bandit, Peavey made really good amps. Add an Octave or a Big Muff and you can kill with that. I also would like a U neck cheap Tele routed for 500k pots and an orange cap ground to the bridge with string through body and a Seymour Duncan Humbucker on the bridge with a coil split and Strat front. 7.25 radius and Uneck 50s rosewood. I have a new Vintera 50s Reissue that I’d love to modify, but it is a real Fender MIM .
I visit my mother in Mount Dora every winter since 1994. I bought a guitar at a guitar shop on...441, i think? When do they have that, once a year? I might have to modify my travel plans next year! Thank you:)
I worked at the Kramer factory in the mid 80s as a painter and I remember these showsters coming through the paint booth. We did a few prototypes but they were not built in that factory. They were built in Maplewood. The guy in charge was Rick at the time and he was a terrible business man. Cool concept though.
@Mr.Goldbar you would have to know little details that might be missing in a Chinese copy. I can spot Fender fakes immediately. And Gibson and Ibanez are pretty easy as well.
I have a Peavey Mystic from the 80s. It has the 23 fret neck, but it is way too thin for me. I have one of the DOD Grunge pedals. I also have a Vantage 655 hollowbody. It was made by Samick in Korea, but I have had the Matsumoku MIJ ones too and they are usually pretty good.
I was there at that Swap meet. at 13:50 he shows the Guitar I was VERY interested in. According to the seller it has some touching up on the Neck headstock area, behind NUT. HE DID not SAY it was a headstk repair Break, IF I WOULD have gone to putting down serious money for it, I would have asked if I could examine the Area for evidence of headstk repair in maybe better light, him going with me. It according to him is a Gibson Custom shop 67 reissue, it has the thinner body, and the top of case is Custom shop logo'd. I could have got it for 2300.00. Those actually do go for much more on Reverb. It was also missing one other CAVEAT, the Custom Shop Cert. of Build, which I know to resell it would almost be required. I was just astonished to see it at the Swap meet.
If you like looking at unusual and wacky guitars Hank, check out "Devil and Sons" guitars. He builds lots of weird looking guitars based on themes. Start off by having a look at his guitars inspired by movies. He's done Alien, Ghostbusters, Mad Max, Star Wars. The Star Wars one is the Millennium Falcon. These are the older videos on his TH-cam channel. He builds so many different types of guitars and is a real nice guy. When i was looking for somebody to build my guitar, he was one of the guys i chatted to first. He wasn't comfortable taking my guitar on because he had never handled True Temperament Frets or Evertune Bridges. I now know that Evertune Bridges can sometimes be rather difficult, and he advised that i look for someone with a lot of experience with TT frets and Evertune Bridges. Which i did with Robin Manton.
Here is my official playlist for this series of videos. th-cam.com/play/PLPtwr3QSRr7r7pLgktEvWInx6QOQgBAHr.html
Big Al's Musician's Swap Meet. This event is held at Renningers Flea Market, Mt Dora, FL. It is currently, Second Sunday of every January, March, May, September and November.
Worth checking out. I'll keep it in mind.
Omg guitars & hot rods... with those two the third comes easy.
Very cool , I live close by I’d love to stop by the next one should be Feb 18th 2024 since you said it’s every three months third Sunday , right ??
@@ed4008 It's right in the pinned comment we are talking under.... 2nd Sunday
I’m in Tampa, not too far. I will definitely have to check this out.
This is Jeff Fender, great video by the way, It was nice meeting you in Mt. Dora @ the Billy Fender custom guitar booth. Dude you kick ass on the guitar that you bought. Hope to see you again in January on the 14th. We will be back out there. Billy has built some more customs for the show.
Hey Jeff, thanks man. Yeah I will see you there in January. I will do a better video. I had to learn a little. Bring the customs on out!
Are you the one with that sexy red fender strat?
Looks like a great atmosphere, better than a claustrophobic Music shoppe or taking a gamble with buying on-line. You get the chance to really check the gear out with your own eyes-ears-hands. This type of "Music" fleamarket is a great idea. The prices looked reasonable too, less overheads, just 1-2 stall holders and their wares. Time will weed out the ruffians from the sincere traders. Great day out!
I think not many people do them because having guitars outdoors too long will make the necks warp
God bless you people for making videos like this. I love this shit.
Thanks man, I will make a better one in a few months. February probably.
Agreed
YES......................... That was very cool ...................
It's nice to see what's happening guitar wise in different parts of the country..... I'm currently a Northern California San Francisco Bay Area person and it's been awhile since I've seen something like that ....... I honestly really appreciate you posting that...thank you..... I am looking forward to seeing what else you do and have done as a new subscriber..... Take care brother,... Rock on.
Thank you Cork, there isn't another show until January. I will shoot the next video better.
Guitar flea market, cool. Enjoyed seeing all the mods especially the leather wraps. Thanks for video.
Thank you Douglas
absolutely loved that you put the contact information so anyone close enough can get a hold of the guitars
Cool, thanks. I undersold some gear there many years ago when I had too much. Now I enjoy messing with super light Squires and maybe "upgrading" them a little. The simplicity and fasting from the ridiculous "Guitar Industrial Complex" is quite satisfying at this point in life.
8:27 ...COOOl ... i had one of those Vantage guitars in blue ... my first electric !
Hank at 8:41 your looking at a vantage VP 795.. I have a Arira PRO II Thor sound. With same everything except mine is a bolt on. And the selector switch is were one of the two dip switches are... I'm still not sure what the other dip does on mine. I believe it's a phase switch... but am not sure. The guitar outline is the same.. even has that "Heritage" shaped headstock.... crazy man. Cool video too!!
Cool man, yeah I used to have a Aria Urchin that was that same type build.
Thanks for this hank. Ive never been into one, but i hope we have one here in UK
You're Welcome Raffy
This Was Very Cool! Great cover. And Love the Playing with BACKING Track and some shred lead ! Nice
Thank you Frank.
"There's a lot of people looking at me like I'm an idiot"
I felt that in my soul! 🤣 Trying to record video in public is a daunting task to say the least! 🙄
I am gonna have someone run the camera next time, so I can hold and show stuff. Let the people look. lol
Dream venue, awesome guitars. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!
Don't overlook the made by Matsumoku stuff. High end parts & manufacturing. Aria & Westone are two of the more commonly known brands, but Vantage of that era are the same makers in a lesser known brand. Matsumoku's head company was Singer and when it collapsed in the late 80s, Matsumoku going under was a side effect.
I own two Vantage basses, a set neck factory fretless & a bolt on fretted, lovely instruments.
I've a Vantage set neck bass, one of the better basses in my collection
I am looking for Westone guitars! I am especially looking for 1 in particular-my original (198-mbk). Do you happen to know where Matsumoku made gutars are available besides Reverb, & ebay?
@@d.j.9961 Basically anywhere you can find in your area, which can vary. In the US for example it's like craigslist, Canada Kijiji, Australia has it's own, etc. Besides that, like pawnshops, facebook market place, some guitar stores / chains also deal with used, etc
One of my first guitars was a 1981 Vantage VS600. Great workmanship, excellent sound, low price. Still have it!
Then my punk band in the 80's exclusively used Matsumoku when we started - Aria bass, Westone and Vantage guitars. More coincidence than deliberately, but interesting to find out. Thanks! :)
21:13 “Sic transit gloria mundi” is Latin for “Thus passes the glory of the world”. It was said to remind the new Pope that even though he was at the top, he would eventually die like everyone else and turn to dust. In short, "Don't show off too much". But to whom is this message addressed; to the guitar or to the guitarist? Too bad, I don’t think there are any guitar fleas in France
Thank you for your video and Thank for filming biiy fenders entire lead i really like his style.. keep up the good work.
19:19 I really like that Billy Fender's stuff. IM not usually into super customs, but his are super custom, with lot sof cool touches and not over the top
Great video 🤘🏻 I miss flea markets . I never been to a guitar flea market .That fender half stack is cool my buddy had one of those back in the day .
Awesome video Hank, I really dig these sort of videos, I wish they had this sort of thing nearer to me. Some of the Billy Fender guitars look pretty cool
Thanks for touring us. Really enjoyed every second
Thank you Sean, I am glad you liked it.
Awesome video. I saw that Fretless SD Curlee bass in there. Beautiful.
Awesome ! I love this kind of stuff make a whole day out of it😁👍
I have a 54 Hofner 12 string dreadnought that my nephew ruined by trying to tune it to open G . I love that guitar and have been trying to find someone to fix it. The bridge inside the body is broken and the bracing is all pulled loose the spruce face is cracked. It has the Made in Germany and 1954 in German on the tag. It is in a box waiting. I may tune it to Nashville tuning to take stress off of it. D’Addario makes a set of strings for Nashville tuning. Mine is a set neck with a 25.5 scale and 7.25 radius on an acoustic 12 string. It sounded so good!
weird because open g takes strings down not up.
Yeah...downtuning it wouldn't harm it...I'm a luthier..not your nephews fault!!
I've got 2 squire guitars, 25 year old tele and stratocaster, love them 🎸🔊☮️
5:34 That Supra Distortion, had it and the Trash Master when I was a teen. Wonder what happened to them, now I have to find it, especially the Trash Master🤘
I enjoyed watching this. Thank you.
@6:45 neck is squire bullet strat, 41mm nut, low E tuner close to the corner and plain truss rod hole
D'ddario is based right here on Long Island in Farmingdale LI NY. I love their strings and will basically only use theirs. Love the color coding too, especially when
I'm putting a new set on my 12-string! Cause it's a nightmare otherwise. Plus their strings are just high quality, great tone and balance. I also swear by their tuners!
Nice shred at the end, good video too, interesting !
Thank you!
what a great show.. so much stuff, from the cheapest bargain starter gear, right up to the expensive and iconic. Darned I'm in England because I'd defo go.
Thanks for uploading :-)))))))
Thanks Snorky
The Schaller trem on that Peavey is a dream. Those only stayed in production on the Japanese Fenders etc for a couple of years 84-86 be use they were too expensive for Fender to buy in
That 81 Matsomuko looks close to being exactly the same as one of the guitars i recently had renovated. The one you saw doesn't have the original pots and the bridge configuration is different. Mine was definitely from 81 as i found an old Japanese catalogue online and it was exactly the same.
It originally had to have a battery in the back but instead of setting the wiring inside the same again, we decided to dump the battery and he did his own wiring design and a Buckethead style arcade fire button was installed instesd of one of its switches.
Aria Pro II TS 500? Thor Sound (Tri Sound is the TS 400) look at your serial # for the year. No prefix, 6 numbers, 1st digit is a 1 for '81.😊 heavy ain't it ?
A smaller camera lens will help you get things in frame when you're standing so close to the guitars. Great content 👍
Thank you, I got a real nice video dropping in the morning. Stay tuned. 😎
Got my first guitar today g ot a really clean pre owned prs s2 I love the looks of it now for the hard part of learning how to play it
Great song at the end there ,i forgot that was you ,and thought it was a Bill Fender, worker ,lol😂! Thank you for the tour , i would love to find one of these in Az , Keep on Rockin'
Edward I'm in tustoned az
I wish I still had my old electric guitar 1962 burns vista sonic all I got now is a photo of it I took theres one in the film tell star lol
Great video. Really enjoyed your jamming with Billy's guitar! Nice job!
Ciao! God bless!
Hey, thank you Pale. 🙏
I LOVED going to the music stores and playing with the pedals
Cool video man! I was dragging a wagon full of guitars around sold a couple and bought the green lefty lp shape in the beginning.
Awesome man, nice.
You should consider getting a booth next time rather than dragging your gear around. Only $25!
You’re the first and only person who had a peavey patriot that I know of. That was my first electric. It did not look like that guitar. It was all black, maple neck which today I would only get rosewood and the pick ups had a straight metal line across it. It served its purpose but I was glad to get rid of it. I did not like it. It was so stiff I was a beginner so that’s what they had in my price range. Today it’s so much better for beginners. I could not bend the strings but at least the neck was comfortable. Anyway, I went to get a Fender American standard at a different store and I read later that my hometown and that store was where Seymour Duncan got his start before I was born. I couldn’t connect with it and wanted humbuckers but I do still have it. Waiting to sell it. Waiting for the fender to be worth more. But the guy gave me full credit on the peavey because my teacher knew him so I got a great deal. And it was nowhere hear $500. It was around $200 I think. Can’t remember.
Cool. Yeah, my Patriot had a walnut body I think. No finish.
A couple weeks ago, I saw a clip at a north-eastern bar/venue, and there was this older looking rocking-guitarist playing this 60ish car looking guitar that was lit up. To be truthful, I may have seen one of these before, but it must have been decades ago but I wasn’t sure. The guitar caught my eye, and here I am a couple weeks later, and I find out it is an American Showster, and I get a better look at a bunch of them. Thank you. I did watch the entire video and enjoyed it. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you. I will make a better video of this place in January.
The Dude at 11:50. Dried tears. Lol love his humor.
He isn't from Guitar Center. It's hilarious when he is saying anything you buy can be returned to Guitar Center for a full refund. LMAO
@@HankCoffey that's what I mean. His humor is hilarious good!!! Hahaha 🤣
Sir, I really LOVE your show! The first episodes I saw didn't impress me until the last 8 minutes, but THEN i re-watched the whole thing and went on to watch another 1/2 dozen of your show.
McLuvin' it!
Awesome, thank you Gerry. 😎
Cool video! Just wish there were more wide shots of the entire guitar! Look forward to the next one
I am shooting a better video of this place next month. I will do it in 4k. Less zoomed. Subscribe to know when I post it.
I wish I had a flea market in my area like that!
You gotta stay on the price tags more
Yeah, I bout wore out my pause/spacebar
Liked and subbed.Enjoyed the walk-thru..You never know what you might see-that has to go home with you.Hope to see more walk-thru's..Best Regards
Thank you man, I will try to do more videos like this. Might be February before another one.
Those maple neck Epi Hockey Necks are quite good
A few have passed thru my hands
21:16 the phrase is latin which means "Thus passes the worldly glory". It's a phrase used when a new pope is coronated.
That Alvarez lawsuit acoustic for $400 was a pretty good price. I'd have bought that without thinking about it!
Huge diff w/ the Yairi logo on top. Like two diff levels.
Awesome show. Definitely unique gear, esp the custom gas tank guitar.
Even got cort I have a nice acoustic cort nice bassy jangle sound
Ok…those Showsters are fantastic and the retail on them when they leave the states is over $7K USD! Amazing!
Thanks very much I have seen guitars I never saw b4. thank you man .
Thanks, I have another video coming real soon. Subscribe to follow the channel.
Recently went to a vintage guitar 🎸 festival, some of which were very expensive...😮
I am thinking about going to a large vintage guitar show in Feb. There will be better stuff there. Overpriced though.
I never saw a 57 Chevy that color.
It,s funny the name of that Flea Market because in Paris they also have the same name they gave to a very very old market in north Paris Porte de Clignancourt.
Nice vid man thanks for posting!
That dude working the "official guitar center", booth literally had no idea what he was talking about the whole time. LoL. I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face!
Haha! That was hilarious. Brian May toured with a bass?😅🤦🏼♂️
“Schecter Steve Vai model”
I'm pretty confident it was all tongue in cheek humor. Probably saw the camera and was playing it up lol
Because the alternative is a case of the Tism's
@@lo0nyt0onz or a con-man 🤣
I agree with looney, that was his, (vendor), attempt at humor, not easy sometimes when a camera is on u outta the blue. I liked the ref: to the Gibson Strat maple neck...
Great video! looks great!! thanks for wonderful sharing!
Thank you man
How often is the guitar swap meet there? Loved the 57 Chevy & Harley ones! Great video!
Thank you man, info in the pinned comment.
@@HankCoffey I am a scrap metal artist & create metal art guitars. Thinking of participating, bringing some of my work there. The award winning guitars I create have mostly car & motorcycle parts. Might be a win win!
Second Sunday of every January, March, May, September and November.
You got some good sounds from that Squier, nice playing.
Hey, thank you man.
I'm gonna have to head out to Mt. Dora if nothing else than to window shop a bit... That Gretsch 5220 is the one I'm looking for right now. I've got a few Harley Benton's but not the one in this vid... The Gretsch is my choice for a single cut over the LP's simply because I love the tone of the filtertron pickups and that Cadillac logo style stop tail piece. Lots of cool stuff at this flea market. Thanks for showing me that this exists somewhat close by.
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤😊
Do you ever run across any b bender guitars?
What about any 88/89/90 fender HM strats?
Not recently man.
Man, I live in FL... I need to check this place out. Great content man!
What fun! This is died and gone to heaven fun! My only advice would be to linger over each guitar a bit longer and show the headstock- brand name even if they are no no names. That is what I find interesting. Subbed! Keep ‘em comin!
Great video, thanks for that
I remem er that marshall. A friend of mine had that exact set up. Glad found your channel. I subscribed thanks
Awesome, thank you 😎
As a lover of both vintage style instruments aswell as modern shredders, I had to do some digging on that "Steve Vai / Keith Richards" (lmao!) slime green Schechter 7 string, thru-neck superstrat, at 10:43 .
Turns out it's a Keith Merrow signature Schechter.
Keith Merrow, it turns out, is a utuber / death metal guitarist for instrumental death metal band, Conquering Dystopia.
🤷♂️ Not my cuppa tea, but the guitar is pretty kickarse!
I'd prefer it in a 6 string. though. Downtuned heavy metal riffage gets old quick! But...each to his own. $1K was a very good price, though, from what I can dig up..
That Keith Richards model was cool, but I passed it off as something that could be bought new for about the same price. Next time I will start looking into values of the guitars.
I've never been to a guitar swap meet like that, it would be a blast!!
Love the 80’s Peavey guitars!
I just got a peavey milestone in teenage relic EVH condition, only they used electrician's tape😙, for cheap. Had only the bridge PU - but it was an 80s SD Custom wound by Juarez 👻🍼👈🎯👈.!!
when the 57 chevy tail fin guitars first came out in NJ 30+ years ago they were so expensive. Many players I knew at the time called them
“American Shysters”!!!
LOL
I remember when the American Showsters
Came out
The Great American Guitar Show you see all of the strange and vintage guitars you can handle. Also a bit of everything guitar related. I found a nice mahogany Tele body for a project.
I have a Grunge pedal it matches up great with my double bucker Tele
Very cool thanks for sharing. Alfred NYC
Thanks Alfred
I am defiantly going to follow up with Billy Fender!!!
I'm exactly the same about weight, my 62 yr old back just doesn't do anchors anymore
Yeah, I hate heavy waterlogged wood. lol
Would be curious to see how many lefties were there. Anywhere I go to look at Guitars I hope to see maybe one or two of them.
Not many at all. I don't remember seeing one.
Ive been to the buildings they have on the hill when theyre open they have a few music places and a killer vinyl shop. Video games too I got Fire Red and og Wind Waker. Defiantly check them out any time they have something going on,
I don’t know who you are, I have watch a total of 7 seconds before commenting…..because this is a brilliant video idea and I am really excited to watch! (Also your camera is really good!)
Hey, thank you!
I've seen that first 57 Chevy on stage a few times by Steve Miller. He would play it for the Joker.
The Squier Strat you played , i believe was a Black and Chrome model
Customized
Love the black headstock on those
I turned one into a Gilmore strat
Brady Customs
Yeah, it is probably the neck from that, and the body he ordered from somewhere and stained it.
I ❤️ love the leather wraps!!!
Man that Peavey Predator… I have 3 off those… all from’85. My favorite guitars
I almost bought it. It was a nice guitar.
I have a Peavey Rage amp, that thing kicks and has good presence. But you can chug with it too. I want to get a Bandit, Peavey made really good amps. Add an Octave or a Big Muff and you can kill with that. I also would like a U neck cheap Tele routed for 500k pots and an orange cap ground to the bridge with string through body and a Seymour Duncan Humbucker on the bridge with a coil split and Strat front. 7.25 radius and Uneck 50s rosewood. I have a new Vintera 50s Reissue that I’d love to modify, but it is a real Fender MIM .
I love looking at guitars. You playing guitar was great. Enjoyed it man, peace.
Thank you Teddy!
Cool vid bro. Loved the info on them.
I visit my mother in Mount Dora every winter since 1994. I bought a guitar at a guitar shop on...441, i think? When do they have that, once a year? I might have to modify my travel plans next year! Thank you:)
It's the 2nd Sunday, every 3 months. Renningers Flea Market
I eloped in Mt Dora. Getting married was one of the worst mistakes I've made so far 😂
hey, appreciate the video… wish I’d known about this sooner, just found your channel… peace
Thanks Greg
Sic transit Gloria has a literal translation, but it literally just means "glory fades"
I worked at the Kramer factory in the mid 80s as a painter and I remember these showsters coming through the paint booth. We did a few prototypes but they were not built in that factory. They were built in Maplewood. The guy in charge was Rick at the time and he was a terrible business man. Cool concept though.
Cool man, I've never seen them before this video.
dig squiers.i recently picked up a squier Sonic strat.. plays great in my tube amp.. can play anything on it .
Billy Fenders booth leather wrapped. He’s a really nice guy
5:37 1100$ on a Taylor 322 or even an AD22?? That's a smoking deal right there bro
Gotta be careful though, some of the guitars there are fakes. And I don't know Taylor enough to spot them.
@@HankCoffey really interesting to see how to spot a fake Taylor... I haven't seen as many fake acoustics in general
@Mr.Goldbar you would have to know little details that might be missing in a Chinese copy. I can spot Fender fakes immediately. And Gibson and Ibanez are pretty easy as well.
I have a Peavey Mystic from the 80s. It has the 23 fret neck, but it is way too thin for me. I have one of the DOD Grunge pedals. I also have a Vantage 655 hollowbody. It was made by Samick in Korea, but I have had the Matsumoku MIJ ones too and they are usually pretty good.
Found this American Showster AS-57 guitar in the video of Circus of Power "Motor"
I was there at that Swap meet. at 13:50 he shows the Guitar I was VERY interested in. According to the seller it has some touching up on the Neck headstock area, behind NUT. HE DID not SAY it was a headstk repair Break, IF I WOULD have gone to putting down serious money for it, I would have asked if I could examine the Area for evidence of headstk repair in maybe better light, him going with me. It according to him is a Gibson Custom shop 67 reissue, it has the thinner body, and the top of case is Custom shop logo'd. I could have got it for 2300.00. Those actually do go for much more on Reverb. It was also missing one other CAVEAT, the Custom Shop Cert. of Build, which I know to resell it would almost be required. I was just astonished to see it at the Swap meet.
I also always read it "the addario" this whole time, never knew it was simply read "daddario" 😂
If you like looking at unusual and wacky guitars Hank, check out
"Devil and Sons" guitars.
He builds lots of weird looking guitars based on themes. Start off by having a look at his guitars inspired by movies. He's done Alien, Ghostbusters, Mad Max, Star Wars. The Star Wars one is the Millennium Falcon. These are the older videos on his TH-cam channel. He builds so many different types of guitars and is a real nice guy. When i was looking for somebody to build my guitar, he was one of the guys i chatted to first. He wasn't comfortable taking my guitar on because he had never handled True Temperament Frets or Evertune Bridges. I now know that Evertune Bridges can sometimes be rather difficult, and he advised that i look for someone with a lot of experience with TT frets and Evertune Bridges. Which i did with Robin Manton.
I've still never tried TT frets