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I wish that some folks would understand that guitarist and speed do not have anything to do with how good they are. A lot of people are under the impression that the mark of a guitarist is the amount of notes played in the least amount of time.
@@johnthornton4266 Exactly right , its soul and feel more than quickness ! Joe Satriani and Chet Atkins are great guitar players but after a song and a half , I've heard enough , with Keith I listen all damn day !
We should all recognize one thing: the question of being the "best" guitarist is an endless and fruitless rabbit-hole of an argument. In his early years Keith may not have had the virtuosity of Clapton/Beck/Page/Mick Taylor/Peter Green/etc. What he did have was an uncanny ability to take simple ideas from RnB and blues records, and somehow transform them into good straightforward songs, many of which have become so iconic over the decades to have the ultimate historical effect of defining whole tracts of rock 'n' roll. And Keith himself admits he was still learning the whole time. He was in that unique place and time to be creative, and be recorded while being among the first to come up with the ideas. Very few other artists can make a similar claim. And to this day Keith is very humble about it all.
Keith has kept his curiosity...the way he smiles when a guitar line works out so sweet that it surprises him, this tells me he is a natural. The open tunings, playing custom 5-strings, changing hardware etc, that’s a boy in love with guitars. In the Stones/Scorsese “Shine A Light” concert DVD at the very end of the bonus material he enjoys playing an acoustic 12-fret 000 while everyone else checks out the Clintons. He doesn’t care, this is Keith when he is at home.
Yes! Another one! I love when you do these short documentaries on different player's guitars. They're interesting and unique among the other guitar related content on the platform.
excellent work, i do know of a few other guitars that Keith absolutely had at one point or another. you can find a video on youtube of a 1978 performance of Beast of Burden where Keith is playing a 50s Les Paul Special in TV yellow and I'm sure it's not Dice as it can be clearly seen having a single cutaway body as well as a neck pickup. another guitar I've never seen footage of him playing but can be seen in a 1970s era Les Paul ad is a mid 50s Les Paul Black Beauty with the staple pickup in the neck position (google "Keith Richards Black Beauty Les Paul," you'll absolutely find it). In June I was fortunate enough to have an audience with his late 50s Black Beauty as well as his Bigsby-equipped Burst at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, the custom paint job on the former was absolutely stunning. Unfortunately Micawber was replaced by a card that read "Currently Out on Tour with the Rolling Stones," though it is pretty funny to think about Keith walking into an art museum to grab his go-to guitar.
Noticed that Keith always has to have hollow body electric guitars in his collection. I've been playing constantly since the 70's, and in the last few years, I've been blessed with the resources to live with lots of guitars to find out what I really want. My most beloved guitar when it comes to tone is my Gretsch 6120 with single coil pickups. Notice that Keith uses heavier gauge strings too, and while back when I was really starting to get good I thought I had to have .009's, now I string all my electric guitars with .010's or heavier.
Keith also owns a couple of Music Man Silhouette guitars I remember seeing him play live in the late 80's and into the mid 90's. Played them mostly with the X-Pensive Winos and with the Rolling Stones on the Steel Wheels tour. Saw him playing a black one live and has a matching white MMS and a sunburst model.
I don't why, but a lot of famous players all of sudden started playing Music Man guitars in the late 80's. Ron Wood used a MM as well, on the Urban Jungle/Steel Wheels tours.
Keith was offered Albert King’s guitar in Detroit but refused to pay a heavy price for it ! So he never bought it ! It had been refretted several times & was in bad shape, if anyone can wear a guitar down it’s Albert King ! Seen him play his guitar acoustically in the dressing room at Ethels lounge & it sounded like horse hoofs clomping on the fret board- incredible!😎
Great stuff Ramon, I enjoyed that very much. I can add Gibson Marauder to the Keith list . I owned one for decades . When I got it in the 80's ,I found an old Gibson advert showing Keith & Ronnie Wood "playing theirs" . I never found real gig photos of the Stones using them however ! 😊
He was playing Ernie Ball MusicMan Silhouetes for awhile, I also have seen him with a Parker Fly. Not to mention, the Sunburst Tele used to have 3 pickups... (Start Me Up video)... Finally, I think he was playing a Hamer and a Limed Mahogany Single Cut Les paul Special on SNL...
The guitar used on "Satisfaction" was the Gibson Firebird VII as documented by Dave Hassinger, the Engineer on the session. Look on page #171 of the book "Rolling Stones Gear" by Andy Babiuk. The `52 Goldtop was bought in 1966 the afternoon of their concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
Hey y'all it's Ed and Fred ! we're the guys who's made all the light'n bold , and mindless record logo's guitar strap's for our friend Keith ! and must all of the ones you see Ronnie using also ! we're still stripping the chaps !! Keep Rock'n on from Ed and Fred !
Very well done video, what a great player Keith is, a really standout guitarist and absolute legend to so many. Great research for this video and thanks so much for giving us a glimpse of the tools of Keith's trade!
I heard Keith say that he has over 3000 guitars in storage? Can you imagine 3000 guitars? He did mention that he really only play a hand full and all the rest just sit in a wear house .guitars are like art work to me. The older the better.. the ones that have been played and used in a way are like story tellers. Thank you for the great videos. God Bless
The black 355 is a factory bigsby & custom colour guitar from 1959. Ultra rare. It’s been in Keith’s possession for the better part of 30 years. But with over 3000 guitars in his collection, it’s one of many precious gems (it was great to see Keith and Ronnie using some very beautiful 59/60 Bursts on the Voodoo Lounge tour too)
You mean this one? That's not the same guitar. That's later '60s 355. www.atlasgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/AG_Exhibition_DominiqueTarle_6.jpg
The famous black 1972 Telecaster Custom was bought new at the J. L. Caldwell Music Company in San Antonio, Texas. The salesperson was Gene Warner and he still has the the signed "keeper" store receipt and actual photos selling it to Richards.
@4:20--Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. It still stands. To think that it could've ended that fateful night for Iron Man Keef. The time he put in as a choir boy in his youth must've blessed him for life.
Brilliantly interesting. Keef had the black '57 Les Paul Custom in Rome when i played in the support band in 1966. After the gig there were 2 guitar cases left backstage unguarded, so our drummer and i sat on them til their roadie came. I looked inside the one I sat on and it was the Black Custom LP. 12 years later Steve Marriot told me it had been stolen, not sure when, and after a Small Faces gig someone offered to sell him it ....he recognised it as Keith's, told the guy it was stolen and paid little for it. The next day he called Keith, and returned it as a gift. Hope I got the details correct, perhaps Keith could verify it. Rip Steve.
I was trying to think of anyone else that could rival Keith and I can only come up with AC/DC. They have that thing that when you hear the first chord of one of their songs you know it's them too. The best opening of any song in rock history is arguably, Can't you hear me Knocking!!!
Kev Dean don’t forget-satisfaction? Start me up? Gimme shelter,One hit to the body, dancing with Mr. D, tumbling dice, paint it black, waiting on a friend, jumping Jack flash wild horses, it’s all over now, streetfighting man, Time waits for no one, on and on and on and on ....
@@kevdean9967 It's an opinion thing I guess, but I agree that the intro to "Can't You Hear Me Knockin' " is the best intro ever. Though, I heard Keith say something like "these riffs were made to last a lifetime".
Well done Ramon as always ! A commendable job at documenting Kieth ' s guitars in about 22 mins ! I thought it would be more daunting given his stature and collection . Can' t wait for the Lennon segment that would be a great x mass gift . Happy Christmas and a merry New Year
I know he has/had some Musicman Sillouhettes. I know because I’ve seen him play one in person at the Rose bowl once, and there’s many pictures of him with one. I also happen to have one myself, which of course increases one’s awareness.
Dave you absolutely right about the sound of that album. I had a Ampeg V-4 a distortion knob so I needed no peddles. I used B-25 cabinet with 2-15” speakers and my 74 LP Custom Twentieth Aniversary which I still have.
The '61 "SG Custom" is actually a Les Paul Custom. They changed the name to SG in '62 cause Les didn't like the new design and didn't want his name on it anymore.
Those ,61 Les Paul SG,s are rare and very valuable. Mary Ford played one could play lick for lick with Les . That guitar which her nephew I'm thinking he took it to Pawn stars where the dude paid 90,000$ for it so if you find an older les Paul in the attic that belonged to some of your ancestors you may have a small fortune on your hands lol.
Actually they changed the name because Les and Mary Ford were getting divorced and the divorce proceedings became nasty. Les bowed out of Gibson for a period of time then returned after the divorce.
I like the Sunburst Tele with the black pick guard Keith has been playing live for 45 years on every tour except the 89/90 run. he told me he needed to make room for those customs he played for that Steel Wheels tour, otherwise he would always have it around. See any video of the Stones playing Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" Keith always uses it for that song.
8:43 -- Re: the sonic blue Telecaster. I don't know when or how Keith acquired this guitar, but it was seen in the studio a lot particularly around '67-68. Keith plays it in the 2000 Lightyears promo clip and various Satanic Majesties session pics, while Brian plays it in the JJF clips. Based on this picture (and the one of Brian from the JJF promo shoot), it looks like it has a transition logo (so about '64-'68 vintage) but maple fingerboards were rare then (it could be a rare maple cap custom build). Around the time the Exile reissue came out, Keith made mention in interviews of a favoured '64 Tele that went missing during the Nellcôte heist, so he may very well be referring to this guitar, but I may be wrong.
There was also a 59 Burst with a stop tailpiece used on the 72 tour of America - and a tobacco Strat that was used on the sets opening song Brown Sugar on the same tour...
Yeah Keith and mick T used quite a few different bursts in that period but I'd say the most famous and recognisable is defiantly the 59 with the bigsby used between 69 and 71 by mick T and keith
The 1957 Les Paul Jr “Dice” was a guitar he got from New York punk rocker Neon Leon. The Neon Leon Band were the first band signed to the Rolling Stone’s record label. At a showcase for the band at Traxx in New York City Keith gave the guitar to his driver and told Leon to come by the offices and pick out any guitar of his that Leon wanted. Leon took a Gibson Explorer.
Of all the gear nerd videos out there yours are my run away, drop every thing and watch favorites... Fan-*uckin' tastic... Thanx Ramon Jonny here @ 3:36 am Los Angeles time... cheers
It is always fun to refer to Keith's M- Telly as a 50s classic, with the humbucker neck pickup, the non body through bridge and 6 adjustable steel saddles.. Well, its a classic because Keith made it into one..
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I forgot to mention the still of Keith sitting on a VOX amp with a Gibson Firebird is in my hometown of Fresno California. That day they played at Ratcliffe Stadium May 22, 1965. The Byrds opened up for them that day and the mini concert was filmed by an amatuer camera person. The film has been included in many but many videos, documentaries etc...that concert was cut short by the fans charging the stage and the group leaving in a Brinks Money Armed steel truck!
He used the Epiphone Casino on most songs of The Rolling Stones Now which is in my opinion a collection of songs rather than an album. Great songs!! I think that one of the most refined sounds Richards achieved with a guitar is the superb intro of Down The Road Apiece. The magic of P90s!!
I can remember a photos of Keith ,during a live concert,with a Gibson L5 S,with one brigde humbucker with metal cover.The guitar was in a Les Paul Custom finish style,in black.
@@TheGuitarShow found this video of Clapton with Ron Wood.He also playes a L 5 S,a black one with 2 humbuckers. th-cam.com/video/q7cCeq5MqDs/w-d-xo.html
A very interesting story of KR giutars. I think his white telecaster is the most famous guitar. He has played the solo on "Sympathy…" using both Gibson and Stratocaster and I think the solo from 1991 (Japan) is the best guitar solo from him ever.
I've also seen Keith play a Gibson custom shop black L5-S with a single pickup, but there are shots with Ronnie playing one as well. They may have shared it on tour.
The L5-S was a solid body top of the line guitar similar to the Les Paul but with a thinner more radically contoured arch top body, triple binding and abalone inlaid bubbling champagne glass on the headstock I believe. They were rare and hard to get at the time they were made, never saw one in any of the guitar shops in LA at the time in the 1970s?
When I think Keith I think of the Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar! That plus his black beauty Les Paul and the short lived Flying V were my favorites of his.
flyingburritobro68 yea I know the Dan Armstrong and V were sadly stolen while at Nellcote and I guess technically he still has the Black Beauty but it’s in the Exhibitionist museum
Great video Ramon. I will look for more. I saw a post recently showing John 5 being handed the 1959 Les Paul Sunburst played by Keith and Mick Taylor and which appears on the Ya Yas cover. They said it had been in the Hard Rock Cafe Guitar Vault. Along with many other guitars including Brian Jones teardrop guitar. Was the Hard Rock Cafe crowd the private buyer of the 59 Burst. Have to say, sounded absolutely gorgeous as played by John 5. Thanks.
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Hello Brother! How funny the coincidence, we saw the new Clint Eastwood movie today, "Richard Jewell." at the world famous Hollywood Cinerama Dome here on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. My 11 year old son asked me as we walked out the movie theatre, "Dad what's that building in front of the theatre across the street?" I told him it was once the RCA Records Studios. The Rolling Stones recorded many of their mid 60's hits from "Satisfaction", "Get Off My Cloud"...."Paint it black." plus Jefferson Airplane and tons of others recorded there. My son now knows! Great post!! Merry Christmas!!
Unlikely story Jack in the Box is across the street
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@@jamesball5743 Amoeba records is on the South side of Sunset Blvd in front is Jack In The Crack. Cinerama Done Southside of Sunset Blvd. In front is now Los Angeles Film School which is the old RCA Rocords building.
Great video! I thought of at least one guitar that you did not mention. He uses it on Ruby Tuesday on the live album Flashpoint. I believe it is a custom job with a shape somewhat similar to a Telecaster, but what's unique about it is that it has nylon strings. If I can find more information about it, I'll let you know! :)
Exhaustive. Would love to hear Keith comment on why he used certain guitars for specific tunings. Was his on stage use of a guitar due to it being the one he had during composition at home, or because he played that guitar on the album. Guitarists usually are so conservative: Strat, LP, Tele, SG, & maybe a Ric. Keith isn’t necessarily unusual in his experimentation, but most players are not nearly as gifted as he is.
Hey Tony , It Happens to EVERYONE. I toured with a beautiful bunch of guys - 3 provinces over 3 years (different tours). I had a Les Paul stolen in '81 I believe the guitar was a 72. Then it's gone. For me it was painful; for Keith maybe so maybe not. But it did happen a lot. You talk with other musicians and I find it sad - I never saw a concerned cop or a detailed investigation...Nor did I hear of any.
Yep, I had a 1963 SG Special stolen in 1969 - I was a twenty-one year old fool who left it in the bandwagon overnight - in Londonderry, Ireland - the next morning it was gone - probably on its way over the Atlantic - I've still got my 64, with the vibrola
Watching this brought back my memories of the Travis Bean t1000 I bought in 1980. I borrowed the money from one of my friends. I'm not surprised Keith is not shown playing it very much because it weighs about 12 pounds. Aluminum neck and koa wood body. Very interesting video man
Some I can think of that he played were a black strat in the 70's, a 70's model Gibson L-5S sunburst (shortly after the mentioned L-6S), a 70's Gibson Firebird, and a custom 63 ES-345 natural finish. Also, Mick played a Jazzmaster on around the Black and Blue era, and it cut out, and when the tech fixed it he noticed it was a 'serviceman special" (guitar built in Philippines and sold to unsuspecting servicement).
Couldn't agree more. Both comments very true. If anyone doubts Mick Taylor's playing then just listen to 'Vacation' off of Blues from Laurel Canyon* for one example of how good he is. Really the entire Crusade + Blues from Laurel Canyon were both incredible all the way through. Can't think of a bad song really. I also find myself listening to those two albums way more than the beano album and A hard Road (not that those aren't incredible as well).
As a collector, it amazes me that most of these guitars were nothing special. We imply a lot of the amazement of the great riffs to the instrument and it gains mystique and reverence. Then we buy them, and feel like we have a part in their story. Satisfying to say the least. Thank you Keith!
The Keith burst was last seen in March 71 on the goodbye Britain tour. On none photo of Nellcote is the Keith burst seen. There is a fantastic book out, about all the instruments of the Stones, fantastic photos and stories.
I was just in Rainbow Guitars in Tucson a couple of days ago. I was not aware that Keith's ES-355 came from that store. I purchased a Taylor acoustic while I was there.
Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, but I was hoping to see something about a beautiful pre-CBS tobacco sunburst Stratocaster. In the summer of ‘75 I had taken my SG Special to Alex Axe on 48th St, NYC for some repairs. While I was in the shop, the technician saw me eyeing the guitar I recall being in a single glass case. When I asked how much they wanted for it, he said it is not for sale because it belonged to Keith. I couldn’t tell you what year the guitar was made, but looking back, the Stones did several shows in the Garden in June of 75 so it is possible.
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I don't care what they say, he's one of the best guitarists of all time. love his blues playing. It's "raunch and roll,"
Keith is a very good guitar player but he is better on acoustic, that where he really shines
@@MrBrungers Yes I heard him play the blues on acoustic and he blew me away. His phrasing and playing and picking is just like the ol' blues masters
I wish that some folks would understand that guitarist and speed do not have anything to do with how good they are. A lot of people are under the impression that the mark of a guitarist is the amount of notes played in the least amount of time.
@@johnthornton4266 Exactly right , its soul and feel more than quickness ! Joe Satriani and Chet Atkins are great guitar players but after a song and a half , I've heard enough , with Keith I listen all damn day !
We should all recognize one thing: the question of being the "best" guitarist is an endless and fruitless rabbit-hole of an argument. In his early years Keith may not have had the virtuosity of Clapton/Beck/Page/Mick Taylor/Peter Green/etc. What he did have was an uncanny ability to take simple ideas from RnB and blues records, and somehow transform them into good straightforward songs, many of which have become so iconic over the decades to have the ultimate historical effect of defining whole tracts of rock 'n' roll. And Keith himself admits he was still learning the whole time. He was in that unique place and time to be creative, and be recorded while being among the first to come up with the ideas. Very few other artists can make a similar claim. And to this day Keith is very humble about it all.
My boy Keith is my R&R idol. So good, so cool, so iconic. Amazing he's still with us!
When the earth is a burned out cinder and aliens are exploring it for evidence of previous life, keef will be there to greet them.
Is good
Keith has kept his curiosity...the way he smiles when a guitar line works out so sweet that it surprises him, this tells me he is a natural. The open tunings, playing custom 5-strings, changing hardware etc, that’s a boy in love with guitars. In the Stones/Scorsese “Shine A Light” concert DVD at the very end of the bonus material he enjoys playing an acoustic 12-fret 000 while everyone else checks out the Clintons. He doesn’t care, this is Keith when he is at home.
Yes! Another one! I love when you do these short documentaries on different player's guitars. They're interesting and unique among the other guitar related content on the platform.
Pleasure
what a brilliant documentary you put together here. Grateful to you for this!
Pleasure
As an electric guitar fan since the 1960's, I have greatly enjoyed watching several of your videos. Well done and please don't stop.
Many thanks
Was just watching a show from the Main Offender tour (1993) and he played a Music Man Silhouette on a lot of the songs - including Gimme Shelter.
Yes and in the winnos also.
He started playing that Music Man on the ‘89 Steel Wheels tour
Thank you Ramon, Merry Christmas
You too Bill
Thanks for the video, Kieth Richards is a widely overlooked guitar genius.
excellent work, i do know of a few other guitars that Keith absolutely had at one point or another. you can find a video on youtube of a 1978 performance of Beast of Burden where Keith is playing a 50s Les Paul Special in TV yellow and I'm sure it's not Dice as it can be clearly seen having a single cutaway body as well as a neck pickup. another guitar I've never seen footage of him playing but can be seen in a 1970s era Les Paul ad is a mid 50s Les Paul Black Beauty with the staple pickup in the neck position (google "Keith Richards Black Beauty Les Paul," you'll absolutely find it). In June I was fortunate enough to have an audience with his late 50s Black Beauty as well as his Bigsby-equipped Burst at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, the custom paint job on the former was absolutely stunning. Unfortunately Micawber was replaced by a card that read "Currently Out on Tour with the Rolling Stones," though it is pretty funny to think about Keith walking into an art museum to grab his go-to guitar.
Thanks for the comment
Brian Jennings saw that same museum note when I visited. Funny. Then bummed.
Noticed that Keith always has to have hollow body electric guitars in his collection. I've been playing constantly since the 70's, and in the last few years, I've been blessed with the resources to live with lots of guitars to find out what I really want. My most beloved guitar when it comes to tone is my Gretsch 6120 with single coil pickups. Notice that Keith uses heavier gauge strings too, and while back when I was really starting to get good I thought I had to have .009's, now I string all my electric guitars with .010's or heavier.
Keith also owns a couple of Music Man Silhouette guitars I remember seeing him play live in the late 80's and into the mid 90's. Played them mostly with the X-Pensive Winos and with the Rolling Stones on the Steel Wheels tour. Saw him playing a black one live and has a matching white MMS and a sunburst model.
Right 👍🏼
I don't why, but a lot of famous players all of sudden started playing Music Man guitars in the late 80's. Ron Wood used a MM as well, on the Urban Jungle/Steel Wheels tours.
Keith was offered Albert King’s guitar in Detroit but refused to pay a heavy price for it ! So he never bought it ! It had been refretted several times & was in bad shape, if anyone can wear a guitar down it’s Albert King ! Seen him play his guitar acoustically in the dressing room at Ethels lounge & it sounded like horse hoofs clomping on the fret board- incredible!😎
Great stuff Ramon, I enjoyed that very much. I can add Gibson Marauder to the Keith list . I owned one for decades . When I got it in the 80's ,I found an old Gibson advert showing Keith & Ronnie Wood "playing theirs" . I never found real gig photos of the Stones using them however ! 😊
Thanks Shaun for this info
Excellent episode of History of his Guitars. 👍🏼👌🏽 Keith is definitely one of my favorites.❤
He was playing Ernie Ball MusicMan Silhouetes for awhile, I also have seen him with a Parker Fly. Not to mention, the Sunburst Tele used to have 3 pickups... (Start Me Up video)... Finally, I think he was playing a Hamer and a Limed Mahogany Single Cut Les paul Special on SNL...
Great, great upload, Ramon. Keith's the man!
Cheers, mate.
Pleasure Ricardo
11:48 that is a priceless picture of Hendrix
he is like
''What the hell is this Guitar boy''
Agreed! lol
Backstage at MSG
Brother welcome back I enjoyed every second of that one man , merry Xmas to you and all the great family
Merry Xmas to you too brother
The guitar used on "Satisfaction" was the Gibson Firebird VII as documented by Dave Hassinger, the Engineer on the session. Look on page #171 of the book "Rolling Stones Gear" by Andy Babiuk. The `52 Goldtop was bought in 1966 the afternoon of their concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
Hey y'all it's Ed and Fred ! we're the guys who's made all the light'n bold , and mindless record logo's guitar strap's for our friend Keith ! and must all of the ones you see Ronnie using also ! we're still stripping the chaps !! Keep Rock'n on from Ed and Fred !
keith has one of the largest, most valuable guitar collections in the world....3000 guitars !!! (and 600 vintage amps!!)
Greedy bleedin skaghied!
TANTRUMGASM Joe Bonamassa another huge vintage collector
Very well done video, what a great player Keith is, a really standout guitarist and absolute legend to so many.
Great research for this video and thanks so much for giving us a glimpse of the tools of Keith's trade!
Thank you Derek
@@TheGuitarShow More than welcome, keep up the great work.
I heard Keith say that he has over 3000 guitars in storage? Can you imagine 3000 guitars? He did mention that he really only play a hand full and all the rest just sit in a wear house .guitars are like art work to me. The older the better.. the ones that have been played and used in a way are like story tellers. Thank you for the great videos. God Bless
Keith Richards is a great guitarist, no doubt about it. It is an impressive collection of guitars here. Cheers!
Another great video. Keith couldn't have left his guitar on the Victoria line as he claims since it didn't open until 1968
Well spotted Stuart thanks
@@TheGuitarShow Keith richards is the Rolling Stones Multi-Guitarist cause he plays a variety of Guitars.
@@Ndlanding You have to say that in John Cleese's voice.
Erm...no, Graham Chapman
Thank you for this... Keith Richards was the one who really influenced me in regards to playing lead guitar. Cheers.
really? keef is primarily a rhythm guy. sympathy for the devil is a reeeally good solo though.
The Goddamn Batman his leads are tasty. Gimme Shelter is another
I just start to explore his chops and I must say, top notch. Far better than I thought it would be. Open G!
His accoustic songs are really great
Thanks for the comment Lauren.
Another great History of his Guitars video Thanks! I enjoy them a lot Cheers.
Nice work. If I could play one of those it would be that yellow 57 jr for sure - all day and night!
Agreed a beautiful guitar
crush537 yea As long as it has the single P90- they scream!!
too bad Gibson didn't make double cut TV Models in 1957.
@@richardrybinski2320 true. the '57 Les Paul Junior was singe cut. They got it wrong.
Tengo una double cut special con P90 y es la única que permanece mientras otras cambio o vendo. Es maravillosa.
The black 355 is a factory bigsby & custom colour guitar from 1959. Ultra rare. It’s been in Keith’s possession for the better part of 30 years. But with over 3000 guitars in his collection, it’s one of many precious gems (it was great to see Keith and Ronnie using some very beautiful 59/60 Bursts on the Voodoo Lounge tour too)
Thanks
You mean this one? That's not the same guitar. That's later '60s 355.
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Wrong. Keith got his 355 Ebony in the mid ‘90’s around the Bridges to Babylon tour.
The famous black 1972 Telecaster Custom was bought new at the J. L. Caldwell Music Company in San Antonio, Texas. The salesperson was Gene Warner and he still has the the signed "keeper" store receipt and actual photos selling it to Richards.
The picture of Jimi checking out Keef's Dan Armstrong is extra cool. Would've loved to hear Jimi rocking one of those...
Me too
@4:20--Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. It still stands. To think that it could've ended that fateful night for Iron Man Keef. The time he put in as a choir boy in his youth must've blessed him for life.
Brilliantly interesting.
Keef had the black '57 Les Paul Custom in Rome when i played in the support band in 1966. After the gig there were 2 guitar cases left backstage unguarded, so our drummer and i sat on them til their roadie came. I looked inside the one I sat on and it was the Black Custom LP.
12 years later Steve Marriot told me it had been stolen, not sure when, and after a Small Faces gig someone offered to sell him it ....he recognised it as Keith's, told the guy it was stolen and paid little for it. The next day he called Keith, and returned it as a gift.
Hope I got the details correct, perhaps Keith could verify it.
Rip Steve.
The security guys were more likely to steel them as anyone.
@@okgo8315 Awesome story.
i suspect the hummingbird burst served keith and the band welll....love the research ,great job
Wow! He had a lot of guitars! Great video!
Pleasure Criss
He also has a Red ES 355 with a Bigsby, a 50’s Tobacco Sunburst LP Jr and a Single Cut LP TV Jr
Thanks Tom
Always loved his 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard.
No one has more instantly recognizable introductions to songs than Keith Richard
I was trying to think of anyone else that could rival Keith and I can only come up with AC/DC. They have that thing that when you hear the first chord of one of their songs you know it's them too. The best opening of any song in rock history is arguably, Can't you hear me Knocking!!!
Kev Dean
don’t forget-satisfaction? Start me up? Gimme shelter,One hit to the body, dancing with Mr. D, tumbling dice, paint it black, waiting on a friend, jumping Jack flash wild horses, it’s all over now, streetfighting man, Time waits for no one, on and on and on and on ....
@@kevdean9967 It's an opinion thing I guess, but I agree that the intro to "Can't You Hear Me Knockin' " is the best intro ever.
Though, I heard Keith say something like "these riffs were made to last a lifetime".
@@Jodyrides Yeah, I know all the tunes including the Nankar Pledge penned ones dude!
Great vid mate, Merry Christmas to you and yours, oh and Bob :-) 🎄🎅👊✌
Thanks merry Christmas to you and your family
Well done Ramon as always ! A commendable job at documenting Kieth ' s guitars in about 22 mins ! I thought it would be more daunting given his stature and collection . Can' t wait for the Lennon segment that would be a great x mass gift . Happy Christmas and a merry New Year
Thanks Franco happy xmas to you and family
Interesting stuff - well done Ramon.
Really well done. I was hoping yopu'd keep going into the Wino tours when he used another, very specific arsenal of guitars.
I know he has/had some Musicman Sillouhettes.
I know because I’ve seen him play one in person at the Rose bowl once, and there’s many pictures of him with one.
I also happen to have one myself, which of course increases one’s awareness.
WOW GUITARS to die FOR!!! Amazing TALENT
Agreed
Dave you absolutely right about the sound of that album. I had a Ampeg V-4 a distortion knob so I needed no peddles. I used B-25 cabinet with 2-15” speakers and my 74 LP Custom Twentieth Aniversary which I still have.
Informative as per. Merry Christmas Ramon xx
Merry xmas to you too Dave bro.
The '61 "SG Custom" is actually a Les Paul Custom. They changed the name to SG in '62 cause Les didn't like the new design and didn't want his name on it anymore.
Those ,61 Les Paul SG,s are rare and very valuable. Mary Ford played one could play lick for lick with Les . That guitar which her nephew I'm thinking he took it to Pawn stars where the dude paid 90,000$ for it so if you find an older les Paul in the attic that belonged to some of your ancestors you may have a small fortune on your hands lol.
Actually they changed the name because Les and Mary Ford were getting divorced and the divorce proceedings became nasty. Les bowed out of Gibson for a period of time then returned after the divorce.
I like the Sunburst Tele with the black pick guard Keith has been playing live for 45 years on every tour except the 89/90 run. he told me he needed to make room for those customs he played for that Steel Wheels tour, otherwise he would always have it around. See any video of the Stones playing Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" Keith always uses it for that song.
8:43 -- Re: the sonic blue Telecaster. I don't know when or how Keith acquired this guitar, but it was seen in the studio a lot particularly around '67-68. Keith plays it in the 2000 Lightyears promo clip and various Satanic Majesties session pics, while Brian plays it in the JJF clips. Based on this picture (and the one of Brian from the JJF promo shoot), it looks like it has a transition logo (so about '64-'68 vintage) but maple fingerboards were rare then (it could be a rare maple cap custom build). Around the time the Exile reissue came out, Keith made mention in interviews of a favoured '64 Tele that went missing during the Nellcôte heist, so he may very well be referring to this guitar, but I may be wrong.
Keith was using the Epiphone Casino on the Mike Douglas Show in '64, just happened to be watching earlier today...
There was also a 59 Burst with a stop tailpiece used on the 72 tour of America - and a tobacco Strat that was used on the sets opening song Brown Sugar on the same tour...
Thanks I did come across this burst but didn't have enough to include it... So thanks for brining it up
There’s also the Rosewood Telecaster which has made a few appearances...
Yeah Keith and mick T used quite a few different bursts in that period but I'd say the most famous and recognisable is defiantly the 59 with the bigsby used between 69 and 71 by mick T and keith
The 1957 Les Paul Jr “Dice” was a guitar he got from New York punk rocker Neon Leon. The Neon Leon Band were the first band signed to the Rolling Stone’s record label. At a showcase for the band at Traxx in New York City Keith gave the guitar to his driver and told Leon to come by the offices and pick out any guitar of his that Leon wanted. Leon took a Gibson Explorer.
Interesting and good upload thank you
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Great history of Keef's axes.
The Mick Taylor story, along with the guitar retuning back into the fold was fascinating.
Great stuff .
Thank you.
Of all the gear nerd videos out there yours are my run away, drop every
thing and watch favorites...
Fan-*uckin' tastic... Thanx Ramon
Jonny here @ 3:36 am Los Angeles time... cheers
Thanks that means a lot brother happy xmas to you and family
@@TheGuitarShow And same to you, mate
@@jonnybeck6723 Cheers to both of you - I like all this. . . . . .
It is always fun to refer to Keith's M- Telly as a 50s classic, with the humbucker neck pickup, the non body through bridge and 6 adjustable steel saddles..
Well, its a classic because Keith made it into one..
I forgot to mention the still of Keith sitting on a VOX amp with a Gibson Firebird is in my hometown of Fresno California. That day they played at Ratcliffe Stadium May 22, 1965. The Byrds opened up for them that day and the mini concert was filmed by an amatuer camera person. The film has been included in many but many videos, documentaries etc...that concert was cut short by the fans charging the stage and the group leaving in a Brinks Money Armed steel truck!
Thanks amazing thanks for this!!!!
good one Ramon ! Cheers and Merry Christmas
Merry Xmas to you too Arvon
One of my guitar hero. Thank you Ramon...
Some extensive review Ramon: wow ! Well, the man has got some career too ;-)
Thanks Rene happy xmas
Yes, some day he will be famous :-)
He used the Epiphone Casino on most songs of The Rolling Stones Now which is in my opinion a collection of songs rather than an album. Great songs!! I think that one of the most refined sounds Richards achieved with a guitar is the superb intro of Down The Road Apiece. The magic of P90s!!
I can remember a photos of Keith ,during a live concert,with a Gibson L5 S,with one brigde humbucker with metal cover.The guitar was in a Les Paul Custom finish style,in black.
Yes I remember that one as well a very cool looking guitar
@@TheGuitarShow i think it was a special order,out of the early days of the Custom Shop.But i don't have further info on this one.
@@TheGuitarShow found this video of Clapton with Ron Wood.He also playes a L 5 S,a black one with 2 humbuckers.
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Awesome video and detail. Thanks for posting
Your videos on History Of His Guitars are always great and interesting. Do you think you can do Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, or Hilton Valentine?
Yes of course Paul McCartney would be amazing
what about pete townsend?? o_o
A very interesting story of KR giutars. I think his white telecaster is the most famous guitar. He has played the solo on "Sympathy…" using both Gibson and Stratocaster and I think the solo from 1991 (Japan) is the best guitar solo from him ever.
That was on a white Music Man Silhouette.
"Micawber", his BSBV Tele is his most famous. Google it.
I've also seen Keith play a Gibson custom shop black L5-S with a single pickup, but there are shots with Ronnie playing one as well. They may have shared it on tour.
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The L5-S was a solid body top of the line guitar similar to the Les Paul but with a thinner more radically contoured arch top body, triple binding and abalone inlaid bubbling champagne glass on the headstock I believe. They were rare and hard to get at the time they were made, never saw one in any of the guitar shops in LA at the time in the 1970s?
I didnt know Mick Taylors guitar at Hyde park show was Keiths old LP! Keith sure does like the trapeze tailpieces. Fantastic video!! Well done.
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Top vid, Ramon. Thank you.
Excellent in depth research. Well played sir.
What about the '71 Telecaster Custom Natural/Black Guard he used for a while mid 70's? I had one in High School and loved it.
‘72 but yes you’re right
To be like him or ?
My favorite Keef electric guitar will always be his black ‘55 Custom with the twin P-90’s. That thing is so beautiful!
The neck pick up is a Alnico 5.
Excellent and very informative!
Thanks Eddie
When I think Keith I think of the Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar! That plus his black beauty Les Paul and the short lived Flying V were my favorites of his.
LedRambler96 Both were stolen years ago. The Dan Armstrong was a prototype. Keith had someone make him another but said it never sounded right
" THE ALTAMONT AXE...!!!" 💀🙏🏼💖☮️
flyingburritobro68 yea I know the Dan Armstrong and V were sadly stolen while at Nellcote and I guess technically he still has the Black Beauty but it’s in the Exhibitionist museum
Another great video!
Thank you Donald
That Hofner he played in the Boy Blue had a huge neck!!!
Not Applicable I noticed that too!
Great video Ramon. I will look for more. I saw a post recently showing John 5 being handed the 1959 Les Paul Sunburst played by Keith and Mick Taylor and which appears on the Ya Yas cover. They said it had been in the Hard Rock Cafe Guitar Vault. Along with many other guitars including Brian Jones teardrop guitar. Was the Hard Rock Cafe crowd the private buyer of the 59 Burst. Have to say, sounded absolutely gorgeous as played by John 5. Thanks.
Hello Brother! How funny the coincidence, we saw the new Clint Eastwood movie today, "Richard Jewell." at the world famous Hollywood Cinerama Dome here on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. My 11 year old son asked me as we walked out the movie theatre, "Dad what's that building in front of the theatre across the street?" I told him it was once the RCA Records Studios. The Rolling Stones recorded many of their mid 60's hits from "Satisfaction", "Get Off My Cloud"...."Paint it black." plus Jefferson Airplane and tons of others recorded there. My son now knows! Great post!! Merry Christmas!!
Merry Xmas bro and great that we share synchronicity
@@TheGuitarShow U Betcha!! ¡ Saludos desde Los Ángeles California mí amigo!
@ Grasias hermano
Unlikely story Jack in the Box is across the street
@@jamesball5743 Amoeba records is on the South side of Sunset Blvd in front is Jack In The Crack. Cinerama Done Southside of Sunset Blvd. In front is now Los Angeles Film School which is the old RCA Rocords building.
Great video! I thought of at least one guitar that you did not mention. He uses it on Ruby Tuesday on the live album Flashpoint. I believe it is a custom job with a shape somewhat similar to a Telecaster, but what's unique about it is that it has nylon strings. If I can find more information about it, I'll let you know! :)
Thanks for this Marlowe
Keith had 2 Sadowskys, Guts and Electric Guts were their names.
Really enjoying the video m8 keep them up
Thanks
Exhaustive. Would love to hear Keith comment on why he used certain guitars for specific tunings. Was his on stage use of a guitar due to it being the one he had during composition at home, or because he played that guitar on the album. Guitarists usually are so conservative: Strat, LP, Tele, SG, & maybe a Ric. Keith isn’t necessarily unusual in his experimentation, but most players are not nearly as gifted as he is.
Also do one on Mick Taylor
He's on the list thanks
Yea micks axes would be awesome
Very cool!. I don't know why I've never seen a Les Paul Junior for sale. A friend once had one and it was VERY nice.
I could of bought one new in 1971 for $225.
Hey Tony , It Happens to EVERYONE. I toured with a beautiful bunch of guys - 3 provinces over 3 years (different tours). I had a Les Paul stolen in '81 I believe the guitar was a 72. Then it's gone. For me it was painful; for Keith maybe so maybe not. But it did happen a lot. You talk with other musicians and I find it sad - I never saw a concerned cop or a detailed investigation...Nor did I hear of any.
Yep, I had a 1963 SG Special stolen in 1969 - I was a twenty-one year old fool who left it in the bandwagon overnight - in Londonderry, Ireland - the next morning it was gone - probably on its way over the Atlantic - I've still got my 64, with the vibrola
that sucks but what are they supposed to do track down and interview every junkie in the city and hope hes honest about it?
Watching this brought back my memories of the Travis Bean t1000 I bought in 1980. I borrowed the money from one of my friends. I'm not surprised Keith is not shown playing it very much because it weighs about 12 pounds. Aluminum neck and koa wood body. Very interesting video man
Some I can think of that he played were a black strat in the 70's, a 70's model Gibson L-5S sunburst (shortly after the mentioned L-6S), a 70's Gibson Firebird, and a custom 63 ES-345 natural finish. Also, Mick played a Jazzmaster on around the Black and Blue era, and it cut out, and when the tech fixed it he noticed it was a 'serviceman special" (guitar built in Philippines and sold to unsuspecting servicement).
Thank you!
Very cool guitar roundup
Hope you make a Mick Taylor video too! I think he is really under appreciated not just from the Stones but also for his performance w/ Mayall
taylors vibrato is regocnisable from a mile away//
Every bit the equal of Clapton and Peter Green.
Couldn't agree more. Both comments very true. If anyone doubts Mick Taylor's playing then just listen to 'Vacation' off of Blues from Laurel Canyon* for one example of how good he is. Really the entire Crusade + Blues from Laurel Canyon were both incredible all the way through. Can't think of a bad song really. I also find myself listening to those two albums way more than the beano album and A hard Road (not that those aren't incredible as well).
As a collector, it amazes me that most of these guitars were nothing special. We imply a lot of the amazement of the great riffs to the instrument and it gains mystique and reverence. Then we buy them, and feel like we have a part in their story. Satisfying to say the least. Thank you Keith!
Great comment thanks
Korina V, black guard teles ad the burst are all pretty special, as well as his mono 355's.
Amazing! Thank you.
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keith´s guitar butler is kept busy. thanks, great vid
That was a damn good video. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada.
Thank you!
The Keith burst was last seen in March 71 on the goodbye Britain tour. On none photo of Nellcote is the Keith burst seen. There is a fantastic book out, about all the instruments of the Stones, fantastic photos and stories.
The Mary Kaye stratocaster was also used on Chuck Berry's film
I was just in Rainbow Guitars in Tucson a couple of days ago. I was not aware that Keith's ES-355 came from that store. I purchased a Taylor acoustic while I was there.
Love the content keep up the great work
Pleasure Don
Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, but I was hoping to see something about a beautiful pre-CBS tobacco sunburst Stratocaster. In the summer of ‘75 I had taken my SG Special to Alex Axe on 48th St, NYC for some repairs. While I was in the shop, the technician saw me eyeing the guitar I recall being in a single glass case. When I asked how much they wanted for it, he said it is not for sale because it belonged to Keith. I couldn’t tell you what year the guitar was made, but looking back, the Stones did several shows in the Garden in June of 75 so it is possible.
Thanks for that nice story Ramon.
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