Here’s one of John’s famous Vox guitar straps that he used throughout the the mid-’60s. This thing is remarkably “Heavy Metal”-looking for a “Mop Top” artifact.
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From The Hard Rock Vault – Brian Jones Teardrop Guitar
Jeff Nolan, Hard Rock’s resident historian and all-around music nerd, sits down with Kip Elder, one of the best luthiers in the country, to talk about some of the pieces from Hard Rock’s memorabilia collection.
Here, Jeff and Kip show us Brian Jones’ Vox Mark III, one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most iconic guitars and one of the most incredible pieces from Hard Rock’s collection.
John 5 Plays 7 unbelievably iconic guitars from Hard Rock’s vault. This will blow your mind.
The amazing John 5 joined Hard Rock historian Jeff Nolan for a deep dive into guitar nerditry. In this video, he plays Jimi Hendrix’s SG Custom, Brian Jones’s iconic Vox Mk. III “Teardrop”, Paul Kossoff’s ’57 Les Paul Jr., Paul Stanley’s Ibanez Iceman, the ’58 Les Paul from the cover of the Stones’ live classic ‘Get You Ya Ya’s Out’, Jason Becker’s Peavey “Numbers” guitar, Duane Allman’s Telecaster (the one he used on Wilson Pickett’s “Hey Jude”) and John’s own 1967 Telecaster Custom. This one was a labor of love. Hope you enjoy it.
FOR GUITAR NERDS ONLY: The gear used was a Valvetrain 416 head and 1×12 cabinet (http://www.valvetrainamps.com/). When you hear a gain pedal, it’s an Analogman Beano Boost (http://www.analogman.com/beano.htm) . An Origin Effects Cali76 compressor was used at its most subtle setting to even things out for the recording. We used a Shure SM57 straight into the camera input.
All the instruments were professionally teched by master luthier Kip Elder of Starr Guitars (https://starrguitars.myshopify.com/)
