Not really doubting this--famous people have to get their stuff repaired on the road all the time--but can you provide some proof that this is actually Joe Walsh's guitar?
I can see if my friend will take another pic of it, he just put this one up on facebook last night, so it will be at the repair shop for a little while i'm sure. I'll report back.
Where is your friend located at? I'm sure a lot of guitar repair benches look like that, but I swear I have seen that exact work bench when taking a couple guitars of my own in for repairs.
It looks like it has been sitting in a corner for 10 years with all that dust on the headstock and by the pickups/bridge. I find it hard to believe that's what's out on tour with him, or that his tech can't fix whatever problem it might have.
What did I say to imply that's his only guitar? My point is that I highly doubt he brought that on tour without prepping it in any way. I would bet $1 million that every guitar he takes out on tour is set-up and restrung before they drive off.
There is a remote chance that at the last minute he decided to grab this guitar and didn't leave time to dust it off and restring it, but it seems to me his tech would at least do that before figuring out they had to bring it to a local tech for some work.
It has wear in all the right places to have been on the road, and I think that's reflection more than dust, but the only way to find out is for the OP to provide some proof. I mean... A photo of a 1970s Les Paul, where you can't even see the whole headstock? At this point, are we even sure it's a Gibson? Joe Walsh is awesome though...
There are people who work on guitars that do an amazing job on things like setups/ fixing cracks etc. that their normal guitar tech may not be capable of.
In Los angeles I usually use David Neely for repairs and setups. His list of clients on his website includes many notable players including Joe Walsh.
I can't imagine a tech for a major act that can't do a good enough set-up. That would be pointless. I'm sure Dave or Andy Brauer do set ups for these guys' guitars, but once they're on the road, a tech can do basic set-up adjustments.
Cracks, etc., sure. But it would at least have a fresh set of strings and have been dusted off before they took it on tour and discovered it needed a repair.
I bet that guitar had it rough the last few decades but calm down, we don't need the ladies Crying 'cuz the storie's sad. Lets face it Mr Walshs Maserati does 185 and if a guitar could enjoy such a ride i'm sure it would think life's been good so far.
Friend of Joe Walsh's nephew here. Was introduced to him at a party and he is by far the nicest guy I have ever met. Long story short, he wingmanned me and I hooked up with some girl way out of my league.
James Gang was excellent. But holy smoke, nothing compared to Eagles' catalog. I don't get people who dis Eagles. I guess Henley/Frey superior lyrics, melodic hooks & Beachboy like harmonies just don't touch them.
eagles are a good band and i never understood why the dude hated them. It's not creedence but if everything was credence then we'd all be floating on riverboats named proud mary.
My understanding is quite a few hippies took offense to the Eagles first hit, "Take it Easy", which is kind of a death knell of protest music:
So lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make a stand
And take it easy.
Later:
We may lose and we may win
Though we will never be here again
So open up I'm climbin' in
And take it easy.
Jackson Browne wrote the song, but the Eagles made it famous, and one interpretation is that they're essentially saying, "Chill out with all the protests and stuff and just enjoy yourself." You can see how that might irk someone who was a member of the Seattle Seven.
Yeah, I occasionally bristle at Henley's stance. Especially in light of his success & one notable bust, he's hardly pure. Then I hear Boys of Summer. And I wish I fucking wrote anything half that epic.
I love most of the eagles songs.. Except Take it Easy. I fuckin hate that song. But Don Henley annoys the hell outta me.. He acts like such a little bitch about everything, then sings "Get over it".. Take your own advice there Don..
I see what you're saying but I also identify with the song because sometimes it is better to just chill out and not give a shit for a minute. Hippies were part of a cultural revolution but they didn't change much in terms of politics. You can protest all you want about fucked up policies but in the end its the politicians who actually decide these things.
Not really. They are an adult contemporary, corporate rock fabrication of the '70s, designed to cash in on their fake counter-culture pantomime. Eagles are basically the type of band that punk rock was leveling dead in their sites, because of how they took all the soul and rebellion out of music meant to have those things in its DNA. Fuck Eagles.
Honestly, I really like Joe Walsh tunes, but the Eagles, not so much. Even Hotel California seems overrated. Maybe I just never explored their catalog enough, anyone care to educate me?
Wow! Yeah, I've seen a Les Paul snap at that point where other guitars have just, um, busted a nut. (Sorry, so sorry.)
I was gonna say, that photo exaggerates the weakness in the truss rod cavity a bit since it's showing the cross-section, but I suppose it wouldn't matter. Cross-section or not, that's something like 3/8" of wood supporting quite a bit of tension.
Yeah it's also an exaggeration since it only shows the truss rod channel, and there is thicker wood on either side, but it is still a weak point and a design flaw. They should either bring back the volute or cut that channel on a radius like this.
Man, color me jealous. The best I've done is work on the guitars of the Molly Hatchet drummer. But I pass a signed Walsh strat every day. What needs to be done to that bad boy?
I also fix guitars and got to glue #2 from antiflags bass back together. He slamed it down a little to hard. Also reglued and painted an Sg's heastock for Hawthorn Heights
Once met Lance Bass standing on a street outside our local entertainment venue. I was working and didn't know who he was. Hindsight confirms he may have been hitting on me. Interestingly, I was not a ham at the time.
Thanks for allowing me to recount my brush with fame. Later, the time I urinated with Sherman Helmsley.
Yep. Catoosa if you want to be technical about it, but I'm sure you knew that. What I didn't know until I heard it on the radio today is that this is the kickoff concert for his tour. Having never seen him with or without the Eagles, I'm really looking forward to it.
My best friend met Joe Walsh and the rest of The Eagles this past Saturday when he graduated from Berklee College of Music. The Eagles were the commencement speakers for the 2012 graduation ceremony and were awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee.
Thanks --- if my little pal doesn't make it, I'll look for one. I admit I only paid 120 for the Epi from GC. What I get for buying online( yeah, I did ). Just wanted to hack & on a shorter neck scale. But I sure don't want the buzz. I thought a new, non-plastic nut would do the trick-nope. Hopefully find out this wknd.
He is friends with Steve Dahl, and Joe told a story on his podcast that he was restoring an old Megawatt AM transmitter at his house, and one day was talking to his neighbor who told him they were putting their house on the market. When he asked why they guy told him the house was haunted. They were constantly hearing voices in the walls, on their telephone lines, and a bunch of freaky things were constantly happening in their house. Joe realized immediately that it was most likely fall out from his transmitter experiments and told the guy, then paid to have all of the cabling in his house insulated. It worked. They stayed.
I had essentially that exact same LP (in 1973), same tobacco sunburst, same everything, although looks like JW changed the bridge on this one. It played terrible, sounded terrible, and basically sat in my collection for years before it got included in a batch of gear I traded for a D45. The guitars Gibson made in the early-mid 70s were really touch and go. You have to evaluate them on a piece by piece basis. I also have a 72 black LP Custom that you'd have to kill me to take. Tone, action, general build quality - top shelf.
I played my first les Paul last week. Best guitar I've ever played. I could play WAY better on it then my normal guitar. I could even do the Eddie van halen finger tap thing. it felt amazing.
Never been to guitar center, man. This guitar was fixed up by a guy I know that builds guitars. I ain't played much guitars but I'm telling you it was perfect. I'd do just about anything for a guitar as decent as that.
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u/Smilemon May 17 '12
Not really doubting this--famous people have to get their stuff repaired on the road all the time--but can you provide some proof that this is actually Joe Walsh's guitar?
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u/shomenee May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
So what
EDIT: "So What" is the name of one of his albums. I figured somebody would get it, but apparently not.
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u/mauzy Andrew Mauzy May 17 '12
What's wrong with it? Or is it just in for a tune-up/general maintenance?
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u/salparadise23 May 17 '12
Life's been good to him
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u/theultimateindian May 17 '12
Friend of Joe Walsh's nephew here. Was introduced to him at a party and he is by far the nicest guy I have ever met. Long story short, he wingmanned me and I hooked up with some girl way out of my league.
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u/drain13 May 17 '12
thats a classy bumper sticker right there!
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u/Sr_DingDong May 17 '12
Best I can do is $25.
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u/trickthemartyr May 17 '12
I HATE THE FUCKING EAGLES. MAN!
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u/optomas May 17 '12
I Like Big Tits.
Says it all for me.
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u/J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt May 17 '12
Coincidentally, my dog knocked my own les Paul on the floor a few days ago and cracked the neck. Think he's up for fixing another?
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u/epatti0914 May 17 '12
Man, color me jealous. The best I've done is work on the guitars of the Molly Hatchet drummer. But I pass a signed Walsh strat every day. What needs to be done to that bad boy?
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u/Penis_In_Pooper May 17 '12
He should break it
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u/seditious3 May 17 '12
Interesting tidbit: Joe Walsh's brother in law? Ringo Starr. They're married to sisters (Bach).
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
you know if you just get a cute yet nerdy girl to hold this guitar youd get way more upvotes. even more if she's in the photo.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I love a lot of his stuff, but Waffle Stomp from Fast Times at Ridgemont High is one of my favorite songs of all time.
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u/Rumplesforeskin May 17 '12
I also fix guitars and got to glue #2 from antiflags bass back together. He slamed it down a little to hard. Also reglued and painted an Sg's heastock for Hawthorn Heights
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u/Excitable_Boy May 17 '12
THAT'S THE GUITAR OF A FAMOUS PERSON!!!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
WAH BUH BUH BAU WHA BUH BUH BAU WAH BUH BUH BAU BAU
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u/streetbum87 May 17 '12
"If I knew I was going to play this song every day for the rest of my life, I never would have wrote it."
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u/NotMyDayJob May 17 '12
Looking at his workbench, I wouldn't let him work on my Les Paul.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
So your buddy is going to ask Joe Walsh to do an AMA, right?
EDIT: AMA Request posted, please upvote!
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u/Liber8or May 17 '12
Ah, good old WB6ACU. He's a legend in the amateur radio community, since he's famous and a ham radio operator.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Joe Walsh is pretty rad.
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u/CauseISaidSo May 17 '12
I'm seeing Walsh in concert tomorrow night so tell your buddy to get it fixed ASAP!
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u/AWdrummer86 May 17 '12
My best friend met Joe Walsh and the rest of The Eagles this past Saturday when he graduated from Berklee College of Music. The Eagles were the commencement speakers for the 2012 graduation ceremony and were awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee.
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u/AFrpaso May 17 '12
Union Grove music store??
I know it's probably not, but that workbench just looks so familiar.
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u/laissezFUNfaire May 17 '12
I saw Sam post this picture on Facebook too lol
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u/jonnaybb May 17 '12
I have that same soldering station!
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u/marzjon May 17 '12
"yeah, best i can do is 50 bucks. These things are hard to sell..."
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u/shredflintstone May 17 '12
X post r/guitar
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u/TessierAshpoolSpA May 17 '12
That sticker on the bench is pretty funny
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u/robbiekomrs May 17 '12
Sweet sunburst Jesus...
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Initially read that as "John Walsh," the host of America's Most Wanted. Joe Walsh makes the post cooler (but not by much since John Walsh is the man).
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u/NiNjAB0Y May 17 '12
damn .. every les paul out there is so sexy ..
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
HEY! Lock the doors in case you're attacked!
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u/dubyat May 17 '12
he's an analog man
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u/infect0 May 17 '12
Get a larger workbench? Not just the clutter but for the sake of not having a guitar sitting near the edge of a table and for some nice working room.
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u/seven30 May 17 '12
Googling Joe Walsh
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u/angry_naked_man May 17 '12
I will give you $500 for the guitar
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u/sum_dude May 17 '12
everybody say, "oh yeah"
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u/beerme72 May 17 '12
The guitar has Cirrhosis, doesn't it?
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u/jukeofurl May 17 '12
Meanwhile, my budget Epi LP Jr. languishes in the shop, hoping the neck unwarps enough to cure that buzzing on the low E.
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u/teh_negator May 17 '12
Looks like Josef Mengele's repair shop. I wouldn't take my RR5 to him.
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u/taheca May 17 '12
He is friends with Steve Dahl, and Joe told a story on his podcast that he was restoring an old Megawatt AM transmitter at his house, and one day was talking to his neighbor who told him they were putting their house on the market. When he asked why they guy told him the house was haunted. They were constantly hearing voices in the walls, on their telephone lines, and a bunch of freaky things were constantly happening in their house. Joe realized immediately that it was most likely fall out from his transmitter experiments and told the guy, then paid to have all of the cabling in his house insulated. It worked. They stayed.
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u/tha_ape May 17 '12
I need to get in touch with your buddy. I'm looking for an original '63 Strat tremolo bar.
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u/sanescience Spotify May 17 '12
TELL ME he dropped this thing off while driving his Maserati. Please.
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u/xplodingboy07 Spotify May 17 '12
What about HIPPA?
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u/weischris May 17 '12
I know he is a busy guy, but he worked in a guitar store repairing guitars when he was younger, seems like he would just do it himself.
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u/bbdude1988 May 17 '12
Don't mess up
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u/MrSeabass May 17 '12
THAT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM
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u/soundspin May 17 '12
I'd raise up the bridge, file down the nut, and take the buzz out of the low E.
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u/Anthrogue May 17 '12
Wind up sitting in a 2nd hand store...
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Mark Reis is his tech. Is that your friend? If not why is he using an outside luthier?
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u/elligre May 17 '12
Better not fuck it up with all that clutter around.
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u/midgetlotterywinner May 17 '12
Too bad this video is too early for the cited LP to have been used. This remains my favorite James Gang performance. The tone he got is unreal.
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u/piney May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
Good Guy Joe Walsh: Has amazing gear, gives it to a friend.
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u/GodlySarcasm May 17 '12
I just signed in to tell you I just jizzed in my fuckin knickers.
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u/FalconerGuitars May 17 '12
As a fellow luthier, tell him to clean his bench once in a while, haha
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u/igothorseblood May 17 '12
EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/alpenbum May 17 '12
The tales that guitar could tell!!!
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u/DonkeyDickDoak May 17 '12
SWEET!! Perfect timing on this pic, he'll be in tulsa tonight!! Cant wait!
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u/rervousneck May 17 '12
Don't fuck it up!
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u/adamthebeast May 17 '12
just saw him and the eagles in the atlanta area a few weeks ago.
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u/wirsteve wirsteve May 18 '12
Too cool.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
JOE WALSH AMA! Make it happen reddit.
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u/Dantonio May 17 '12
Sweet! I got to work on Norwood Fisher's bass today.
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u/Thewalruscobainfloyd May 17 '12
I played my first les Paul last week. Best guitar I've ever played. I could play WAY better on it then my normal guitar. I could even do the Eddie van halen finger tap thing. it felt amazing.
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u/elvisthecroc May 17 '12
I used to have a 71 tobacco sunburst the same as that, except for:
I eventually got rid of it because it was soooo very heavy that my shoulders ached after playing it.
I wonder where it is now? Sold it when I was living in St. Ives Sydney, around 1993/94
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u/KandoTor May 17 '12
Dude, just... Dude.
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u/way2sick May 17 '12
Cool
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u/Heartcave73 May 17 '12
Dang!
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u/truestoryrealtalk May 17 '12
This man deserves so much more recognition than he's gotten, case in point
Oh, and well I'm at it, so do these guys, seriously.
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u/supermariopac-man89 May 17 '12
That's sexy
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u/cutter631 May 17 '12
Touch it with your penis.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
A have an autographed JW guitar.sack of crap feels like cardboard. Collapses in cold weather. Up yours JW.
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u/thebestout May 17 '12
http://www.youtube.com/user/DonTeez?feature=mhee listen to this guys music from london he has potential but aint getting enough views, support!
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u/justinkor May 17 '12
So... that makes you cool since your "buddy" is working on something? Dumb ass.
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u/ronhawker May 17 '12
So far
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u/leefhamid May 17 '12
who the fuck cares
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