yep Phil is not a shreddder like you know who, but he has a great melodic sens and can play great things. His style is melodic. Just listent Def Leppard albums
Someone from Jackson explained to me a couple of years ago that Phil's personal guitar necks are so thick, there's not even a transition from the headstock to the neck. When he flips the guitar around in the beginning, you can see he war right! Crazy!
Same like Eddie's original 5150, one of my friend used to work with VH crew back in the late 80's and he said all of his Kramers has the "baseball bat" neck and the actions are ridiculously high with he said a thin bottom string.
@@rambobrown9661 If I built a guitar, I’d have the same neck width and depth throughout from whatever is normally between the fretboard; it sounds interesting to play and it would probably be easier to make.
I have a Jackson PC1 and it's the only guitar that I have that don't have to re-tune nearly everyday. It's not a show piece it gets played - a lot for studio session.
I bought one last week (regular PC1, the Walnut is not released yet). It's a magic wand. I had borrowed a Jackson once, I had never owned one. Their signature floating bridge felt foreign at first compared to flush-mounted bridges. I took a chance on this one and I love it. It looks and plays great and it opens up incredible sound possibilities you can't quite get with other guitars.
A few years back I saw a clip of him talking about his Jackson supreme, what a freakin killer guitar, and with this one... this dude and Jackson have come up with some great shit...
Great player, and always has been a great player! Loving the finish on this beauty. She sounds as sweet as ever. I look after one of her elder sisters, whom i bought around 10 or so years ago now. As you would expect, she is a lovely guitar, with the quilted maple top, in the 'solar' finish. Nice to see Phil (and Jackson/Fender) is ever moving forward and evolving the stunning PC1. Nice work Phil. Keep rockin', Mate... \m/ (:o)
No doubt...when he tries to shred...it is just a sloppy mess. His tone is so over processed too. Dont mean to shit all over him but Vivian is hands down the better guitarist in Def Leppard.
@@johnnyrocker7495 Yeah...I really think that is why Viv has put together the Last in Line and a few other side projects simply so he can still rip occasionally....in Leppard he clealry plays the spare tire to Phil (unfortunately) but Viv has been making $$$$$ like mad since taking over for Steve Clark. Personally I haven't been much of a fan since Pete Willis and Steve Clark were the duo. In my opinion Steve Clark was the heart of that band...while his playing was much simpler he brought the riffs and the song writing to the band. I saw them in 81 and was blown away...again in 88....then once in the 90s and each show had gotten less and less interesting. I saw them play as Ded Flatbird which was funny and actually as close to them capturing some of that old fire. I agree with the CC Deville comment. He can play great melodic solos that fit the song but when he tries to shred I feel like I'm sitting in guitar center listening to some kid make noise. Like I said...not trying to be s dick..Phil is good at what he is good at but he needs to stop trying to be flashy...its just not his strong suit
I get it, I get it. Custom shop Signature guitars are expensive. I get it, But for Pete's sake Almost NINE (9G) Thousand Dollars?? How about an Affordable version south of a $1000 MSRP that isn't crap.
I just searched the comments, looking for the price. No. I would not buy it. I love it, but I. Dont want to play anything I would be scared of scratching.
They do, Phil wants all the PC-1's to have the strat headstock i just purchased my second jackson in 3 years last year and it has the jackson headstock on it
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it's kind of amazing to me that so many people want to criticize him or throw stones at Phil because he's "sloppy" or tries to shred "when he can't actually do it". yet, here's a guy who has played in one of the biggest bands the world has ever known going on 40 years who STILL have all of their music based around guitars, in a world where guitar playing needs all of the exposure it can get, and folks want to slam him????? I say thank god for phil and def lep, for keeping the flame alive for guitar oriented music. I think the guitar work he has done on def lep albums is incredible. and whether anyone else does or not, he's laughing all the way to the bank. now go listen to J Lo, I hear she's got some great "shredders" in her band.
Yeah…I’d rather be a “sloppy” player like him, with his career and ability to write great songs, than be a pristine shredder. Shredding to me is quite boring if the song isn’t great.
This model and the main Phil Collen model are such beautiful and kick ass guitars.That said, I wish Jackson would sell comparable guitars to the PC models without his name attached. That is, a non-signature version... for two reasons: 1) eliminate any mark-up due to his name; 2) this may sound strange or petty, but it just feels weird to me to play a guitar associated with someone that I'm not a huge fan of. For some reason, I just can't get over that. I do own a few signature guitars... two Van Halen, one Warren DeMartini... a Les Paul doesn't count, right? :) ... so I'm not opposed to signature guitars per se. I just have to be a huge fan of the player to feel right about playing it.
That's like asking a jeweler to do the same. Listen the reason his signature model guitars are costly is due to the fact that these guitars are hand made in the Jackson USA custom shop. They are hand inspected and every process is signed dated by a technician. They are not factory produced like most guitars you see selling for around $1200. This particular model is more expensive for 2 main reasons. 1.) There will only be 30 ever made 2.) The Claro nut wood they have is harder to come by and cannot be mass produced. As for the playing a signature guitar that you don't care for the artist much means you worry too much about superficial things. If you pick up any guitar and like it it shouldn't matter what the guitar is. The ONLY thing that ever matters is if you enjoy playing the guitar. But as always to each their own. Just rock on with what you got.
@@jamessmith8000 Hi James, thanks for the well constructed reply. I understand that this guitar will still be expensive, and for good reason (as you stated), even without his name attached. That said, I have quite frequently found the markup associated with signature guitars to be a little too exaggerated when you compare it to non-signature guitars with identical specs (not just $1200 guitars, but those costing several thousand dollars, and I own signature guitars at both price points)... I understand there is an associated cost involving the artists, but I just feel these companies milk it a bit too much. As for my hang up related to the artist association, I don't disagree with you. I'm actually quite jealous of people that don't feel the same :) ...Rock on...
the only sig guitar i would buy would probably be a buckethead sig. They are unlike any other guitar with the oversized body and killswitches, it sounds like a grand piano in cleans, it just amazing.
@@maxwellwinter2114 He was in town and I missed going :( Phenomenal guitar player who I still need to see live. I'll be catching Paul Gilbert this June which I'm looking forward to.
Jackson used to make non-signature models like the pc1 - check out Jackson's DK2S. Although the were never natural colored (painted) the did have similar pickups, including the sustaniac. Them haven't made them in a few years but you can still find them used every once in awhile.
Just wait till you find the sticker shock of $8,000 for that thing.I don't know what part of the world are trying to sell it in but most people in this country don't have that kind of money and why they hadn't come up with a lower cost of player choice models from him I don't understand it I like the man but greed is greed.
It's NOT greed. There will only be 30 of these made ever. It's hand built in the Jackson USA custom shop. The wood and detail is not something they can just mass produce on a whim. I can't afford a Lamborghini but I'm not calling out Lamborghini just because I can't afford their stuff. You don't need this guitar to play guitar and NO one is forcing you to buy any guitar. Get your own guitar you can afford and enjoy.
13-gauge strings 😬 Even tuned down to Eb that’s a pretty unforgiving setup. I’m surprised his fingers aren’t shredded to bits after a few shows. I played 11s in standard tuning for the past 20+ years up till recently, but I’m not playing 2-hour gigs a few times a week. Even now I’ve found that 10s make life so much easier, and I feel like I’ve gained some clarity/snap to my tone.
Even that’s heavy; despite Kerry King’s guitars weighing a lot, he apparently uses 9s in D# scaled 25.5”which are like E on 24.75” that I’m sure some guitars come with. I use 3-sided curvy picks which are usually thicker than others especially compared to true-triangles, so I’ve noticed that it’s better for thicker strings which is why I switched to 10s appropriately following the same principles for other tunings and scale lengths.
Extra wood because of the SC instead of the HB just cracks me up. I build guitars, and the amt of wood you remove for a HB over a SC is just so little that there's no way anyone would EVER be able to tell the difference in tone.
Not much for sure, but the differences in any guitar are less noticeable the more distortion you use; it’s definitely not a reason to go with this pickup arrangement though it is for the tones that the actual pickups make in those positions.
Such a nice guy, always happy to pick the guitar up blast away and chat to folk...what a shame he's not in a band that would actually showcase his (and Vivs) skills properly.
I want.....no I NEEEED this guitar in my life. I just bought a 2017 Jackson PC1 and even if I sell my current Jackson I'd still be too broke to get this model. Life....you can be so cruel. Phil Collen is such a brilliant guitarist/musician. Incredible down to earth and genuine human being. I should know as I've met him :)
Actually it was Steve who was hugely into both The Police and The Cure. Seeing Phil with yet another PC series, LP bloke myself, it again reminds me of the incalculable loss of the real musical and lyrical genius of Leppard, 'The Riffmaster'. And what Steve might have gone on to do, he was as Phil notes really into Hollywood film music, that kind of stuff, but with all the technology one wonders what Steve would be doing. He was at heart a rock star who oozed cool but classically trained and could shred, Steve played his riffs and melodies with true feeling. Funny seeing all the tricked out shit on this axe cos both the 'Terror Twins' back then knew fuck all about much and just managed to get by with a LOT of help from others. This will not be cheap y'all.
I thought your other Jackson sig's were awesome but OMG this one is so sweet. Love the look of this guitar. I love watching you play too. Can't wait for this guitar to come out.
The sad thing is Jackson won't build you a guitar with similar specs to this PC1 these days. The Custom Shop limits you to what tonewoods you can select for any guitar because they don't have the labor force to built a truly custom guitar. That said, I own four JCS guitars, and they're all great.
Jackson Custom shop are training some new employees to replace the ones that left. This was because the number of messed up Custom shop orders from Europe and maybe elsewhere. Had this action to limit orders from Europe not been taken customers could wait possibly four years for their instrument so the decision was taken to limit European orders to the Custom Select option for now.
Funny thing is he all to sign every one of them that that come from the factory when you order it not with the logo decal on it ought to be hand sign by him and numbered.
They’re really bassy; Dimarzio lists the EQ curve like Seymour Duncan usually does, but I’m curious how pickups like that would sound straight with the bridge instead of angled.
Mr .Collen you should release an e.p. or full length instrumental record. Get Mr. Mike varney as the executive producer. I'll play bass for you if needed. thanks again for the music.
Why wouldn't you go a neck thru when you've got Jackson building for you??! Who wants a great bulky Fender-style steel block in the middle of your shred zone?? It's otherwise awesome!
i could care less if a famous person like him is a little sloppy live and i’m pretty sure that this is a good pickup even if his newer taste in tone is distorted and trebly
All these years later and he still cannot play the opening riff of sugar correctly!! Lol,if you have ever watched that movie about Def Leppard you might know what I am talking about. It was when Steve and Phil really were not getting along that well when Phil first joined. Phil was more into glam and funky stuff while Steve was just bare bones rock and roll. Phil is showing Steve this opening riff to this song he and Joe had been working on. Phil plays it as you hear him doing on stage now and as he did in this video. LOLOL Steve takes the guitar away and says something like, " We play rock and roll music not that disco shit, this is how that part should go..." then Steve proceeds to play it as you hear it on the original album version and it rocks!! While I think Phil is a great guitar player, probably better than Steve was at least technically, Steve will always be the driving force that got Def Leppard noticed and made them successful. After his sad death Def Leppard started playing more watered down songs and tried to appeal more to their female fan base. Steve would have that Les Paul slung low while Phils Jackson was almost up to his chest lol. I would watch Steve play and wonder how in the hell can he play with it that low, but he did and he did it well!! RIP Steve, I miss you every time I see Def Leppard play. I am glad DL got into the hall of fame, they certainly deserve to be and at a time when many bands were going the way of effeminate players DL stuck to their classic rock roots and you did not see them wearing makeup and dying their hair. Someone said that it was Guns and Roses that brought that look back into style, I say for Def Leppard fans, that look never left!! How the heck Phil can play without his shirt on and not get strap rash still boggles my mind lol. This is a sweet guitar and I love that Walnut cap! He didn't mention that it also seems to be using gold fret bars which is really nice! Iam not a shredder type of guitar player and like Steve I never got into the whole whammy bar craze, but I do think you can get some cool sounds out of that floyd rose he has on there!
@John Timmins - The next time you decide to attempt at being rude to someone, I suggest you read what you typed so it makes sense. But I think I will address the point you are attempting to make. First of all, have you seen the Def Leppard Bio Pic I was speaking? If you have not then we have no common ground. In that movie Phil plays it as you hear him play it in this video we are commenting on, Steve plays it the way he says it will be played since Def Leppard is a rock band and not a glam band. Now if you listen to how Phil plays it here in this video and then listen to the studio version played by Steve when they recorded the album, you will hear a difference - go and do that and then see if it still warrants your rude,immature and poorly worded response to me.
@John Timmins lol no only I tend to think people should write somewhat intelligently. Read what you originally said to me, maybe you will figure out what I'm talking about .
Dude this is false information in a video where there backstage with Phil he said that his guitar was used for the pour some sugar on me lick that he played so he played it and in the movie Phil and Steve played it the same way Phil just made one little mistake
I actually like Phil’s shredding it’s very unique and he’s my favorite player but I won’t lie I do think he had a little bit too much gain for this when he was shredding other than that perfect
I dunno if it was a bad day or he had an ear infection, but I didn’t think any of those tones were good. The Sugar Chakra sounded all thin and nasty, in a bad way. Like burning tin foil. Everything sounded like it has way too much treble.
Such a cool guy. But so weird that ever since that Photograph solo he's been doing that mutant fast picking which isn't properly in time with his fretting hand....yet he clearly doesn't realise.
That's his one shred lick. And as u correctly say, he's been doing it since Photograph. When Leppard chose him to replace Willis, he won the lottery. Total bluffer of a player with his never-ending harmonics and whammy bar histrionics.
Yeah I can kind of appreciate a Chris Holmes or a Mick Mars....they don't over-promote themselves because they know their limits....but Collen seems to genuinely believe in his own hype, which is more than a touch awks.
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After this interview Phil went to the Disco to dance the night away
The club would be called "the golden Dragon"!
@@christiankoch5646 dead on. And they serve vegan Chinese food haha. Gotta love him.
Um, it's more likely that he went to the gym. He's the only person I've seen that had no physique in his 20's, 30's or 40's but now does when he's 60?
Gay disco
Phil Collen is a good guy.
Absolutely
yep Phil is not a shreddder like you know who, but he has a great melodic sens and can play great things. His style is melodic. Just listent Def Leppard albums
Steve was the Melodic player since his Idol was Jimmy Paige while for Phil, he looks up to American style of shredding.
He is awesome!
i thought he was co-lead, but he’s as sloppy as mustaine and kirk sometimes are
Mike Wrong
Vivian Campbell blows phil off the stage any day of the week.. sorry but its true..
NICE! One of the most beautiful guitar on 2019.
Someone from Jackson explained to me a couple of years ago that Phil's personal guitar necks are so thick, there's not even a transition from the headstock to the neck. When he flips the guitar around in the beginning, you can see he war right! Crazy!
Same like Eddie's original 5150, one of my friend used to work with VH crew back in the late 80's and he said all of his Kramers has the "baseball bat" neck and the actions are ridiculously high with he said a thin bottom string.
@@rambobrown9661 If I built a guitar, I’d have the same neck width and depth throughout from whatever is normally between the fretboard; it sounds interesting to play and it would probably be easier to make.
@@rambobrown9661 i heard that some of his models were 26” scale
I have a Jackson PC1 and it's the only guitar that I have that don't have to re-tune nearly everyday. It's not a show piece it gets played - a lot for studio session.
I bought one last week (regular PC1, the Walnut is not released yet). It's a magic wand. I had borrowed a Jackson once, I had never owned one. Their signature floating bridge felt foreign at first compared to flush-mounted bridges. I took a chance on this one and I love it. It looks and plays great and it opens up incredible sound possibilities you can't quite get with other guitars.
Great guitar player, seen him live a number of times and was awesome. Slang tour was my favourite :)
A few years back I saw a clip of him talking about his Jackson supreme, what a freakin killer guitar, and with this one... this dude and Jackson have come up with some great shit...
Phil, thank you for saying plethora, it means a lot.
Great player, and always has been a great player! Loving the finish on this beauty. She sounds as sweet as ever. I look after one of her elder sisters, whom i bought around 10 or so years ago now. As you would expect, she is a lovely guitar, with the quilted maple top, in the 'solar' finish. Nice to see Phil (and Jackson/Fender) is ever moving forward and evolving the stunning PC1. Nice work Phil. Keep rockin', Mate... \m/ (:o)
Haters going to hate. I actually love it when the saturation kicks in. Probably sounds amazing in the mix.
Exactly, this guitar is not made to be played in bedroom, but along other instrument
13-54? You got to be a monster to mangle those strings into submission.
Love them wood finish guitars
Phil please dont play fast..😖
No doubt...when he tries to shred...it is just a sloppy mess. His tone is so over processed too. Dont mean to shit all over him but Vivian is hands down the better guitarist in Def Leppard.
I agree he cant play fast much like cc deville his solos on his albums are melodic but when cc is live he tries to play fast and sounds terrible
@@warborn_inc. Campbell's 10 times the player but he has never really shown that with Leppard. Collen's a total bluffer.
@@johnnyrocker7495 Yeah...I really think that is why Viv has put together the Last in Line and a few other side projects simply so he can still rip occasionally....in Leppard he clealry plays the spare tire to Phil (unfortunately) but Viv has been making $$$$$ like mad since taking over for Steve Clark. Personally I haven't been much of a fan since Pete Willis and Steve Clark were the duo. In my opinion Steve Clark was the heart of that band...while his playing was much simpler he brought the riffs and the song writing to the band. I saw them in 81 and was blown away...again in 88....then once in the 90s and each show had gotten less and less interesting. I saw them play as Ded Flatbird which was funny and actually as close to them capturing some of that old fire. I agree with the CC Deville comment. He can play great melodic solos that fit the song but when he tries to shred I feel like I'm sitting in guitar center listening to some kid make noise. Like I said...not trying to be s dick..Phil is good at what he is good at but he needs to stop trying to be flashy...its just not his strong suit
Joe Peters he normally plays through a axe fx 3 live which sounds great but he’s probably playing through a shitty amp
I get it, I get it. Custom shop Signature guitars are expensive. I get it, But for Pete's sake Almost NINE (9G) Thousand Dollars?? How about an Affordable version south of a $1000 MSRP that isn't crap.
I ain't no glam rocker, but I would buy this guitar.
@CrüJones Fan yup!
I just searched the comments, looking for the price. No. I would not buy it. I love it, but I. Dont want to play anything I would be scared of scratching.
I know Jackson is owned by fender now, but I really wish they'd make Jackson guitars with the traditional Jackson headstock & not a Fender headstock.
They do, Phil wants all the PC-1's to have the strat headstock i just purchased my second jackson in 3 years last year and it has the jackson headstock on it
I prefer the Strat headstock...
They do you dope. This is like the only Jackson that has a Fender headstock.
Couldn't agree with you more. It just looks like a 24 fret fender guitar. They do the same thing with Charvels, i personally dont like it either.
Brian Duval theyre so ugly and outdated it doesnt really matter what they do with colors and materials
Walnut is stunning.
Even more when your guitar body is all made of walnut
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13-54s gauge? He’s a god among real men
Probably when in D#, but it’s for certain tone and good for jazz; I don’t go that thick but a similar ratio since 9-46 and 10-52 aren’t very balanced.
His guitar solo from "Billy's Got a Gun" off the Pyromania album was one of the best.
it's kind of amazing to me that so many people want to criticize him or throw stones at Phil because he's "sloppy" or tries to shred "when he can't actually do it". yet, here's a guy who has played in one of the biggest bands the world has ever known going on 40 years who STILL have all of their music based around guitars, in a world where guitar playing needs all of the exposure it can get, and folks want to slam him????? I say thank god for phil and def lep, for keeping the flame alive for guitar oriented music. I think the guitar work he has done on def lep albums is incredible. and whether anyone else does or not, he's laughing all the way to the bank. now go listen to J Lo, I hear she's got some great "shredders" in her band.
Did the dude say he is shredding on 13's on a fat neck??!!!!
Yeah…I’d rather be a “sloppy” player like him, with his career and ability to write great songs, than be a pristine shredder. Shredding to me is quite boring if the song isn’t great.
Love this guitar. Reverse headstock would be awesome !
hes got an older artist series pc1 that has the reversed headstock. maybe the splatter painting one
Jackson needs to make a thinner neck version of this guitar. I bought one, loved it and sold it because of the neck.
I think it’s weird hearing Phil in standard tuning. I’m so used to hearing him in Eb.
Phil Collen is the man!
He doesn't help himself with the shred thing: hugely heavy gauge strings and a metal pick. Good luck with that Phil.
i used to use metal picks and got tired of how fast the strings wear out but also noticed how sloppy roope latvala was live
This model and the main Phil Collen model are such beautiful and kick ass guitars.That said, I wish Jackson would sell comparable guitars to the PC models without his name attached. That is, a non-signature version... for two reasons: 1) eliminate any mark-up due to his name; 2) this may sound strange or petty, but it just feels weird to me to play a guitar associated with someone that I'm not a huge fan of. For some reason, I just can't get over that. I do own a few signature guitars... two Van Halen, one Warren DeMartini... a Les Paul doesn't count, right? :) ... so I'm not opposed to signature guitars per se. I just have to be a huge fan of the player to feel right about playing it.
That's like asking a jeweler to do the same. Listen the reason his signature model guitars are costly is due to the fact that these guitars are hand made in the Jackson USA custom shop. They are hand inspected and every process is signed dated by a technician. They are not factory produced like most guitars you see selling for around $1200. This particular model is more expensive for 2 main reasons. 1.) There will only be 30 ever made 2.) The Claro nut wood they have is harder to come by and cannot be mass produced.
As for the playing a signature guitar that you don't care for the artist much means you worry too much about superficial things. If you pick up any guitar and like it it shouldn't matter what the guitar is. The ONLY thing that ever matters is if you enjoy playing the guitar. But as always to each their own. Just rock on with what you got.
@@jamessmith8000 Hi James, thanks for the well constructed reply. I understand that this guitar will still be expensive, and for good reason (as you stated), even without his name attached. That said, I have quite frequently found the markup associated with signature guitars to be a little too exaggerated when you compare it to non-signature guitars with identical specs (not just $1200 guitars, but those costing several thousand dollars, and I own signature guitars at both price points)... I understand there is an associated cost involving the artists, but I just feel these companies milk it a bit too much. As for my hang up related to the artist association, I don't disagree with you. I'm actually quite jealous of people that don't feel the same :) ...Rock on...
the only sig guitar i would buy would probably be a buckethead sig. They are unlike any other guitar with the oversized body and killswitches, it sounds like a grand piano in cleans, it just amazing.
@@maxwellwinter2114 He was in town and I missed going :( Phenomenal guitar player who I still need to see live. I'll be catching Paul Gilbert this June which I'm looking forward to.
Jackson used to make non-signature models like the pc1 - check out Jackson's DK2S. Although the were never natural colored (painted) the did have similar pickups, including the sustaniac. Them haven't made them in a few years but you can still find them used every once in awhile.
Is there ever going to be an affordable version of a Phil Colleen signature guitar?
Tyler Voels thanks I’ll check it out
😍💗 I love him so much
Just wait till you find the sticker shock of $8,000 for that thing.I don't know what part of the world are trying to sell it in but most people in this country don't have that kind of money and why they hadn't come up with a lower cost of player choice models from him I don't understand it I like the man but greed is greed.
It's NOT greed. There will only be 30 of these made ever. It's hand built in the Jackson USA custom shop. The wood and detail is not something they can just mass produce on a whim. I can't afford a Lamborghini but I'm not calling out Lamborghini just because I can't afford their stuff. You don't need this guitar to play guitar and NO one is forcing you to buy any guitar. Get your own guitar you can afford and enjoy.
Don't worry the Chinese one will come out eventually.
Don't forget rich people need guitars to.
People who buy these guitars are hobbyists players and/or collectors.
Or somebody that really really loves Phil Collen
13-gauge strings 😬 Even tuned down to Eb that’s a pretty unforgiving setup. I’m surprised his fingers aren’t shredded to bits after a few shows. I played 11s in standard tuning for the past 20+ years up till recently, but I’m not playing 2-hour gigs a few times a week. Even now I’ve found that 10s make life so much easier, and I feel like I’ve gained some clarity/snap to my tone.
Even that’s heavy; despite Kerry King’s guitars weighing a lot, he apparently uses 9s in D# scaled 25.5”which are like E on 24.75” that I’m sure some guitars come with. I use 3-sided curvy picks which are usually thicker than others especially compared to true-triangles, so I’ve noticed that it’s better for thicker strings which is why I switched to 10s appropriately following the same principles for other tunings and scale lengths.
Extra wood because of the SC instead of the HB just cracks me up. I build guitars, and the amt of wood you remove for a HB over a SC is just so little that there's no way anyone would EVER be able to tell the difference in tone.
Not much for sure, but the differences in any guitar are less noticeable the more distortion you use; it’s definitely not a reason to go with this pickup arrangement though it is for the tones that the actual pickups make in those positions.
Such a nice guy, always happy to pick the guitar up blast away and chat to folk...what a shame he's not in a band that would actually showcase his (and Vivs) skills properly.
I know one thing Phil is awesome on guitar. Cheers James.
Errr. he's ok. Great songwriter .
Your definitely right Phil is awesome on guitar people need to realize that your shredding ability doesn’t determine how good you are on guitar
A little over €8000, a real steal!
Okay, now make a version of this for us mortals, with this pickup configuration. Surely you can do an Indonesian version of this for half the price.
Beautiful!
sorry I was going to buy one but I need my lungs lol
this or car .
Metallic sound
"The moisture leaves the body." 🥵
I want.....no I NEEEED this guitar in my life. I just bought a 2017 Jackson PC1 and even if I sell my current Jackson I'd still be too broke to get this model. Life....you can be so cruel. Phil Collen is such a brilliant guitarist/musician. Incredible down to earth and genuine human being. I should know as I've met him :)
So beautiful!!!
Actually it was Steve who was hugely into both The Police and The Cure. Seeing Phil with yet another PC series, LP bloke myself, it again reminds me of the incalculable loss of the real musical and lyrical genius of Leppard, 'The Riffmaster'. And what Steve might have gone on to do, he was as Phil notes really into Hollywood film music, that kind of stuff, but with all the technology one wonders what Steve would be doing. He was at heart a rock star who oozed cool but classically trained and could shred, Steve played his riffs and melodies with true feeling. Funny seeing all the tricked out shit on this axe cos both the 'Terror Twins' back then knew fuck all about much and just managed to get by with a LOT of help from others. This will not be cheap y'all.
Awesome !!!
Dude seems to have been in the shed! Lovely guitar.
Phil should jam with Andy Summers since he likes so much to play "Every Breath You Take".
Love the look of the guitar but at 10,000 dollars Canadian, im going to have to pass, Sorry Phil.
Ouch! Bit of a bummer, no matter what currency you're in!
Dave Hill That buys a hell of a lot of Tm Horton’s coffee.
Gotta love Phil Collen. He is the greatest Guitarist and Vocalist of all time. Also very humble 😍😍
I thought your other Jackson sig's were awesome but OMG this one is so sweet. Love the look of this guitar. I love watching you play too. Can't wait for this guitar to come out.
Sorry Phil.........shredding is not your thing........it felt it was a Spinal Tap video.
Yes its horrible.Phil can play but not fast and he always does it when he does these demos which is a shame.
He's just messing around. I don't understand what the problem is. It's not a guitar tutorial. Seriously folks.
@@frasiercraine1776 you are so apologetic it cringes.
I have yet to see a review over those guitar pick-ups.
very stale tone...knew it had to be a 5150iii
Majin Blood He practices on a fender cybertwin. That's why the gain is so buzzy
Phil is the best guitarist
3:25 oh my god !! He looks exactly like sting
Phil Cullen demos his "sledgehammer to crack a walnut" signature model!
Sloppy as fuck on fast runs but hey.. He’s the rock star!
proving once again that jeff beck is the only one who understands what a whammy bar is for.
No Beck isn't the only one, David Gilmour could give a master class on using the whammy bar.
Way too much gain
Way too much complaining...
All the gain!
Says who? No one said you had to play with that much gain. That's the way he plays.. who are you to say what's too much?
Nah it's not too much gain that's how it's supposed to be
@Garegh62 are you familiar with pyromania and everything after?
I'm gonna have to sell my house to buy that
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Can Phil really shred? Or is it just one lick he plays in these demos?
Yup. Same lick since 1983. It comes at the end of the Photograph solo and he never misses an opportunity to play it.
@@johnnyrocker7495 dude he’s demoing a guitar he doesn’t have to show off every shred lick he knows plus a lot of guitar players use that shred lick
The sad thing is Jackson won't build you a guitar with similar specs to this PC1 these days. The Custom Shop limits you to what tonewoods you can select for any guitar because they don't have the labor force to built a truly custom guitar. That said, I own four JCS guitars, and they're all great.
Jackson Custom shop are training some new employees to replace the ones that left. This was because the number of messed up Custom shop orders from Europe and maybe elsewhere. Had this action to limit orders from Europe not been taken customers could wait possibly four years for their instrument so the decision was taken to limit European orders to the Custom Select option for now.
Uh oh...opens up the wood tone debate. "We actually got some more wood in there so it's extra tone"
He even wore that loud-ass shirt to match the gold theme.
Funny thing is he all to sign every one of them that that come from the factory when you order it not with the logo decal on it ought to be hand sign by him and numbered.
It seems like the original pc1 sounds better
They’re really bassy; Dimarzio lists the EQ curve like Seymour Duncan usually does, but I’m curious how pickups like that would sound straight with the bridge instead of angled.
Oh this guitar is on ebay now. This signed one
Phil shredding is not your bag stick to song and emotion.
exactly! Saw phil share the stage with Paul gilbert, Steve vai, and Joe Satriani....and he looked so out of place!
I want one
Extra wood for extra tone. Uhhhhh ok. Nice to see he owns a shirt at least!
Mr .Collen you should release an e.p. or full length instrumental record. Get Mr. Mike varney as the executive producer. I'll play bass for you if needed. thanks again for the music.
best comment ever rofl
'i usually use gauge 13-54' yikes. no wonder he can't play fast
Anyone who played/owns this, is it worth the price? Thanks
See nobody owns
Why wouldn't you go a neck thru when you've got Jackson building for you??! Who wants a great bulky Fender-style steel block in the middle of your shred zone??
It's otherwise awesome!
agree
Cough Cough... $8K!!!! Damm!
i could care less if a famous person like him is a little sloppy live and i’m pretty sure that this is a good pickup even if his newer taste in tone is distorted and trebly
Does this mean Phil will get a copyright strike as well? lol
Was...Was that an attempted sweep?
Кто после Фрэда гитариста пришел посмотреть на этого "виртуоза"?
Without Mutt around anymore Phil is just out of control with his shredding. Back to his old ways before Lep.
All these years later and he still cannot play the opening riff of sugar correctly!! Lol,if you have ever watched that movie about Def Leppard you might know what I am talking about. It was when Steve and Phil really were not getting along that well when Phil first joined. Phil was more into glam and funky stuff while Steve was just bare bones rock and roll. Phil is showing Steve this opening riff to this song he and Joe had been working on. Phil plays it as you hear him doing on stage now and as he did in this video. LOLOL Steve takes the guitar away and says something like, " We play rock and roll music not that disco shit, this is how that part should go..." then Steve proceeds to play it as you hear it on the original album version and it rocks!!
While I think Phil is a great guitar player, probably better than Steve was at least technically, Steve will always be the driving force that got Def Leppard noticed and made them successful. After his sad death Def Leppard started playing more watered down songs and tried to appeal more to their female fan base. Steve would have that Les Paul slung low while Phils Jackson was almost up to his chest lol. I would watch Steve play and wonder how in the hell can he play with it that low, but he did and he did it well!! RIP Steve, I miss you every time I see Def Leppard play. I am glad DL got into the hall of fame, they certainly deserve to be and at a time when many bands were going the way of effeminate players DL stuck to their classic rock roots and you did not see them wearing makeup and dying their hair. Someone said that it was Guns and Roses that brought that look back into style, I say for Def Leppard fans, that look never left!! How the heck Phil can play without his shirt on and not get strap rash still boggles my mind lol.
This is a sweet guitar and I love that Walnut cap! He didn't mention that it also seems to be using gold fret bars which is really nice! Iam not a shredder type of guitar player and like Steve I never got into the whole whammy bar craze, but I do think you can get some cool sounds out of that floyd rose he has on there!
@John Timmins - The next time you decide to attempt at being rude to someone, I suggest you read what you typed so it makes sense. But I think I will address the point you are attempting to make. First of all, have you seen the Def Leppard Bio Pic I was speaking? If you have not then we have no common ground. In that movie Phil plays it as you hear him play it in this video we are commenting on, Steve plays it the way he says it will be played since Def Leppard is a rock band and not a glam band. Now if you listen to how Phil plays it here in this video and then listen to the studio version played by Steve when they recorded the album, you will hear a difference - go and do that and then see if it still warrants your rude,immature and poorly worded response to me.
@John Timmins lol no only I tend to think people should write somewhat intelligently. Read what you originally said to me, maybe you will figure out what I'm talking about .
That's from a fucking movie. That movies took a lot of liberties, so I'm sure that scene wasn't how shit really went down.
Dude this is false information in a video where there backstage with Phil he said that his guitar was used for the pour some sugar on me lick that he played so he played it and in the movie Phil and Steve played it the same way Phil just made one little mistake
Phil could totally be part of The Police
I actually like Phil’s shredding it’s very unique and he’s my favorite player but I won’t lie I do think he had a little bit too much gain for this when he was shredding other than that perfect
I dunno if it was a bad day or he had an ear infection, but I didn’t think any of those tones were good. The Sugar Chakra sounded all thin and nasty, in a bad way. Like burning tin foil. Everything sounded like it has way too much treble.
Such a cool guy. But so weird that ever since that Photograph solo he's been doing that mutant fast picking which isn't properly in time with his fretting hand....yet he clearly doesn't realise.
That's his one shred lick. And as u correctly say, he's been doing it since Photograph. When Leppard chose him to replace Willis, he won the lottery. Total bluffer of a player with his never-ending harmonics and whammy bar histrionics.
Yeah I can kind of appreciate a Chris Holmes or a Mick Mars....they don't over-promote themselves because they know their limits....but Collen seems to genuinely believe in his own hype, which is more than a touch awks.
Pickups sound thin and too bright.
TalkShowHost that‘s exactly what I thought lol
How do you know it’s the pickups and not amp settings?
Have you by any chance compared the Sugar Chakra with the Fast Track 2? They have very similar specs.
Over $8k! Holy crap that's excessive!
"more wood in there so extra tone". right
well it doesn’t make much of a difference
Loved the black guitar he used in pyromania. I wish he or someone could send me one. I been one since I was 14
Show me the money!
Over $8000? Are you insane??
You can literally buy an USA Charvel Guthrie Govan model for 1/3 of the money,buy a good amp and still have money left.
He just said strat
He's cornered the market for tasteful clothes and attire ;)
Who are these people looking at me😂😂😂
Great guitar but way out of my price range.
For every 1 fretted note he picks between 2 and 3 1/2 times. FACT.
Must be a shitty amp cause it sounded good live with the axe fx
13-54...WHAT