Neil Young Gear Rundown - Exactly What He Uses. Guitars, Amps, Strings, Musicianship & More...
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This video was recorded in the Masterlink Studio in Nashville, TN on June 29, 2005.
In this video, Joe Chambers, CEO and Founder of the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, TN sits down with Neil Young to discuss guitars, amps, strings, song writing, and Neil's early years and musicianship.
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'Cortez' is my favorite solo of all time. The tone, the touch, the ideas, everything.
Yes, Cortez is a sloooowww masterpiece. @Ian
I was just thinking of that solo when I was listening to the first part of the interview-then I see your comment! Yeah, it's quite the epic solo, the pacing and phrasing etc etc-all brilliant.
I love that it’s at the beginning of the track rather than in the middle.
Much like Jaco plays the sounds of Florida, Neil's music really recreates the sound of Ontario to me! The rusty colours and loneliness are reflected in his distorted guitar.... What a great artist!
That was a great comment....being from Buffalo myself...I feel that and know living in Florida
This was great !!! Fan since the '60s so seeing Neil in a relaxed setting is special.
I know about the fires. I hope he still has all that classic gear.
Thank you so much for posting.
agree, NY is an icon of music from our early years. many guitarists of these years are his equal but not a one better or sharper through all the years...
I was playing bass in a jazz band at a restaurant when Neil walked up stood right next to me and watched me play for a minute. We weren’t that good and I wondered why he’d bother. I guess the guy just likes bands and music. I’ve been playing for 50 years and Neil standing there is still my biggest thrill.
Spike: How did you keep from having a moment of incontinence ???
mrmusic 248 That just gets more difficult naturally, as a matter of time...
SUPER COOL!!
That’s so awesome man.
I would have fallen over...
Being a guitarist for 43 years and a Neil Fan, I ate this up! knowing every gear and artist reference he makes as well as the "I do that" moments. 10 min. was not enough. Cheers!
can you add to the motorized faders on vintage amps? Who else does that?
@@josephfelice601 Don't give my computer engineer roommate any ideas now, cause we are gonna get a mod 102+ and make it a Fenshall Marder, might need 2 tone stacks but he can do that stuff, my rock band guitar is now a midi controller and he invented an analog software synth that won electronic musician awards so I do not dismiss things like motorized pots.
Nice to see him relaxed. Nice interview
my all time fav singer /songwriter as much as I love others neil Young is tops in my book followed his career since late 1960s
That was interesting and informative. I never thought I’d hear Neil say “funky” so many times in an interview, though.
Yeah, right; Neil relaxed could talk to me all day. So cool to hear him give a nod to great guitarists and talk techniques borrowed from BB King, Hank Marvin, Chuck Berry. Cheers
Neil Young is one of my favorite guitarists from the 70s and of all his songs My favorite is 'Southern Man' cuz his guitar's on one side and I like to pan the stereo out to the other side and play along doing my own thing.
that is super cool man! i am now going to do the same thing with "Southern Man"
There’s an awesome live version of southern man here on RUclips someone with Stills absolutely shredding with a cig hanging out of his mouth and it’s badass
In concert, his sound in huge, an incredible experience because it's a "3D sound". On a record, it's impossible to really appreciate that.
Damien Faure I get it
The longer I watched this the bigger my smile got. Neil Young is a genius!
Neil has always been on my radar back with Buffalo Springfield, there's no BS with Neil, straight honest talk, you don't see that often
Good ol' Neil Young great music
Wow. Great interview. Thanks for sharing.
Brian, your kind comments & support for the channel would have meant so much to my dad Joe, and does to me too. Hope you can visit the museum sometime.
Best,
Britt
I’ve been lucky to meet neil a couple times. He’s always been very nice
That’s really nice to hear. 👍🏻
Then you probably know, the joke's always on you. His rather constant attempt at humor is slow fuse stuff. I usually don't get it till I'm halfway home.
one of my fav interviews of Neil Young. Thanks
Thanks Juke.... I enjoyed it too. Thanks for watching...Joe
"Like A Hurricane" is my favorite. It SOUNDS like a hurricane!
I love how he mentions Lonnie Mack and Hank Marvin. Two of my wang bar influences along with Hendrix and Neil. I have many other influences with my style of playing.
Really enjoyed seeing this video with Neil very chilled and normal.. So good
My fav Neil Young gear:
1) Old Black
2) Martin D-45
3) Gretsch White Falcon
4) Fender Tweed Deluxe
The king of rock and roll
Wow...fantastic listening to Neil in this interview.
A humble genius....What a great guy..what a great muso
I could quite literally listen to Neil all night. So many insightful observations , and absolutely without ego. I wonder what Freud or Jung would have made of him.
Old man take a look at my life, I’m allot like you. My whole life is a poor attempt to imitate this man. I thank you for clarifying who I am, a musician. This southern man is so thankful you are around.
I quite like the way he says “funky old Gretsch”
Man, that is one type of guitar I've always regretted not getting...Had a chance to buy a White Falcon when I was a kid but even though it was a great deal it still was too expensive. Gretches are really special aren't they? And funky and old-ha ha!
Nice relaxed interview, very informative, good stuff!
Wow Neil mentioning Saul Bentons on Larchmount reminded me I bought my first pro rig Vox Super Reverb Head and Gibson EB3.
Nice interview
Neil Young is a Down-to-Earth Cool Dude!! AND, of course... great song-writer and guitar player!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Window Girl.... best, Joe
So useful if you're chasing the Neil sound
To me, Neil has always been my favorite "Hippie nerd".
Tonights the night....🎵🎵
Greg Kunkel his best work ...
Load that Econoline
I've spent 20 years getting my stage rig (retired from performing now) put together.....basically a full on copy of Neil's usual rig. I built a replica/clone of Old Black, complete with custom wound RC pickups done by Rob Conley himself. I have a real original 57 deluxe as well......as close to stock as possible. No Whizzo though. Still trying to save my pennies for an original White Falcon though.
Hank Marvin used Binson, VOX, Meazzi, Maestro, Roland, multi-head tape delay units. Also MXR & Roland digital units. Never ever used Revox tape machines.
Thank you so much!
After the gold rush, thank you Neil Young
God we are going to lose so much music in the next 20 years. It's amazing that all of CSNY is still living. Be great if they toured.
I saw CSNY play in the mid 90's; it was one of those "show me the money" reunions (the kind I usually avoid, but I got into the show for free), where the only member who seemed to enjoy being there was David Crosby. Neil stood towards the back of the stage in the shadows where you could barely see him, couldn't hear his guitar very much either. Steven Stills had a half-dozen vintage amps on stage, but his tone was crap and his playing uninspired (he also looked decidedly unhealthy). It was a sad occasion. My wife and I got in for free because I had sold a vintage Ampeg amp to the guy at the soundboard, and he actually sat us next to Neil's son Zeke in the "VIP" section. At intermission I asked the soundman about Steven Stills' amp collection: "he can't possibly be playing through all of them at once, can he?" "Oh yes he is", came the reply, with an eye roll.....
.
Brilliant
Johnny's last name is Johnson . Neil never talked about the Gibson Firebird and Epiphone pickups on "ol'e Black".
Listen to the acoustic guitar on"love and War"
I’m a fan of Neil and I am a fan of Joe. I’d like to meet both of those men. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching Sweet.....,Best, Joe
Nice but it's just when the commercial comes on it's twice as loud as the talk we want to hear.
Apparently you've never heard of Adblock.
He's one of my all-time favorites. I bought a bunch of his records looking for a particular version of sugar mountain. I never found it, but loved every record that I bought and I'm happy to have them. What I want to know is how he get's that huge hammering sound on Hey Hey My My into the black? I can't come close with the distortion boxes I have. It's so percussive, it's like a giant stamping press. Anyone out there know how he and Crazy Horse get that sound?
Start with driven amp, add a fuzz cranked up to max. Then in the control room, add compression and layer three or four tracks together.
@@charleswagner284 Thanks for the reply. He doesn't do that track layering live. Right? How does he do it live? I am guessing that Pancho is adding to the pounding too. But I have another question. Is he just muting the strings, because that is the only thing that I can think he's doing with his left hand?
he uses an octave divider pedal on that song exclusively. its what gives the crazy fat sound
@@kballs94 that's it.
It took me forever to figure that out. I did it by accident
Ce gars est une légende vivante !
What might the thought process be in clicking the thumbs down on this....it's Neil, raw and uncut...doesn't get better than this....
He was talking about 89 WLS in Chicago
Larry Cragg A#1 First Class Guitar Tech
Larry reminds me of a mad scientist....
Sol Betnun. Takes me back.
Right?
Like going in the house from the movie Psycho!!
My jaw dropped when Neil Young mentioned it tickled the s*** outta me.
A kid back then I didn't have a dime to my name would go there with friends and trip at all the different rooms and the different guitars ....
Time moves on but axes keep me young f*** it!! 👍💥🤸
my man Neil.
WLS Chicago.
The most talented punk there is!!!!!!
It would have been great to hear Neil and George Harrison jamming on ukulele.
Ampeg echolux and fender tremolux !
The music for the subscribe bit at the end is stupid LOUD. Jeez!!
love it live it
I put Neil up up there with Jimi and Jeff. Nobody can duplicate what they do.
The sustain from his 5e3 he speaks about comes from the design of the amp.It's cathode biased,tube rectified with very modest B+ filtering..it also has a allot gain.All these things make that amp sustain.It'll get really squishy and it morphs in tone as you smash and sustain notes,it's a real loose sound.You won't get the tight attack like Jimmy,Jimi or Stevie typically had,they relied on pedals and shear volume for sustain,otherwise those amps lack the sustain the older designs did naturally.At 12 watts a 5e3 will sustain until you put the brakes on,it's effortless.A Vox AC30 or AC15 is similar in the sustaining department.Maybe not quite as much but it's there.Old Octal Valcos,etc...
I’d like to hear about his acoustic gear.
He recently switched from his FRAP pickups to Trance Audio Amulet pickups on his acoustic guitars.
Ole Neil looks yoonger than EVER((°J°))
Great interview, but turn down the intro and exit music. Make the intro and exit more level with the interview sound level. The interview was interesting.
I've been saying it wrong! It's Ree- verb not Reverb :)
"Ain't got no T-Bone....
Got mashed potatoes...."
"Real time hand controlled flanging device"
Flanging......coined by John Lennon after listening to a made-up explanation by George Martin.......those Beatles git everywhere
Neil is a favorite, no one makes an electric guitar sound like Neil. His terminology 'wang bar' is correct, bending the arm and holding while picking is a wonderful sonic tool not everyone uses. I think 'wang' bar came from Duane Eddy, but could be wrong,,,,keep torturing those tubes, just not a digital guy,,,a real artist.
Jeff Beck is a master at using this technique, too.
@@jamesbarnett2483 Indeed another master Stratocaster blaster. Rather different techniques and uses, but both masterful. They both 'color outside the lines.'
@@jamesbarnett2483 Also the late great Allan Holdsworth had his own unique way of using it.
9:17 so cool
Yes Yes Neil -- Sol Bettnuns (Larchmont) in Hollywood!
A kid starting high school I would go there with buddies we didn't have any money but your going to this old scary huge ass house steps big porch 🤔 with all these different rooms and oh hey this is the SG room that's the Les Paul room that's whatever room manufacturer there was guitars all over the place f***** up wooden floors it was it was unbelievable nothing like it most people I've brought it up to don't recall it or have no idea what I'm talking about.
the first time I saw one of those Dan Armstrong A6 plexiglass guitars like Keith Richards they had a few of them weighed a ton!
Another was Waldo's guitars in the old location of Guitar Center when G.cntr moved across the street with their Walk of Fame and mini museum !
Waldo's had all the tricked out hot rod guitars Charvel Jackson esp's ... These places were magic.
Last I saw Waldo's was a print shop .....
Bet Neil also hit Ace (Brothers) music in Santa Monica!
Great post/ chat up thank you uploader !
And thank you Neil Young!!💥
Thanks L.... good story.... thanks for sharing....Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum 👍👍👍 Thx Joe!
Finally, someone else who says wang bar besides me! Everybody use to call it that, but now everyone says whammy,or trem, NO ,it's a wang bar!
Wiggle stick you wanger!!!
Hey Neil you still owe Gord Honeyman 2 G strings from back in the day , yeah I know uurr busy
Neil owes a lot of people from "back in the day" that he's never paid back for what they did for him. According to Neil, it was always out of his control and he had to do what was best for him...leaving footprints on the backs of the people in the way...
Neil is my favorite rock and roll artist. I really admire him most for taking care of his son and showing him the love that he does, he takes him with him on tour and Neil also raises a lot of money to help out special needs children and their parents making life better for all of them. Nobody can rock like Neil Young, he has an incredible sound and tone, I love his lyrics and his enthusiasm every time he preforms he puts his heart and soul into his performance. Thank you and GOD bless you Neil Young.
VonBluesman you sum up my thoughts exactly here, good job!
Jason Guion Thank you.
@@jasong546 - Same.
It's a incredible experience to hear him playing in concert.
If I recall correctly, Neil had polio as a child. He came out of it, and became a great artist. One of my favorites.
I really enjoy watching Neil talk. A true legend, who thankfully is still with us in 2021. Hope he lives until 120..him and McCartney.
Stills & Young play off of one another very well.
And Brian Wilson. ❤
And Mick Jagger
Was lucky to see him and the horse this summer in michigan 2024 . WHAT AN EVENING!
The greats always give credit to their teammates.
Best comment here!!
Very nice interview - you've got him nicely relaxed there, and very forthcoming.
89 WLS Fort Wayne
In my opinion, I feel that Neal Young has always been forth coming. It probably just depends on the person doing the receiving.
@@thor3022 Neal?
in otherwords... not so prickly...
great interviewer
Neil young would still sound like neil young on a cheap child’s toy guitar and amp
Living in the jungle in Costa Rica I'm starved for music and music history. Gracias for your fabulous shows. Especially about Neil Young. I saw him in Washington, D.C. at the Cellar Door in 1970. I wonder if he remembers having a bottle of wine with me and my boyfriend after one of the shows. One of my most treasured memories. Pura Vida
Jane Swidler Glad you’re enjoying it. Thanks for listening!!
Jane you must’ve been a looker for Neil to chill with ya
"I heard you knockin on my Cellar Door".
6:52 Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine, years later, eventually masters this approach in a bit of an updated way. So great to hear Neil talk about a lineage of players being influenced by those who came before and making it their own.
I immediately thought of Shields when he said it. Alan Sparhawk from Low does a similar thing on occasion too
You beat me to it. I was just about to say the same thing.
I loved the Lonnie Mack shout out.
when that happens that’s music at it’s best.
I was born in 1956, the year Elvis broke, and I'm amazed, constantly, at the fabulous information we all have available to us. I've follow Mr. Young since 1968, and the concept that someday I'd be able to learn from him via this "thing" we call the Internet is...well, a kind of miracle in a way. Very grateful.
I think every musician can stand to learn something - *something* - from Neil Young.
I am immediately bending all my whammy bars.
Neil really answered all questions with the best effort. What a great song maker and person! Thank You Neil Young!
Absolutely brilliant upload!
This is gold. Hearing Neil talking amps, guitars and fx is awesome! So much better than hearing some tech talk. This is the kinda stuff I love.
@Wicker Billy that was a good album!
@Wicker Billy i remember that album - lots of people did not like it because it wasn't just another version of "southern man". i liked it because it was cool and because he is neil young and he is way cool. he could play some kind of klezmer music and he would still be cool.
Wicker Billy I'm surprised he didn't mention The Whizzer what was made for him, or perhaps I missed it?
Actually he did lol just watched it again
I love my Twin Reverb fender
Floyd Cramer? THAT is wild.
I never would have picked him as an influence on Neil's playing.
But as soon as he mentioned the name, it makes perfect sense.
Especially in his acoustic style. He has that two note roll thing, that approximates a bent note.
Neil achieves a similar result with hammer-ons and pulls within a chord shape. "Tell Me Why" is crawling with that.
"Old Man" is very Floydy too.
That's quite the revelation.
Awesome!
Agreed-and like you I'd never have had an inkling that Cramer was an influence but it made perfect sense to me when I thought about it. There was a Buffalo Springfield song that I instantly thought of, the intro to "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" (2nd bar) has that trademark hammer on. Interesting, influences can be far and wide.
A “Wang” bar, and I always thought it was called a Wammy bar, Alrighty, Wang bar it is.
You must very new to the guitar.
Simon H you must make up a lot of lies to pretend like you’re smart when you’re not.
Wiggle stick
I coined “Whammybar” in late ‘60’s NOT Lonnie Mack. Neil calls it a “wang bar” and Lonnie Mack coined THAT! Big deal, right?
I very clearly remember Frank Zappa's album called Joe's Garage, one of the lines, when he's describing his first GarageBand, was how they had to "cram in the drums in a corner over by the Dodge. It was a '54 with a mashed up door and a Cheesy little amp...." And something about his guitar, "it was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar". So that is another source for the word being "whammy."
The way Neil hits the strings with his pick is instantly recognisable. Like all the greatest artists he has created his own unique impression of the world and his place in it. A remarkable achievement..
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Banjo... I agree.... Joe
Finally recognition for Lonnie Mack. His version of Suzie Q is a good example.
Lonnie Mack was a great player and singer.
Great to hear Neil praising Hank Marvin and recognising his importance to the history of the electric guitar.
Hank Marvin is the best instrumental guitarist Ever.
From Hank to Hendrix
Funny that the whammy bar or as we call it in England, the tremelo arm, became so integral to Hanks's sound, as he tells the story of how he ended up ordering a Strat because he admired James Burton and assumed that as a top player he would naturally play the top of the range Fender, which was the gold hardware Strat! Of course JB has always used Teles! Imagine how different the whole history of the Shadows might have been had Hank got a Tele rather than a Strat!
@@jokermaan1 Cliff Richard actually bought the Red Stratocaster and essentially loaned to Hank . Later when American guitars were more readily available in the UK , he gave it back .I read a recent interview in the UK mag Mojo and they asked Hank about ' the Strat ' and it's current whereabouts , he said that Bruce Welch ' borrowed ' it off Cliff twenty something years ago and wouldn't give it back ... He sounded amused , It all seemed very civilised , Hank seems to be quite ' guitar rich ' . He still has the white Bison from the matching set Burns made them ...
I like the way Joe Chambers always asks interesting questions, from his obvious knowledge of not only the artists and their music but instruments and gear and he lets them answer without butting in or talking over them. It makes for a very calm and relaxed interview.
Thanks again Andy... best, Joe
Jann Wenner at Rolling Stone has a similar interview style and always seems to get the best out of his interviewees for the same reason.
A true genius.
I'll never forget going on a road-trip with my family in 2018 to see Neil in St. Louis and 2 nights in Chicago. It was a long drive up from Atlanta, but it was one of the greatest weeks of my life.
Thanks for the memories Neil.
Hang on to this one we only get a couple if we are lucky
Wow, I've done some Road Trippin' to see Neil but you've got me beat! Seen his 12 times...
Excellent Interviewer ! Asks relevant and interesting questions, allows time for full responses, doesn't jump in quick when there's a silent moment, allows Neil to cogitate, recall, reminisce... Perfect.
Thanks for watching Choim...Best, Joe
He passed away recently (Sep. '22). RIP
“Wang bar” - Neil Young
Buch Vig called it that aswell
I will now only refer to them as WANG BARS
Is that the Canadian pronunciation maybe?
stagnatic lmao, no
Well he got a wang so.....
Saw Neil in 1972 on his Harvest album tour. Massively popular and influential album and Neil was about the world's biggest rocker at that time. Linda Ronstadt was the opening act wearing her Cub Scout uniform. What a night!
How great is THAT!!!
I'm Jealous.
It's almost like having a beer with the great Mr. Young. Great interview
I'm floored Neil plays Super Slinkys. The way he attacks the guitar, I guess that's why he seems to have a broken string so often in videos?.
I love Neil Young.
As a guitarist and a fan I say thank you for all you have done for music. You are an inspiration to me not only as a songwriter, but for all the noises you have conjured up!
Neil is great. Love that guy. I like how he remembers all his guitars and amps. Neil, do you ever speak with Linda Ronstadt? She worships you.
Motorized faders on classic amplifiers!!! That's a new one! Great idea for keeping it true to the original sound, yet utilizing technology to bring it to the next level. AWESOME!!!,
He has so many great songs I can't pick a favorite one. I am a fan of his since 1975! 😁
Big station out of Chicago...WLS I bet...
When I lived in WINNIPEG I listened to WLS Chicago on mY Philips transistor radio
so triippie
" I just play the guitar", what a cool, real artist/human. Neil Young is definitely one of a kind. Great interview, as always Joe. Peace.
Thanks again Monkeyman.. Joe
Neil is a vintage gear pioneer.