The interviewer didn't know these guys names - shame on him for a start. Jerry Donahue deserves much more respect. Note to sufboy7 - Jerry's words do make sense if you understand a bit about electric guitar electronics. It's worth learning if you have an interest in this field.
SO useful to hear JD play both the Fret King and the Vintage issues and to have TW explain the differences and similarities. For the money, the Vintage is a stunning guitar.
Yep, Jerry told me once he loved the Vintage almost as much as the Fret King. I saw him play the Vintage live in Europe, he didn't even feel the need to take his Fret King on tour then.
I had the rare opportunity to meet Jerry in person way back in 2014 at a local music shop that he was promoting his Fret King Telecaster. Sadly, just two years later in 2016 he suffered an extremely debilitating stroke that ended his guitar playing days and we can only hope he recovers enough to play guitar again.
I was looking at Fret King and JHS Vintage Guitars for a telecaster (and a Les Paul) that had superb quality and sound, yet with a very reasonable price and without the name brand hype (Gibson and Fender) and I think I'll go with JHS. …Perhaps it was his playing that turned me off (plus the seymour duncan). JHS also seems a bit less expensive.
I know he''s a guitarist's guitarist really, but Jerry is a vastly underrated player, imo. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to him at a guitar show in Brum, back in the late 90s, when I had a MIJ Fender JD Tele. He came across as engaged, thoughtful and interesting, a nice guy all round, in fact.
Did Charles forget Jerry's name at the beginning?!! JD must have had more signature guitars built for him than anybody.Fender(2),Peavey(2),Fret King(2)and Vintage.Only Les Paul has had more!
Sweet guitars. Some of my friends at Sweetwater, a legendary guitar builder from coastal Maine and I worked out the design and build protocols, in a design-build project named the "Da Vinci" guitar build. The overall design characteristics came from the Telecaster & Les Paul. Using a solid Tiger Maple body & neck, combined with a Seymour Duncan 11205-33 ST59-1 Little Humbucker Tele Guitar Bridge pickup in the bridge position and Seymour Duncan STHR 1n Hot Rails Rhythm Telecaster Neck Pickup, a Mastery M-4 Bridge, and a 406C6 9 Grover Mini Locking Rotomatic Tuners 6 Inline Chrome, a 099-2019-000 - Fender Accessories Std. Tele 1 ply 52 Tele/50's Mex Blk. pick guard and a wiring harness and knobs, screws, truss rod and other small parts form Stew-Mac "The Da Vinci " was completed on may 5, 2014. The tone is utterly amazing, and the neck @ 25.5 in. is a full scale string bender friendly work of art that was designed by our "Man from Maine" who dubbed the Tele-LP hybrid a "Super Telecaster" this guitar is rock solid, literally. The Seymour Duncan Humbuckers go fro zero to launch in the blink of an eye the tone is balanced and three way switched with a tone & volume control knobs that allow thousands of high amp attacks, with a 5+ min. sustain on the bottom E and 80% of that on the Top E. I have literally walked out of the room for a refreshment and come back with the sustain still going. The entire build costs were slightly over $800 USD. People who run guitar factories always have a well scripted response about their guitars watch for a YT vid of the "Da Vinci" Super Telecaster to be uploaded soon. I have a PRS SE Zach Myers siggy that the "Da Vinci clobbers...Peace to all...
Jerry Donahue is such an underrated beast! What a musical player
The interviewer didn't know these guys names - shame on him for a start. Jerry Donahue deserves much more respect. Note to sufboy7 - Jerry's words do make sense if you understand a bit about electric guitar electronics. It's worth learning if you have an interest in this field.
SO useful to hear JD play both the Fret King and the Vintage issues and to have TW explain the differences and similarities. For the money, the Vintage is a stunning guitar.
Yep, Jerry told me once he loved the Vintage almost as much as the Fret King. I saw him play the Vintage live in Europe, he didn't even feel the need to take his Fret King on tour then.
The aray of tones from the Fret King are to die for man. That's a great guitar. Would love to get my hands on one
Jerry is such a nice guy and a monster guitarist!
I had the rare opportunity to meet Jerry in person way back in 2014 at a local music shop that he was promoting his Fret King Telecaster. Sadly, just two years later in 2016 he suffered an extremely debilitating stroke that ended his guitar playing days and we can only hope he recovers enough to play guitar again.
this is great stuff
Nice Electroplex Rocket amp in the background. They're amazing!
"we haven't painted ourselves into nostalgia corner" well said
I wish it had a flatter radius but it still sounds really sweet.
I was looking at Fret King and JHS Vintage Guitars for a telecaster (and a Les Paul) that had superb quality and sound, yet with a very reasonable price and without the name brand hype (Gibson and Fender) and I think I'll go with JHS. …Perhaps it was his playing that turned me off (plus the seymour duncan). JHS also seems a bit less expensive.
THANKS RUclips
I know he''s a guitarist's guitarist really, but Jerry is a vastly underrated player, imo. I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to him at a guitar show in Brum, back in the late 90s, when I had a MIJ Fender JD Tele. He came across as engaged, thoughtful and interesting, a nice guy all round, in fact.
Charles Saufley rockin a messed up haircut 9 years ago
Jerry is awesome, but is his playing much much worse since he plays with thumb pick or is just my impression ?
Maybe he just doesn't care about being showy when he is just demoing a guitar a bit?
Nice but is a guitar over $1000 really affordable to the average player?
Ralph Niederlander Jr. They do a more affordable model as part of the Vintage range. Check out the JHS site.
Did Charles forget Jerry's name at the beginning?!!
JD must have had more signature guitars built for him than anybody.Fender(2),Peavey(2),Fret King(2)and Vintage.Only Les Paul has had more!
Sweet guitars. Some of my friends at Sweetwater, a legendary guitar builder from coastal Maine and I worked out the design and build protocols, in a design-build project named the "Da Vinci" guitar build. The overall design characteristics came from the Telecaster & Les Paul. Using a solid Tiger Maple body & neck, combined with a Seymour Duncan 11205-33 ST59-1 Little Humbucker Tele Guitar Bridge pickup in the bridge position and Seymour Duncan STHR 1n Hot Rails Rhythm Telecaster Neck Pickup, a Mastery M-4 Bridge, and a 406C6 9 Grover Mini Locking Rotomatic Tuners 6 Inline Chrome, a 099-2019-000 - Fender Accessories Std. Tele 1 ply 52 Tele/50's Mex Blk. pick guard and a wiring harness and knobs, screws, truss rod and other small parts form Stew-Mac "The Da Vinci " was completed on may 5, 2014. The tone is utterly amazing, and the neck @ 25.5 in. is a full scale string bender friendly work of art that was designed by our "Man from Maine" who dubbed the Tele-LP hybrid a "Super Telecaster" this guitar is rock solid, literally. The Seymour Duncan Humbuckers go fro zero to launch in the blink of an eye the tone is balanced and three way switched with a tone & volume control knobs that allow thousands of high amp attacks, with a 5+ min. sustain on the bottom E and 80% of that on the Top E. I have literally walked out of the room for a refreshment and come back with the sustain still going. The entire build costs were slightly over $800 USD. People who run guitar factories always have a well scripted response about their guitars watch for a YT vid of the "Da Vinci" Super Telecaster to be uploaded soon. I have a PRS SE Zach Myers siggy that the "Da Vinci clobbers...Peace to all...
is jerry not allowed to say strat?
7:11 he did, FINALLY :)
... mechanical phase shift on the strat?
*****
thanks a lot!
is it only me or his words make no sense?
The interviewer was an embarrasement
Agreed, he looks bored stiff at times.
@@alansturgess1324it’s the haircut, just stupid
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His old fender telecasters sound so much better. Sane with Albert Lee and his music man signature- his tone is nowhere near as good as his fender.