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This article shares really interesting insights regarding Sterling Morrison and guitars. https://www.austinchronicle.com/features/2000-03-17/76290/ He appears to have held SGs in very high regard, not what I would have expected. ———— I've read that interview with Reed regarding his Fender Deluxe. He ...

Glad you had a good experience with Dublin. It's not a bad town once you get the hang of it. I don't live there anymore myself, I moved to Kildare. But I'm never far away. That other Gretsch looks like a Tennessean. (i.e. single cut, closed top with painted f holes) The Gibson SG can be seen in that ...

Ah here … how come we never met up!? I feel robbed. Sorry to hear about your reasons for leaving though; that's rough. :::::::::::::::::: OK, you have me. I hadn't copped that Sterling is playing a different model Gretsch. Weird that there isn't a photo of them both playing Gretsch(s) no? I was able ...

Bizarre you lived in Dublin. Were you here long? I don’t think he used the Kent on any studio recordings to my knowledge, I’m pretty sure Andy gave the band some money to invest in better equipment quite soon after meeting them Honestly: I used to think the same but Adam Ritchie's photos of their per ...

Hey Mark, thank you and thanks for filling in another piece of the puzzle. I've always been interested in the question and feel satisfied that I may have finally found the answer. On another thread, Eddie Sedgewick posted — … I thought the original ostrich guitar was an old green Gretsch that lou had ...

Nice work re Waiting for the Man. I recently did a video on both guitar parts. (Again, some small differences but mostly the same.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028jA35Os7s And another where I figured out Cale's closing base run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2A_xatt1gY Nice rig rundown. I've ...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/90pik4gxt1stc26/lou-shades-guitar-2.jpeg?dl=0 A teenage Lou Reed as a member of The Shades. The guitar Lou is holding is most likely to be a Gretsch 6182 Corvette. I'm no Gretsch scholar, but from what I gather, this model briefly replaced the 6185 Electromatic ...

Nicely done Cam

Better researched than my own off the cuff vid regarding Ostrich tuning.

Also great to see it done with the Country Gent / The Beatles Vox and … is that a Vox Continental re-issue I see in the background? : )

Let us know if you're up for a collab re research.

No, I’m suggesting the only song on the first VU album that uses the Ostrich tuning is All Tomorrow’s Parties.

Thanks for those questions. To be clear, I made the video on the fly and put it up on YouTube as an experiment. But for non players – Common belief: Songs like Venus in Furs were recorded using ‘Ostrich tuning. Ostrich tuning, otherwise known as trivial tuning, is where the guitar strings are all tun ...