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rochus
Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject: Guthrie Govan guitar collection |
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Hi! I was always curious what guitars Mr. Govan used before Suhr. However I was not able to find clear information, so I decided to do a research on my own. I watched a lot of his interviews and read older posts in different forums. So thats the infromation I came up with:
In recent interview for a radio Guthrie said that he has about 15 string instruments. 3 of them are bass'es, 1 - banjo. Also, he mentioned, that he own few cheap acoustics. As word "few" could have some different meanings I'd guess he has two or the of them. So it's easy to count 15 - (3+1+2?)= 9 empty slots in his collection
As I am not able to know which guitars are in the number of 9, I'll include all information i found
Ofcourse I have to start with:
1. Gibson SG special
It's first Guthrie guitar. Probably it is the reason why he loves mahogany so much. However, we probably won't be lucky enough to see the man himself rocking that guitar, cause he said, that it would be a shame if the guitar would be damaged in the gig. I give 100% that this Gibson is in his collection
2. Ibanez Jem
I have read some comments, that he had this guitar under his bed and never giged with it or giged rarely cause he didn't wanted to look like another Vai copy. this guitar was sold in his student years, but in an interview Guth mentioned that this guitar had unique pickup sound and he never was able to find another jem to sound that well
3. Gibson ES - 335
A guitar Guthrie used for his early jazz fusion gigs. There is a video on youtube (probably in bluesjamtracks promo set)
4. Gibson Les Paul
I don't know exact model, but I definitely know he had one. Unfortunately this guitar was stolen after a gig
5. Prs Custom 24
Beautiful and versatile guitar in tabacco burst. Guthrie owned it since 1993 and retired from playing it when he got his first Suhr in 2004. You can easily find some videos of Guthrie playing this Prs from his clinic in 2004
6. Sugi SH485E RBR
Chambered les paul type guitar. Saw this guitar in Tone merchants 2004(?) video. Guthrie was playing Ner Ner
At this point you can continue list on yourself:
http://www.suhrguitars.com/artists/govan.aspx
7. Govan's Std Cherry Sunburst
First Guthrie Suhr. He got it as a present from Ed Yoon in 2004
8. Govan's Butterscotch T
I guess it's a guitar Guthrie is holding in his older promotional photos
9. Govan's Std Root Beer
Reminds me of Bullet Blues and Fives videos on Licklibrary youtube channel \m/
10. Govan's Ocean Classic
Guitar featured in Favourite licks video
11. Govan's Mercedes Modern
A guitar that destroys Ben Poole in the jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_FVvgr4wg
12. Govan's Signature Modern
Fist signature guitar introduced in 2009
13. Govan's Signature Set-Neck Modern
Gibson SG sound on steroids
14. Govan's Signature Antique Modern
New signature (2011) guitar with basswood body, roasted maple neck and poisonous "lacquer of doom"
15. Rasmus GG signature prototype
I saw that Guthrie has this one in the photos of Aristocrats Ed Yoon posted some time ago
Thats it. Sorry if some information is incorrect. I gathered it from different forums. Please post any additional information if you have about his guitars. Also excuse me if I misspelled something
Hope this was interesting and helpful! |
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Mike
Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 15
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Im pretty sure the gibson Les Paul belonged to Paul Cornford.
Theres is a lick library video of Guthrie teaching stormy monday blues with his old SG im sure its on youtube somewhere. _________________ www.myspace.com/bifteckmusic |
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digitalkettle
Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 132 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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knowbody
Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Camp Lejeune
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:27 am Post subject: |
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The Sugi guitar was never Guthrie's. It was a piece that tone merchants had for sale at the time of the gig and remained in their store until early 2006 timeframe. I believe I recall in the description of the guitar when it was still for sale it mentioned Guthrie playing it. Ed would most likely recall something about that.
I am aware of a Martin acoustic he used to play in his Asia days. And there is a video of him giving a lesson for lick library utilizing a red Ibanez. The lesson is for the David lee Roth song big trouble.
There is also a photo on this forum showing a room rumored to be filled with many of Guthrie's guitars. |
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bender83
Joined: 06 Jun 2011 Posts: 43 Location: Ελλάδα
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d-street
Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Posts: 6
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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First time post of a long time lurker!
Here's another one to add to the list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04aSHgreWRU
Looks like a Tokai, the best view of the headstock is at about 2:55. I imagine this one doesn't get out into the light anymore/ |
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bender83
Joined: 06 Jun 2011 Posts: 43 Location: Ελλάδα
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:11 am Post subject: |
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d-street wrote: | First time post of a long time lurker!
Here's another one to add to the list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04aSHgreWRU
Looks like a Tokai, the best view of the headstock is at about 2:55. I imagine this one doesn't get out into the light anymore/ |
No, the headstock says fender.... |
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DLM
Joined: 29 Sep 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Munich
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Use the search function on this forum to find out about more.
There was a black RG550 which he used for a while as a teenager, and I think part of his prize from the Guitarist of the Year competition was a Jackson of some description... |
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digitalkettle
Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 132 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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bender83 wrote: | No, the headstock says fender.... |
Says Tokai to me @ 2:57 _________________ SoundCloud |
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d-street
Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Posts: 6
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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http://online-discussion.dhenderson.com/GuthrieGovan/viewtopic.php?t=258&highlight=tokai
Confirmed. The body has a slightly different shape to a Fender too.
They make some lovely guitars and the prices are fantastic. Although I have to say Indie guitars must surely be the best when it comes to price/quality. My cousin got their Les Paul copy and I have to admit while my Les Paul is the superior guitar it's definitely not worth 2000 pound more! It's very very close in quality and sound. I don't know how they do it. |
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bender83
Joined: 06 Jun 2011 Posts: 43 Location: Ελλάδα
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Yep my bad |
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