Buddy Guy cutting loose on his Guild

[dougdnh]

Great clip - someone tell me the name of this semi hollow bluesbird style axe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVINm9PHlF8

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

It's a Nightingale!

Here's mine;

 

[SouthernSounds]

Thanks Doug: always great to see Buddy. Love this period of his career!

All the best,
B.

 

[walrus]

Wow! Excellent clip! If only Guild made more Nightingales, so there would be a better chance to actually own one. That is my dream guitar...

walrus

 

[dougdnh]

Yea, that is one beautiful guitar, but my Bluesbird ain't too shabby!

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Buddy sounds a lot better here than with a strat (imho).

 

[Walter Broes]

Buddy sounds a lot better here than with a strat (imho).

My favorite Buddy Guy tones are with his old 50's strat, this guitar : http://youtu.be/mmlsFWN51DU

Love BG, but I the clip in the OP and a lot of his later things are not for me, I don't like the "distortion pedal" tone he's getting much. IMO and YMMV.

And on the subject of Buddy Guy on a Guild, I like this much more : http://youtu.be/ygoQ3dGGPTM

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Yeah, those are the mini-buckers.

 

[bluesypicky]

Yeah, those are the mini-buckers.

Them blues monsters..... 'specially fingered. No Darryl: The mini humbies fingered. :lol:

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

I'll never figure out how he holds that flatpick in the palm of his hand.

 

[walrus]

In that Junior Wells clip (which is great, BTW), at around 1:56 or so, Wells grabs Guy's guitar neck to stop him from playing!! I'm assuming Buddy knew it was coming, otherwise, that is pretty outrageous!

walrus

 

[SouthernSounds]

Let's going to stay with Buddy and his SFIV, then. Here is Buddy himself. No concerns. Just him and his soul.

Buddy Guy: I Smell a Rat

This recording was made in October 31, 1979 in Toulouse, France. IIRC, Buddy was on tour and someone said "Hey, why don't you record something?".
The band was composed by: Phil Guy on rhythm guitar, JW Williams on bass guitar and Ray "Killer" Allison on drums.

As a matter of fact, here you have a few pics of Buddy and his SFIV, although after hearing the song, there is no doubt of what kind of guitar Buddy was playing:

Stone Crazy - Front, Stone Crazy - Inner, The Blues Giant - Front

This recording was released with different names: first as The Blues Giant in France and then, as Stone Crazy by Alligator Records...

All the best,
B.

P.S. As a side note: this recording is one of the great reasons for my interest in Guild and the SFIV. That tone... Although I'm aware of without Buddy, that sound is unlikely to be produced. Nonetheless, that's some kind of goal...

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

SS,

That's a great track. Here's another example of that Guild minibuck sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZyuPawdZbQ

hf

 

[SouthernSounds]

HF,

That guy looks familiar and seems that he can play, uhm...

Thanks, Darryl.

All the best,
B.

P.S. I can't avoid the bad memories everytime I see those initials: SS (Schutzstaffel)