Does anyone here follow their videos on YouTube? For those who are unaware, Fretted Americana is a guitar shop in Los Angeles which specialises in rare and vintage American guitars. Every couple of weeks-or-so, a new demonstration gets posted. The videos really are worth checking out.

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This is one of the earlier shorter videos, but a good one

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I do. They have lots of great stuff and the vids are great fun to watch.

amusing videos, he is a great guitar player, little bit on the hyper side.

someone told me the shop is owned by a multi millionaire and it's his hobby

prices are some of the highest in the country...if not the highest.

rock star prices I guess.

The shop is owned by an English couple - David and Caroline Brass.

Phil X rocks!

The funny thing is that the combination of Phil X and th recording method makes all guitars sound the same...close your eyes, start a clip after 30 seconds and try to guess which guitar Phil is playing. If its Zep he's playing it most likely is a Gibson, if its not Zep its another guitar!

Mathijs

The guitars are nice and he's a good player, but I find the guy to be an annoying "rock dork". Who likely got lucky in getting a job selling guitars in a high end boutique.

here he kills two birds with one stone

I made it to 2 :00 there is just so much of look at me I'm so cute and clever I can take
from a dude...



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I made it to 2 :00 there is just so much of look at me I'm so cute and clever I can take
from a dude...

Ay-yi-yi. What a tool. The video is from yesterday, and he says "Isn't today John Lennon's birthday, or sometime this week?"

Uh, no Mr. Cool Rock Guy, but it is the anniversary of his death. Idiot.

And your EXACTLY right, Damon. I've tried watching like three of his clips, and at some point he always does something that just makes me run the other way. The fingernail polish doesn't help either. I don't think it's gay, I just think nail polish on a guy is like tits on a bull.

Completely pointless.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2010-12-10 02:09 by bustedtrousers.

I am not bashing him...


shut up and and play yer git box mate !

and lower the prices HAHAHA



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I am not bashing him...


shut up and and play yer git box mate !

and lower the prices HAHAHA

Haha! Right again. I don't really mean to bash him either, but he is annoying.

IMO he does not make those guitar sound like they should
he always colors the sound with the amps he uses like a vox
he should plug into a clean fender if you want the un colored sound
of the guitar.

plus the prices are thee highest of any shop I know of.

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IMO he does not make those guitar sound like they should
he always colors the sound with the amps he uses like a vox
he should plug into a clean fender if you want the un colored sound
of the guitar.

plus the prices are thee highest of any shop I know of.

I agree. Like Mathijs said, everything he plays sounds the same. I really like the sound, but it doesn't do many of the guitars justice. The guitars from back then had really great elements to their sound, and a lot of that's not coming across.

I think it's the goal with them to make every guitar sound the same though, because he's putting them through a custom-made amp they sell. It seems the videos are as much an ad for the amp, as they are the guitars. I don't think he's letting their true characteristics come through by making them one trick ponies with that amp.

That dude comes off as a tool. His playing has no soul.

look at the green gretsch behind him.... nice brian jones model

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bustedtrousers
The guitars are nice and he's a good player, but I find the guy to be an annoying "rock dork". Who likely got lucky in getting a job selling guitars in a high end boutique.

Nope, he's a session musician, mainly.

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Mathijs
The funny thing is that the combination of Phil X and th recording method makes all guitars sound the same...close your eyes, start a clip after 30 seconds and try to guess which guitar Phil is playing. If its Zep he's playing it most likely is a Gibson, if its not Zep its another guitar!

Mathijs

Well there is a lot of Zeppelin - I'll agree with you there.

If you go through the video's though, you'll see that there is reasonable variety.

This is one of the most entertaining vids:


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bustedtrousers

I think it's the goal with them to make every guitar sound the same though, because he's putting them through a custom-made amp they sell. It seems the videos are as much an ad for the amp, as they are the guitars. I don't think he's letting their true characteristics come through by making them one trick ponies with that amp.

He uses a 1964 Vox AC30 and a 1954 Fender Deluxe as well.

Phil X rocking out to My Sharona on a 1994 Playboy Stratocaster







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how much is that ? $50k ?

he needs to grab that green gretsch behind him

The only Gretch he's demonstrated thus far is this Country Gentleman.

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I tell a lie: there are a few more!

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bustedtrousers

I think it's the goal with them to make every guitar sound the same though, because he's putting them through a custom-made amp they sell. It seems the videos are as much an ad for the amp, as they are the guitars. I don't think he's letting their true characteristics come through by making them one trick ponies with that amp.

He uses a 1964 Vox AC30 and a 1954 Fender Deluxe as well.

They have a ton of videos posted, so I figured he must have used different amps, since the custom one apparently only came about a few months ago. But in the four or five I've watched, he kept mentioning that amp, the Evil Robot. I finally saw a video for it. It's a good sounding amp, but it does seem to make everything sound the same. Or at least he does, through that amp.

I haven't seen any videos with the Vox or the Deluxe, and I don't think I'll be looking for them. I've had enough of the guy to last me a lifetime.

LOL, OK, bustedtrousers!

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The guitars are nice and he's a good player, but I find the guy to be an annoying "rock dork". Who likely got lucky in getting a job selling guitars in a high end boutique.

Nope, he's a session musician, mainly.

Good for him then. The rest of what I said still stands.

Whilst Richie Sambora recovers in rehab, Phil X has been going down a storm whilst filling-in for him on the current Bon Jovi tour