meanwhile, moving on to 78 ... could we see it from the back please Keith? :E


- probably Detroit july 6th 1978, by Lynn Goldsmith


- Oakland july 26th by Greg Myrha


- 1978 by Lynn Goldsmith


- 1978 by Lynn Goldsmith


- 1978 by Michael Putland


- 1978 (don't know who took this one, sorry!)

and now ... more Barbarian Customs (some well known, some maybe not):


- both Oshawa apr 22nd 1979, both by Neal Preston


- ditto


- Oshawa apr 22nd 1979, by Richard Aaron


- most likely Chicago apr 30th 1979, by Henry Diltz


- Largo may 5th 1979 by Robert Sherbow (courtesy of BrownEyedGirll)


- both MSG may 7th 1979, both by Lynn Goldsmith


- MSG may 7th 1979, from the Michael Ochs Archives, courtesy of Gypsy/Rocks Off


- both MSG may 7th 1979; left: courtesy of Sugar Brown/right: by Richard Aaron

Barbarian Customs continued ...


- probably Houston may 12th, by Henry Diltz


- Houston or Fort Worth, may 12th or 13th 1979, courtesy of M. Temme



- both Denver may 15th 1979, both by Henry Diltz; top one courtesy of BrownEyedGirll


- Truly sessions at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, may 21st 1979 by Henry Diltz


- Knebworth Fair aug 11th 1979, by Frank Griffin

that's all, she wrote :E

Mathjis: 1972 Customs with a 1972 serial number are virtual non-existant. So, the "1972" in the name is meant as a reference to the model, not the date it was build.


Mathjis, I just lookd at my own tele custom (a mocha, serial number about 370 000), and the number on the neck says 3 oct 1972...
I Guess some of the teles were built in late 72, and maybe later in the shops...

Very nice!

Very cool pictures indeed.

I think during the ABB tour Keef & Ronnie dusted a lot of old and cool guitars and I'm glad they did!

I remember the Barcelona concert, Ronnie played no less than 8-10 different guitars. I liked to see both guitarists playing Dan Armstrongs in SFTD for example.

And for whar I've seen from gigs I've been in or watched, they didn't have a specific guitar for a specific song, it seems that they were almost random choices every night. That's cool.

Anyway, beautiful guitars and beautiful sounds. I wouldn't mind to sneak into the backstage and "adopt" some guitars from that collection...

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hummingbird
Mathjis: 1972 Customs with a 1972 serial number are virtual non-existant. So, the "1972" in the name is meant as a reference to the model, not the date it was build.


Mathjis, I just lookd at my own tele custom (a mocha, serial number about 370 000), and the number on the neck says 3 oct 1972...
I Guess some of the teles were built in late 72, and maybe later in the shops...

Have you found a Body Date? mostlikely to be found in the neck-pocket.

"Most often than not, neck and body dates do not coincide on one guitar"
A.R. Duchossoir

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hummingbird
Mathjis: 1972 Customs with a 1972 serial number are virtual non-existant. So, the "1972" in the name is meant as a reference to the model, not the date it was build.


Mathjis, I just lookd at my own tele custom (a mocha, serial number about 370 000), and the number on the neck says 3 oct 1972...
I Guess some of the teles were built in late 72, and maybe later in the shops...

The guitar was introduced at the Austin guitar show in June '72 where guitar traders could order batches. These batches were build in Q4 of 1972, and assembled late '72, early '73. This was also the moment they recieved the serial number. Your guitar's neck was build in October '72, the body most probably also, pickups most probably from Q1 '71, pots from '68 to '70, and your serial number is from early 1973.

Mathijs

Thank you very much Mathijs for the precisions

Any info on the blonde custom (or is it a deluxe?) he used on the ABB tour? I'm not sure if he used it that often, but I remember seeing it used during Shattered on the opening night of the tour in Boston '05

this one here, you mean? it's a custom - i don't think i've ever seen Keith with a deluxe
(there's a deluxe among the New Barbarians' guitars in some of the gear shots, but it's not clear whose it was)


- Fenway august 21st 2005 by David Hogan

let's have another angle on it:


- Ottawa august 28th 2005, courtesy of Yahoo News via AlreadyOverMe

Yep, that's the one. Definitely a custom, you're right. The ABB tour is the only time I've ever seen him play that one. Any idea on what year it might be from?

Hey cool I started this thread! Well it's not that cool actually.

Simon
myspace.com/koningsimon

>> The ABB tour is the only time I've ever seen him play that one. Any idea on what year it might be from? <<

yeah, Keith unveiled it in a video clip of a rehearsal for the may 10th 2005 press conference
(and as you noted earlier he didn't use it too often - i think it was only seen at the very start of the tour.)
i have no idea what vintage it is, but i bet one of our resident learned patient and good-lookin Guitar Connoisseurs knows

>> Well it's not that cool actually <<

sure it is, Reptile honey! have some popcorn :E



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Mathijs, did keith also use his mark kaye blonde strat with the maple neck in hail hail rock n roll(was also used for thru and thru during the live HBO SHOW at the garden in 2003).lastly what year is the mary kaye strat. my guess is 54,55, or 56 ?

Keiths Mary Kaye strat is a 57 and he got it from Ronnie...

Keith has been using this strat a lot the last years, for example he used it during miss you on ABB tour...

thats right ,good memory.i knew he used for something on the abb tour.i love that guitar.57 strat very good

here's the thread about Keith's Strats: [www.iorr.org]
and here's the Ratbag Boogie Guitar Thread Index: [www.iorr.org]
one reason people dig these threads a lot is that they stay on topic -
as in the topic of this thread is Keith's Tele Customs. thanks :E



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thanks sssoul.one of the things that i love about the stones with keith's fender tweed twins ,and ronnie's fender blonde/oxblood vibro kings and there many fender guitars is that it's like a fender show room .awesome display of fenders .which i just cant get enough of

AHEM.

So the '72 custom. It IS nice isn't it?

Simon
myspace.com/koningsimon

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with sssoul
>> The ABB tour is the only time I've ever seen him play that one. Any idea on what year it might be from? <<

yeah, Keith unveiled it in a video clip of a rehearsal for the may 10th 2005 press conference
(and as you noted earlier he didn't use it too often - i think it was only seen at the very start of the tour.)
i have no idea what vintage it is, but i bet one of our resident learned patient and good-lookin Guitar Connoisseurs knows

>> Well it's not that cool actually <<

sure it is, Reptile honey! have some popcorn :E

We did discuss this guitar before. But basically it is a late '70's (most likely '78/'79) Custom. I bet it's heavy as hell, so that's why he didn't use it much.

Mathijs

I think the main difference is the tunning... he never played this guitar en Open G

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Loudei
I think the main difference is the tunning... he never played this guitar en Open G

Since '93 the black Custom is only used for open G.

Mathijs

We're talking about the white one.

Simon
myspace.com/koningsimon

From the vaults of the StonesVikings, Göteborg 1982:


©www.stonesvikings.com

And he played a couple of others guitars at these gigs wich can be seen here:
[www.stonesvikings.com]

Vilhelm
Nordic Stones Vikings

Austin 2006

This is me with my Telecaster 72 custom. It's an 85' Japanese re issue... I love it. Also love the Boogie Subway rocket....





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great keith pics!