New ESP - this is so cool.

Bucket

I just saw this - a guitar based on the 1986 custom ESP used by Vernon Reid on loads of Living Colour stuff. It looks good, and it's an LTD as well so it shouldn't even be that expensive. As someone who was captivated by Living Colour, Vernon Reid and indeed the original version of this guitar (in the Cult of Personality video) at a very early stage in my playing, I find myself kind of wanting one

http://cdn.growassets.net/user_files/esp/site_assets/000/020/968/original.jpg?1482167742

Let's hear (and see) the original in action:

Bucket

And it is green, which is something I approve of.

Philly_Q

I saw him playing that guitar several times, back in the olden days.  Then he switched to Hamer, if I remember right.  I won't be buying one, but I always thought that sanded/layered finish was very cool.

DrBob

Gah I want this guitar sooo badly. Vern was the first 'modern' guitarist to really interest me so this is a really iconic guitar for me. If I had the cash I'd get one and finally try and learn that warp speed intro to 'Desparate People' on it !
That said, this or the 'Times Up' Hamer ? tough choice !

fretmeister

I like that a lot!

Sassafras

I like it, and I'm known for having boring conservative tastes.

SquireJapan

Reminds me of this:



I missed out on two of these due to indecision. Probably for the best ...

NelsonP

That video 3.00 in. Oh yeah!

DLM

https://www.facebook.com/LivingColour/photos/a.291803245383.324112.23891060383/10157347135450384/?type=3&theater

Octafish

Bucket said:

Let's hear (and see) the original in action:

Ah Living Colour, some time since I last listened to them. I remember how good it was hearing 'Time's Up' back in 1990 as a 14 year old trying to find decent new guitar/rock music with all the appalling hair metal widdle crap around at the time. Powerful lyrics as well!

Grunfeld

1) I really like the look of the guitar.  And it would scratch an EMG itch which won't go away.
2) Despite knowing the song really well that's the first time I've seen the band... I'd assumed they'd look like ABC for some reason... so I was kind of wrong on that one.

octatonic

This.

octatonic

This might sound controversial but as much as I love Living Colour but I've always thought of VR as a lucky guy who managed to end up in a band with much, much better musicians than him.

He isn't a bad guitarist at all- he's pretty great at times, but the Calhoun & Wimbish are just on a totally different level.

dindude

Octafish said:

Bucket said:

Let's hear (and see) the original in action:

Ah Living Colour, some time since I last listened to them. I remember how good it was hearing 'Time's Up' back in 1990 as a 14 year old trying to find decent new guitar/rock music with all the appalling hair metal widdle crap around at the time. Powerful lyrics as well!

I would have been around the same age and acutely aware of how dated most rock bands were sounding, this was a breath of fresh air. Saw them live a few times at the time too, awesome band.

fretmeister

octatonic said:

This might sound controversial but as much as I love Living Colour but I've always thought of VR as a lucky guy who managed to end up in a band with much, much better musicians than him.

He isn't a bad guitarist at all- he's pretty great at times, but the Calhoun & Wimbish are just on a totally different level.

 It was Muzz Skillings on Cult of Personality. Wimbish didn't come along until about 92 IIRC

octatonic

fretmeister said:

octatonic said:

This might sound controversial but as much as I love Living Colour but I've always thought of VR as a lucky guy who managed to end up in a band with much, much better musicians than him.

He isn't a bad guitarist at all- he's pretty great at times, but the Calhoun & Wimbish are just on a totally different level.

 It was Muzz Skillings on Cult of Personality. Wimbish didn't come along until about 92 IIRC

Ah yes, of course.
Still, my point stands.

Philly_Q

octatonic said:

This might sound controversial but as much as I love Living Colour but I've always thought of VR as a lucky guy who managed to end up in a band with much, much better musicians than him.

He isn't a bad guitarist at all- he's pretty great at times, but the Calhoun & Wimbish are just on a totally different level.

You're in a much better position to judge his playing skills than I am, so I'm not even going to try to argue about that.

But he didn't just "end up" in that band, he put it together and led it.  So the other guys must have thought he had something about him.