Marr’s Guitars

RocknRollDave

It was livestreamed too, but a tenner for a livestream of Johnny Marr possibly telling stories I’ve heard before didn’t appeal.

elstoof

I know he’s had a few guitars but fuck me this book is massive

willo

I got the livestream and signed book as a gift; I really enjoyed it. I thought it was interesting how much him saying about 'leaving the Smiths was not something he was happy about' threw him; its clearly complicated when your words get picked over. But he's a great guy and I enjoyed it a lot. I'm hoping that if I turn up at enough livestreams he'll send me a 60s Les Paul. I wouldn't smash it on a gig-goer, I can promise that.

digitalkettle

elstoof said:

I know he’s had a few guitars but fuck me this book is massive

When they said it was a coffee table book, I didn't know you were supposed put legs on it!

thermionic

stickyfiddle said:

How is amazon for book shipping in the UK these days? Do things turn up in good condition? 

Out here they've sent several books in plastic bags recently. Always dented...

Mine arrived today and yes, there’s a dent on the front cover with a matching dent in the flimsy and loose carboard box. Difficult to complain when it’s been discounted by £7 and delivered free so not surprising it’s been tossed around recklessly by disgruntled, underpaid and overworked employess. Thanks for that, capitalism. Only fingernail-sized, but bloody annoying - I’ve been waiting for it since June! 

I’ll think of it as a Journeyman Relic… books are meant to be pulled off shelves and read.

Pabcrane

One small thing that stood out to me was how battered some of his newish Jags are compared to his old guitars

digitalkettle

Pabcrane said:

One small thing that stood out to me was how battered some of his newish Jags are compared to his old guitars

The paintwork was a bit notorious on the JM Jags!

willo

Pabcrane said:

One small thing that stood out to me was how battered some of his newish Jags are compared to his old guitars

What's also interesting is how many of his poly guitars demonstrate wear to the paintwork, considering all the myths. Same thing is true of Graham Coxon's Tele Deluxes.

chrisj1602

digitalkettle said:

Pabcrane said:

One small thing that stood out to me was how battered some of his newish Jags are compared to his old guitars

The paintwork was a bit notorious on the JM Jags!

And he’s gigging them solid.

thermionic

Looks like the Guardian live event is now up on YouTube.

lustycourtier

digitalkettle said:

Pabcrane said:

One small thing that stood out to me was how battered some of his newish Jags are compared to his old guitars

The paintwork was a bit notorious on the JM Jags!

certainly on the orange and white ones. The paint literally fell off those but his yellow is very worn. His hardware 'aging' looks quite amateurish on some of them so could be a hint of aging. 

GavRichList

He’s as good as it gets as far as I’m concerned. Watching it (the tps thing) reminded me quite how perfect the Dashboard riff is too; total perfection. Need to learn it, really. 

Kylef

Mine has arrived. Hopefully going to get round to watching TPS episode later.

thermionic

Kylef said:

Mine has arrived. Hopefully going to get round to watching TPS episode later.

If this is some kind of competition, then I win. I watched the Johnny Marr TPS episode with Marr's Guitars on the coffee table in front of me, my Johnny Marr Jaguar next to me on the sofa, and I was wearing a Playland tour t-shirt and my Johnny Marr "Rishi" shoes! 

digitalkettle

thermionic said:

Looks like the Guardian live event is now up on YouTube.

Watched...thanks for that.

iheartreverb

Good to see he always makes an arse of This Charming Man too 

JamesSGBrown

iheartreverb said:

Good to see he always makes an arse of This Charming Man too 

Love JM, but yeah sometimes he seems rather unconfident playing riffs that were clearly quite reliant on multitracking to ‘pop’…

stickyfiddle

Well I finally got my amazon refund on Tuesday. 

And the book finally arrived yesterday! It's good!!!!! 

Kylef

Is Noel following suit and releasing a “Gallagher’s Guitars”?? 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3lMPvfsFEz/?igsh=bHNqczkxNXB3ZGw2

darthed1981

Pabcrane said:

One small thing that stood out to me was how battered some of his newish Jags are compared to his old guitars

I believe Murphy labs were involved...