Neville Martin

dindude

Seems i keep posting these Captain meets vid lately, but in case any of you are interested and wouldn't naturally look, the latest one is with Neville Martin. For anyone like me who took Guitarist Magazine as their pre-Internet guitar information source, the mans a bit of a legend. Loved this interview, he comes across really well. 

What really struck me is that, of all the guitars that must have passed through his hands over the years, and he's had various vintage guitars too, the two he brings along to enthuse about are his two most recent aquisitions - GAS gets us all.

Blaendulais

Thanks- his facebook page is interesting he often posts old days pics and always new guitar purchases - always world guitars !

Met him a long time ago and he was a nice fella- intelligent articulate and good musician who has always worked hard to get the guitar out there

DLM

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richardhomer

I admire that without becoming famous he's managed to carve out a career in music - that's an achievement I bet a lot of us would like to be able to lay claim to.

The other thing is, he always seems to get a good tone - regardless of the guitar he's playing. 

Does anyone kniw know how old he is? I'm assuming from his references to the 60s that he's at least 10 years older than me - which means he's 62+. He looks very good on it.

Jimbro66

richardhomer said:

The other thing is, he always seems to get a good tone - regardless of the guitar he's playing.

I've seen him gigging a few times and have similarly been struck by his great tone. He's also devoid of uneccessary flash  -  just really competent and tasteful playing.

lustycourtier

DLM said:

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his names even spelt wrong on the chalk board behind!

Skipped

He is a good player.

So is this guy:

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Blaendulais

richardhomer said:

I admire that without becoming famous he's managed to carve out a career in music - that's an achievement I bet a lot of us would like to be able to lay claim to.

The other thing is, he always seems to get a good tone - regardless of the guitar he's playing. 

Does anyone kniw know how old he is? I'm assuming from his references to the 60s that he's at least 10 years older than me - which means he's 62+. He looks very good on it.

Reckon you must be about right - he looks young but hands always give away peoples age - its apparently a frustration of celebs that there is nothing Plastics can do about hand ageing.  

richardhomer

richardhomer said:

Does anyone know know how old he is? I'm assuming from his references to the 60s that he's at least 10 years older than me - which means he's 62+. He looks very good on it.

Just looked him up via one of the company director sites - he's 66....

Philly_Q

@Skipped ;

^  Gregg "Sausage Roll" Pine Marten?

Jazz pianist, wasn't he?

Skipped

There are just so many great players that have used a Les Paul.

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Skipped

Blaendulais said:

Reckon you must be about right - he looks young but hands always give away peoples age - its apparently a frustration of celebs that there is nothing Plastics can do about hand ageing.  

I am not ruling out the possibility that the True Historic Guys can fix Hand Ageing.

They have already invented a pickguard with edges that are impervious to 59 years of Nicotine Abuse, never mind the  wear and tear.

http://www.ginoguitars.com/bmz_cache/3/32954bd9f2543a52db569ca3b301ab70.image.1140x760.jpg

Philly_Q

Skipped said:

They have already invented a pickguard with edges that are impervious to 59 years of Nicotine Abuse, never mind the  wear and tear.

Way off topic, but are those bronze-coloured Gibson Custom stickers, or placques, or whatever they are supposed to be removable?  They seem pretty securely welded in place.

Deijavoo

Skipped said:

Blaendulais said:

Reckon you must be about right - he looks young but hands always give away peoples age - its apparently a frustration of celebs that there is nothing Plastics can do about hand ageing.  

I am not ruling out the possibility that the True Historic Guys can fix Hand Ageing.

They have already invented a pickguard with edges that are impervious to 59 years of Nicotine Abuse, never mind the  wear and tear.

http://www.ginoguitars.com/bmz_cache/3/32954bd9f2543a52db569ca3b301ab70.image.1140x760.jpg

Yup, my white edged scratchplate does my tits in.

tone1

I had a coffee with him about 10 years ago...Such a lovely guy

p90fool

He's a lovely guy and a competent pro, but the first two minutes of that video were awful. 

siraxeman

^^ Yep I was thinking exactly the same!!

I was a bit shocked to hear he'd gone over to the dark side to! Neville Marten with a Helix? Who'd have thunk it eh ?

rossyamaha

Really good interview. Gets even better from 48 mins in. ;-)

John_P

It felt a bit like product placement rather than a natural conversation t times, but I can live with that - he always comes across as a nice guy with something interesting to say about guitars and gear. 

xSkarloey

I've always liked Neville Martin. 

NM edited Guitarist when I read it. IIRC he skilfully walked the line between paying due respect to the established guitar gods while keeping up with latest bands and trends. This at a time when letters pages often had old timers moaning about shredders, or 'widdlers' as they were briefly and scornfully referred to at the time. 

Above all, the quality of the writing was really strong: clear and informative. 


I've  seen the first bit of this and will watch the rest later. I suppose NM is largely (along with my sometimes varied taste in music) responsible for my interest in lots of different kinds of guitars. I do remember a feature he ran called 'Oldies but Goodies' which to a Jackson Soloist obsessed lad like me did give me more insight into the 'Golden Era' and similar guitars. 

richardhomer

Skarloey said:

I've always liked Neville Martin. 

NM edited Guitarist when I read it. IIRC he skilfully walked the line between paying due respect to the established guitar gods while keeping up with latest bands and trends.

I agree @Skarloey - he seems to appreciate good guitar work of any sort....