What brand guitar is this ????

[ADR]

What's Adrian playing in this "Promo Vid"? What a great song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVvi64PvOs

BTW:One of the all time best solo's ever written and played

[Racerx2k]

Dunno. I always thought it was a custom, one-of.

Which brings me to THIS observation: Why does he look like Peter Noone in this video?

[Rsmacker]

He looks more like Keith Chegwin to me...(trust me, you don't want to know who Cheggers is)

I do think the drummer looks um, "fetching" in his leopard-print catsuit in that vid. Or maybe I mean "felching".

[Nuclear Vampire]

Strangely, I heard that song on the local classic rock station the other day for the first time. Great tune.

[Racerx2k]

You never heard that before? Man, I'm feeling very old!.....

[horns666]

The bass is a G& L..

Vandenburg was great..I prefer the "rockers" they put on on Heading for a storm and Alibi.

This is one of my favorite Vandenburg songs and solos....http://youtube.com/watch?v=h3aBoVlKUxg

..http://youtube.com/watch?v=5jRDuAjVYY8&feature=related

..http://youtube.com/watch?v=gHhoW_E7rPo

..and the best for last..http://youtube.com/watch?v=AhGaaCI_1Sg&feature=related

[992gnt]

Vandenberg was great, good to see I'm not the only one who remembers them! Anyone notice towards the end of the solo he moves his thumb under the neck? I'll admit I have never seen any footage of him playing before, so maybe it's just news to me....

[MartinBarre]

Is he wearing a bowtie?

First time I've heard that too, nice solo.

[fuel0707]

Probably a parts guitar.

If you hunt around, there was a DVD put out a few years ago of an early Vandenberg concert in Tokyo that's really cool. They didn't have much of a show in terms of lights or lasers and they didn't jump around much but they could really play. If you can find it fairly cheap, it's worth picking up.

[Chavelfan]

In a Guitar Player or Guitar World interview he said it was a parts guitar that he had put together by a luthier. I can't remember for sure, but I think he said Mighty Mite parts.
I feel really old, used to play that song in the band I was in when his 1st album came out.

[ADR]

Nice

Wow,glad this topic is getting some attention.What I noticed was the "Brass knob",that's what got me thinking and started the topic and the bridge is?
My friend Rich R. (aka:The Wizard) could play it note for note,with all that feeling it would make the hair stand up on my neck.I miss those days.
I recall Adrian playing a Sunburst Les Paul. Did I mention this is one of my Top 5 solo's ever!!!

[fred dons]

that is a guitar he made himself with the help of Dick Dijkman (dutch luthier)

[phill_up]

The bass is a G& L..

Dude I thought that was an Ernie Ball MM Sting Ray but it didn't have the G tuner on bottom. There was something really tight knit about G&L, Leo Fender and Ernie Ball back in that Era.

As far as the 6 string

[John C]

Dude I thought that was an Ernie Ball MM Sting Ray but it didn't have the G tuner on bottom. There was something really tight knit about G&L, Leo Fender and Ernie Ball back in that Era.

As far as the 6 string

Yep, G&L was basically the next generation of Music Man. Here's the story as I've pieced it together from a bunch of sources:

Music Man starts in the early 1970s; it's basically Forrest White (former plant manager at Fender in the Leo-era) and Tom Walker (I think he was involved in Fender Sales pre-CBS - "Fender Sales" was actually a separte company from "Fender Instruments" until CBS bought them both). They had a "silent partner/advisor" who, once his non-compete ended, came forward as a partner in Music Man - Leo Fender. Fender also owned a side company called "CLF Research". While he had little involvement in the amp design, he did design and build the Music Man guitars and basses. From a business standpoint, the instruments were made by CLF Research, sold to Music Man, who resold them to their dealers.

Fender had a falling out with Walker and White circa 1978/79, sold his Music Man shares back to them but still continued to produce guitars and amps under contract through CLF Research. He also decided to produce his own line of guitars, partnering with George Fullerton in G&L; the first G&Ls came out circa 1980. Now, according to Forrest White's book, once they started making G&Ls the Music Man quality declinded - several hundred guitars and basses shipped with improperly installed truss rods according to White. Fullerton refutes this story in his book, which is of course told from the G&L perspective. Regardless, the contract between Music Man and CLF Research is terminated; CLF Research officially changes its name to G&L at that time. Music Man turns to Grover Jackson to finish building the inventory of Music Man parts retrieved from CLF Research and to produce basses under contract. The Music Man Sabre and Sting Ray guitars are discontinued.

G&L continues on; their earliest models like the F-100 guitar are really evolutions of the Music Man Sabre. Music Man, however, can't meet their sales contracts and goes into bankruptcy. Ernie Ball purchases the name and intellectual property in 1984, and puts them back into production by 1986. On a side note, Sterling Ball had a few stints with Music Man before the EB purchase - while working for EB he also free-lanced as a bass tester for Leo Fender at Music Man, and after Leo moved on Sterling worked for White and Walker - like many people who eventually take over the family business they get some of their experience with outside companies. The only current instrument in the EBMM lineup with ties to the Leo Fender era of Music Man is the basic 1-pickup 4-string Sting Ray bass; all other instruments (and expanded models) are from the EB era.

[Endrik]

Leo Fender made the first Music Man Stingray bass for the legendary Louis "Thunderthumbs" Johnson. Louis had the most powerful and intense slap-pop playing in the world so he needed a bass wich would deliver his needs. That's when the pickup (now known as Magnetic Field) was born, to give the ultimate power, clearness and tone.
When Leo did G&L with Fullerton he improved the Music Man bass wich became L-2000 a bass wich combines all the best qualities of Fender J and P bass and Music Man Stingray... but also giving other tones like T-Bird, Ric etc. G&L L-2000 still remains the best bass I've ever played with.