So, you think it is just Lindsey and...

chiliD · #1 02-06-2007, 05:34 PM

...a Gibson Chet Atkins on "Big Love"??

Think again, bucko.

Here's a small portion of a very long interview with Rick Turner from 2000.

Some other things had happened design-wise, of course. I'd been doing these conversions on Chet Atkins nylon-string guitars, installing a hex pickup with panning stereo output. Bob Wolstein and I worked on some really trick electronics when we were both working for Gibson that they didn't take. You could pan strings anywhere, it could simultaneously drive the Roland guitar synthesizer, and it sounded just gangbusters. I did probably thirteen or fourteen of those conversion jobs, including two for Lindsey Buckingham. I went to one of Lindsey's gigs one night, and there he is just playing the hell out of a Chet Atkins, with a little bit of synth in there, and it just sounded great. I was just dumbfounded because I realized that here he is playing this thing, and it sounds great, and everybody thinks it's a Gibson, but that's not what they're hearing! They're seeing a Gibson and they're hearing me! And I said, "Screw this! No more modifying Gibsons. I'm going to design a guitar."

The guitar he designed? The Renaissance RS-6.

shackin'up · #2 02-06-2007, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

...a Gibson Chet Atkins on "Big Love"??

Think again, bucko.

Here's a small portion of a very long interview with Rick Turner from 2000.

Some other things had happened design-wise, of course. I'd been doing these conversions on Chet Atkins nylon-string guitars, installing a hex pickup with panning stereo output. Bob Wolstein and I worked on some really trick electronics when we were both working for Gibson that they didn't take. You could pan strings anywhere, it could simultaneously drive the Roland guitar synthesizer, and it sounded just gangbusters. I did probably thirteen or fourteen of those conversion jobs, including two for Lindsey Buckingham. I went to one of Lindsey's gigs one night, and there he is just playing the hell out of a Chet Atkins, with a little bit of synth in there, and it just sounded great. I was just dumbfounded because I realized that here he is playing this thing, and it sounds great, and everybody thinks it's a Gibson, but that's not what they're hearing! They're seeing a Gibson and they're hearing me! And I said, "Screw this! No more modifying Gibsons. I'm going to design a guitar."

The guitar he designed? The Renaissance RS-6.

maybe I'm a dumbass, but is that the one he uses on World Turning these shows?

chiliD · #3 02-06-2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by shackin'up

maybe I'm a dumbass, but is that the one he uses on World Turning these shows?

I have no idea...I haven't seen any of his shows this tour.

shackin'up · #4 02-06-2007, 06:18 PM

No, I've been a dumbass. I checked a short thread about it on BN.net, cause I remember Carnevaca found out what kind of new guitar it was.

it's a Carruthers, an ACS6. I guess i only remembered the S6-part.

A shame you didn't dive in lindsey's current tour Chili. He's kickin ass bigtime and is VERY playful.

chiliD · #5 02-06-2007, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by shackin'up

A shame you didn't dive in lindsey's current tour Chili.

You SHOULD have sent me $$ to buy my ticket. Rent, food & clothing are priorities with my income.

**mylittledemon** · #6 02-06-2007, 10:39 PM

Hey Chili...I knew that already...BUT, I have also seen him playing several Chet Atkins models that still have the Chets Atkins/pickups in them.

shackin'up · #7 02-07-2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

You SHOULD have sent me $$ to buy my ticket. Rent, food & clothing are priorities with my income.

I mean: you can download boots, listen to it and get excited. I need my own money to maybe fly over to see one....But given the time left...it's not gonna happen.