SignatureAurora75

Ha! They fixed it. Try the link above again.

Anyone had any issues with this ever before?

 

I don't understand because I didn't do anything different from my previous guitar cover vids. As far as I know this is the only one that has been blocked.

 

I hit the copyright dispute button and filled out their dispute form. We'll see what happens. I'm not sure what the issue is because there are millions of guitarists out there playing along with songs on youtube, yet we can still see and hear them.

QUOTE (mrbarlint @ Oct 2 2011, 09:34 PM)

This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it on copyright grounds. Sorry about that. Same thing here in NYC, Steve. I was looking forward to seeing another smokin' cover.

Are you in U.S... Canada? Where? I did read a note while uploading saying that "this is banned in some countries due to copyright protection".

QUOTE (CygnusX-1Bk2 @ Sep 26 2011, 10:38 AM)

It is worth a try. I know of someone who purchased a vintage strat from a Guitar Center store and discovered one of the tuning machines had been replaced. He ended up trying to return the guitar. Long story short GC ate the price (around $10k i believe) and the customer ended up with the "altered" vintage piece for free after months of back and forth. This is an extreme example but GC is more concerned with returning customers than anything else.

QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Sep 25 2011, 08:10 PM)

QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 25 2011, 09:08 PM) QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Sep 25 2011, 06:35 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 25 2011, 06:38 PM) QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Sep 25 2011, 05:12 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 25 2011, 08:10 AM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Sep 25 2011, 12:18 AM) QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Sep 24 2011, 07:44 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Aug 30 2011, 05:07 AM) Both always breaking down (could be avoided if more attention to detail were given) Where's your proof that Gibson guitars are always 'breaking down'??   Just that he probably thinks Alex should still be using Signature guitars. That is not how I feel. If you want to know how I feel, I think that Alex Lifeson should be endorsing PRS a hell of a lot more than Gibson. I wish he would have come out with an Alex custom PRS instead. They make the best guitars on earth.   My proof? It's in the picture here. Here is my Alex ES-355 with the finish cracks around the tuner pegs. These are common, ask Freddy. They're on most of the ES-355's if I remember him saying correctly.   Gibson can take this guitar and shove it up their ass.   I've seen a few up close and they definately didn't have that. I would say that is due to tighten the nuts too tight...... Freddy is the luthier that restored Alex's original ES-355   I assume he is a good one and knows what he's talking about.   He told me that this happened because of shrinkage stress the peghead and overlay went through after manufacture. If they had let the guitar sit and acclimatise for a period of time before applying lacquer that would not have happened. Look at the pearl inlays, lacquer cracked around them too.   And guess what! This is not covered in Gibson's "Lifetime Warranty". That lifetime warranty don't mean shit.   Not the nuts too tight. I say again, when I first checked them they were a tiny bit loose.   I hope the Feds shut the Gibson plant down for good. It makes me want to vote as a Democrat. Did you try and warranty it? What did they say? I was going to try and warranty repair the guitar, and I got out the warranty card and read it. It says on there finish cracks are not covered under warranty, so I did not even try. Why not try? If its a big of an issue as you claim with these models......Gibson may do something for you..... Ya know what? Maybe I will try. If they say no, then I will at least have gotten a little farther than where I am now. I appreciate the encouragement guys.   Freddy actually said he would fix it for me. Either way it's going to get fixed.   This did not happen immediately. I noticed the damage after I owned the guitar for awhile. I think it happened maybe a year after I bought the guitar as new. The guitar has spent 95% of it's life in the case.   I always wondered if it was the dry climate I live in that may have caused it. Anyone know if this might have had an effect?

QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Sep 25 2011, 06:35 PM)

QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 25 2011, 06:38 PM) QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Sep 25 2011, 05:12 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 25 2011, 08:10 AM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Sep 25 2011, 12:18 AM) QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Sep 24 2011, 07:44 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Aug 30 2011, 05:07 AM) Both always breaking down (could be avoided if more attention to detail were given) Where's your proof that Gibson guitars are always 'breaking down'??   Just that he probably thinks Alex should still be using Signature guitars. That is not how I feel. If you want to know how I feel, I think that Alex Lifeson should be endorsing PRS a hell of a lot more than Gibson. I wish he would have come out with an Alex custom PRS instead. They make the best guitars on earth.   My proof? It's in the picture here. Here is my Alex ES-355 with the finish cracks around the tuner pegs. These are common, ask Freddy. They're on most of the ES-355's if I remember him saying correctly.   Gibson can take this guitar and shove it up their ass.   I've seen a few up close and they definately didn't have that. I would say that is due to tighten the nuts too tight...... Freddy is the luthier that restored Alex's original ES-355   I assume he is a good one and knows what he's talking about.   He told me that this happened because of shrinkage stress the peghead and overlay went through after manufacture. If they had let the guitar sit and acclimatise for a period of time before applying lacquer that would not have happened. Look at the pearl inlays, lacquer cracked around them too.   And guess what! This is not covered in Gibson's "Lifetime Warranty". That lifetime warranty don't mean shit.   Not the nuts too tight. I say again, when I first checked them they were a tiny bit loose.   I hope the Feds shut the Gibson plant down for good. It makes me want to vote as a Democrat. Did you try and warranty it? What did they say? I was going to try and warranty repair the guitar, and I got out the warranty card and read it. It says on there finish cracks are not covered under warranty, so I did not even try.

QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Sep 25 2011, 05:12 PM)

QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 25 2011, 08:10 AM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Sep 25 2011, 12:18 AM) QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Sep 24 2011, 07:44 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Aug 30 2011, 05:07 AM) Both always breaking down (could be avoided if more attention to detail were given) Where's your proof that Gibson guitars are always 'breaking down'??   Just that he probably thinks Alex should still be using Signature guitars. That is not how I feel. If you want to know how I feel, I think that Alex Lifeson should be endorsing PRS a hell of a lot more than Gibson. I wish he would have come out with an Alex custom PRS instead. They make the best guitars on earth.   My proof? It's in the picture here. Here is my Alex ES-355 with the finish cracks around the tuner pegs. These are common, ask Freddy. They're on most of the ES-355's if I remember him saying correctly.   Gibson can take this guitar and shove it up their ass.   I've seen a few up close and they definately didn't have that. I would say that is due to tighten the nuts too tight...... Freddy is the luthier that restored Alex's original ES-355   I assume he is a good one and knows what he's talking about.   He told me that this happened because of shrinkage stress the peghead and overlay went through after manufacture. If they had let the guitar sit and acclimatise for a period of time before applying lacquer that would not have happened. Look at the pearl inlays, lacquer cracked around them too.   And guess what! This is not covered in Gibson's "Lifetime Warranty". That lifetime warranty don't mean shit.   Not the nuts too tight. I say again, when I first checked them they were a tiny bit loose.   I hope the Feds shut the Gibson plant down for good. It makes me want to vote as a Democrat.

QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Sep 25 2011, 10:24 AM)

QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 25 2011, 09:10 AM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Sep 25 2011, 12:18 AM) QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Sep 24 2011, 07:44 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Aug 30 2011, 05:07 AM) Both always breaking down (could be avoided if more attention to detail were given) Where's your proof that Gibson guitars are always 'breaking down'??   Just that he probably thinks Alex should still be using Signature guitars. That is not how I feel. If you want to know how I feel, I think that Alex Lifeson should be endorsing PRS a hell of a lot more than Gibson. I wish he would have come out with an Alex custom PRS instead. They make the best guitars on earth.   My proof? It's in the picture here. Here is my Alex ES-355 with the finish cracks around the tuner pegs. These are common, ask Freddy. They're on most of the ES-355's if I remember him saying correctly.   Gibson can take this guitar and shove it up their ass.   http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww289/shepwhite2112/headstock.jpg They are more common when people kill-tighten the nuts of the tuners down to the point of this happening.   It happens on more guitars than just Gibsons. No.   Nothing to do with the finish cracks there. The nuts were not tight, in fact they were just a little loose when I discovered them.   Also, look at the finish around the pearl. That looks like shit. Finish cracks. Poor, shoddy workmanship.     (MOD EDIT: Quotes fixed)

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Sep 25 2011, 12:18 AM)

QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Sep 24 2011, 07:44 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Aug 30 2011, 05:07 AM) Both always breaking down (could be avoided if more attention to detail were given) Where's your proof that Gibson guitars are always 'breaking down'??   Just that he probably thinks Alex should still be using Signature guitars. That is not how I feel. If you want to know how I feel, I think that Alex Lifeson should be endorsing PRS a hell of a lot more than Gibson. I wish he would have come out with an Alex custom PRS instead. They make the best guitars on earth.   My proof? It's in the picture here. Here is my Alex ES-355 with the finish cracks around the tuner pegs. These are common, ask Freddy. They're on most of the ES-355's if I remember him saying correctly.   Gibson can take this guitar and shove it up their ass.   http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww289/shepwhite2112/headstock.jpg

Maybe the government is pissed off at Gibson for charging too much damn money for guitars that in reality aren't worth the prices they charge. (sarcasm)

 

Sorry, little off topic. I guess I'll always be sore at Gibson:

 

Gibson = Harley Davidson

 

Both loud and mean

 

Both overblown prices. It's all about the name

 

Both always breaking down (could be avoided if more attention to detail were given)

 

Now, I would assume Gibson will be in trouble. I highly doubt the Feds would go after them unless they had damn good reason.

 

Sounds like it would be a good reason for AL to drop his endorsement deal. What I really would like to see is AL stick to endorsing PRS. It would be something awesome to see a PRS AL signature model.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230664019428

 

Here's an interview where he praises Signature guitars:

 

Like I said, money talks and makes people talk.

 

Guitar World Apr. 1988 I believe:

 

AL: I've gone to new guitars made by the Signature guitar company, a Canadian firm. They are a Strat style guitar with single coil active electronics. Ebony neck and a Floyd Rose. They have more distinction than the Bill Lawrence Strats that I had. They were very meaty and thick. This is leaner, with less of that chunkiness on it. I used one on this last record for about 90% of the recording and when used with the Gallien Krueger setup on a clean channel it sounds very clean and has a wiry transparency to it. It's a very steely sort of sound, almost acoustic at times. I like the combination of having that with a very dirty sound. It was very good for that too. I've had a 250ML for a long time as a tuning room amp and I used it on a couple of our albums for different things. In the studio I found I was leaning primarily to a couple of old Marshalls with twin 12s and the GK. When we started to prepare for the tour I ran through everything and found the GKs sounded the best for this setup for this tour. These are the 2000 model, just preamps into a Briston 3B. They also have a 2100 coming out shortly which is a stereo amplifier built right into it. I'm using the GK cabinet. It's a tight two 12 cabinet with Celestion speakers.

 

JS: Will they be production guitars?

 

AL: They are planning on it. They are constantly changing things around and

improving the guitar. They don't release the guitars until they feel absolutely confident that they are the best they can be. The guitar is very

well made. There's a fairly consistent quality to the sound. They are not

radically different from one body to the next. They are lighter than the old

Strats. A heavy weight and a medium weight sound difference is not as great as it would be on a Strat or a Les Paul. The finish on the back of the neck is very light. I like to feel the wood. On my guitars in the past I had no

finish and for cleaning it I'd use 400 or 600 sandpaper up and down a couple of times. I had this one kicking around during rehearsals. I thought it sounded neat but I wasn't crazy about it. When we went into the studio and got serious about the amp setup and designating different characteristics to different amps, I found the Signature sounded beautiful.

Hi Tony

 

I didn't buy your guitar, but I know who did, and I've played it! Did yours have the panther patch? I'm pretty sure he doesn't post on this forum, but maybe now and then every so often.

 

That friend of mine owns at least one of every model Signature ever built, including the Excalibre bass. My Aurora came from England (Birmingham, where the ASOH video was filmed I believe. Cool huh?)

 

This isn't the only interview I've read where Alex sort of talks shit about the Signatures. I've read other interviews where he sort of complains about the locking tremolo. He's also said that he disliked the Floyd Rose's on those guitars because they sort of protruded out (not set down in a cavity like say an Ibanez)... He didn't like the feel of the raised metal bridge, and it wasn't what he was used to playing. I think the raised bridge interfered with his style back then.

 

So then he went on to PRS... Which of course those guitars do not have locking tremolos and a protruding bridge. He liked them much more at the time because those properties made them more similar to the guitars that he used to play before Signature.

 

All in all, I believe Alex had a falling out with the owner of Signature right before he went over to PRS. I don't know what happened, but I've read posts on different forums and such that indicate all didn't end well.

 

Alex did not use Evans pickups in his Aurora model Signatures. The pickups he used were the active single coils made by Fernandes, but they had the Signature logo on it. Actually, he still plays one of those pickups in his PRS. (His first PRS made custom for him, which Paul R. Smith customized and installed 2 of those pickups for him. That is his bolt on CE model that's tobacco color). The active single coils were probably ripped out of his old Great White Aurora, but I'm not sure. The pickup he has in his tobacco PRS that he still plays on stage still has the Signature logo on it!

 

I'm not sure if Alex ever recorded with Evans pickups, but I doubt it. I would have to agree with LerxtLuthier about his comment concerning the Evans pickups. I really don't care for the sound of those. To me, they're quiet, lack balls, and just sound plain. They are probably good for getting some of those clear clean sounds from the 80's, say Andy Summers.

 

I would have to say though, the overall quality of Signature guitars are excellent. The woods they used to build the guitars are high quality and sound fabulous. They did pay attention to detail when building. All the metal hardware is genuine Schaller from Germany. The bolt on Signatures actually sound a lot better than the neck-thru's

 

Yeah like I said, I've read Alex kind of bash the Signatures after he split with them, but never any direct jabs. It's just strange he would talk that way after he was 1 of the 2 that designed those before they started production. I know that the owner of Signature was a close friend of his at the time. The Signatures were designed in Alex's basement studio in his house.

 

It's an exciting day for me! I just got my brand new Royal Crimson Alex Lifeson Les Paul from FedEx just two hours ago! I haven't even played it yet. It's like I'm almost scared to. Well I guess I'd better go tune it up and give her a go.

 

Oh, and one thing I noticed about my new Les Paul... It has a Floyd Rose locking tremolo. The metal bridge protrudes up out of the body... Just like on my Signatures! I wonder if that's uncomfortable to play?

 

Money talks and money makes people talk, they will say things as there are probably contracts etc, just like how an actor will always promote their latest film no matter how good or bad.

I think it's back up for auction. I thought it was supposed to go to the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas. I guess they didn't want that piece of shit either. That guy ought to work for Gibson, since he likes to charge outrageous prices for guitars that are hardly worth the money they are asking.

Sorry if this has been discussed before. But I am really loving those isolated guitar tracks that I've heard from Moving Pictures and The Trees.

 

I know they come from some game like rock band or whatever... But how in the hell do they make those in the first place?

 

Is it possible for us to make them?

 

Those really help me learn to play the songs.

 

I would just die to hear the isolated guitar from Cygnus X1 book 2 Hemispheres.

 

 

QUOTE (mrbarlint @ Jul 31 2011, 03:37 PM)

Plus, he took a huge gamble by not taking Sig's offer of $250.

Somebody bought that thing for $1500. A lot more than the $250 offer I put out to him.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALEX-LIFESON-RUSH-TTM-...=item415bab678c

QUOTE (mrbarlint @ Jul 15 2011, 07:16 PM)

Very true, the 355's have been selling relatively high, only 300 made. I'm sure that the signed AL Les Pauls will keep their value as well (only 50 total). I'm curious to see what they will go for if anyone decides to ever sell one. Mine is an unsigned Viceroy Brown. It truly is a fantastic playing, sounding and versatile guitar. Not too bad looking either! I picked this up to be played and be my new #1 gigging axe. My Howard Roberts will finally get some well needed rest.

Definitely not for the people who don't have much to spend. But...

 

My pockets aren't that deep, but I don't have a problem buying an expensive guitar like this. I like to think of these things as an investment.

 

I'm thinking the value of these shouldn't decrease that much in the near future. And sometime in the future I'm thinking these will go up in value. I've already seen AL 355's sell on Ebay for more than what the original pricetag was!

 

I'm just wondering how much in value the actual signed Alex Les Pauls will increase in value. What do you think?

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww289/shepwhite2112/IMAG0027.jpg

 

I also have a genuine certified platinum album from the Canadian Recording Industry for Hold Your Fire

I will trade the wine for a new Lifeson Les Paul Axcess!

 

The story is these were given to Rush in the late 80's by a concert promoter (now deceased) by the name Bill Graham. I don't think these were ever sold. The guy I got it from says he believes it to be probably the only one in existence. He said Alex Lifeson gave it to him as a gift, and that Neil and Geddy drank all of theirs.