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  • I hate his voice but his guitar playing is legendary.

  • I ran into Joe in the parking lot of circuit city a while back- he's a friendly guy and a tech nerd at heart. plays pretty good guitar too.

  • "Just like an old Les Paul, I can't even get Gibson to that"..... Right on Joe, Such a huge tone and playability factor between the 50's Les Pauls and current Gibson Historics.

  • Maybe Carvin woke Joe up out of a sound sleep to film this in the middle of the night. I think he sounds hald asleep.

  • Legend. Thanks Joe for the great music.

  • Carvin makes nice guitars, but I have one complaint. They don't offer different neck sizes. I like bigger necks. I think they could sell more guitars if they offered different size neck contours.

  • To the guy who said Joe Walsh is retarded. Walsh is a world class guitarist, famous, talented, funny, known and liked by just about everybody in the industry, and you? Who the fuck are you again???

  • See kids. Don't do drugs!

  • Damn, Joe Walsh is depressing. He can't play like he used to, his time is up.

  • @TvPguitarist You don't know shit.

  • He's crazy like a fox and his style is recognizable without being redundant. And his willingness to share the spotlight with guys like Don Felder and Steuart Smith shows the mark of a mature artist.

  • @OakPark11MileRd when did you get your sex change frenchie?

  • @TheZayne34 Who the hell are you?-i guess a jobless live at home kidwith bi-polar and youhave picked on tooo many times.Hate someone on YT then go to porn sites-make a mess-repeat process.

  • @OakPark11MileRd did i attack you? and you come off as a total bitch.I know quite a bit about Walsh,and my response to you was nothing but conversation.

  • @OakPark11MileRd He also plays Parkers,Tele's and he does play Carvins.Walsh does not need to waste his time selling something he does not like.He is a straight shooter type dude,and apologizes for nothing.Joe has been around the block ,and still blows away most anyone with Taste and wits!! And betyour ass you want a magnet under the string-- bar type magnets solve that.But the man is right.

  • Is he stoned?

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  • we love joe, he is a legend. joe walsh for president. hope you come back to oz joe

  • Hey you know he once asked "got any gum"? And im going to build a Carvin guitar from a kit.

  • Is he stoned all the time? hahaha

  • Move over Henley! I love ya, but Walsh has the vocals AND the badass playing skills! Lol

  • Reminds me of raging bull. I got big hands. My hands are to big. I coulda been a mandolin player Joey.

  • my buddy's got a carvin 100 watt combo from about 15 years ago & it fuckin rocks , no pedals straight thru the amp great tone.....nice guitar too like joes model....

  • Joe is my hero!

  • I wanna go guitar shopping with Joe.

  • Anyone know if this is the deep tigers eye color that joe's playing in the beginning? or if not what color?

  • ahh....joe walsh is one of my top inspirations lol

  • out of left field,"I can't play mandolin...........my hands are too big".Typical,classic Joe.......God Bless him

  • "Life's Been Good" for 154 people. 5 haven't had good lives!

  • Gotta love JAMES GANG !

    I love them.

  • I think Joe Walsh is The Dude.

  • hey does anyone know the name of this song he is playing

  • @chickenassasin123

    Hi, it's "Life's Been Good"

  • Joe's a good egg...and funny!! I laughed my a## off listening to him on the Steve Dahl radio show in the eighties.

  • Great musician, but one ugly guitar.

  • @JerridPayne you must be an ibanez lover or a gibson snob! CARVIN RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Joe Walsh is awesome! He was in "The James Gang" before he was in the Eagles and that was a great band. I also have lots of his solo albums on cassette.

  • If someone did not know who Joe Walsh was. There is no way they would believe how successful he has been in his career, as Joe is not cocky in the slightest. Joe is on the most successful selling album of all time: Eagles Greatest Hits - selling more than Michael Jackson's Thriller. He has written some of the best guitar hooks ever: Life in the Fast Lane, Funk #49 etc.. Yet, he likes to talk about guitars and tries to help other people improve their technique. Joe is a nice guy.

  • I can't even get GIBSON to do it! LOL

  • I have to admit I was horrified when I heard he joined The Eagles, but they're a decent back-up band for Smokin' Joe.

    He does sound a little punch-drunk, but rumours persist that Joe may have experimented with drugs back in the day ...

  • @BettyVanSneeIV You were horrified when back in 1975/76 when he did Hotel California with the Eagles. lol

  • I thought he quit drugs and alcohol? he's slurring his words and he acts like he is still high or drunk. It's a shame, cause I like his guitar playing.

  • @koolhandvuk: Joe's current state of being, I think, is simply the result of a lifetime worth of alcohol and drug abuse. Hes lucky to still be around, and I'm glad that he is. I have heard that hes living a clean lifestyle now. For being such a famous musician, he still seems like such a modest, "ordinary everyday guy". I hope that he stays clean and keeps recording

  • @koolhandvuk Come on give him credit where credit is due! If you did all the drugs and alcohol he did and to survive it. You'd be slurring also. He's clean and sober and he's still the best. He is truly a genuine individual.

  • Joe is such a fair guy. I've always loved his sound. Formerly the albums so what and but ser. folks, i mean they were grey-coloured at alst. Now i pick them up from you tube. Good memories, Joe. Wish you all the best

  • Joe is awesome, loved this vid. Thanks for all the years Joe

  • Aaaah Joe Walsh is like that crazy uncle with the guitar haha. Emphasis on the crazy. Love it.

  • Joe Walsh is my guitar hero and in my opinion the greatest guitarist out there (to me anyways). Upon seeing this video I wanted a Carvin CT6 like Joe's, and I was able to pick up one used in my local guitar store with the same pickups and features and its an amazing instrument! I hope Carvin does an updated Joe Walsh video soon as I know he's used their single cuts (CS6) and now uses their new DC6.

  • Great man!

  • I have a Floyd Rose and i love playing it

  • Love you Joe,saw you live in 1977 at Anaheim Stadium, hope to see you soon.

  • great player.great writer

  • When Joe Walsh talks guitars, people listen.

  • I got to meet Joe at Carvin in hollywood i was there with my son and he just walked in the back entrance. He is one cooooool dude. He bought 10 cal carve tops that day. Must be nice. Anyway thanks Joe for being really down to earth.

  • Lol Walsh has the coolest personality. "I can't play mandolin. My hands are too big."

  • I saw a vid of Joe once when he was guest ummm, VJ? on MTV. It was from like 30 years ago. It was awsome. I could never find it again. I would really love to see it one more time atleast. He was wicked wild. lmao . If anyone can help me I would soooo much appreciate it ty :}}

  • @lilnip67 he was on a ferry ride by the statue of liberty. Waddy wachtel was there. it was when he was releasing" you bought it "around 1983-1984. one song that was played as he was dj-was john lennon's give peace a chance! i have on vhs tape. he opens up the show jumping out of sunroof of limo shouting" hello new york"

  • @4321grusty Ty so much for the extra info. Is there anyway you might beable to find a way to get that uploaded? PLEASEEEEEE (showing an excited face} I don't usually beg for anything. But for this I will. lol :}}

  • one of the greatest all around

  • What a salesman! He could sell ABC gum.

  • Carvin's set neck models are really well made. The neck is set very deep into the body. A guitar like the one Joe's playing would cost $5,000.00 from PRS. The Carvin costs about $1,500.00

  • @KevinFL Is that right? I mean I am interested, but I don't have a lot of bucks. I especially can't afford a PRS.

  • Wish that they made that model with the 24 fret option

  • @serazac25 they do now

  • @MaxxManRules1 D: but still its not among the most affordable carvin's lol, thank you for the news :P

  • @serazac25 The CT6 is definitely not the cheapest Carvin, but its probably the best all around deal for that caliber of guitar. A person could expect to pay anywhere from $3000 to $5000 for a PRS guitar (a very similar guitar which offers the same or lesser features, depending on the model). I have a Dragon Burst Carvin CT6 (the guitar thats shown at 3:31 in this video) with jumbo frets, ebony fretboard and locking tuners. It only cost me around $1700. I'd say I got a fair deal.

  • Whoa, it's Gummo...

  • They should sell copies of this guitar, It rocks almost as much as Joe himself!!

  • Joe Walsh has talked like this for 25 years, and he knows it. He is a scientist of the guitar and he is sitting here telling people exactly what to look for in a good guitar. It's quite a lesson.

  • The guy is in his sixties for Christ sake! Give the man a break! I think he looks good for his age and healthy. As a guitarist myself and a Carvin guitar owner, and feedback I can get from Joe Walsh is much appreciated. So shut the fuck up!!

  • I Like Carvin, very high quality. I also like G&L. Guitars, I had a Peavey Wolfgang that was very nice. As far as amps, I wouldnt clog up a wood chipper with a marshall, total junk, the newer ones anyway. I'd look at the Carvin Belair tho.

    All that aside, ya gotta love Joe and the great music he still continues to give us these days.

  • Only one question, does he seem happy?

  • Was he high the whole time?

  • does this man ever not chew gum?

  • there are only two guitar companies that I trust and they are ErnieBall/Musicman and Carvin.

  • Joe Walsh is a true legend and I love his work through out his career, but it is really sad to see the effects all the decades of booze, drugs, and fast living he has gone through from touring with the Eagles has done to him. It has really taken its toll. Much like now when you listen and look closely to Eddie Van Halen. But everything he said about what great guitars should be in this video - is exactly right. A great man playing a truly great guitar.

  • I bet he's great fun to stay up all night and chat about all sorts of shit: politics, music, women...

  • Guitar pLAYER mAGAzine Joe,,TAHT WAS the One,,Yep...

  • he seems coherent.

  • Brain damage or no brain damage he can still play

  • fried much? lol

  • You try being an alcoholic for 20 years then get sober and see if you can still talk like you used to.

  • A True Master...........

  • when has "ole" joe not sounded loaded?

  • fav band, fav g man, an asp to any band in any land, joe could have been. ok so he choosed the eagles wisely,and still the best guitar based band the world has yet begot.  pickerm

  • Joe Walsh is an encyclopedia of musical knowledge. This is a nice primer on what to look for when getting a guitar: the little things that make it easy to play and gets you a good sound. Like he said, it's the details that count.

  • Ole Joe sounds a bit loaded. :P

  • he was only drunk once for 24 years

  • Great player, great guitar, just loose the gum!

  • Joe Walsh is a guitar legend!!!! Drugs were the lifestyle of most musicians, I'm just glad Joe is still here! Along with being a great guitar player, he's funny and down to earth. No ego and that's what really makes Joe, one of a kind!!!! Oh yeah, actor too. The Drew Carey Shows-ED!!!

  • @redhead5150 I totally agree with you. And that is so kool you saw that LMAO :}}

  • @redhead5150 YEAH!!!

  • @redhead5150 Joe's first band was with my uncle back in Stow OH. I've heard some great stories! I guess my grandma didnt like him because of his hair. hahaha

  • my next DREAM GUITAR

    would be a dark blue 1

    like joe has probly

    with a 4 heaad carvin amp

    fully loaded of course:)

  • Sorry for my mistake! I stand corrected! I had heard on a radio program which stated he had dropped out of high school and made it big as a musician! I assumed they were telling the truth, guess not. Sorry.

  • Everybody should know by now interviewers are systematically great at catching someone while they're tired or just woke up it's their call their aim.They could've just woken him up as he slept after giging in jersey or cal. somewhere;and he may have forgotten the interview date,he has so many people hounding him for this and that.

  • This cat has lived the life that WE can only dream about! Life in the fast lane will mellow ya out sooner or later, and Joe is one cool mellow cat! This guy dropped out of high school and made it big in rock and roll. Rock on Joe!

  • What th fuck are you talking about? Joe graduatedhigh school went to Kent State University.

  • Christ, you guys are way to analytical! He is a great guitar player and human being and that's the end of it!

  • You guys commenting on Joe's drug use are stupid, grow up. He's a god, you'll never be a schmuck!

  • Sounds like he is really burned out.

  • That's just Joe...... Gotta love him!

  • thats what heavy drug use does to you buddy, don't think it doesnt have any long term effects!!

  • I actually really like Joe's voice...I find it quite entertaining. And just the way he speaks it's almost as if he's just a big kid...who's one hell of a rocker and likes to have fun both on and of stage. I say good on ya Joe. Glad to see your sober and your still doing well. Rock on Buddy!! You'll always be my favourite guitarist....

  • I love ya, Joe...but who shot your dog, dude?!

    You are completely alive on stage and here you seem almost suicidal!! Ahhh! YOU are Joseph Fidler Walsh, for the love of God! A guitar god by all means!!

    You said "Australia...." now I feel the way you sound!! =(

  • wb6acu , pse qsl . de ka3fad

  • I wonder if he ever comes here to seek the comments left for him? I can say "You Rock Joe!, and I agree about your Carvin!"

  • That was actually informative, unlike other reviews where the person just says, "yeah, it rocks, I like it, Why?, well because I do..."

  • the Eagles blow. Joe Walsh is awesome.

  • The eagles are who they are because of Joe Walsh, so stop contradicting yourself!

  • MasterSchmidt.... What do I say? The padowan still needs much training.  Yes, Joe is awesome and is an integral part of The Eagles, but no, they are not The Eagles because of him. Like it or not, he is not near as important to the group as Henley and Frey.

  • so you're saying that Joe Walsh is great that without him the Eagles wouldn't be nearly as good. stop contradicting yourself.

  • I love it "I can't play mandolin....my hands are too big" hahah lol Joe is awesome

  • All the years you waste when your Young and Talented by drowning yourself in booze and other mind altering substances...It always comes to pass ,that we only truly appreciate our Gifts as we get older and WISER. I can Truly say that I'm glad Joe made it to the future, when his friends weren't so fortunate!! We all Love YOU Here JOE** " Keep on STRUMMING"

  • Hah HA - yes was (IS ) an alcoholic , but has not touched a drop for some years - its just the way he talks

  • "I only got drunk once... For twenty years"

    -Joe Walsh

  • Does Joe sound a bit out of it? Or is he just laid back? Cannot tell!

  • Hes not LIVE or recording so of course hes just being laid back... ^_^

  • That's just Joe. He's always been like this. Ain't he great?

  • he's had some pretty serious personal issues...he lost a daughter in a car accident...and i think the way he sounds is just the result of years of drinking. if you get past the voice, though, he's quite intelligent. :)

  • dude thats what three decades of drugs and alcohol does to you....just incase you didn't know already

  • Unless he's on any other form of media besides interviews his is very lively.

    On interviews he's usually always like that.

    Love him though :D.

  • what guage string does mr.walsh use? They look fairly thick on that guitar.

  • I have a Carvin Bolt guitar. I'ts very good. Strat sounding with 3 single coil pickups. I would recommend it. Very well built. Eye on quality build.

  • My new Carvin CS6 will be here the 21st. of new month and i can't wait. I have always been a big admirer of Joes, love the Eagles too.

  • it's a CT6C not a CT6M ...because he says its custom.

  • great video you sold me - one of idols Joe Walsh

  • Love u Joe - will check out the Carvins

  • Just wanted to say HI to JOE! I think I have almost all your music... :^ )

    JOES THE BEST!!

    NO ONE HAS HIS STYLE..

    I am trying to learn your songs as a beginner OMG..

    Joe please come to BOSTON(alone)!

    The Eagles are nothing with out you!

  • joe is the man, saw him with the eagles in Toronto and noticed he was playing that guitar, at least i'm pretty sure it was that one or something similar.

  • "I have not blown a Carvin amp up yet, and I've tried!" haha. Joe is awesome!!!

  • Joe is tooooo cool. A great human being!!!!

  • JoeJoeJoe

    Loves You Soo

    Hope Ya Hear My Recording of You on Bob&Tom

    Classic

    Cheeeeeers o/*Joe*\0

    & Cheeeers O/*Carvin 4 Postin*\0

    Barbs

  • He sounded almost too sad when he said

    "i cant play mandolin"

    priceless facial expression

  • Carvin seems like the best deal going in an American made guitar and Ive sort of spec'd out what id want....Would love to hear from some Carvin owners

  • their website has tonnes of testimonies

  • I bought the CS6M. Unbelievable! I won't even go into the number of higher priced guitars I have. Nothing comes close to this one! 30 years of playing experience speaking here. Buy it.

  • Hey bro, I got a Carvin a few years ago

    What happened was, I live up here in Canada right, so on the ride up the shippers messed it up and it was cold, so when it arrived it was broken. I called Carvin and found that their customer service was EXCELLENT. If you ever got a problem man they will fix you up better than any other company Ive dealt with

    Once it came back all fixed from Carvin it's the best guitar I've ever played and everythign else seems like a pile of turds

  • Hi:

    I know this is a bit old (about five months) but, I can attest to Carvin guitars exceptional craftsmanship. They are phenomenal. Actually, they're incredible to be perfectly honest. Bought my first one in 1983. A Hawaiian Koa that was just magnificient. I had so many people pick the thing up and play it and their jaws would just drop. They all swore they'd never played anything with such unbelievable action. Joe is right. Carvin stuff is just incredible.

  • why does it look like hes chewing something??? wtf? lol

  • He's always chewing gum ;)

  • STOP STOP

  • what a man! whats the first song he plays?

  • That's the intro to "Life's Been Good".

  • JW is my main influenceas a guitarist.Having said that-Joe can be involves intimately in the specs of the axe he wants made.for us guys that never made it big-the(companies gibson,fender,prs,carvin,esp,h­amer,etc) aint gonna sit with you and hear your spec demands-even if you had the cash-they dont want a dude like me, 28 yrs playind,damn good--but a nobody-to advertize their product.cop an axe that is as close to your liking-then customize it to your taste and feel,been doin it from day one

  • Yes! Carvins rule! I've got a custom DC 127, a vintage '85 black V220 and a new AC375 electric/acoustic (among other guitars/brands). The carvins are my favorite!

  • Joe's 61st is today, 11-20-08 Thursday! Listen to the 3 studio & 1 live James Gang CD's! His best stuff! And the 2 Barnstorm CD's.

    ps - I have a carvin maple 1973 guitar!

  • Joe's CooL as HeLL!!!!

  • LOVE HIM

  • Joe is terminally baked.....and not on drugs or alcohol. He's always been like that. If he talked/acted normal I'd think he was high.

  • Nah, it's definitely from the drugs.

  • i saw him play tht live at the 02

  • People are funny when they're high.

    "I haven't blown an amp, and I've TRIED..."

  • Joe's not high here. He's just that way. He's been clean for over 10 yrs.

  • This is cool, but how baked is Joe in this clip!?!?!?!?!?

  • not at all.

  • The Coolest Guitar God on the planet,Even when hes slightly Fried the Man is a true decent human being.

  • One of the best guitarists ever ...

  • what song is that at 1:37 ive always wanted to know

  • That's "Funk #49" originally on the James Gang "Rides Again" album.

  • How much would that guitar be if he autographed it?

  • How much is that guitar

  • Mine is almost identical but Blue, it was about $1,800

  • He is so fried

  • as fried as Joe Walsh is, he's good people, and if he says it, it's gotta be true.

  • hoo in tarnation would be a better spokesperson for any guitar manufacturer

    and like hoo makes better guitar faces than our manjoe...no one!

  • Love the little "Life in the Fast Lane" riff towards the end...Joe is the coolest.

  • Great guitar...great tone...and he's written or played on a bunch of great songs. How does this compare to Paul Reed Smith Customer 22/24 and how much would Joe's guitar cost to order?

  • Around $1800, it wouldnt be his signature Carvin (he doesnt have one with Carvin) but your custom.

  • Joe is simply the best! The most down to earth guy you wpuld ever want to meet...so humble. I first saw him in Oct. of 68 and he pretty much talked this way then...its just his way! Truely an inspiration! We need more Joe Walsh solo stuff!!!

  • LOVE

  • i don't know what carvins about but JOE he's such an amazing human being. it's like joe can talk your ear off and you would be happy as a lark.

  • i cant play mandolin

  • Do you live in Little Rock?

  • I'm going to see The Eagles next month in Little Rock.