Rick Nielsen's Guitars - 1985 Cheap Trick Interview

[mrshawchs]

Rick was 14 years old when this was shot.

[weaselsuit]

*sniff*



[longwhip]

58 Explorer 10K.....you can tell its 1985...that thing is worth 3-500K

[acousticguitarfan]

Wow! What a great collection! I have a book by John Entwistle called Bass Culture...which showcases his extensive guitar & bass collection that Rick Nielsen photographed and put together posthumously...it's a guitar lover's dream looking at all the pictures! I have 5 guitars myself and will probably add some more!

[bassplayer2011ify]

ah the 50s when gibson could actually make guitars

[505kant]

wow look at my friend pat hhhhhmmmmm very nice

[gailmckennag]

i have 35 - they cost between $100-200.i can't play.

[Jedizen07]

I spotted a Kramer. Really Rick?!?!? LOL

[dylancollver]

265$ new for a 1960 les paul? holy shit. now a days a 265$ guitar is a piece of shit.

[Scrappalino]

@dylancollver Now a days a 1960 Les Paul goes for 120 to 250 thousand dollars... Holy crap wish I was old enough to by one in 1985. I bet those stay at his home today.

[jimihendrixfan2008]

@dylancollver I know, right? lol

[MrIronmaidenfreak]

why does he still ssay te same things

[gerson2600]

its sort of like mozart, he always carried his piano with him (the same piano) to every "concert"

[DrEviscerator666]

Most people buy new stuff cause they don't have the money to buy the Vintage!!!!!!

[SPBTsnyder]

this guy reminds me of mad murdock from the a team

[jgraham46]

Must have been on tour with Heart because it sounds like the song "Never" in the background.

[TrickyTolles64]

Rick's 'guitar tech' is my vote for employee of the month!!!

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick

[MrRcheek]

wish i could see an NEW UPDATED INTERVIEW !!!!

[steentompkins]

And those Korina Flying V's and Explorers are worth $100,000.00 (plus) today. The Les Pauls....around $50,000.00 - $75,000.00 : ) He could never play another note of music and live off the guitar collection.....well, maybe : )

[nedocaster]

He's gotta be related to Rob Scnider. Maybe Rick is Robs daddy.

[myampisbroken]

This is why Rick Neilsen is awesome. Guitars are meant to be PLAYED! Not locked up in a case and put in a humidor and never looked at again.

[cwskin69]

@jay5494 Nigel from spinal tap, lmao!

[Gravyballs2011]

@cwskin69 Hah! I was thinking the same thing!!

[TheBassplaya14]

He likes T-birds.

[jtabor13]

Cocaine!!



[MrSimon196533]

@jtabor13 ha..at 01:48 he looks like he had been caught out...

[kutzbill]

Hi Rick, (lol) I have my 2 Les Pauls, a 1957 and my 1964. My uncle gave me the 57 in 1964, and I bought the 64 from a pawn shop in 1968 for $200, because the guy said he couldn't sell the "lefty" I also have my 5 Vox AC30's

I hope to pass them on, I only have one grandchild that's left handed.

I do have a steel 62 thunderbird though.

[vakeromty]

the camera man is an idiot..Rick Is making comments about the guitars and the stupid camera man taking shots from him instead of taking the guitars..total idiot...

[phallystorm]

The interviewer is Smokin HOT

[jay5494]

Still got the "Tagger" on this one. " don't touch it!"

"can I look at it?"

" no, don't even look at it!"

It has sustain foreva!!!!!!

[ps10iceman]

the rarity here is seeing Rick without his sunglasses on.

[packrat89]

A Gibson Moderne! Wow!

[999manman]

@packrat89 Surely the reissue....

[TheZepmeister]

Ace Frehley claimed to have owned over 200 guitars at one time in the 70's.

[xxxwilcoxxx]

They only made 17 of these...i treat it like shit.

[thunder88822]

Congratulations on that 5 neck beauty....

She's tight!

[RJW882]

6000 for 59-60 LPs real expensive? HA! thats pretty modest considering what they go for today buddy! Thats custom shop price. A guitar that originally costs 250 the price for an Epi today is now 250, 000! Sad thing is that guys who will actually play them and use them cant normally afford them which sucks big tme. Hes right though that those guitars are simply incredible and the replicas and reissues are like the fiberglass 55 T-Bird

[1970michplar]

This one still has the old tagger on it!! Don't touch it!! Don't even Point!!!

[seifukusha]

haha. "and this is a 59 Gibson Les Paul..." nowadyas noone would say it like that, THIS IS A %( LES PAUL!!!! I love Rick.

[BornInTheWrongYear]

One of the most underrated guitarists of all time. That's why I love Rick, he's so unassuming yet such a fucking bad ass at the same time.

[tatsandteles]

Did you see him bend the neck on that 59' Les Paul?? God, he's awesome!

[beeroosterm]

@tatsandteles Yup. That was 25 years ago when it was worth only $6000. Now that it's worth $400,000, I'm guessing it's been retired from roadwork...

[tatsandteles]

@beeroosterm Hey, a few of us kind of knew what was going on back then but the economy was as bad as it is now! I had a few I wish I could have kept. I paid $600 for a 1962 Strat in 1979. My father was furious. 'That money goes to your education'. That WAS my education!

[beeroosterm]

@tatsandteles Yep. And my mother threw out my baseball card collection from the 1950's that would have easily financed my retirement. All rookie cards and some older stuff that is very rare (no real old stuff like Gherig or Honus Wagner, etc.). Even at an average of $50 per card, it would've been worth $200,000 20 years ago. Why is it that so many mothers threw out their sons' collections? Took up a square foot of space...

[starfighter1114]

awsome guitars

[MackAxyzz]

Don't even point at those! ;>

[ibanezfreaknj]

in an issue of guitar world from last year....Rick said that he had to choose from his 2,000 strong guitar collection.....i saw in 1996 ithink that he once had 450 instruments but trimmed it to 200 due to hoarding not collecting..

[Reinisen]

... acid...

[MetallicBill]

WAAAAYYYY back in the 1980s, Circus magazine profiled Rick as well, saying he had over 200 guitars as the most ever owned, then in recent years he gave up most of them due to the hoarding factor, he wanted others to put them to good use instead of having them gather dust and by hard to manage.

[MetallicBill]

Where's the plexi Glass Axe BC RICH? I guess in 1985 he didn't have anything Class Axe made, it was later that Bernie Rico allowed Class Axe to make handmade guitars in New Jersey.

[hammet411]

he's a fuckin weird lookin guy.

[jrmarrero96]

It's funny how he tells the interviewer how impractical the five neck guitar is and how he "won't do that again". I believe he has three different five necks made besides the original since this program first aired.

[MetallicBill]

He also struggled to play it in the DVD Silver, you can tell, A two neck Rich Bich is one hell of a large guitar!!

[jrmarrero96]

@MetallicBill Well virtually any double neck guitar is a bit awkward, never mind a triple or a five neck. I have played a few doubles including a BC Rich and after five minutes the novelty wears off for me.

[MetallicBill]

Well, there are uses for them. Twelve string and six strings usually, however, there are variations in edition to those, so it's not just for effect as Rick SEEMS to be doing, he could have a variety of tunings and electronic setups on each

[jrmarrero96]

@MetallicBill

Well I am just giving my own opinion on those instruments. I know Rick and a few other guitarists such as Jimmy Page are able to use multiple neck guitars for musical and visual purposes.

On Rick's main five neck for example, the top neck is a twelve string and the bottom neck is a fretless so I could see that being useful musically.

[MetallicBill]

Yeah, I like the idea behind them, and when Rick had the 5 necks, I didn't know much about electrics or guitars, I was just a kid growing up, Now I can see how it is uber cumbersome!

[beeroosterm]

@MetallicBill Ehh...he only plays the 5-neck for a few minutes (one song), so it's no big deal...

[KJAnsia]

What a lovable weirdo.

[thedps1998]

It's like Spinal Tap, "don't even LOOK at that one!"

[MetallicBill]

Listen to that sustain!!! I don't hear anything...well, you would if it were playing!

[BigBishop1]

he found gene cornishs rascals guitar in a pawn shop wonder if he still has it

[teenbean4life]

i love your guitars!

[nothadnotbad]

i always wanted that jacket he's wearing. he wore it on the next position please tape. with that rick guitar where his head pops off. i like that one and the checkerboard guitar.

[tchimmerroks]

I didn't know Rick was a coke head back in the day. In my opinion, the early to mid-eighties was a low ebb for the band. They had a stretch of some real stinker albums. Luckily, they worked through it and will be remembered for all the awesome stuff.

[karlwho1]

Uhmmm, great thought, but those albums were great. Very creative, awesome writing, great playing and especially the singing. Reevaluate and you'll see...

[IbanezRoadstar335]

I don't think Rick Nielsen was a coke head. Now, Ricky Nelson was a coke head. Rick Nielsen always sounds kind of nasal...

[crapple009]

He was one,at least on that day.

[crapple009]

Before I read your post,I had the same thought. 4:44-4:47 is a dead giveaway.But not really surprised in the least bit.

[sunsetbeachmuz]

SOTE through Busted had production issues and I think it's because the label interfered with CT's music. When CT plays thoes songs live, they sound great. Once CT left Epic, the music improved a lot.

[swinterich]

Cheap Trick opened for Heart on this tour in Spring 1985. I saw one of the shows. You can hear Ann Wilson singing in the background if you listen closely.

[losmezcalito]

I was working backstage at a show where Cheap Trick was one of the headliners... got to meet and chat with his guitar tech, and he actually let me strap on the 5 neck Hamer, that thing weighed a ton! I got my picture taken, and the wife commented that, that was the biggest smile she had ever seen on me! Then, was backstage during their set, and got to meet Rick... the coolest guy in Rock! He sure uses the "F-bomb" alot! : )

[JeffSpicoli62450]

He pulls the neck back from the headstock, Randy Rhoads was the first guy I ever saw do this.

Slick!!

[cagwa]

Look at the way she gazes at him at 1:20

[crapple009]

Similar to a couple of other women reporters interviewing him. He definitely has a charming,witty effect on them.

[JunkyardKid]

Someone should ask him how many ballcaps he has.

[sacredo07]

Rick has the sniffles?

[RJW882]

well the date was 1985 and he didn't look like he had a cold so you don't have to be matlock to figure it out.......

[AerotechMan101]

I didn't watch through the whole thing...

but wow...I want one O_O

I can never find one

[AerotechMan101]

0:23

is that a moderne? O_o

holy crap!

[linered]

10k for a real Explorer, those were the days...

[MishuTaste]

She has pretty eyes.

[muddy2]

I love the fact that Rick was one of the first collectors - before it was all about investment. Rick wasn't collecting for money as much as a genuine love for the instruments. Awesome guy

[RJW882]

@muddy2 GE Smith you can also add to that. He stated a while back that he had every american guitar ever made Except for an Explorer! He used a moderne on SNL in 93..... wouldve been awesome if he invited Rick to play on SNL theyd sound tight!

[MRGXX64]

Rick Nielsen is one of the greatest guitar players of all time !!! CHEAP TRICK should be in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame !!!!!

[Mercury91]

AMEN!

[UnknownBlackHand]

You people are gonna call me crazy but I share my birthday with Rick

[h2ofield]

Great Stuff!! What's the guitar that's "not supposed to be here" @ 5:30? In the split second we see it, I want to guess it's the 'Miller High Life' one. Probably Rick didn' want to give them a free ad?

[sgtpepper1138]

old uncle dick needs some TLC now, I have/had a guitar world (I think) from 06 and it was when ROCKFORD came out and uncle dick had a big gash on his right elbow, and it didn't have that on the "from tokyo to you" dvd

love his collection, and the band seem like they're cool people

[Dietpepsivanilla]

This interview is not from 1984, more like either 1985 or 1986 as a crew member is wearing a "Standing On the Edge" T-shirt, which wasn't released until '85. Great stuff though.

[kevinocooldaddy]

Rick has crazy eyes

[jrmarrero96]

That is probably not an actual Gibson Moderne. At this point there is no comfirmation that any 50's Gibson Modernes exist.

[Tommyr]

He seems like a nice guy. Good for you Rick!

[DwayneJKing]

one of those 1958 explorers that he had two of sold at an auction for almost $700000 about three years ago i wonder if he kept the two he had back then

[MORRONGO1971]

This crazy maniac, I wonder how much it cost Uncle Dick guitar or the five necks today?...

[rottweiler4567]

awsum!