White Rose Solo

[tonyiommi74]

Very good playing and very good guitar man! Can you play 60's 70's blues & old rock songs with this guitar?

[JayDeeSG]

@tonyiommi74 Yeah the guitar is very versatile, I play many styles with it. Thanks for the kind words!

[tonyiommi74]

@JayDeeSG I am subscribing to your channel. Waiting for more playing and jamming videos with your JayDee. Have a nice day!

[basilhenriques]

JayDeeSG. I'm not so sure that's accurate about John Diggins making the pickups. I'd be pretty sure that John Birch made the pickups. Why, well, the test bed for the ORIGINAL John Birch Pickups was my Fender 1000, and the year John and I made the prototypes was 1965. John Diggings may well have wired up the John Birch guitars, and probably worked as a luthier on the bodies, but the encapsulating in epoxy resin and encasing in a stainless case was an Idea that John Birch and I implemented in 1965

[basilhenriques]

I myself persuaded John Birch to leave his job at Ampex as a field service engineer and pursue customised pickup installation and eventually guitar manufacture.

The original concept of Stereo Wiring was because of the requirements of the record contact I had with EMI, the steel guitar was to be recorded in stereo at the Abbey Road Studios and released on their premier label "Studio Two Stereo" the first album release date (1967) pre-dates John Diggins' association with John Birch Guitars.

[basilhenriques]

You'll find a bit more about my friend John Birch's association with my music by going to my web site and reading notes of Castaways Live Vol.1+2

John Birch was a fan of our band, an Hawaiian Record collector and Hawaiian Guitar enthusiast/player. I still have his Album/Cine/Tape collection, passed on to me when John so tragically died.

33 Innage Rd Northfield was his home, and many days and nights were spent there with us winding coils and testing magnets etc, (always tea supplied by Joyce.)

[basilhenriques]

Sincere apologies for the topic drift Anthony, but I thought it prudent to correct the assumption.

For further confirmation check out the "Wikipedia" page on John Birch..

BTW your technique and sound is just amazing.

[JayDeeSG]

@basilhenriques That's a wealth of information. I only know what I hear so my information is not first hand. Regardless, the pickups Jaydee created for my guitars are phenomenal, as I'm sure the Birch models are as well. Both creators are masters at their art. Thanks for the kind compliments too.

[muaythai4lifelife]

@JayDeeSG i write you in pm

[muaythai4lifelife]

*hello

[muaythai4lifelife]

Bello again Anthony :)

Is your neck pick up a biflux or hyperflux by John Birch?

On the JD page specs of the Old Boy says it's an hyperflux...

Though watching Tony's neck pickup I read Biflux by John Birch.

So is it an error on the typing cover of the pick up or does Tony use a Biflux instead as anyone knows, the Hyperflux ?

Thanx!

[Terrible1]

How are the pickups wired in your guitar ? does John use 250k or 500k pots ? I just ordered a pair of his "old boy" pickups but have no idea how i would wire it lol well i do but I wonder what kinda potentiometers he uses for these pickups. I'll have to ask him

[JayDeeSG]

@Terrible1 Not sure dude? I'm not that technical...After knowing that my bridge is a 24K and Neck 9K ohm...I'm lost, LOL. I'm sure John will give you all the instructions you could ever need on them. I own two Jaydee guitars now and love working with John on the build every time, good luck!

[Terrible1]

i would sell my gibson sg tony iommi just to have a jaydee. its my dream guitar. i could sell it on ebay and probably make a good 2G on it but id need another and it would take a yr for me to get it. ugh such a nice guitar though. i wish you well with it! Ill get one eventually. Good sound too!

[muaythai4lifelife]

What about the bridge on the old boy guitar?

Is that a kahler ?

[JayDeeSG]

Schaller w/ fine tuners. Jaydee installs this bridge as standard on the Iommi custom shop SG

[muaythai4lifelife]

Thank you so much !

My dream would be to get a new black or red sg, a copy of the real old boy ( not cooked inside the car ) ;)

Unfortunately at this time I could't order this guitar - I already spent so much $ in guitars though :)

[JayDeeSG]

Oddly enough when Jaydee was building my Les Paul he told me he had just finished up building Tony another SG. He said Tony contacted him and wanted an SG built to replicate his own "Old boy"...

He told Jaydee to drag it around the shop and make it look old as part of his instructions. I thought that was cool that Tony came back for another Jaydee when he is endorsed by Gibson and could have any guitar in the world. That shows you the quailty of the Jaydee's.

[muaythai4lifelife]

:) i'm glad to read this :P

depending on the price... in the future i'd buy one.

maybe selling some gear before.

i already spent so much for my esp kh2 :)

[muaythai4lifelife]

Hi there. Great stuff in here ;)

Pick ups and bridge are straight from jaydee's or you asked them to use your specs??

I checked their page and the Iommi seems has different bridge and pick up.

Thanx!

[JayDeeSG]

I spec'd the pick-up windings myself. The covers are replicas of the first Iommi models on the "old boy".

Thanks!

[muaythai4lifelife]

and where did you find them ? :)

i wrote both Jaydee and John Birch to have infos and price list for a "old boy " left handed version...

but not for the actual Iommi sig as yours, i'd like to make build a gibson sg shape..

aka .. the Old boy ;)

24 frets, cross inlays, with iommi pick ups or john birch ones like yours.. and for the bridge - a old boy brigde ( is that a kahler??? ).

by the way, i'll order one when i'm rich :)

[JayDeeSG]

John Diggins (Jaydee) worked for John Birch in the 70's. He built the "old boy". He gave me the specs of the original pickup covers. John Diggins will build you exatcly what you want. I just got my second Jaydee custom, I had him build me a Les Paul style guitar with Split Block inlays, flamed maple top and of-course pickups to my specs, this time with smooth crome covers like Iommi's Gibson PAF's

[makemehappy6]

thanks cause it just like a gibson lol

[makemehappy6]

is that a gibson or a different guitar maker?

[crosafix]

JayDee guitars

[stujomo]

Nice solo great tone and feeling.

[dyfodoo]

u have to become a lefty !!!! (come to the lefty side, we have lefty tony iommi guitars!!!) :p

[doctornerve]

GREAT tone. I would love to see you take us through those John Birch style pickups... especially hearing how they clean up when the volume is rolled off, and how they respond to the throttle opening up.

[bmxkid4123]

wow man that was awsome man I wash iI could play like you

[jmmiller9]

Great feel and tone man! An SG was my first real guitar, enjoy it. Feel free to check out my entry to!

[RidvanDuzey]

Whow ! This entry rocks !!! Man first off all your tone is amazing, really warm but still spicy enough ! Also your playing, man I love the bends !!

[tsumabiken]

Nice one, man 8) Excellent tone, and really melodic, with good feeling.

Good luck 8)

[08SteveS]

This is probs my fav entry so far, you have great ear for a melody, real nice playing and an awesome guitar.

[metalmader]

loved the bluesy melodies!

lots of feeling and one of the best i've heard!

[doctornerve]

Love that guitar - what are those, John Birch Magnum pickups? Hyperflux?

[snouter]

Nice! Now I wanna Tiny Terror Combo.

[JayDeeSG]

Yea, the Tiny Terror rocks! Loudly!! : -)

[illusionfreak]

YES!!! That's amazing! I was going to enter but after all these great entries, including this one. I've decided not to. Man you monkey minions can shred!

[RidvanDuzey]

You should enter man ! It's all about the fun ;) !!! I mean I also entered haha :P

[pollin]

Hell yeah,i liked it!

[mjwoodworth]

Now i know i've lost,

This is awesome!

[theblackpiglet]

Very nice entry man, I would have to say this is one of the top so far in my honest opinion :-) Good luck to you!

[JayDeeSG]

That's very nice of you to say. There are some great entries already, I had fun with it anyway.

[ScottRiley]

This is my favourite entry so far, really tasty phrasing mate!! Good luck :)

[martinlutherkingIII]

best entry I've seen, I don't want to be an asshole, but everyone else seemed very "new" to guitar except for you. Good job man.

[Jinskee]

probably one of the better videos i've seen/heard in this contest. great melody and note choices. you keep it clean and simple, which is a good thing. :) good luck, bro.

[IbanezFreysi]

Really nice. You aren't makeing it to complicated or anything like that. Very tasty. And the guitar is super cool.

[maxboy45]

probably the best entry so far in my opinion, loved it, it was perfect for the song.

[Chulkov89]

Badass guitar.

I too will be making my video using my SG.

Respect.

[cynglas]

This is awesome,but I know you can do an even better one.See if you can enter more than once.

[EddyString]

sup tony iommi, nice melodic solo, one of my faves so far for that reason

[JayDeeSG]

Thanks!

[awjohn0]

awesome

[abaichmaide]

I dig it man good luck. -thom

[Charbarhousemusic]

Confident playing, I like that. This is a hot entry even if you don't do another!

[JayDeeSG]

Thanks! I enjoyed your solo as well!

[iseelh]

Very nice sound!

Keep on rock'in...

[titusibenjamin]

Awsome man !!!!!!!  really cool playing :))