AcornHouse
Venerated Member
Was looking at Barney's wiki entry and, lo and behold, there's a pic of him playing an X-500! (Definite this time.!) I don't know if he was trying out a friend's, or if he did indeed own one, but here he is.
Barney Kessel on a Guild
- Thread starter AcornHouse
- Start date
guildman63
Senior Member
A cool pic! I posted that a long time ago, I believe in a thread about favorite photos of an artist with a Guild. The details are fuzzy in my aging brain, but I would have loved to get his impression of that guitar.
Can't say what the year is, but looks to be a late Westerly X-500.
Can't say what the year is, but looks to be a late Westerly X-500.
Last edited:
AcornHouse
Venerated Member
Can't be too late. He stopped playing in '92 after a stroke, I believe. Judging by the clothes, I'd say late '70s/early '80s. (but, then again, some get stuck in a style in their later years.)
Did Hans chime in about whether that was his X-500 when you first posted it?
Did Hans chime in about whether that was his X-500 when you first posted it?
guildman63
Senior Member
Good point about the year! I don't recall Hans mentioning anything about that guitar, but perhaps he will chime in.
Any idea who the other guy in the picture is?
Any idea who the other guy in the picture is?
Last edited:
Probably not Barney's guitar. He almost always replaced control knobs with chicken head knobs, made it easier to know what level they were on without looking. Brad
AcornHouse
Venerated Member
Now if we could figure out his companion.
hansmoust
Enlightened Member
AcornHouse said:
Hello AcornHouse,
The date could be right. Looks like an X-500 from the second half of the seventies to me. Don't know if it was his guitar; photo may have been taken in the backroom of a music store or at a guitar dealer's place.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
jcwu
Senior Member
I've always imagined this to be what Guild of Grot's house looked like.
The Guilds of Grot
Enlightened Member
In actuality, with the shelves and all, it looks a lot like somebody from this board's basement I've visited!
Although, my apartment used to look liked this:
Now my storage "Vault: looks like this:
Although, my apartment used to look liked this:
Now my storage "Vault: looks like this:
guildman63
Senior Member
I always found his reasoning for using chicken head knobs odd. Why is it important to know what number the guitars volume or tone is at? The amp and guitar will be pre-set during the sound check, and while performing wouldn't his well-trained ears be more than effective? I heard him talk about this a few years ago, and to this day I still don't get it.
Probably not Barney's guitar. He almost always replaced control knobs with chicken head knobs, made it easier to know what level they were on without looking. Brad