Petrucci Development Videos

[Spudmurphy]

IN video two we were placing the bridge block according to how ihe played..we used pen land lotion to identify the exact spot for his right hand. John had never worked with a goofy guy lke me....

Cheers BP

I would love to see any footage of the AL development with a young Mr Albert Lee circa 1992 if any were to exist ..... oooo that would make him about 35!!!

 

[dwf1004]

On a small sidenote:

I believe that this room where all of this was filmed/took place was where we relocated the roundtable discussion during the Open House (because of that great SLO wind, remember?) Note all of the geetars on the walls, etc.

If I'm right, how do you kids feel about being in a room where magic was truly made?

 

[robelinda2]

I think the JP model is barely four years old.

And a clean sound "with gain" isn't a clean sound is it?

For the record, it has a great clean tone, best of any of my solid bodies. But if you want more of a variety of Strat-type clean tones, the Albert is probably better for that.

yeah that AL was great for clean. I guess it was around 2001/02 that i tried the petrucci, wasnt impressed. but i would like to try one now, seeing as i own a few different balls i might appreciate it more now.

 

[SteveB]

Cheers BP

I would love to see any footage of the AL development with a young Mr Albert Lee circa 1992 if any were to exist ..... oooo that would make him about 35!!!

Spud,

I don't think Albert had anything to do with the development of that guitar. Remember.. the AL was originally the Axis. Albert played it and loved it so much, they named it after him. (and re-used the Axis name for another guitar after EVH bailed)

 

[robelinda2]

i've got 2 instructional books of Albert, and both show him holding an EBMM AL model shape guitar but it says Axis on the headstock, cool! Cool pics too they are, but alas, i dont have el scanner.

 

[Big Poppa]

yeah you can search the forum and get the story.

We did voice the guitar for Albert after he got my proto. The voicing was a collaboration between Symour Duncan, Dudley and Albert.

 

[dannymusic]

cleans? its got 'em

I'm playing for the Rocky Horror Picture Show with my JP6. For kicks last Sunday, I brought my Fender '69 thinline CS tele. There are some 50's style tunes in the show. I have been using the JP6 in the middle pos. for those until now. After strapping the JP6 back on, I noticed that the tele didn't have that much over the JP6. You could hear the difference, but it was NOT dramatic. I'm not saying the MM can cop tele sounds, but the clean is very, very nice. And having the piezo in that show is HUGE. One guitar does it all man!

 

[dannymusic]

I did forget to add that there is MUCH divebombing for weird, spacey sounds in the show and that friggin' guitar NEVER goes out of tune!

 

[Spudmurphy]

Spud,

I don't think Albert had anything to do with the development of that guitar. Remember.. the AL was originally the Axis. Albert played it and loved it so much, they named it after him. (and re-used the Axis name for another guitar after EVH bailed)

Thanks SteveB and BP - little by little it's all getting a little clearer to me about the development of the AL.

So when was the Axis in the Albert Lee shape first introduced?
Did it become known as the AL signature guitar in 1993?

Spud