Neal Moser is old friend of mine. I've know him for close to 43 years. I use to come to his gigs to see his band and sit in with them. They were all great guys and a lot of fun to hang out with. Neal had been with BC Rich Guitar Company from the earliest days. He used the guitars he built with his band during the mid 1970s.

Nice to know that SOMEONE knows the total truth on the sustain thing with Bolt-ons with the most sustain, set neck...next and neck through has the least sustain. It has been know for many decades, simply not accepted by the snobs that be.

@tonycarpaccio9550

3 жыл бұрын

Key is to not confuse sustain with tone lol, which many do!

@alexb5275

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonycarpaccio9550 “tone” isn’t measurable like sustain is.

@draleigh8881

3 жыл бұрын

most people nowdays if you ask them they say the neck thru have more sustain and bolt on less but more snappy haha of course everything is backwards.

@Mogamishu

2 жыл бұрын

Neal Moser is Lybian.

@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness

Жыл бұрын

whoever started myths shame on them

That is some awesome history right there. What a classic. Thanks for sharing.

Phil, please tell us this will end up as a 2 hour video. I was seriously glued to the screen when it abruptly ended. more more more

Neal Moser is one of, if not THE most underappreciated pioneers of the electric guitar. The problem is that he is such a wealth of knowledge that it would take dozens of hours to do it any justice. Phillip McKnight- Thank you for showing a little light on a man I consider like family. I had no idea that you had been there and you need to drive north more often. It was also great to hear Earlleen in the background lol!

My guitar teacher, Sarah Spisak, plays a custom Moser. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Yes she does. Please say Hi!

I find it amazing that so many of these top luthiers are such nice chilled out guys. I've never been into the pointy aesthetic on guitars but you have to hold your hat up to Neil, he had his own thing going on and a lot of people liked it.

B.C. Rich Virgin is my first guitar ever, really nice to see about its history.

Wow! These guitars are awesome! Thanks for letting us see all of these great prototypes. What a great history!

Awesome video, Phil. Looking forward to the rest of the story. So much knowledge and history!! 👍🎸

That video was really awesome and I could watch even more footage. Great job Phil.

Neal Moser is such a genuine guy! Really awesome experience my man!

Can't wait for more,Thank you for sharing Phillip.

Got to hang out with Neal when he was still in California. Spent about three hours at his place till Earlleen came out in the shop and told us Neal needed to work, LOL. heard a lot of great stories and got to see some amazing guitars.

Great to see! Neal is not only an incredible luthier but also a great friend. Very proud to own one of his guitars and have him work on others for me. Look forward to seeing more!

@johnnyrockit4001

6 жыл бұрын

Could not have said it better Tom!

Great Video Phil, love seeing the Moser shop...Thanks...

That Moser fella seems like a pretty cool guy

Cool. Thank you, Phil and, please, thank Neal for sharing.

Great job on this video! Shows the true talent of this truly amazingly ,gifted luthier/artist. Not many guys are left like him. (Not to mention he spells his name the same as I do) lol instead of “Neil”

Brilliant history lesson! And what an opportunity to see inside his shop, wood blanks over there, stacks of sterilite drawers that probably hold everything under the sun!

Fascinating video. Great stuff Phil!!

Love hearing all the history, good stuff.

That was kool! Hearing from the builder/designer themselves is always amazing and awe inspiring to me.

Great interview, awesome history. Neal is the absolute best!!!

LOVE the shots of the shop! Major envy.

Where I live in the UK no has ever carried BC Rich in their shops, so I never got to try one. Although the body shapes were not something I was into I did admire the bravery of this man to make something so very different to everything else, and the quality back then was clearly top notch. I look forward to the next video of you with Neal.

Very cool, I'm the proud owner of 2 Mosers, a Bastard V guitar and bass, sadly only from the short lived import line but one day I want to get myself a proper one!

That semi hollow body guitar was cool. The wood was beautiful.✌🏻

Excellent! Seriously thinking about selling my PRS to fund a Moser. This video cranked up the temptation. Neal won’t be building forever and I want a piece of history.

man, i designed a Faststar on paper in my biology class and now i promised myself once i fix my jeep im only saving to get that guitar and go down to scottsdale and create the outline with the man, the myth, the legend. Neal Moser

Great segment. Thanks Phil.

Awe man, cool video! I enjoyed every minute of it! Thank u!

Neal is the man! Phenomenal and iconic designs. I hope to own a guitar made by him one day

Kahler Pro trems. Moser has great taste.

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

THE BEST. IMHO ;-)

Ahhhhhhhhh! It ended too soon! Thanks Phil.

Great guitar love those sharp edges always wanted a guitar like that shape but with like a devils fork head

I've always preferred neck through to bolt or set neck... But purely because I have small hands which makes it genuinely impossible to actually reach the 18th fret and over on a set neck or (traditional) bolt on. Always thought it was more of a comfort thing rather than sustain.

Great interview. Would love to hear more.

Okay I respect this man after he told the truth about sustain. And he still chooses neck throughs because they’re just awesome!

THANK YOU PHIL!!! Finally some new BC Rich(ish) coverage!!!

6:12 that's one of the best guitars I've ever seen. Absolutely gorgeous.

Fantastic interview. Very interesting to hear some guitar history from Neal Moser.

@groovydjs

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Dale my friend. Saw you in here and wanted to send out a big HOWDY! I hope all is GROOVY on your end.

Neat interview!

Proudly 1,000th like. Thanks for the quality content!

Fantastic video. Neil Moser is such an interesting guy.

Whoa, RAD! I got to meet Neal at NAMM once. He told me I worked for the "enemy", LOL. I told him I still liked his guitars and wish I had one. He then gave me a shirt. Cool guy, Sick guitars!

@onpsxmember

6 жыл бұрын

Who are you working for? Spit it out!^^

@danparry1949

6 жыл бұрын

Gibson

@onpsxmember

6 жыл бұрын

Bummer. Hope somebody buys it soon, who cares about the guitars first and maximum profit later.

@Holtenstein

6 жыл бұрын

GC!

Yessssss! I love his designs

Thank you sir for building my first electric guitar.

Great video Phil.

Funny how small the World can be, I went to school with Steve Moser, who made the Mose guitar necks out of fiber!

Gorgeous stains on those guitars! WOW

thanks again Phillip!

Interesting designs. Honest man.

That is sooo cool 😎 History of great guitar building 🎸🤘

Awesome! Very educational video!

I always loved the Wave

I LOVE Neal Moser Guitars. \m/ I own a Templar Scythe, probably the best guitar in my small collection. Huge thanks to Mr. Moser and Earlleen Lloyd for their incredible patience. :)

BINGO BANGO BONGO BABY YAH THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO!

He's seriously rocking that mullet ! :0)

Great Video. I am the original owner of a '82 Bich KOA. It is the best guitar I have ever played.

Great video!

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Louis. Cheers

So cool!!!

Not only is Neal a very talented luthier, he's a great guy. A long time friend. He's made me several guitars. Of all the brands I've owned, none better than his.

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Checks in the mail Kenny. ;-)

@8teeSixed

6 жыл бұрын

Neal Moser no checks, send guitars! ; )

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

LOL, when are you coming up?

@8teeSixed

6 жыл бұрын

Neal Moser I'll call you for details.

I think that it is nice that so many like those guitars. I wouldn't own one. And, yet, there's "more to come".

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmm..............I build Super Strats, Teles & Pauls as well, you might like one of them. ;-)

@MyButtsBeenWiped

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome ! But, I am sure that you have fans that are truly more interested in your more unique creations, and, let's face it, this is the media to get that done ! Phil is a Great Guy, and we all appreciate the journeys and factory tours that he does. He always finds interesting stuff and information ! Perhaps the next video will present some of those for the viewing audience to marvel at !

He had some great guitars. I would have liked to hear them plugged in.

and it depends on what you do to a bolt on if it sustains better !

This is really amazing Phil! Thank so much. and when he talks about what makes a good guitar... this really goes to all Will Gelvin's haters

Interesting guy. I designed my 9 string guitar for the same reason, not liking the base strings muddied up with the unison's like a regular 12 string.

Awesome interview. This is the guy that was my inspiration to chop a jazz bass all to hell (to make it look like a warlock), when I was a 16 yr old idiot lmao. Many thanks for sharing this :)

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry. LOL

I agree with him at 3:27 is the most important factor period !

Fascinating

HI Phil. Have you heard of Lado guitars? They are Canadian made since 1973 and are neck throughs. Adrian Smith of iron maiden played them. The guitars are sort of sought often here in Canada

@MercifulAndvary

6 жыл бұрын

RetroFan1992, I once saw a Lado Earth disassembled in a shop. The luthier who received it from a customer for a set-up said he ended up taking it apart completely and making numerous touch-ups. He was pissed. But it doesn’t stop me from drooling over Lado shapes. ))) BTW, the said luthier had no complaints about the Moser Scythe I brought in for inspection after the shipping company used it as a battering ram (or so it looked). ;)

@Nghilifa

6 жыл бұрын

I love the Lado Earth. I WILL get one before I die! LOL

@RetroFan1992

6 жыл бұрын

RickyboyH awesome, Joe Lado is retiring soon he built me a custom Golden Wing super strat earlier this year. Love the earth model I want one too!

@sguerilla6142

5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroFan1992 Mr. Josef Kovacic is born in ex Yugoslavia ( In Zagreb, now Croatia). He left ex Yu and come to Canada , in Toronto. Joe is good person, both Adrian Smith and Steve Harris play his guitars in '' Live after death'' tour i if remember good ( also in video for '' 2 minutes to Midnight''etc....). Cheers!!

Neil Moser is the king of the pointy, sharp guitar. If you injure yourself looking at it, it’s a Moser. 😂

the only reason that many bolt ons sustain less is because there are not as many budget neck thrus or set necks

Very cool

AWESOME!!!!!!!

Cool vid

awesome vid...i can listen to him for hours..how interesting. proof that machines are inferior to man.

Its a new bridge we worked on but the guitw ris 10 years old zi think he meant at the time either that or hr changed the bridge on it I mean thats why he asked him so is this a newer build because he said the bridge was a new bridge they have been working on then come to find out the guitar is ten years old that was a little confusing but they are very nice and zi loved how with the guitar that only had 1 coil on it that it was in the neck position you always see guitsrs with only bridge pickups zi actually prefer neck pickups anyways was vrry nice to see something different like that

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the guitar is 10 + years old, I changed the bridge this year. The pickup is a humbucker and many "Jazz" guitars had hums or singles in the neck position only. Actually, if I played it all the time, I would add a neck hum. Thanks for the comment. Cheers

Question - if a Guitar is not going to be used for awhile, should the strings be loosened?

@FunkyMonkey-ip4xy

6 жыл бұрын

Paul K. Bowden I believe not. The string tension helps keep the neck stable. Loosening them can lead to it bowing more. That my understanding anyhow.

@onpsxmember

6 жыл бұрын

There should always be some tension on the truss rod. if the neck is without tension of any kind (for a loooong time), it can start to mineralize and it might be impossible to make it playable. If you store it, care more about the humidity in the case. The case should be clean. Drop in 2-3 bags of silica gel. If the strings corrode, it can start with a lot of the hardware.

@paulk.bowden7134

6 жыл бұрын

Funky Monkey1886 Thanks for your information

Awesome

Hi Neil, my name is Christian Moser. I love your guitars man. How do I purchase a shirt? lol. Do you have family in Canada?

3:03 GOLD! Bolt on necks sustains best then set neck. Neck thru sustains least. But it does not matter because you can't hear the difference. LOLOLOL It's how the guitar is built and especially how it is setup that matters!

Cool!

Good thinking, Phil: this is a historically important interview. (For example, @4:45+ when doing inlay work, "Back then...you had to hold the depth by hand.")

What a nice guy.

More Neal, please!!!

Thumbs way up!!!!

Which one did you buy Phil??? Lol!

most influencial builder

When did Kenny Rogers start making guitars?!

🤘

Pretty cool. What I want to know is, does he still go out and play gigs?

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Bill, I wish I did. I really miss it. However, I'm way too busy and when I left California to live in Arizona, I left my band. We had been together since 1969. Same drummer, same bass player. Our last gig was in 09. I'm afraid I'm too old now to start another band, way too much work. I do post our music on my FB page and on my "Neal Moser Sr." KZread page if you want to see what we USED to do. Not metal. ;-) Cheers

@billb825

6 жыл бұрын

Very versatile, Neal. I can almost hear you guys playing something off of CDB's Way Down Yonder in my mind. Thank goodness those axes were in tune on clear as a bell in those videos. Good stuff. Thanks.

Personally I never got it, the whole BC Rich thing (but I don’t like pointy guitars as a whole... I know some people are screaming at their scream while reading my comment now... but hey, to each his own). Having said that, it’s still a nice video to see the behind of the scene. I live factories/builders tour!

@kenlee5015

6 жыл бұрын

I normally would agree with you, but in this video he showed some awesome rounded over designs (softening those sharp points) with wood instead of the normal flashy paint. Yeah, shop tours rule!

@Spidouz

6 жыл бұрын

Ken Lee true, but as said I never got into it because if you say BC Rich, most people will think: pointy guitars... and I’m not into pointy guitars. I don’t thing there’s anything wrong about it, nor anyone liking them...it’s just not something I never being into it.

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Actually Phil, if you check my website you'll find a couple of models you'll probably like. The SS ST and the SS T. Another interesting note, if I weren't a guitar designer, I'd play a Tele. ;-)

If I had the cash, I'd buy one pronto.

Neal seems like a cool guy.

I really loved the "Virgin" (or "Scythe", actually) model he came up with. I only found it because B.C. Rich kept making them until the early 2000s or so. Just too bad that they're not all that comfortable or nice-sounding (the 2000s Asian B.C. Riches, that is). But I remember digging into the guitar's history back then and ending up on a very dated website of Neil Moser, where I'd find all those more custom and unique guitars. - He made some very contrasting styles of guitars.

11:19 ...must have been awkward for the camera man, 😂

@johnnyrockit4001

6 жыл бұрын

Nah Neal is really a big pussycat.

So... "how a guitar sounds has very little to do with the construction as long as the construction is good and they use good quality parts"... huh? Am I overthinking this or is he a natural salesman? Neal Moser for President! ;-p

@wilson4180

6 жыл бұрын

M McBride a cars engine has very little to do with its speed as long as the engine was built right with quality parts. Same with a house.. a houses frame work has very little to do with its structural integrity as long as it was built right using quality wood. ;)

@kingbrutusxxvi

6 жыл бұрын

I hope you're being facetious.

@clamus68

6 жыл бұрын

The right wood? Tone Wood! Sorry had too.

@chrisofnottingham

6 жыл бұрын

I think he means the sound of the guitar has very little to do with through neck/set neck/bolt on neck (ie construction) and more to do with how well it is put together (ie other construction).

@nealmoser8497

6 жыл бұрын

Yes Chris, that is correct. As long as you're using good quality tone woods and components and the build is solid, the guitar will sound good. The small differences in sound come from the types of wood, pickup types, bridge types and scale lengths. I've never had a customer contact me after a sale and tell me his/her guitar sounds like crap. However, they usually do tell me it plays better than any guitar they've ever had. ;-)

Beautiful Wood......................