Punk Rock guitar players never get enough credit for sending so many of us on our own path in music.

@Nazzz65

Жыл бұрын

I CERTAINLY with that! They could be described as "guitar ANTI-heros".

@Lexiconwolf314

3 ай бұрын

So true

@lewistunbridgemusic6884

2 ай бұрын

Amen to that 🙏

To really get that Steve Jones sound, all your gear must be stolen!

@jeromewagschal9485

2 жыл бұрын

😄😄😄

@jeromewagschal9485

2 жыл бұрын

Okay...Well... That's why I've never been able to sound like him...I guess I'm gonna have to steal some gear 😄😄😄

@evilsidsmonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and no his gutter was given to him buy Malcom manager of Sex Pistols and the New York dolls

@punkoid76

2 жыл бұрын

@@evilsidsmonkey I suggest you look at mid seventies footage (videos and photos) of the pistols, he played numerous guitars. The white Les Paul is iconic, but it wasn’t played that much.

@andreascikota6188

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant 🤣🤣

Steve Jones is the reason I saved up for and bought a Gibson Black Beauty back in the 90s. Still have and love the guitar to this day.

@johnhareiel5118

2 жыл бұрын

The same reason I'm saving up for a vintage white Les Paul Custom. I done got the same stickers, just need the guitar. Just got a Fender Twin.

Jonesy is such an underrated player. The dude just exudes rock and roll. The tone, the swagger, the unpretentious grab you by the ears tone, the rock solid riffage. And he got great! Every time he came back around he was better. He and Malcolm Young are two of my absolute heroes for those reasons.

@Mr75044

Жыл бұрын

Mike I'm with you on that. Been playing since 1980 Angus & Steve... Best sound ever. I like the guitar into amp. And go RNR. No pedals for lead...

I was lucky enough my wife about 20 odd years ago won on EBay a white Les Paul signed dated and authenticated by Steve Jones dated from their first comeback tour in Finsbury Park in 1996, I believe it was originally offered as a prize in one of the UK guitar mags. Sadly it’s not a Custom just a Studio with gold hardware but it has turned that lovely cream yellow colour. I’d wanted a Gibson Les Paul since I was in my early teens in the late 70s always way beyond my price range so was well thrilled to get this particular Les Paul

@BeesWaxMinder

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that competition!!

@TheFairway8

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeesWaxMinder I didn't win the competition but a few years later the guitar was up for sale on Ebay so my wife bought it for me. I'd wanted a Gibson Les Paul for about 15 years always remember drooling over them in Tin Pan Alley and various guitar shops up London always out of my price range though

@BeesWaxMinder

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFairway8 that was good of her I love Denmark Street I remember entering that competition …I’m pretty sure it was in guitarist magazine (if it wasn’t it was in “guitar“)

@TheFairway8

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeesWaxMinderyou're right. I've got the magazine somewhere it was sent with the guitar as part of authentication, that's some memory you've got

@BeesWaxMinder

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFairway8 thanks! That’s some guitar(&wife!!)you’ve got!

I saw them at the Winterland last show. Steve jones played, killed it! I went out 2 days later and bought a LP Jr what I could afford. I was a kid and my older brother worked for the promoter BGP taking pictures....

This is really well done. And Steve Jones's tone has always grabbed me by the ears and demanded my full attention! You've done a fine job. Good to see Stave gets proper recognition these days. It doesn't have to be complicated to kick ass! Balls and attitude!

Dagan, you've nailed that tone, sound, and feel better than any vid I've seen, apart from Steve himself. I hope you do a separate breakdown video for each Pistols track.

Steve Jones also my No 1 guitar hero. 2 reasons: made me realise quitar doesn't have to be complicated to be great; we share a name!

Now that you've done the Sex Pistols, why not do a The Clash Mick Jones/Joe Strummer gear guide

@monsterpopMusicFactory

2 жыл бұрын

Because neither of them ever had even a half decent guitar sound 😁

@grahambrook1548

2 жыл бұрын

Mick Jones is one of the most origin al songwriters ever….

@monsterpopMusicFactory

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahambrook1548 is he aye? So what's that got to do with guitar setups/tones?

@grahambrook1548

2 жыл бұрын

@@monsterpopMusicFactory Messa Boogie and guitar synths.

@rikantony6571

Жыл бұрын

@@monsterpopMusicFactory ?

Steve Jones is a fantastic guitarist, and I have to say, You have managed to perfectly recreate His unique sound. Well done.

Probably my favourite guitar tone on record.

@mjh5437

2 жыл бұрын

It`s savage;never bettered.

@piglos

2 жыл бұрын

This and Ed Kuepper from The Saints on the Stranded album

@johnnywomack548

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Can't be beat. On their reunion tours, his sound is massive.

@coryfoster4907

11 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! I also always really dug The Strokes guitar tone as well lol.

@thebaneofyourexistence.3377

11 ай бұрын

@@coryfoster4907 can’t say I agree

Damn!! Holy damn!! I watched half way through and had to go straight to my bedroom and plug into my Marshall with the 4x12 with my Epiphone Sheraton 2009 and damn I loved every minute playing those power chord riffs!! I can see how much Steve jones inspired many punk/pop punk guitarists… Les Paul Custom was always my dream guitar growing up in alpine white and a Marshall.. Dude thank you for inspiring me to play because I’ve been down in a rut for a few weeks and watching you has brought me back!!

Didn't expect this quality. Well done man 👌👏 bought NMTB at age 12 and never looked back, it's been 30 years and it still excites me

Jonesy is an unassuming legend, tone to die for.

Finally someone got it right! Spot on. For the perfectionists, Steve put Gauss speakers in his Fender twin for NMTB's.

Wow - great timing; I learnt God save the Queen specifically for the jubilee, but that tone you got in such a simple ‘clean’ way - it’s stunning. Utterly inspiring video, I “must try harder”

Nice one, Dagan!! I turned 10 in 1977 and the Sex Pistols, the Buzzcocks and the Clash ruled my world!! My Dad worked at a TV/Radio station at the time and the older DJ's couldn't stand Punk so I was the inheritor of all that distorted goodness!! Soon Siouxsie and the Banshees entered my collection which by the time I was 13 in 1980 included Bauhaus, XTC and the Cure and well I guess you can see the trajectory I was on. Thanks again Mate, that was Fantastic!!

Thank you, THANK YOU, T H A N K Y O U!!! for making this video. I had so much rebellious anger as a teenager during the 80's, I probably would have gone to prison had I not discovered the Pistols and through them a way to express myself productively. Started my own punk band just to play the Pistols and the Furs. I only did vocals then, but I'm learning guitar now. I will be spending a lot of time with this video to learn from you, Dagan. What a wonderful contribution to KZread. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Thanks again!

Awesome video thanks for this, I love Steve Jones guitar tone & riffs always love to see him getting the props he deserves 👊🏻

Great video, love this Pistols sound. I use my Epi LP special with swapped SD antiquity P90’s for dry high gain Punk and Hardcore sounds, works great!

I love that you did this. Everyone always has a hard on for sid vicious. Cheers Dagan. 🤘

I realize you do the best videos. Never annoying, excellent playing. Thanks !! 👑👑👑

The Sig and the Tone Master nail the Jones tone straight out of the box. Nice work, Sir

You've pretty much nailed the sound mate! Brilliant review as always! I have the same white Epiphone LP custom and agree it's a superb looking and playing guitar, actually I prefer it to my Gibson LP Standard 120th Anniversary model.

Dude when you put silly thing in the intro I was thrilled 😂 I love the Sex Pistols and Steve Jones is one of my favorite guitarists. His story and how he came to play guitar is the reason why I started learning in the first place. And he came up with some pretty bad ass riffs and I love his little fill ins on the album

@PMTVUK

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Yeah, Dagan often cites that as one of his all time favourite songs!

Thanks for this. Really great work on a very underrated guitarist.

Man, love that you covered this. Loved The Pistols, seen them live and that guitar sound is awesome. Got to do The Clash!

There was a Bigsby on the LPC originally. It was removed & the one sticker covered the holes. There are picks of Syl playing it before Malcom got it & gave it to Steve. Steve had a sunburst LPC w/ a Bigsby & he hated it. But anyway. Nice playing sounds cool. During the '96 tour he was using the JCM 800's & a Danelectro Daddy 'O' for a Boost. Great pedal! Thanks for the post!!

This is magnificent. You have made me so happy. I heard about the P90 on Bollox Album. You confirmed it. You rule. 😎😊♥️

Nice piece of "authentic anarchy" on the right there. You're also sort of going full circle with it, video-wise. Neat touch.

Killer tone re-creation! The only things missing are the crackle and pops of vinyl and the hiss of a dubbed cassette. spot on! Cheers

When I saw this guitar it brought in my mind the ESP EC-1000T Vintage Gold Satin that you playd some weeks ago at ESP's factory. Both are lovely guitars!

Nailed it. I've been a Sex Pistols fanatic for 45 years and it's always been mainly about Steve's guitar for me. I'm primarily a bass player but I play some guitar too and the only guy I've ever tried to properly get right is Steve Jones. I've picked up tips and stuff over the years, more recently and watching KZread stuff (lots of geezers out there in KZread land doing instructional vids and GETTING IT WRONG!) and what you have correctly realised is that what Steve lacked in technical ability he more than made up for in feel. That guy was just obviously in love with the noise he was making! So thanks for the video dude, I've picked up a few more tips from it, mainly with the Anarchy solo which I nearly got right but now, watching you, I reckon I can nail it.

Probably the best I have seen on KZread. Awsom bro

Dagan there's a few vids on KZread that attempt Jonesie's tone. A couple of 'em come close. But jeez mate you NAILED it. I salute you sir! And all your train spotter info is spot on. Just one small correction - the custom WAS used on NMTB. There is actually an interview with Steve that explains just Bodies and EMI had the black beauty and he can still tell the slight tonal difference between it and the custom, which was used on all the other tracks.

It should be said that while I'm not from the UK, I always watch your videos. Dagan always looks like he's having a blast while so many people making videos look like they are bored out of their mind. You all at PMT need to make sure another company doesn't try to gobble him up.

Also worth checking out is Andy Taylor's "Thunder" album from the 80s which I believe Jonesy played on.

@BudgetGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

He did indeed.

@_fabio1978

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he did

@patrickaquilina8654

2 жыл бұрын

Love that album!

Jonesy’s the reason, reason, I started playing guitar too. Great tone you’ve got there. God save the Queen my son.

The finest thing Steve did post Sex Pistol’s was the Neurotic Outsiders with Duff Mckagan, Matt Sorum and John Taylor from Duran Duran in my opinion. Well worth checking out! It definitely has a Pistols/Professionals vibe about it. Sadly like the Pistols he only made one proper album.

Aw man you played that medley at the start like a massive fan. Brilliant

Steve and Angus were my main reasons for playing guitar. You got Steves sound and feel perfect

Dagan I'm from that era. Hard core punk 77. You've nailed it my son. Satellite....my favourite. PS the studio twin he used was moded For more mids. Dont ask me how. The Marshall's he used at Brixton were the CULT,S. and modified. Whilst owned by the Cult. He tuned down.... DONT FORGET THE PROFESSIONALS.. Just another dream.. 123 Action man... White light.. Ect.. Last word.. Dimond Head. Was formed After watching The pistols on tv.....what a legacy.

Absolutely superb! Jonesy getting the well earned respect today that we’ve known he’s deserved for forty odd years…. cos I’m an old get.

Thany you for this outstanding video. My favorite band. My favorite guitar tone!

Brilliant work Dagan. You should've thrown in some riffs off 'Mercy' though. A killer album. Anyway you did the Big Man proud. Thank you.

@DaganWilkin

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I wanted to, but thought I’d keep it solely Pistol based. Amazing album though, that’s my vinyl stuck to the wall! Haha

@corneliuscrewe677

2 жыл бұрын

Fire and Gasoline had some great tracks, too.

@newcybrown6352

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaganWilkin Great work Dagan . Have a listen to 76-77 box set with all the demos on ,they sound great .

I was still doing Jimi Hendrix meets Michael Schenker solo's when Sex Pistols dropped their album. I learned it by heart immediately, started a punkband with some guys, most of our songs were Sex Pistols and Damned covers lol, then I was asked to join the only Dutch punkband that had a record deal, we recorded some great songs and did a lot of great gigs at a lot of great places, I barely played a solo for at least 1-2 years, not until I bought a 1975 Gibson Flying V in '79, it totally pissed off the singer so I quit the band. Then I heard Van Halen 1 and started learning new riffs and solo's again, man those were crazy days!!! Ps: Dagan if ya wanna talk ADHD, i'm all ears 🤣😂🤣

The FINEST demo of my favorite band ever! Everything else is tame in comparison 😎‼️🔥🎸

Nice class about how to get that tone. Thanks Dagan!

1977 ... The queens silver jubilee was a great time indeed. It was also the year Elvis (supposedly) died ,and the year I moved from harmonica to guitar. Peeps we're celebrating in the streets ,and coming together in a huge celebration, then came thatcher ,and messed it all up. I got into punk in 1976/77 ,and haven't looked back since. I was there ,and still am. I also have the new York dolls first album too m8 ,not to mention all the pistols records too ,even though they became everything they were against... (commercialism etc). So thanx for dragging up memories. Being a Geordie ,You need to check the toy dolls ,and try sum of olgas solos m8. Sum of them are tricky ,like we quit the cavalry !!!. Anyhoo ,I'm glad you hit a subject close to my heart ,and fondest regards to all back home in uk. (I moved to usa 21 years ago).

Great video. Love Jonesy especially Fire and Gasoline album and Instinct album he did with Iggy Pop.

wow...so much correct info about the band and of course steve...great job man!

Awesome video as usual! I went straight to my Amplitube 5 and dialed in a tone, I'm not usually a Fender guy but that rocked with the LP!

@cornstar1253

2 жыл бұрын

A Delux Reverb amp is amazing with an overdrive pedal and an LP.

@Pulse2AM

2 жыл бұрын

@@cornstar1253 I have a Revstar 320 and I did put a tube screamer in front on my Amplitube patch, it sounds good. A friend of mine has an original super reverb, that thing cranks volume!

Great playing! Nice tone! Love Sex Pistols! Its nice to hear Phaser on Anarchy In The UK, didnt know about this pedal.

I was surprised to learn that Jonesy didn't record NMTB with that white Les Paul. He recorded using a black LP with P90's.

Hey man I just finished watching the first 4 episodes of The Pistols on Disney!

I got an epiphone les paul, and thanks to this I was able to get the tune I needed without having to buy the specific gear. I can't play nearly as good as the handsome fellow in this video, but pretty much the entirety of last year I've been trying to replicate songs from that one album watching dozens of different riffs and different peoples takes on the same song. When I got into the pistols I could barely play, now I'm honestly finally content with what I'm doing. I got me own playstyle, I can kind of competently play punk. Sure, its easy to hear that my playstyle is very pistols-inspired (except I can't play solos for shit) but I mean its enough for me. If I got a lead guitar to accompany it actually sounds sick

Hi from downunder, I was a punk in the 80s and a huge Pistols fan. I died my hair like Sids, amongst others but I heard that Steve Jones 'nicked' the Les Paul from a Bob Marley gig and striped it and put the pin up girls on it to help disguise it. The bass work was already done by Glenn Matlock before Sid joined the band. I was a big Sid fan but he was no musician. 🧷 🤘

@DaganWilkin

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Yeah there’s pictures of Syl Sylvain in the New York Dolls with the guitar before the Pistols, when Malcolm McLaren used to manage them, there’s a lot of mystery around it but that’s the definitive history! Haha. Also the producers have confirmed that it was all Jonesy on bass, Glen helped write a few songs though. 👌

@themadmattster9647

2 жыл бұрын

Actually most of the bass was re-recorded by Steve. If you listen to “Spunk”, the demo album released before Bollocks, the bass playing is way more busy (awesome actually), and That was Matlock

@jasonmoffett5420

2 жыл бұрын

Thank u for taking the time to respond to my comments. The story I heard about his Les Paul sounds like Steve, taking the piss. Like your videos too, cheers. 🤘

@j.p.sixgunner7194

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was actually the Twin Reverb that was nicked from Bob Marley...

EMI is mine favourite too, I didn't know it was played like that, what a great sound!

The intro to Bodies is still so menacing it sends shivers down my back.

@Itelkner

7 ай бұрын

Same with "Did You No Wrong."

I don’t have a Les Paul Custom Custom but my Gibson SG Junior did alright. Angry little guitar. I had that same giddy smile playing those riffs.

awesome to hear some riffs from jonesys fire and gasoline lp jonesy was the best show/band ive ever seen live it was at the Ibeam in san francisco in 1991. jonesy shredded hard

I loved this video. I first started playing after watching Play in a Day the Steve Jones Way on the Nevermind the Bollocks Rockumentary (Which I noticed you referenced a lot). I just used to watch it and copy his hand movements. The sound I've always wanted to recreate was his from that segment with the Marshall High Stack and a Burny. He even plays down half a step in that one I saw an article about the origninal Steve Jones custom because Steve actually sold it at one point. Jah Wobble from PIL thinks he owns it but Jones was presented with "The original" and he looked over it a few times saying "It'd been broken a few times" but the knocks wern't right on it so it wasn't the right one

I grew up on Jonesy's riffs from Never Mind the Bollocks! Little 80's troublemaker I was : ) Great stuff Dagan!

@mjh5437

2 жыл бұрын

*BOLLOCKS* ffs!!

@EasyHeat

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjh5437 feel better? 🙄

@mjh5437

2 жыл бұрын

@@EasyHeat Yes....."Bullocks" are male baby cows.

@EasyHeat

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjh5437 Way to escalate an unintentional typo into rando heavy petting zoology nomenclature?🤔 Jesus H Christ, I forget the internet has recessively become a pretentiously lukewarm kiddie pool of self affirming cringe ever since the supple helicopter parented institutionalized shooter drill generation sprouted short and curlys and became irrelevantly self aware. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ever see the Ramones live before Dee Dee left the band kid?! I have. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1983 on my 7th birthday. My mum's more punk than ye.🙄

I watch the doc on nex. And watching this this is great 👍 you are brilliant 🤩

if i had seen this 10, 20, 30 , 40 years ago , i would have creamed myself. I was 16 in 1980 when i found the album NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS in the city library in Cedar Rapids Iowa. It changed my life then. Changed my taste in music. While me and my friends were listening to Rush, KISS, Nugent, Queen , Aersosmith. I felt i had FOUND something different. IT BLEW ME AWAY. My friends didnt get it, except one. We loved the PISTOLS. My first band, i taught them God Save the Queen. This is such a cool video. Classic Riffs.

Best video you’ve ever done. Love Steve jones

Nicely timed video 😉

i've just watched pistol (the pistols biopic) and jesus fuggin christ it was amazing, especially the casting i mean the guy who played johnny rotten completely nailed the character and the voice i absolutely recommend that series to anyone, even if you have never liked the pistols

Energy energy energy 💪🏿. Love this , the big bang of music for me . Picked up a guitar for the same reasons, the Pistols

Fantastic playing - love it!

I Remember trying the white Gibson of Steve in Denmark Street in 82.. What a moment for a froggy!! 🇫🇷

What a great band. Well done Dagan. Nailed it.

LIke button smashed. Steve Jones is the guvnor. Always will be!

Your best video yet!

Great video...thanks for sharing....

Great playing and sound. "Fire and Gasoline" was a great record too. I saw him playing live while he was touring that record. I think he was opening for The Cult. I also got to spend a good part of an evening with him at the Cathouse in L.A. I'm pretty sure he only hung out with me cause I had cigarettes and was gushing over his work. We parted ways that night when he noticed a girl seemed very interested in me and he asked me what I was doing hanging out with him when I could be hanging out with her. I took his advice but- in all honesty I would have rather hung out with him.

Cracking show :-) cant help but love the pistols!

In his autobiography Andy Blade of the band Eater says that Steve Jones'¹ early Les Paul was bought by Eaters guitarist Brian Chevette. This is the one used by Jones in 1975/76.

Please keep doing these videos.

Damn near spot-on tone and playing

Fantastic video!! Very complete!! What electric guitar strings used Steve Jones in the Les Paul Custom 0.10 or 0.11? Thanks.-

The JCM800s would be post-glory days work: solo work and/or reunions. Those amps were out in ‘77. The ‘90s JCM800s were modified by Harry Kolbe and were Billy Duffy’s.

nailed the tone!!! sounds great

Same. Saw Sex Pistols in 1996 and been playing guitar since. P90s through a Fender apparently.

Anyone that doesnt love the sound of the LP whether it be an Epiphone or a Gibson or a copy cant fully appreciate an iconic sound! Jus sayin! Thanks Dagan and PMT!

Johnny Thunders would be a goodie.

@tyorbs6277

2 жыл бұрын

He should do the New York dolls in general

@laswastedyouth

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!

@sld67869801

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yes!

Still the best video on KZread. Cheers

Pretty Vacant one the best guitar and drum intros ever Steve always like to hear to talk about the old days nice guy

@douglasfreeman3229

Жыл бұрын

I agree. It sends shivers down my spine.

Man great video you should defdo some lessons to play the whole pistols catalog also I have a Gibson jr I got one to play Johnny thunders an pistols tunes I’m using a boss katana mk 2 50 what would be the best settings to get jones tone ? Same idea as the fender amp?

What a great Video about a great guitar player. Thanks for that

@PMTVUK

Жыл бұрын

Anytime! 🤘

Excellent stuff ❤

Lovely video!

Cool video! Steve said the fender was actually stolen from the opening act for Bob Marley. Thanks man.

Very well done Mate 🖖👍👏

I thought I was the only one who listened to "Mercy" relentlessly when it came out.

I love Epiphone guitars,and usually argue that they are absolutely close to the sound of Gibson, but Steve Jones (my favorite guitar player of all time) didn't play guitar, he played tone, and his tone is so specific that the Epiphone just can't reproduce it. Great video. And btw, there's a black p90 Epiphone Les Paul behind you.

@SionynJones

2 жыл бұрын

The main difference is pickups in this case to Epiphone. Their probuckers are ever bit of a paf recreation as burst buckers. The Steve Jones Les Paul has 490T and 490R which are very different and more high output than the mid output paf style of the probuckers and burst buckers. The p90 in the background is a signature JJN old glory.

@jamesjones8480

2 жыл бұрын

Ah ok! I love the 490r 498t's, that's why the 90s Les Paul studios were so sought after when I was a kid. perfect for punk rock

Really cant wait for a misfits one!!!!! Would love to see you with dolye his guitar.! Or even Johnny ramone

What a treat, he's a real hero to me along with John Mcheogh, although the custom and Fender are the most authentic, the Marshall TSL has the body of the layered recording.

@deadlegs187

2 жыл бұрын

2 very different guitarist. Good choice

this was excellent!