Alex Lifeson on the Tom Sawyer solè...don't tell me that Hollowbody either.

[solspirit]

Alex Lifeson on the Tom Sawyer solè...don't tell me that Hollowbody either.

There is no way that isn't a LP. .................................................. .....

 

[Mincer]

If it was a Howard Roberts Fusion, like in the video, it is pretty close to an LP. It is semi hollow with a mahogany block in the middle. It sounds like an LP with a little more air in there. I know, 'cause I have one made the same year as his.

 

[JMP/HBE]

 

[JMP/HBE]

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[solspirit]

If it was a Howard Roberts Fusion, like in the video, it is pretty close to an LP. It is semi hollow with a mahogany block in the middle. It sounds like an LP with a little more air in there. I know, 'cause I have one made the same year as his.

Cool, thanks. Now I have to watch the video.

 

[Securb]

In the studio, the ES335 was mainly used to double-track the rhythm guitar parts.

 

[beaubrummels]

I thought the blonde was an ES-355 (has the Custom neck) used since the first album, and the Howard Roberts was the guitar used on Tom Sawyer / Moving Pictures?

 

[Mincer]

I know around Moving Pictures, all actual live pics I had seen of Alex had the HR Fusion. He probably sold more of them than Howard Roberts did.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Love his Howard Roberts Fusion. It looks so much different than others of that same model that I have seen. Wish he would have used it longer, but in the 80s, semi-hollowbodies kind of fell out of favor for most rockers.

 

[Mincer]

Love his Howard Roberts Fusion. It looks so much different than others of that same model that I have seen. Wish he would have used it longer, but in the 80s, semi-hollowbodies kind of fell out of favor for most rockers.

His must be a Custom...mine looks like the other stock ones from that year. And his was available to purchase, too! ​

Here is his:



Here is mine:

 

[Butch Snyder]

Maybe he just told Gibson he wanted cream mounting rings and a cream pickguard. At that stage of his career, I think Gibson would have accommodated him. I don't know what is in between the bridge and tailpiece.

 

[Mincer]

Maybe he just told Gibson he wanted cream mounting rings and a cream pickguard. At that stage of his career, I think Gibson would have accommodated him. I don't know what is in between the bridge and tailpiece.

I am not sure what that is, either, but it isn't on the pics from the 80s...he may have added it later. Maybe it is a plate to cover up some hacking he did to it. Also, I don't think his sunburst (with added yellow) was a common thing for HR Fusions of the time.

 

[Butch Snyder]

The color looks like the old "Viceroy Brown Sunburst" like Larry Carlton's 68 ES-335.

 

[Mincer]

The color looks like the old "Viceroy Brown Sunburst" like Larry Carlton's 68 ES-335.

Yeah...I've seen late 70s and early 80s LPs in that color, but not an HR Fusion.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Yeah...I've seen late 70s and early 80s LPs in that color, but not an HR Fusion.

Same....

 

[hamerfan]

I am not sure what that is, either, but it isn't on the pics from the 80s...he may have added it later. Maybe it is a plate to cover up some hacking he did to it. Also, I don't think his sunburst (with added yellow) was a common thing for HR Fusions of the time.

Looks like a Kahler route ?!?

 

[Butch Snyder]

Looks like a Kahler route ?!?

Maybe, or a Floyd route. It was around the Grace Under Pressure album that he started using Floyds. Maybe started the route and changed his mind.

 

[jeremy]

it does look like a trem rout that was covered up

 

[Mincer]

I doubt it was a Floyd...if it was a trem, it would have to be mountable on the top without hacking out too much of the center block.

 

[Butch Snyder]

I doubt it was a Floyd...if it was a trem, it would have to be mountable on the top without hacking out too much of the center block.

Probably a Kahler then. In those days, Floyd and Kahler were pretty much neck-in-neck competition with each other.