allan holdsworth’s velvet darkness ebony block sg les paul custom
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Opion
Sir Mattafer
This is ridiculously cool - thank you for sharing! Wish we got more stuff posted like this around here more often.
JDB123
Newb Extraordinaire
Very cool piece. Love that era of SGs. Surprised it hasn’t yellowed more.
Don’t really like the album though. It probably shouldn’t have ever been released, and Allan & co. didn’t see a dime from it unfortunately. Pretty wild it was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s too.
Don’t really like the album though. It probably shouldn’t have ever been released, and Allan & co. didn’t see a dime from it unfortunately. Pretty wild it was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s too.
allan also used it towards the end of his tenure w/ lifetime.
jco5055
Well-Known Member
i'm slightly confused- is this literally the guitar (serial number and all) that allan used? Or just a model that's the same? I'd assume the former based on the wear and tear but just thought I'd need to ask
Dumple Stilzkin
Pointy star bastard.
Didn’t he use this when was with Soft Machine too? What a lucky duck to be able to play it, just having my picture taken with it would be awesome. I wish I had taken a picture with Allan when I met him.
allan’s guitar. seen on the cover of velvet darkness. literally the guitar.
Very classy. Love Holdsworth, too. 
same! pivotal influence.Very classy. Love Holdsworth, too.
Marked Man
Well-Known Member
I can't call him a direct influence because I have no idea how the hell he did what he did.
But he is an inspiration.
Kyle Jordan
Ace of Knaves
Love that there's been a good amount of Holdsworth talk on the forum lately. Been revisiting his stuff because os it.
chipchappy
thudmaster
wow. That is the coolest thing. He's my fav. Very jealous
I avoided buying the album sort of out of protest because he didnt get paid on any of it, but to me the songs themselves are still fun to throw on from time to time
Yep. There's a few videos of them playing live where you can see him w/ this guitar. I love that band so much!
I avoided buying the album sort of out of protest because he didnt get paid on any of it, but to me the songs themselves are still fun to throw on from time to time
Yep. There's a few videos of them playing live where you can see him w/ this guitar. I love that band so much!
ittoa666
Being confused on SS.org since 2008
Thanks for posting this. It's so cool to see a piece of history posted here.
nightsprinter
resident pat metheny fanatic
Wtf? That's a crazy thing to get a hold of, wow. Up there w/ Di Meola's black 71 les paul custom from the elegant gypsy cover.
wheresthefbomb
Well-Known Member
The crust is part of the tone. Thanks for sharing.
