I agree and they are instantly recognisable as him too which is not an easy thing to do!

No why do you say that?

Not saying the show isn't staged but I have been told by a couple of people who are friends of either Rick or his late brother Greg that he needed to sell the guitar to pay for Greg's medical bills. I don't have any reason not to believe them despite the reputation this show has. Still think it's weird to sell to a Pawn shop though.

I think you are taking this a little too seriously

I agree with Pete Thorn:

"If you listen to the clip of either Chinatown or Outta Space and you don't get your rock n roll ass kicked, then, IMHO there's no hope. You are talking about guys in their late 50's hitting it HARD here and I think they are killing it.

...you've got 13 new tunes from these guys to get into, and enjoy... at the end of the day some you may like and some you may not like, but at least listen to it as an album, as whole songs, not crap samples on youtube, and live with it for a minute!!!! Remember 1984 had Simmons electronic drums on it! You probably didn't get used to the sound for a minute, but now it's hard for me to imagine it any other way!"

I'd just like the US version for the arched top

I'm a 3 power chord Pentatonic guy too lol! I get that Holdsworth is a genius though :)

Yes this is a firm shot at Marshall, I wonder where these amps are being manufactured?

haha looks like I should do some research before commenting on names, thanks :)

ah yeah that makes sense thanks!