One for Maggie...probably not the best time to trade that Kelly tele!
Carmine Street Guitars: tuning up with New York's finest plank-spankers
Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and Patti Smith all played guitars made from wood salvaged from New York buildings. Now there’s a documentary about the eccentric genius who crafted them
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Carmine Street Guitars Documentary article
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Nice film, I got to see it last year at a film festival. It's available on disc, but the company selling them wasn't authorised to sell them outside of USA, which was disappointing.
Good youtube clip on Rick
Good youtube clip on Rick
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I got to see this one on a plane ride last fall. I enjoyed it quite a lot. Rick seems like such a nice and unassuming dude. The special guests were a lot of fun, too. I guess this is because it’s always hard for me to picture rock stars inhabiting normal spaces like the rest of us.
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Rick was on my list of people to drop in on this summer but don't think I'll be in that area too soon... Wish all the best. Gotta keep that realtor from next door away!
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I watched it last night. A gentle little film. A succession of 'alt' players passing through the shop (Nels Cline, Lenny Kaye and some mostly lessor known ones), each with little stories. It's really a fly-on-the-wall picture of day-to-day goings-on in a declining industry - little guitar/luthiery shops in expensive Manhattan that won't be around for much longer. Some shops went up-market on the basis of famous rock star patrons (eg Rudy's) while others went into decline and have already gone. Although Rick notes that his neighbours can now more easily afford his guitars. The barnwood-style, natural-finish, old-wood, mostly tele-style guitars made using older techniques from old NYC building timbers appeal to those who want a piece of the history of NYC establishments. A piece of the Chelsea Hotel he's used for some builds would be amazing (if the wood could talk !). There's not much about the actual construction of the guitars (as simple as it is) in the film, as the film is aimed at a general audience. I was doing the rounds of guitar stores in Manhattan a few years back and was staying only a few blocks from Carmine Street, but it was the one store I missed. So the film made up for that for me.
"I just knew I wanted to make a sound that was the complete opposite of a Les Paul, and that’s pretty much a Jaguar." Rowland S. Howard.