The Chicago Music Exchange has a good post explaining what TV Yellow is. The black and white cameras of the 1950′s had trouble shooting white objects that were over exposed by the studio lights. So things like Doctor’s jackets were actually made a shade of yellow that appeared to be white on a black and white television. Gibson used that same idea and made some special guitars for television performances.
On screen the color appeared as a soft white, off screen the color is a sort of transparent lime color which allows the wood grain to show through. Gibson gave its TV Yellow treatment to a number of guitars in the late 1950′s and the early 1960′s. The guitars that commonly adorned this finish were the Les Paul Juniors and Specials.
The three studio yellow guitars the Chicago Music Exchange currently have for sale range from $10-19,000.
It may have been 52 years and three days after the Day the Music Died, but this performance at the Super Bowl may be the day Slash died for me as a fan. There have been other low moments in recent years but this was just so bad on such a huge stage. It’s hard to ignore.
Guy Fenocchi’s new video will show you some of the different sounds you can make using the Anadime Chorus Pedal by Providence Effects. Guy will cover how adjusting the Depth and Speed knobs as well as the Deep switch affect your tone.
How can you improve you left hand speed for playing Guitar?
Slow Practice – Practice everything slow at first so that you can work on technique
Relax – Keep your hands, arms, shoulders, etc relaxed
Economy of Motion – Don’t let your fingers move any more than they are required to.
To learn more about playing fast, check out Peter’s premium Lines Built for Speed lesson.
