133 - Tracii Guns

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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He's a founding member of the two biggest rock bands ever to have the word "Guns" in their names. He's an icon of California metal and hard rock. He's got a lethal looking new Kramer signature model guitar in his name. He's TRACII GUNS, and his main band since the early- to mid-'80s, L.A. Guns, is enjoying a resurgence — and also enjoying the return of lead singer Phil Lewis. Plugging in that new Kramer for you and sharing stories of how he built — and how he survived — his wild career, Tracii sits down for an epic interview. Hosted by Jude Gold. Presented by Guitar Player magazine.

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0:00.0	Hey there, friends. How are you? Good to see you, so to speak. This is episode 133 of No Guitar is
0:10.1	Safe. And if I haven't met you yet, well, my name is Jude Gold, and this is the guitar show where
0:15.0	guitar heroes plug in. And today, a true hero of California hard rock and metal, an 80s rock to the present.
0:25.2	He formed L.A. Guns when he was just a teenager and like 1983, and they're going strong.
0:32.3	In fact, they have three new records out, including a live record, and Tracy has reunited
0:36.9	with his power singer Phil
0:39.0	Lewis.
0:40.3	How did they do that?
0:41.4	How did they pull it all back together, man?
0:43.1	It's really inspiring, whether you're in bands or just whatever projects you do, but rebuilding
0:49.2	stuff, reconnecting, and then so much other stuff that I want to give you a little roadmap before we head
0:56.8	over ironically to Denmark that's right even though Tracy grew up probably mere blocks from
1:03.4	where I'm standing here in LA this is I mean this is his old stomping grounds he's been for
1:09.0	most of lockdown in Denmark and yeah we're going to get over there in just a second.
1:14.6	You hear that copter warming up, but I just want to give you a roadmap to all the stuff we're going to get into.
1:19.6	We open with talking about his brand new six-string weapon.
1:24.6	This guitar from Kramer called the Gunstar Voyager, badass.
1:29.2	Then he shares with you, like, what do you need to know if you get your own guitar deal?
1:33.5	Maybe it's a gear deal, or maybe they're making you your own signature model guitar.
1:38.1	He's got some ideas for you and stuff to look out for and stuff to look for.
1:43.5	And from there, man, speaking of deals, we look at his deal with
1:47.2	Bernie Rico, the late, the late great guy behind BC rich guitars. I always love Bernie stories. He's a
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