RIP James Tyler

[norminal]

Via the James Tyler Guitars Instagram:

James Tyler Guitars on Instagram: "Letter from Sarah Tyler (JTG employee 1987-present) and Jessica (Tyler) Truelyt-Knox (JTG employee 1981-2012) Link to contribute: https://gofund.me/0c46252e To read more about James and the history of James Tyler

3,852 likes, 409 comments - jamestylerguitars on August 30, 2024: "Letter from Sarah Tyler (JTG employee 1987-present) and Jessica (Tyler) Truelyt-Knox (JTG employee 1981-2012) Link to contribute: https://gofund.me/0c46252e To read more about James and the history of James Tyler Guitars, visit...

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[Sleezy E]

RIP

I still play my jtv59 a ton. It's almost always hooked up to the variax cat5 plug, super low noise floor, super comfy guitar.

A couple years ago I installed a pair of Seymour Duncan triple shots and now I can get funky with the mag pickups as well as the modeled stuff. Helix also has discrete routing for the variax outputs, which is teh sweet

If you look close, you can see "Tyler" on the bridge

 

[paisleywookiee]

Very sad. too young for sure.

 

[laxu]

Saw some incredible finishes on these guitars in Japan. I just can't accept the headstock no matter what.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Damn, that's sad. RIP.

Never played a Tyler but always heard great things on the quality.

 

[Achilles]

Damn.
RIP

John Suhr must be busted up. Seems those two were pretty good friends.

 

[Eagle]

Fantastic guitars .

Like the best old Strat combined with your favourite slippers. RIP James.

 

[DrewJD82]

That's a bummer, for sure.

I've probably told this story before, but I used to bust balls about that headstock nonstop at HRI. When I went out to NAMM I met up with a bunch of the HRI guys, one being McShred (dude who 'leaked' the TMP at TOP, can't remember his name here) who had a few Tylers I played at his house. About 10 seconds after i had it one in my hands I said "Yeah, he can make the headstocks however the fuck he wants and I'm not gonna talk quite as much shit anymore"

 

[Achilles]

About 10 seconds after i had it one in my hands I said "Yeah, he can make the headstocks however the fuck he wants.

His insane quartersawn necks and rolled fretboards are like warm butter.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I always thought the “burning rain” shit was cool as hell, and the headstock was ugly-cool. Like yeah, it’s ugly. But not like CBS Fender headstock ugly. Ugly in a cool way.

 

[Achilles]

Funny, I never once thought there was anything off about his headstock.

I mean, it's no more or less striking than any of these.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Funny, I never once thought there was anything off about his headstock.

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I mean, it's no more or less striking than any of these.

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It’s all subjective, really. I love the PRS and Ibanez headstocks, and yet those sometimes get hate too.

 

[dbagchee]

RIP.

I dig the headstock on my JTV89 - it’s a little slimmed down version of the traditional JT version.

 

[FuzzyAce]

He gets extra points from me having that headstock. Do something long enough that's original, it will become iconic. At that point you just see the design, not if it's ugly or pretty.

 

[laxu]

Funny, I never once thought there was anything off about his headstock.

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I mean, it's no more or less striking than any of these.

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Imagine if that Ibanez or PRS headstock had the label plastered all over it. I don't mind the thumb shape that much, just the repeated name.

It reminds me of basic bitch clothes designs that say e.g Calvin Klein all over something.

 

[Achilles]

Imagine if that Ibanez or PRS headstock had the label plastered all over it. I don't mind the thumb shape that much, just the repeated name.

It reminds me of basic bitch clothes designs that say e.g Calvin Klein all over something.

Difference being he was an individual, not a company.
From what I'd read his sense of humor was such he wanted to make sure everyone realized that fact.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Difference being he was an individual, not a company.
From what I'd read his sense of humor was such he wanted to make sure everyone realized that fact.

He was a loveable old Grouch, like a hardcore version of me lol

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Fantastic guitars .
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Like the best old Strat combined with your favourite slippers. RIP James.

Had a hollow Burning Water, and a hollow Studio Elite but my fave was his Tele with the Firebird pup in the neck.

That started me on all my Teles having a firebird pup in the neck.

Plus a pre-production JTV59 and a regular JTV59

 

[norminal]

I don’t know about y’all, but I don’t look at my headstock when playing my guitars.

 

[unix-guy]