what’s that riff sounds yeah who plays
guitar let’s dance he’s Richard yeah
talking about Keith Richards it must
have been on a Wednesday morning and I
was in my shop I got a call from this
friend of mine Henny and he said I got
this crazy idea can you make an exact
copy of Keith Richards number one guitar
micawber Keith calls a key car macabre
and ketta keith has names for his
guitars so it’s easy to take one out of
the wreck and macabre is an early 60’s
five-string Telecaster tuned in an open
so I said well as a key to a builder I
sometimes get extraordinary request so I
said why not let’s take this chance but
then he added some words that changed
the whole story so far
he said you also have to give it to
Keith well and that sounded so
ridiculous that I said well I got
nothing to lose here so why don’t I give
it a shot and I did but we’re talking
here about the best protected band in
the world it’s easier to get into the
Pentagon than into the heart of this
band leave me
really they got her own backstage
backstage but yeah but first things
first I had to make an instrument that
looked like it so I envisioned the
instrument with the information he
provided me he did 19 hours of research
for this thing and these hands had to do
the rest
now then you have a guitar and I didn’t
have a clue how to get this guitar
inside their own stones so what do you
do so I started searching for 900
Rolling Stones you know phone numbers
email addresses like info at Rolling
Stones dot-com nothing not a chance
no way so things weren’t looking great
for weeks nothing happened but then I
came across a guy who knew a guy who
knew a guy that new pair the before
keith richards number one guitar
technician and that guy the key guy gave
me five percent chance of meeting paired
before on the Pinkpop festival in long
half and i i live in denial but that 5%
chance was given to me on 11 o’clock in
the morning on the same day that the
Rolling Stones played at that pimple
festival so I had to be fast I took a
chance I pack my stuff I got in the car
I called Hanny and said you never know
where I’m going now I’m going to new
bamboo festival and he said no way no
way you’re joking and I wasn’t so I
arrived as one craf didn’t have any clue
what to do or after but with that key
guy that the guy gave me five percent
chance we managed to get backstage but
with a truckload of luck in miracles and
when I was backstage I met Pierre the
before a general of all guitar techs you
don’t have to tell him anything about
guitars result and
I opened case gave him the guitar he
looked at it he took a deep breath and
he said put it back in the case
come with me and I he took me on stage
he grabbed the guitar out of the wreck
he gave it to me he says this is macabre
hold it feel it can you feel the
difference there was standing on that
stage with the legendary guitar in my
hands the guitar that made history and
there on this stage Pierre gave me a
lecture of how Keith likes his guitars
how they should be and on a picture
because I made this from a picture you
can see the feel of a guitar and that
key feel here gave me I have to take to
the grave with me
it was made very clear yes but after a
while Pierre said even if you change all
this in this guitar I’m not gonna take
it because it’s a copy of the real deal
we already have that’s a gimmick for us
you understand so I thought now the
story is over I can go home but then in
the end Pierre said if you had to make
one for us make a black one and I was
flabbergasted because I heard Pierre say
that he gave me the opportunity to make
a black one how cool is that so I got
back home and made a black guitar with
everything I felt on that stage I wasn’t
allowed to take any pictures on stage
but then high-sensitivity is a real
blessing because you can feel everything
well in my opinion I made a great guitar
it sounded great it felt great so I went
to rock where Sir
to deliver the piece and there it was
checked by Keith get our technicians and
it was to to test they liked it but it
was one final hurdle to take Keith had
to like the guitar well slightly seen so
I waited for an hour or two three four
and then I heard my name called by
Pierre he said rope come with me and he
was not telling where we were going and
before I knew it I ended up at the door
thank you as I walked in i saw the
legend himself getting off his couch
straightened his jackets my guitar on
his left and he said you made a great
guitar I like this neck Wow
what the guy his presence blew me away
his eyes have seen everything you can
ever imagine but he was the kindest of
persons and we talked a while about the
guitar and how he liked it some pictures
were taken and he sent me off with this
big wink and I left with Pierre again
and I said to him well that was
something
and then Pierre relaxed and he said you
are my deputy tonight and we went back
onstage and I became a roadie really our
setting of Keith’s gear placing his amps
and referred a beverage table and all
that in front of a few with 65 thousand
people waiting for a show to begin
Wow
there’s something and after done that I
took a spot on stage where I could see
the crowd the crew and the legends
themselves all within grasp and after
five songs PR looked at me and that Luke
gave me goosebumps all over because he
grabbed my guitar tuned it he gave it to
peace and before I knew it he was
walking on the stage starting the riff
of the songs doom and gloom this is
something from television so there’s
something exciting catalog of spoiler
yeah did is Yahoo da the mojitos in the
I was standing there and I never knew
that body could produce so much drennan
really the legend himself with something
I made with these hands
Wow but you have to finish what you
started so with rubber knees I had to
take that on the back line again rolling
everything into the trucks drink
something with care on that stage
talking about a great show and then I
had to go home again I didn’t want to
but I had to so I had to four-hour drive
or something like that and you could if
you can imagine how I must be in my car
so two hours a day later I opened my
shop again and I saw a guitar string for
one euro and 15 cents and back with my
feet on the ground normal life took over
again thank you [Applause]