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PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Memphis, TN, where he visits the Stax Records Museum. In this segment, we get to see where and how some of the most legendary soul music was made. Within this video, we get to check out some iconic Stax studio gear like an Ike Turner Telecaster, a Steve Cropper Telecaster, a Steve Cropper ES-175 and Fender Princeton amp, James Alexander's bass used on "Soul Finger," Duck Dunn's P Bass and much more.

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Stringkiller on 04/16/2010	Please change the guitar stands - that plastic curve on the necks will leave permanent marks on the necks after 3 to 6 months and bring the beauty and value of the guitars. Mark and Eric N are right about the year numbers of the Tele and the ES225 but still I really enjoyed the visit. Maybe a little Booker T and the Mgs background music to get in the groove?
Fred Rothwell on 03/30/2010	Loved the two part tour of Stax. Ike Turner played piano on Rocket 88 not guitar. He only started to play guitar a year or two later after tuition from Earl Hooker and Willie Kizart (Kizart played guitar on Rocket 88 and also on Howlin' Wolf's early recordings).
Mark on 03/26/2010	The "Ike" Tele is not very old, just a typical signed item you;d see in a bar somewhere. And the Cropper Gibson replica is definitely a 225, NOT a 175. You are right about the Cropper Tele too, it looks like an early 1970s model with a replacement bridge. Not exactly the instrument that most of the hits were played on.
Eric N on 03/26/2010	I think that Gibson hollowbody is a mid 50's ES-225. I had a 2 pickup version at one time.
John Della Selva on 03/26/2010	Great to see all thye Stax memorabillia! I believe the Steve Cropper Gibson is a ES-125 and the Telecaster of his looks different than his original, which had a rosewood board, and 3 saddle bridge I believe as well.

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