I just got hired as the guitarist in a rockabilly band at 70 years old. This does help!

I am a man in my 50's and i love rockabilly music. Been listening to rockabilly and rock n roll since i was a kid.

Randy: That 1994 photograph of the Crazy Boys looks like it was taken in 1955. Maybe in some club in Memphis down the block from Sun Records. Awesome!!

Randy has a real authentic sound and feel , great vids . Most "Rockabilly" playing online seems cheesy and a generic modern interpretation. Richter is playing the real deal . I'm all ears .. thanks for these little gems.

I think as you get older, there's this need to go back to your roots - for those of us who were very young when we first heard this sort of sound, it left a lasting impression. Thanks, Randy

You know why I like 50's rockabilly guitar because you wanna move to it, it's thrilling, it gets the blood pumping and the licks are so tasty and I so love reverb and slap back echo. :)

Rockabilly rules....I love that sound.....it drives me crazy!!!!

B.C Richabilly. Nice example of tone in the hands. Everything else are props to get us in the mood/ mindset.

Awesome tutorial to get the rockabilly sound my friend! Yay! :)

Seeing these in depth instructions sheds light on how technical wizards like Chet Atkins could get so devoted to the art form and spend a lifetime refining. It's a dichotomy of the greatest and worst aspects of learning guitar for me. That no matter how much you play there is always ways to improve and progress. Great stuff!

It's hard to believe that I've been following Randy for 7 years. Time flies.

Finally someone gets it right awesome

*Pulls out B.C. Rich* and here is Angel of Death Strut!

Randy, you are a joy to listen to any time of day. It's an hour past my bedtime and I'm pretty much glued to whatever you'll come up with next. Thanks for sharing.

I wish more players had the understanding of guitar that you have, I agree with everything in this video! Great piece, cheers

Listen close and you can hear this style in almost every modern guitar solo ever recorded. This is gold

Wow, the BC Rich sounded really good!

The twangy telecaster sounded the most like rockabilly from the 50's to me, especially more like the live performances I have heard (missed the real thing by several decades). He's right though, you can play any kind of music on any guitar.

Absolutely wonderful. It's not about tricks, it's what you bring to the music and whether you're willing to put in the time and work at it. You have such credibility. Just listening to you makes me feel more confident about learning and playing. Thanks a million, Randy!

This was an excellent video and I love how you make the case for paying close attention to playing the music before you worry about the gear. I love what you do!

Brilliant. Thank you man, you sound great and you know how to get a point across.

Man that Guild is a beauty.

Enjoyed the vid - very well done. You have a pleasant style. Thank you.

Really nice that you figure out what really makes the Rockabilly Sound!

I like the part where you say "...and if I feel good, I play better, It's very simple". That lesson should be stressed and amplified more often, in every guitar playing course.

Great video ! I like the emphasis that it comes down to what you're doing with your 2 hands (more than what gear you are using)! I love that Guild ..

Killing the game with the Bc rich rockabilly, and great knowledge! Subscribing

Excellent tutorial!!! Awesome how that Dean sang then the B.C. Rich screamed..AWESOME!!!

Nicely done, it's so easy to get wrapped up in the gear game instead of focusing on what really matters.

The tele sounded best. Thanks for posting this stuff, man. There are still a bunch of us out here

Great video! I have had the same experience trying to get that 50s sound for electric blues music. A lot of it is the players. You have to have a certain feel to your own playing before the gear can make a difference.

Great - haha - now I want a BC Rich... Great video and good advice. Best regards from Marburg!

Great clip Randy, keep em coming buddy.

Love to see you with a Guild! For me its a 1966 Guild Starfire V custom, Bigsby delete, clear finish, Haggstrum floating bridge. Had her over 50 years now.. Nice setup, nice playing! Thanks for posting!!

Cool. Suddenly I'm in the mood to listen to some old Elvis. Thanks, Randy. You've got it in your soul.

I'm 6'2, also kinda tall. I can relate. Playing my Gretsch onstage makes me feel more comfortable. Great video!

Great lesson! Thanks, it's always cool to learn new licks like this... 👍

great sound ]Loved the buddy holly video you did .you got the sound pretty much spot on ,nice one }

At 5:04 when you played the same riff on three guitars back to back, it was really interesting to me to hear the difference. I like the Tele best of the three on that riff, but I was also kind of surprised that the BC Rich played clean through that amp had almost a resonator sound to me -- a lot more twangy than I would have expected from that maker.

You explain it with such passion for music , great to watch man love this :D

Nice sound randy!! Loved this

I never clicked with the country and blues connection in this genre - top lesson well presented. Cheers fae Bonnie Scotland, rocking the Glens up here.

Hundreds of videos if not thousands I’ve seen and honestly , you are the most original and honest man I’ve watched

Grate to see people passing on their knowledge

Excellent video! You have done a great job here, Randy! Your explanations are very clear and thoughtful. Thank you!

Wow what a great video! You really prove a point. Bravo 👏

Great tutorials with some very interesting insight into the authentic sounds made by both the guitars and amps used... Thanks for sharing..

Excellent video. Very well done. Thank you for posting this

Good video, thanks for taking the time to make and upload. Regards from Ireland.

I am so impressed!! You explain things so well.

You give very good advice along with very good lessons. Thank you very much for taking the time to help people learn the music.

Superb. Very clear + informative. Well done.

Hello, thank you to players like you for your time and effort to teach and help us who seek tone! I agreed with your comment about the Telecaster not feeling right. I sold my Tele and just found a beautiful 1955 Gibson ES-225. Feels much more natural comfortable in my hands as I too am tall. I will practice this style....BTW I am playing through a 1965 Gibson GA-5T.

WELL DONE MR. RICHTER

Excellent video, Sir. You definitely know Rockabilly sound! 🤘

Brother I dig ya'lls style.....keep up the goodwork Cousin......

Wonderful. Loved the video, my friend.

I guess to summarize what Randy's saying, a clean amp, good delay pedal (using slapback), and a guitar that plays well is all that matters. I've gotten acceptable sounds from an Ibanez Gio (basically a strat copy with 2 humbuckers), and an epiphone 58 korina explorer (humbucker guitar with pickup screws removed to simulate single coil response) trying out both roundwound and flatwounds (flatwounds definitely more preferred). It really is about WHAT is being played and HOW its played. Gear doesnt matter, its just that back then they played with what was available to them. And Gibson and Fender just happened to be there and reliable and eventually people really just got into them because they were good instruments, but anything that sounds good can work.

Lovely guitar Randy. I have a 1961 Hofner Club 50 (German), among others. Very nice. Thanks for lessons too.

If you got a small empty room the echo for Rockabilly is to die for, try it! I had recently put down a tile floor and needed a break so dragged in my little tweed Gibson amp and whoowa!..decided from now on to keep most of that room empty as possible, the hard tile surface helps too. It also kills for blues tones.

You got me ! Nice experiment my friend ! very good demonstration that sound is in the fingers after all...

Beautiful Guild! Good video!

The best rockabilly teacher on the planet. You inspired my music. I only love the early 1950’s rockabilly scene it’s so cool

Great video..very informative ..thank you for posting!!

Great video. I really enjoyed it.

What a great video ! Many thanks Randy.

Excellent demonstration!

Great video! I learned a lot! Thank you Randy!

The Uranium Rock solo sounds nearly exact like the one on "Ubangi Stomp" haha your tips are really good! And I love the gear that you use, though I myself play a bit "heavier", with a bit distortion and not rockabilly at all (just some songs), well Setzer-influenced. And you are right, it's true that you don't have to use echo. When you said that, I thought of the king of rockabilly Carl Perkins, and then you also said it! I remember, months ago, sitting around 3 hours on a friday evening, to listen out note by note the intro of Perkins "Roll over beethoven" riff (not the new recorded version, i mean the great, unfortunately unreleased at that time 50s version), which is very very unique, to come up with it on the next day to play it at a gig. wonderful!

You jam!! That sound is authentic man that is Good! Also the Wiseguys jam too they have that sound down !

This is excellent, many thanks!

Thanks so much, this is a BRILLIANT FANTASTIC lesson so much free information and excellent tips and advice, thank you!

Great teacher, great lesson . Thank you! 👌

Love the amp Randy !

it's very interesting what you explain about mixing melodical themes from the song with the bluesy improvising. I've often wondered why the blues scale seemed to be so inevitable in later rock-music guitar solos: in rockabilly there's still the freedom to use other scales, which (imo) is one of the reasons I like it so much. I think it's even not just themes from the melody of the song at hand that are being tossed in, but all sorts of quotes: maybe other songs, folk tunes - for all I know maybe even fragments of children's songs. While listening to Cliff Gallup I've often wondered where he got some of those lines from: there's something - I don't know how to put it - maybe "liberating" comes close, or "joyful"? - to how he does that. Compared to that I often find the run-of-the-mill rock guitar solos strangely limited, even boring, despite that they can be technically brilliant.

Thanks Randy ... good advice, nice examples ... sounds great !!!

That was awesome, man, playing Rockabilly on a B.C.RICH guitar ! Right now you practiced an "heresy" by play that style of music on a guitar shaped for Heavy Metal, and what you did IS GOOD !

Great video. Thanks for sharing info and know how.

Fantastic video...learnt a lot!

Nice sound there Randy!

Very good lesson. Thank you.

what a great instructional video. and you look super sympathetic.Great job!!!

I love the fact that you haven't changed the strings on the BC Rich in 20 years :). Great video!

So much great information every vid you make! TYTYTY 🎸🤙😆

Great lesson!

Outstanding! Thank you!

I have also learned from experience that vintage gear is not essential. When I played in a Rockabilly group, I used my 1976 Ibanez Les Paul copy through a Music Man 210 hybrid amp (four power tubes and preamp power section). For slapback, I used a Guyatone analog delay pedal. It did the job. Vintage gear is cool, but very expensive. Use whatever works and within your means.

Klasse. Die Verarsche am Anfang trifft den Nagel auf den Kopf.

brilliant explanation.

Hi Randy, you are a great online tutor with a true rockabilly heart!

That was great Randy, many thx buddy. Subbed too.

Wonderful and informative video. Loved it.

That was great. I must say though that silly Peavy Solo has got more mojo than many commercial tube amps. I use one for busking and it never ceases ti surprise me.

What a great video! Subscribed.

Appreciate the insight. Some solid information here. I too, play a Guild X175 B, however mine is much newer. A "re-issue" I suspect. I prefer the Guild over the typical Gretch of Brian Setzer, and I too use .011 flatwounds. Great to see/hear your take on this genre. It was great to have the "gear review" at the end. Thanks again.

excellent video ! grettings from Chile !

hey dude thanks for giving the true knowledge like this out here nowadays its all about money and not true heart and soul!

Great stuff Randy !!!

Excellent video Randy !! Got all your courses from udemy. Been chasing that Rockabilly sound for years. Thank you for doing the video 😁🌴🎸

Wow you are amazing what a great lesson