The one single part of the entire video that has inspired me the most is the fact that you dropped your pick. Thank God I'm not the only one. Lol There are times when I get into it so much I've been known to fling my pick all the way across the room! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons FFS Believe it or not I just dropped my damn pick AGAIN! LMAO 😂. I've often wondered why I see so many guitar players having a bunch of picks stuck to the mike stand.
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons Do they have a variety of thicknesses as well? For myself depending on the piece I'm playing I use different thicknesses for different pieces. Mostly I use a 1.30 but I also use thinner picks for as I said different types of music.
Ronnie may be the number 1 reason I play guitar. That first album rocks. I listened to it a lot growing up, so it made me really dig the guitar sound. It's a 3 some, so you can play the song alone and play all of the guitar parts. Most of it anyway. Ronnie did 2 tracks on some of the songs I've noticed. No big deal. I find songs boring to play that don't have lot's of guitar to keep me busy and into a groove. This song is a blast to jam. Hey, thanks for the lesson Shawn!
It's my most beautiful guitar, thanks, but I do not play it as much as my guitars with a Floyd Rose but I try to record all rhythm tracks in the studio with a Les Paul. Thanks for your comment.
Montrose was bordering on guitar god! The guy cranked out three albums in a row, which three different bands in the late 70’s. This was from his self titled album, after One with Sammy Hagar and Edgar Winters they only come out at night featuring Frankenstein. The guy was awesome as hell!
@@luismangiaterra1031 I can't afford that guitar so I grabbed it and ran out of the store with it. LOL. This guitar is actually a Chinese knockoff and sounds great. Since this video I have installed the Billy Gibbons "Pearly Gates" pickups and bypassed the volume and tone knobs and it sounds incredible. You can hear it through my 2 half stacks on my new video I recorded today called Power Chords and Alternatives.
@@luismangiaterra1031 I also replaced the tuning pegs after this video as well. The new video is taking a long time to upload. I will let you know when it does.
idk this until recently but Ronnie was Frank Hannah's guitar teacher idk what year but Frank just said that in a interview on the Gibson channel called "riff lords"
Just found this as I was looking for another song. Love your attitude and teaching man! I couldnt hit the sub button fast enough! I just picked up after giving up 20 or so years ago, and I cant wait to dig in to this one!! Thank you!!
+tomdarton128 I will put it on the list. I love that song. But I have other request ahead of that so it will take awhile to get to it is now on the list. Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching.
Shawn.. I hope that you find yourself and everything in your life going well . Thank you for the guitar lessons . You my friend were born to teach . I have always loved this riff , mainly because people that ask you to play something on the guitar get blown away when you play it and people like me get to fake it like I can really play the instrument.. I then play a bit of 'Voodoo Child' and immediately drop the guitar before they get to find out how shitty I really play ;p) !!!! Stay well sir !!
I'm soon to be 66 years old, have been and still trying to play guitar. Maybe you will help me get there! Great video, great lesson, and I'm glad to have found you! Thanks so much! 🎸
Your very welcome. I grew up also listening to his music. Amazing guitarist. Also when he does the slide on bad motor scooter, He uses drop "D" on the E string. Thats how he gets that full lower sound.
Thank you, I love Montrose as well. Seen him a few times but the only time I seen him with Sammy was when Sammy got famous and invited Ronnie out for 3 songs including this one. That was about 1980. It was awesome.
In the beginning of the song when he does as you say scrape pick. He actually slides up the D string and down the E real fast. He showed me how personally when i was a kid backstage. Just wanted to let you know. You can see it on my channel. I play it on there. You'll see what i mean.
Yes, it was very exciting for an 18 year old trying to play guitar. I got to chat some with him. Plus asked him about the rock candy opening. He showed me right there backstage. Hes also the one that i really looked up to as a musician. He was great. And a great guy persoally.
@@oldguyhisguitar1577 Very cool story. Yeah I always faked that part when I played it in a band back in the 80's because I would add a little Floyd Rose quick little dive bomb at the end of that part and everyone loved that so I kept doing it, LOL. The 80's ya know!
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons Yeah, Ive seen many people trying to imitate that part. Most think that its scrape pick. But its actually pretty simple. With the amp cranked, sounds just like it. As you seen on my video. And i didn't even have my amp cranked. Just wanted to pass on his secret to you. Hope it helped.
How you doing Shawn? I'm back for more Montrose to add to my arsenal, lol. Haven't heard you making anything new lately? Hope you're still alive and well, peace out.
Great rock song!!! Search here for (Sucker For a Pretty Face) by RockCandy, it's a great under rated 80s rock album! Also search for rare demo songs of Rock Candy like (No Tell Motel), (Daddy's Little Girl), (Wild Ones), (Love Loaded), (Alone At Last), and the rock ballad (Live Without Your Love). Enjoy!
i am sorry but my licks to learn is full. I will not be able to get to all the request but I love that song and I will put it on the list but will be a long time before I can get to it.
there are 4 things i noticed about your guitar that make me suspect that gibson did not make it. the tailpiece is too far back, the bridge is reversed, the pick-up mounting rings have improperly placed screws, and it doesn't appear to have nibs on the end of the frets.
Ok I am busted and that is a great observation on your part. That guitar is a Chinese knockoff. I got an amazing deal on 2 Les Pauls from China and modified the first one and sold it ( the buyer knows it is from China but did not care because of how amazing it sounds ). It sounded as good as a Custom Shop. Now I am going to rebuild the one in the video you saw. After I change the bridge to a higher density metal and add a bone nut as well as changing the pickups this guitar will sound awesome. Good job Detective.
Good Video! Ronnie Montrose was a beast on the guitar thanks for the insight on his tasty technique of Rock Attitude.. Jimmy page would have been just a bit afraid im thinkin Subbed liked and Bell ding! its about how you play...90% the rest is fluff
Thanks and I agree, Ronnie is the original American hard rock quartet. I was fortunate enough to see him a few times and once with Sammy Hagar, it was Sammy's concert after he left Montrose but Ronnie came out and played 3 songs and it was rockin'!
I hear ya, I got lucky on that one. I have 18 guitars and that is my best looking guitar. I do not know what the finish is. I have 3 Les Pauls and I have a 1959 reissue that sounds better than this one. More Montrose in the future.
The volume and tone knobs are not perfect like on a real Les Paul and the top is not centered correctly. There are other little things but this is a great guitar. I will change the pickups soon and this guitar will be really good. I modified another Chinese Les Paul and it sounded better than a $4,000 Les Paul. Thanks for your comment.
Woah, I was impressed myself. I forgot how good that guitar is. It is stuck at the bottom of a stack of guitars and I have not touched it for about a year. But yeah that is a Les Paul supreme. It has hollow chambers in it to give it that sound. Then I am playing through an amp no longer available, the Vox combo modeling amp with a pre amp tube. It is on an overdrive setting and I can not remember if I used a delay or reverb. Remember that it is all in the fingers and you can make any guitar with decent straight neck sound good. 90% of your tone comes from your amp.
Great lesson man!! I'm a HUGE Ronnie fan too! Any chance you could transcribe Voyager from GAMMA ?? That song has one of Ronnies tastiest solos of all time! Thanks for reading this :)
+1970borntorun I do have more Montrose coming up in the future but I do not think I will be doing any Gamma. I do love that version of Montrose's career and I even saw them once but I have so many other things to get to. Thanks for watching and there will be some great songs coming up this year.
Shawn Staples Free Guitar Lessons Right on man. Ronnie is SUCH a tasteful and underrated player! I totally understand what you are saying about being busy. If I may make a suggestion, perhaps you could do "I got the fire" . Take care man, and I appreciate the personal reply :) -Dave
+VDL63 You can tune regular for this one, after getting what you need from my 3 videos on this one I recommend you playing to the song and then you will have it. This is one of favorites, thanks for watching.
I love that song, that is so awesome you mentioned it. I have that album. I will put it on the list of requests but I have so many ahead of that one. Would you like me to figure out the key and basic pattern for you? I can message it to you.
+frediecat :: Not sure but I generally use 10's on the Pauls and 9's on the Strats and Floyd Rose Strats. It sounds a little thin on this video because of the pickups. I have not changed them out yet but I will. But I think I might of put 9's on this one to check it out but I can not remember now. Thanks for your comment.
what a killer song and a BADASS lesson Shawn....loved Montrose when I was younger....
Hey Mike, good to hear from you. Have a Rockin' Thanksgiving!!
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons you too Shawn....Ronnie was killer
Excellent no BS teaching ,, easy to understand ,, thank you
And thank you for your comment, it means a lot to hear that.
The one single part of the entire video that has inspired me the most is the fact that you dropped your pick. Thank God I'm not the only one. Lol There are times when I get into it so much I've been known to fling my pick all the way across the room! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
LOL, nice. I lose picks like there is no tomorrow. When I record in a studio I make sure I have a pocket full of picks because I will lose them some.
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons FFS Believe it or not I just dropped my damn pick AGAIN! LMAO 😂. I've often wondered why I see so many guitar players having a bunch of picks stuck to the mike stand.
@@sinisterminister6478 Because we are always dropping them, LOL. Or throwing them at the audience.
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons Do they have a variety of thicknesses as well? For myself depending on the piece I'm playing I use different thicknesses for different pieces. Mostly I use a 1.30 but I also use thinner picks for as I said different types of music.
Ronnie may be the number 1 reason I play guitar. That first album rocks. I listened to it a lot growing up, so it made me really dig the guitar sound. It's a 3 some, so you can play the song alone and play all of the guitar parts. Most of it anyway. Ronnie did 2 tracks on some of the songs I've noticed. No big deal. I find songs boring to play that don't have lot's of guitar to keep me busy and into a groove. This song is a blast to jam. Hey, thanks for the lesson Shawn!
That is a STUNNING guitar!!
Thanks, it is my best looking guitar for sure.
Awesome lesson and AWESOME guitar! Just beautiful.
It's my most beautiful guitar, thanks, but I do not play it as much as my guitars with a Floyd Rose but I try to record all rhythm tracks in the studio with a Les Paul. Thanks for your comment.
Montrose was bordering on guitar god! The guy cranked out three albums in a row, which three different bands in the late 70’s. This was from his self titled album, after One with Sammy Hagar and Edgar Winters they only come out at night featuring Frankenstein. The guy was awesome as hell!
I agree and had the fortune of seeing him a few times including Gamma and once with Sammy Hagar. Ronnie will always be one of my favorites.
Great teacher you are my friend!
Thanks you so much Jeff, there is more to come. We are just getting started.
Search here for (Rockcandy Live In Toronto 1988). Enjoy the show!!!!
Hey Shawn...you rock brother...Great guitar work there...Thank you man.
Thank you so much for your comment. I appreciate it.
Very good teacher thank you
I'm glad I found you, Brother! Great instructions with an equally great attitude! I hope you keep 'em coming, Shawn...
+Tone Seeker We have just completed our 1st year and are excited about our future. New videos weekly. Thanks for your comment.
love the color of your guitar
thanks for this!
It is my best looking guitar for sure, it also has the same maple pattern on the back.
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons how did you get this expensive guitar?
@@luismangiaterra1031 I can't afford that guitar so I grabbed it and ran out of the store with it. LOL. This guitar is actually a Chinese knockoff and sounds great. Since this video I have installed the Billy Gibbons "Pearly Gates" pickups and bypassed the volume and tone knobs and it sounds incredible. You can hear it through my 2 half stacks on my new video I recorded today called Power Chords and Alternatives.
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons thanx, don't see too many guitars like that around, looks and sounds great.
Gold hardware and trim too, lucky.
@@luismangiaterra1031 I also replaced the tuning pegs after this video as well. The new video is taking a long time to upload. I will let you know when it does.
Love your lessons Shawn..best wishes from London - Mak
Thank you so much, we have more videos coming out soon.
idk this until recently but Ronnie was Frank Hannah's guitar teacher idk what year but Frank just said that in a interview on the Gibson channel called "riff lords"
Just found this as I was looking for another song. Love your attitude and teaching man! I couldnt hit the sub button fast enough! I just picked up after giving up 20 or so years ago, and I cant wait to dig in to this one!! Thank you!!
These are perfect lessons for you. Advance at your own pace and always free.
Love it!! I would love to hear someone do a how to video on Montrose were going home!
+tomdarton128 I will put it on the list. I love that song. But I have other request ahead of that so it will take awhile to get to it is now on the list. Thank you for your comment and thanks for watching.
Excellent video & break down! You're an excellent teacher! 👍🏻🎸 Keep these awesome vids going!
Thank you so much, we are just getting started.
Shawn.. I hope that you find yourself and everything in your life going well . Thank you for the guitar lessons . You my friend were born to teach . I have always loved this riff , mainly because people that ask you to play something on the guitar get blown away when you play it and people like me get to fake it like I can really play the instrument.. I then play a bit of 'Voodoo Child' and immediately drop the guitar before they get to find out how shitty I really play ;p) !!!! Stay well sir !!
That riff was originally written by Ted Nugent from “Wang Dang Doodle”.
I'm soon to be 66 years old, have been and still trying to play guitar. Maybe you will help me get there! Great video, great lesson, and I'm glad to have found you! Thanks so much! 🎸
Your very welcome. I grew up also listening to his music. Amazing guitarist. Also when he does the slide on bad motor scooter, He uses drop "D" on the E string. Thats how he gets that full lower sound.
If you have any questions, or if i can help in any way, Just let me know.
The Best Instructor!
Thank you so much, we just shot more videos and will be releasing them soon.
Awesome play, great channel
+MDogg1960 Thank you, I will be shooting Ronnie's "I've got the Fire" tomorrow. It will post in a week or so.
Watched a Ronnie Montrose interview on Guitar Player video and he showed how he did the effect for this song. FYI if you haven't seen it.
love me some MONTROSE. great vid. good breakdown and not too slow on the explanation either.subscribed!
Thank you, I love Montrose as well. Seen him a few times but the only time I seen him with Sammy was when Sammy got famous and invited Ronnie out for 3 songs including this one. That was about 1980. It was awesome.
While explaining how you do the string drag (like Ronnie did, but not), I kept hearing Mick singing "I'm a Monkee". Dude, Just play it!😏🙄😎
Badass
I will never stop loving this song.
In the beginning of the song when he does as you say scrape pick. He actually slides up the D string and down the E real fast. He showed me how personally when i was a kid backstage. Just wanted to let you know. You can see it on my channel. I play it on there. You'll see what i mean.
Dude, I just saw this comment. How exciting. He showed you that exact opening riff? I will go to your channel.
Yes, it was very exciting for an 18 year old trying to play guitar. I got to chat some with him. Plus asked him about the rock candy opening. He showed me right there backstage. Hes also the one that i really looked up to as a musician. He was great. And a great guy persoally.
@@oldguyhisguitar1577 Very cool story. Yeah I always faked that part when I played it in a band back in the 80's because I would add a little Floyd Rose quick little dive bomb at the end of that part and everyone loved that so I kept doing it, LOL. The 80's ya know!
@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons Yeah, Ive seen many people trying to imitate that part. Most think that its scrape pick. But its actually pretty simple. With the amp cranked, sounds just like it. As you seen on my video. And i didn't even have my amp cranked. Just wanted to pass on his secret to you. Hope it helped.
Yeah, sounds perfect on your video.
Thats a really cool looking guitar you have
Thanks, it is my best looking guitar for sure and I have over 20 guitars.
The song was originally called "Hard Boiled Egg" until Sammy changed it to Rock Candy
Really?
Nice work Shawn. Subbed.
Thank you, will be shooting more videos soon.
How you doing Shawn? I'm back for more Montrose to add to my arsenal, lol. Haven't heard you making anything new lately? Hope you're still alive and well, peace out.
I apologize. Had some serious things to take care of, thanks for asking. I will start shooting more videos today so good timing.
it goes E-G-G#-B-E
IKR LoL!
Cry of love highway Jones
Please please man!!!!!!!!
Great rock song!!! Search here for (Sucker For a Pretty Face) by RockCandy, it's a great under rated 80s rock album! Also search for rare demo songs of Rock Candy like (No Tell Motel), (Daddy's Little Girl), (Wild Ones), (Love Loaded), (Alone At Last), and the rock ballad (Live Without Your Love). Enjoy!
Cool, thanks for the comment. I will check it out.
Excellent lesson. For some reason this guys looks Lavar Arrington to me.
+Marist Old Boys I wish I had Lavar's money. LOL, thanks for watching.
Thanks, man.
+Ed Ward Thank you Ed for watching. More videos coming all the time.
Would love to learn tesla song and emotion I know the mellow part already. And tesla what you give
i am sorry but my licks to learn is full. I will not be able to get to all the request but I love that song and I will put it on the list but will be a long time before I can get to it.
did you change anything on that les paul? it doesn't look right or sound right.
Yes. I changed the pickups and need to change them again. Also the ring around the pickup selector has been removed. I like that look better.
there are 4 things i noticed about your guitar that make me suspect that gibson did not make it. the tailpiece is too far back, the bridge is reversed, the pick-up mounting rings have improperly placed screws, and it doesn't appear to have nibs on the end of the frets.
Ok I am busted and that is a great observation on your part. That guitar is a Chinese knockoff. I got an amazing deal on 2 Les Pauls from China and modified the first one and sold it ( the buyer knows it is from China but did not care because of how amazing it sounds ). It sounded as good as a Custom Shop. Now I am going to rebuild the one in the video you saw. After I change the bridge to a higher density metal and add a bone nut as well as changing the pickups this guitar will sound awesome. Good job Detective.
Good Video! Ronnie Montrose was a beast on the guitar thanks for the insight on his tasty technique
of Rock Attitude.. Jimmy page would have been just a bit afraid im thinkin Subbed liked and Bell ding!
its about how you play...90% the rest is fluff
Thanks and I agree, Ronnie is the original American hard rock quartet. I was fortunate enough to see him a few times and once with Sammy Hagar, it was Sammy's concert after he left Montrose but Ronnie came out and played 3 songs and it was rockin'!
Good Video... Just wondering what finish is on that Paul... it is beautiful.... I NEED, I NEED
I hear ya, I got lucky on that one. I have 18 guitars and that is my best looking guitar. I do not know what the finish is. I have 3 Les Pauls and I have a 1959 reissue that sounds better than this one. More Montrose in the future.
way cool thanks
thanks!
+Kenny Rowley ruclips.net/video/eRMlIuFLzC8/видео.html Here is a link to the new Montrose video. Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching.
Holestown is right , he just bends the G note to and muffs it to E on the very second time, he does not really hit notes
He used two fingers on scrape part. I'll find the video where he demonstrates it..
I seen it after I made this. If you learn from my videos and then play to the song you can nail it.
Great lesson Shawn; I think the "pick scrape" was overdubbed after listening to the studio cut.
Yeah, I noticed that it did sound like an overdub. Love this song, so fun to play.
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thanks for taking the time to do these lessons man, it's helped me a lot.
Thanks, that means a lot to me. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for taking it slow Brother! 👊🏼
Search here for (Rockcandy 1988). Enjoy It's a great MONTROSE cover.
Playing a counterfeit Gibson. Bottom bridge is upside down...1st thing I noticed...sure you'll find more under closer inspection.
The volume and tone knobs are not perfect like on a real Les Paul and the top is not centered correctly. There are other little things but this is a great guitar. I will change the pickups soon and this guitar will be really good. I modified another Chinese Les Paul and it sounded better than a $4,000 Les Paul. Thanks for your comment.
That's some killer tone, what are you using for an amp/fx? Great lesson by the way!
Woah, I was impressed myself. I forgot how good that guitar is. It is stuck at the bottom of a stack of guitars and I have not touched it for about a year. But yeah that is a Les Paul supreme. It has hollow chambers in it to give it that sound. Then I am playing through an amp no longer available, the Vox combo modeling amp with a pre amp tube. It is on an overdrive setting and I can not remember if I used a delay or reverb. Remember that it is all in the fingers and you can make any guitar with decent straight neck sound good. 90% of your tone comes from your amp.
Cool man thanks for the advice, yeah that tone is fat..pretty close to the Montrose sound on that record.
Any chance for Keep in Giving Me Love by Whitesnake? You'd be the first on RUclips and that song is groovy as hell!
Unfortunately the request list is so long now it will be a long time before I get to it but it is now on the list. Thanks for watching.
Great lesson man!! I'm a HUGE Ronnie fan too! Any chance you could transcribe Voyager from GAMMA ?? That song has one of Ronnies tastiest solos of all time! Thanks for reading this :)
+1970borntorun I do have more Montrose coming up in the future but I do not think I will be doing any Gamma. I do love that version of Montrose's career and I even saw them once but I have so many other things to get to. Thanks for watching and there will be some great songs coming up this year.
Shawn Staples Free Guitar Lessons Right on man. Ronnie is SUCH a tasteful and underrated player! I totally understand what you are saying about being busy. If I may make a suggestion, perhaps you could do "I got the fire" . Take care man, and I appreciate the personal reply :) -Dave
+1970borntorun Okay, I've got the fire. That one is now on the list. I want to stick to the 1st 2 albums. Thanks again for your comments.
Shawn Staples Free Guitar Lessons Cool! And you're welcome. Btw, your transcriptions are pretty dead-on!
+1970borntorun Thanks, I try to make sure of that because I do not want to mislead anyone. Thanks for watching.
Is the tuning of the guitar regular for this song? Or is it tuned down?
+VDL63 You can tune regular for this one, after getting what you need from my 3 videos on this one I recommend you playing to the song and then you will have it. This is one of favorites, thanks for watching.
cover ZERO G by montrose!!!
I love that song, that is so awesome you mentioned it. I have that album. I will put it on the list of requests but I have so many ahead of that one. Would you like me to figure out the key and basic pattern for you? I can message it to you.
Hagar wrote the riff,song...
What a powerful band that would have been if they stayed together.
hmmm. ... one note is wrong i think
Thank you I will look into that.
are you using nines in a les paul??
+frediecat :: Not sure but I generally use 10's on the Pauls and 9's on the Strats and Floyd Rose Strats. It sounds a little thin on this video because of the pickups. I have not changed them out yet but I will. But I think I might of put 9's on this one to check it out but I can not remember now. Thanks for your comment.
yap thanks anyway