I once met him at a Harley Davidson dealership in Honolulu where he was appearing before a small gig. The place was empty and I fell a bit sorry for him. Took some pics with him, he signed me a program and he couldn’t have been nicer.
I am 62 and a long time drummer. I come from his 80's rock era. Opened for Motorhead and Motley Crue back in the day. Have seen so many guys that had success back in the day still at it playing in a little bar or county fair at best. I just couldn't deal with let down, disappointment, and humiliation of playing a real "show" to now some little bar with no one listening to you play.
One of the most interesting things about these types of videos is discovering that a guy I thought was just a partying rock dude, actually knows a lot of music theory.
He took a back seat when he joined Ratt.He was toned down,playing rythm guitar for Warren DiMartini.But i like Carlo's playing better.I think he is too nice of a guy to put up with that shit man.
Never seen this video before? Never bought the VHS Tapes these were sold on _ Money went in the Gas tank of my wannabe Hotrod! lol' Tho Watched him play as 'Quiet Riots' replacement for 'Randy Rhodes' in 82'ish? in Palo Alto' He was as good a player anyone else!' yet he was in the unfortunate 'Compared to Randy' nightmare, back then' 'rough space' marketing wise! There were so many Bands appearing! 'Was like tryin to count Sand grains in your hand! Tho I Cant Believe he just called what He's holding and Playing a 'Gibson SG' a (Studio Les Paul!) wtf?! That's kinda like Carrol Shelby sitting in a Mustang' and Sayin "I'm sitting in a Cobra 427! ? _This must have been a Marketing gimmick' to get awareness of the Video itself' so he could validate that He wasn't a Poser! and that He was a Solid pro Guitarist! So 'no shade thrown here!_ 'Anyway I wish Carlos great health and peace' as we're all gettin Older now'🎸🎼
*Carlos seems like a really cool, down to earth guy. Battle Axe (his guitar instrumental) was one of the first things I learned on guitar to try and impress my friends & chics. Eruption sounded to difficult for a beginner.*
He is, Back in 2004. QR played in my hometown and I spoke with Carlos after the show,he was totally cool to everyone taling to him, and spent close to an hour chatting with fans and signing stuff and being just a very nice guy.
Music instrument stores sold these, bloody expensive too. But 84 that's pretty early. Evem Star Licks wasn't that big till 86ish. I love how nerdy he is this long ago. Guitarists never change.
In 1984 Carlos Cavazo was one of the hottest guitarists in absolutely the hottest band of the moment. I'm surprised he had time to sit down and do an instructional video in '84. The fact that he MADE the time is super cool and speaks volumes as to his character.
This was around late 1984. At the end of the video this does have a 1984 Trademark. Carlos might of had some spare time to do this when Quiet Riot was off touring for the Condition Terminal Album.
Agreed, I love Carlos’s style. I actually owned this VHS and learned quite a bit from it. Waaaaaayyy before RUclips was available, this was the only true way to find out what the pros were using.
@Buddy Williams The only thing that's terminal is your ignorance. it's condition critical wake up kid you're tired and cranky no better yet go back to bed
Thanks for this video. This was the guy that got me into guitar playing. I still think he's a great player - very tasteful and solos that were melodic and memorable versus a lot of flash or nonsense.
The SG was originally just a Les Paul jr was it not ? Les Paul hated it and made Gibson remove the name, so they called it a SG. Carlos says it is a early 60's, meaning yes, it is a Les Paul jr, before they changed the name to SG. I could be wrong though.
Always liked that Rhythem Tone Carlos had especially on the Metal Health song its self just a great chuncky early 80's Tone . Great player very solid but not in the League of Lynch or DeMartini but very underrated either way !!
All these guitarists are like toddlers playing with a toy guitar (and not very good) compared to the late great Mr. Allan Holdsworth. He's Eddie Van Halen's favorite guitarists and hundreds of others that's heard him. They all agree and John Mclaughlin said it best in that they have no idea what Allan is doing, if they could figure it out, they'd steal it! They also all agree that his music is beautiful and the best comparison I've heard is: 'It's like a circus flying thru the sky"
I remember seeing Carlos Cavazo in Pasadena with the Band SNOW , all white Marshall Stacks , pretty cool sound ! I also remember him teaching this younger kid in a band called Tora Tora , not a bad player .
Dude, I think I was there also! Saw Carlos about 3 times w/ Snow. Remember the drummer? I think his name was StevenQuadros. You must be an old-time QR fan. I’ll bet I saw you at some of these concerts. Be good ……
Very true, man was very diligent with practising and developing himself, even in 88 a couple years later he had improved probably to keep up with the proliferation of amazing guitarists. Still this is a great video for those looking to get into fast shredy 80s guitar
“better” meaning what? Faster? More masturbatory? 🙄 I always appreciated Carlos for is straightforward style that is melodic and fits the song, and with just a touch of flash. He really knows his instrument and you can tell he studied classical or flamenco guitar.
@@spacejockey4746 how about ‘more technically proficient’ instead of ‘better’? There’s no denying his chops have improved. If that equates to ‘masturbatory’ in your vernacular, my apologies 😂
The trebly tone he uses is very unforgiving. I remember when I was starting out back in the 80s I began cutting the treble and mids while boosting the bass on my Peavey Rage (lol) because it helped me sound cleaner lol.
I’m surprised he didn’t show his Washburn on this video. He also mentioned that he used a custom charvel metal tele to record MH record so I’m surprised he didn’t pick those 2
Yay Carlos proving my theory that the better the player, the nicer & more humble they are 🤘🏻plus, he keeps a straight face when saying the song titles which I could not do. 😉 rawk on dude
This is awesome.they used to care enough to actually teach back then now it's some dusher who only gloats in there own playing then says ...u got that right......even though the vidio is kinda like that too but awsome to see
@@guitarmagik71 lol. Pretty much...I have had a few teachers that weren't the best teachers but because they were good I wanted to learn...it's still hard to find good vidios..I do good by seeing how peices of licks and chords are done then I can use them practicly...idno..✌🤤happy holidays
@@joshuataft5541 the first teacher i whent to told me play i have learned so far wich was nothing i just got it. The hole time he was on the phone calling different people trying to sell his 12 string work. A real ass never whent back to him.
@@jerryrichards8172 man I feel your pain..music teachers and tatoo artist I haven't ever had good luck with ..they always seem like they dnt care at all ...I know there are good ones out there but ... thanx for sharing your story I feel like I'm not alone now... hope your holiday was good and happy new year jerry. 🎉 👍✌
Anyone know if you can still obtain the vhs, I've still got a few star licks on vhs which i bought back in the 80/90's . Something id like to do is get a good vhs or s-vhs and digitise upscale etc.
[17:04]-Battle-axe... I was always a good listener. Tuning out(tone -out) b.s. around me in school. And, watching all that is put out into the open, only tune learn that later on I might figure out how to put it into practice!!!
Interesting. I assumed the guitar was an SG. I also associated him with Charvel for whatever reason - that must have come later. Three Marshall stacks though? Cranked to 10? 😮❤😊
Hey there Paul, I subscribed great star licks videos. Anyone out there have the sheet music 🎶 or Tabs 📑 for this video. I got the Yngwie Malmsteen one if you want to trade...
Some great tips for any inspiring guitarist, would have been great to have had this back in the 80's...would have saved a lot of trial and error learning!
Actually in the early sixties, as Carlos said 1962, they made the Les Paul Jr as a double cutaway SG design, they later went to the single cutaway and the SG design ended up being the SG and the Les Paul Junior then became it's own entity.
Cavazo knows what he’s taking about. The SG was originally called a “Les Paul,”but Les Paul, himself, who was not involved in the design, disliked the design and demanded his name removed from it. Gibson removed his name from the model after 1963 and called it the “SG.”
@@KingBobsKingdom Yes I found out from the comment section. I have a 1972 Fender Telecaster II bass that looks just like a 1957 Fender P bass. Like the one Sting has.
His pickups are wound for boosted upper-mids and bass, but his pedal board has an EQ that boosts upper-mids and bass - lol. I'm pretty sure the EQ pedal is doing the lions share. Not saying pickup don't sound different but it's usually pretty broad strokes. It's cool that he goes through everything.
This "SG" kind of body was designed and called Les Paul before the Les Paul we're used to. Later versions got the name SG. This Les Paul Jr is the mother of the SG.
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I’ve seen Carlos on video tearing the ass out of a nylon guitar with fingerstyle classical playing. He really is a very versatile guitarist.
Do you know where I can find some of those videos? Been trying to find them here on RUclips but can't seem to locate any..... I would love to see that
Oh yeah good ol star licks.. VHS. Back in the damn diddly day boys
Sure appears to be a Gibson SG to me but what do I know!!
🥀🙄💚🌱
Does he show you how to play battle ax
Yes
I once met him at a Harley Davidson dealership in Honolulu where he was appearing before a small gig. The place was empty and I fell a bit sorry for him. Took some pics with him, he signed me a program and he couldn’t have been nicer.
I am 62 and a long time drummer. I come from his 80's rock era. Opened for Motorhead and Motley Crue back in the day.
Have seen so many guys that had success back in the day still at it playing in a little bar or county fair at best. I just couldn't
deal with let down, disappointment, and humiliation of playing a real "show" to now some little bar with no one listening to you play.
I think this video is one of the better I have seen; mostly because Carlos is such a pleasant, unassuming gentleman.
Underrated player.
He seems like a hell of a nice person from the interviews I've seen of him.
ah finally I can watch this without paying 20.00 at Camelot
It was worth the wait 😂
uh oh! Spoke too soon! The Camelot read your post and are sending 'No-neck Vinny' around to collect their $20. LOL
One of the most interesting things about these types of videos is discovering that a guy I thought was just a partying rock dude, actually knows a lot of music theory.
Have you heard what he does? You can hear he does.
All professional players have to pick up theory along the way, or else you can't communicate with other players or be taken seriously
Carlos is one of my favorite guitar players.He has a great sound.I saw him with Quiet Riot in 1983.I like his playing better than Randy Rhoads.
I saw Carlos play at house parties back when he was in Speed of LIght. He was as humble and an amazing guitar player back then as he is now.
He took a back seat when he joined Ratt.He was toned down,playing rythm guitar for Warren DiMartini.But i like Carlo's playing better.I think he is too nice of a guy to put up with that shit man.
Man people really used to sing with their guitars. Now it all just sounds like noise that replicates something that once was.
If Marshall made those volume knobs on the head go to 11, then he could play even louder.
Carlos you kick ass, remember the feeling of hearing your 1st inspiration. We all lose that. It is a gift my friend. Long live rock n roll
One of my faves from the 80’s! I remember buying George lynch on star licks.
I never knew about them back in the day!! I wish i did!!
Never seen this video before? Never bought the VHS Tapes these were sold on _ Money went in the Gas tank of my wannabe Hotrod! lol' Tho Watched him play as 'Quiet Riots' replacement for 'Randy Rhodes' in 82'ish? in Palo Alto' He was as good a player anyone else!' yet he was in the unfortunate 'Compared to Randy' nightmare, back then' 'rough space' marketing wise! There were so many Bands appearing! 'Was like tryin to count Sand grains in your hand! Tho I Cant Believe he just called what He's holding and Playing a 'Gibson SG' a (Studio Les Paul!) wtf?! That's kinda like Carrol Shelby sitting in a Mustang' and Sayin "I'm sitting in a Cobra 427! ? _This must have been a Marketing gimmick' to get awareness of the Video itself' so he could validate that He wasn't a Poser! and that He was a Solid pro Guitarist! So 'no shade thrown here!_ 'Anyway I wish Carlos great health and peace' as we're all gettin Older now'🎸🎼
*Carlos seems like a really cool, down to earth guy. Battle Axe (his guitar instrumental) was one of the first things I learned on guitar to try and impress my friends & chics. Eruption sounded to difficult for a beginner.*
He is, Back in 2004. QR played in my hometown and I spoke with Carlos after the show,he was totally cool to everyone taling to him, and spent close to an hour chatting with fans and signing stuff and being just a very nice guy.
Carlos is the coolest.
I did not know Carlos did one of these. Cool!
I think Vinnie Vincent did one.
Carlos was an old friend of mine back in the day ... I used to play the Starwood around the same time his band Snow played there... Very cool cat
I have this on VHS bought it back in the day new
HOW
Music instrument stores sold these, bloody expensive too. But 84 that's pretty early. Evem Star Licks wasn't that big till 86ish. I love how nerdy he is this long ago. Guitarists never change.
I bought it at Ben Portmand's ,now Portmand's music center, it's much different now
The only one I bought with the Music 🎶 and tabs was the Unfair Malmsteen for $50. Are they all $50 buck's?
20$on a rack with all the blue packaged artists +the pink one's ,star styles.... wolf marshall
Good video. Its nice to see how to do these licks right. Hes a great guitarists.
In 1984 Carlos Cavazo was one of the hottest guitarists in absolutely the hottest band of the moment. I'm surprised he had time to sit down and do an instructional video in '84. The fact that he MADE the time is super cool and speaks volumes as to his character.
This was around late 1984. At the end of the video this does have a 1984 Trademark. Carlos might of had some spare time to do this when Quiet Riot was off touring for the Condition Terminal Album.
Agreed, I love Carlos’s style. I actually owned this VHS and learned quite a bit from it. Waaaaaayyy before RUclips was available, this was the only true way to find out what the pros were using.
The Star Licks videos were expensive. He made the time because he was MAKING money!
Lol he was getting paid big money to do this
@Buddy Williams The only thing that's terminal is your ignorance. it's condition critical wake up kid you're tired and cranky no better yet go back to bed
Thanks for this video. This was the guy that got me into guitar playing. I still think he's a great player - very tasteful and solos that were melodic and memorable versus a lot of flash or nonsense.
Les Paul Jr.? Looks like an SG to me.
It is!!
The SG was originally just a Les Paul jr was it not ? Les Paul hated it and made Gibson remove the name, so they called it a SG. Carlos says it is a early 60's, meaning yes, it is a Les Paul jr, before they changed the name to SG. I could be wrong though.
@@jrg770 Thats why I hit the comment secition as soon as he said it. Thanks.
@@anthonyjosephphotography8409
Also the junior only has one set of Humbucker pickups on it !! That’s a Angus model to me though ...
Lol
Always liked that Rhythem Tone Carlos had especially on the Metal Health song its self just a great chuncky early 80's Tone . Great player very solid but not in the League of Lynch or DeMartini but very underrated either way !!
You forgot Jake e lee!
All these guitarists are like toddlers playing with a toy guitar (and not very good) compared to the late great Mr. Allan Holdsworth. He's Eddie Van Halen's favorite guitarists and hundreds of others that's heard him. They all agree and John Mclaughlin said it best in that they have no idea what Allan is doing, if they could figure it out, they'd steal it! They also all agree that his music is beautiful and the best comparison I've heard is: 'It's like a circus flying thru the sky"
Very underrated guitarist. For a shredder, Carlos has a good sense of melody with his guitar solos
Needs stronger tone.
@@vdelrio999 no
@@CarlosAnglada All guitar heroes have a recognizable tone.
I remember seeing Carlos Cavazo in Pasadena with the Band SNOW , all white Marshall Stacks , pretty cool sound ! I also remember him teaching this younger kid in a band called Tora Tora , not a bad player .
Dude, I think I was there also!
Saw Carlos about 3 times w/ Snow.
Remember the drummer? I think his name was StevenQuadros.
You must be an old-time QR fan.
I’ll bet I saw you at some of these concerts.
Be good ……
anyone have the tab to this video? pdf?
Killer metal guitar tone. Great guitarist for the time.
Anytime. He’s melodic and knows his shit. No need to be masturbatory. There too much of that.
He actually got a lot better over the years. When I saw him playing with Ratt his chops were way better than they were in this video
Very true, man was very diligent with practising and developing himself, even in 88 a couple years later he had improved probably to keep up with the proliferation of amazing guitarists.
Still this is a great video for those looking to get into fast shredy 80s guitar
Yeah even in the early 2000s at the time of the "Metal Health" lineup reunion his playing was way more advanced than here
“better” meaning what? Faster? More masturbatory? 🙄 I always appreciated Carlos for is straightforward style that is melodic and fits the song, and with just a touch of flash. He really knows his instrument and you can tell he studied classical or flamenco guitar.
@@spacejockey4746 how about ‘more technically proficient’ instead of ‘better’? There’s no denying his chops have improved. If that equates to ‘masturbatory’ in your vernacular, my apologies 😂
Did he have his guitar plugged into a dumpster? That tone is trash... 😂🤷🏼♂️
His hair is cool.
Reminds me of George Lynch a bit.
I used to use a Zeus pedal as well in the late 70s/early 80s. Nice pedals. Rare too.
Carlos cavazo 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Si es Mexicano. Lo leí hace poco y la verdad no lo podía creer. Mi primer banda de Metal que escuché.
This is gold!!! Thanks Carlos!
The trebly tone he uses is very unforgiving. I remember when I was starting out back in the 80s I began cutting the treble and mids while boosting the bass on my Peavey Rage (lol) because it helped me sound cleaner lol.
Ahhh the good old days when we guitarists went out of our way to make our guitar sound really, really bad.... 🤣
That Gibson les paul jr. looked an a Gibson SG for some reason......
ya, im seeing an SG too. maybe its like that dress that changes color?
Ha, I just commented that too😆
Trumps fault.
That red v sounds badass
I actually had this on VHS tape as a kid. Love it!
* Where could I find the Carlos Cavazo Star Licks booklet?
Great question
Use your ears dude!
I agree, very underrated! Always enjoy listening to him, wish he could always look like this!
Anyone know where this “manual” he mentions can be found?
I’m surprised he didn’t show his Washburn on this video. He also mentioned that he used a custom charvel metal tele to record MH record so I’m surprised he didn’t pick those 2
His Tele was stolen😢
Yay Carlos proving my theory that the better the player, the nicer & more humble they are 🤘🏻plus, he keeps a straight face when saying the song titles which I could not do. 😉 rawk on dude
This is awesome.they used to care enough to actually teach back then now it's some dusher who only gloats in there own playing then says ...u got that right......even though the vidio is kinda like that too but awsome to see
Agreed, what a cool guy
You mean yngwie lol
@@guitarmagik71 lol. Pretty much...I have had a few teachers that weren't the best teachers but because they were good I wanted to learn...it's still hard to find good vidios..I do good by seeing how peices of licks and chords are done then I can use them practicly...idno..✌🤤happy holidays
@@joshuataft5541 the first teacher i whent to told me play i have learned so far wich was nothing i just got it.
The hole time he was on the phone calling different people trying to sell his 12 string work.
A real ass never whent back to him.
@@jerryrichards8172 man I feel your pain..music teachers and tatoo artist I haven't ever had good luck with ..they always seem like they dnt care at all ...I know there are good ones out there but ... thanx for sharing your story I feel like I'm not alone now... hope your holiday was good and happy new year jerry. 🎉 👍✌
I musta missed the time period when Corey Haim was a shredder.
I was thinking Sean William Scott in a wig. 😂
You mean Corey Feldman don't you?
As Frank Zappa once said... Your tone sounds like an Electric Ham Sandwich. But hey, that was the 80s.
probably the best primer lesson here..... no bozo league chromatic warm-up
Anyone know if you can still obtain the vhs, I've still got a few star licks on vhs which i bought back in the 80/90's .
Something id like to do is get a good vhs or s-vhs and digitise upscale etc.
gotta love the SG body style. It looks like ROCK sounds.
i wonder if he still has those Marshalls or any of the outboard gear -
Les Paul custom? SG Custom surely? Tasty intro
Very smooth, great tone.
The OG Rig Rundown!
Master at Work
Did you have to get permission to paste these videos?
Where can i get the tabs? Thanks
Did he say Les Paul JR? Looks like an SG to me.
No, that is Corey Feldman
These are terrible licks
so those 3 jose heads, where are they now?
6:00 dime i found you out!!
Great guitarist
[17:04]-Battle-axe...
I was always a good listener.
Tuning out(tone -out) b.s. around me in school.
And, watching all that is put out into the open,
only tune learn that later on I might figure out how to put it into practice!!!
Crazy that already in 84 they talked about "vintage" referring to early 70's stuff.
This guy is so good that the video has -2 dislikes.
Interesting. I assumed the guitar was an SG. I also associated him with Charvel for whatever reason - that must have come later.
Three Marshall stacks though? Cranked to 10? 😮❤😊
This guy is awesome on the ax
Still useful nowadays! Carlos rocks!
Plexi and Zeus distortion pedal and slightly over wound DiMarzio sd3.
Nice steady, wide vibrato
Porque no utilizan el dedo meñique muchos guitarristas? Yo lo uso y se trabaja mejor.
Let them brush your ROCK AND ROLL HARE
thought that first guitar was an SG...
Google Les Paul Jr. and it will make sense.
Hey there Paul, I subscribed great star licks videos. Anyone out there have the sheet music 🎶 or Tabs 📑 for this video. I got the Yngwie Malmsteen one if you want to trade...
Awesome player with a lot of feeling with some gary moore sounding licks
that brings back memories. I loved star licks. thanks. this is just what I was looking for today. I sure do miss my SG.
The clock ticking in the background is torture
That’s not a clock... that’s his internal time.
@@gkniffen nice
I noticed Carlos mentioned the speakers on one of his cabs has altec speakers the same ones randy rhoads used and his other cabs have celestions
I love that he's using an old Gibson Sg Jr with a single p90 instead of a pointy monstrosity or super strat.
Some great tips for any inspiring guitarist, would have been great to have had this back in the 80's...would have saved a lot of trial and error learning!
That's not a les Paul jr, that a SG
Actually in the early sixties, as Carlos said 1962, they made the Les Paul Jr as a double cutaway SG design, they later went to the single cutaway and the SG design ended up being the SG and the Les Paul Junior then became it's own entity.
Cavazo knows what he’s taking about. The SG was originally called a “Les Paul,”but Les Paul, himself, who was not involved in the design, disliked the design and demanded his name removed from it. Gibson removed his name from the model after 1963 and called it the “SG.”
@@jeanluc1313 yes true. and SG means Solidbody Guitar
That’s what I thought too haha
Ah!! Forgot about that fact. That guitar is worth a lot of money now!
Carlos:this is a les paul jr...
Me:.go to comment section.
I did the same thing! Thats not a Les Paul Jr lol
@@anthonyjosephphotography8409 But it is...Google it...
@@KingBobsKingdom Yes I found out from the comment section. I have a 1972 Fender Telecaster II bass that looks just like a 1957 Fender P bass. Like the one Sting has.
This is awesome vintage video thank you for posting.
His pickups are wound for boosted upper-mids and bass, but his pedal board has an EQ that boosts upper-mids and bass - lol. I'm pretty sure the EQ pedal is doing the lions share. Not saying pickup don't sound different but it's usually pretty broad strokes. It's cool that he goes through everything.
Why not to press like button.. coz it worth it
Wonderful tone! Not those modern deformities.
This looks like Henry Rollins in his mom’s wig…
Fantastic player. Wow !
No pinky finger on the fret?
Man was on top of the world right here
Carlos said it's a Les Paul Jr. I could have sworn it's a SG? But what do I know.
This "SG" kind of body was designed and called Les Paul before the Les Paul we're used to. Later versions got the name SG. This Les Paul Jr is the mother of the SG.
4 Jose heads 🤘🏼bet he still has them.
Looks like a SG to me
22:02 is dominant 7 not major 7.
Is this on dvd?
He is 1 cool 🐈 😻 🐈⬛
Great guitarist!
FANTASTIC!