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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @mattconnolly1729
    @mattconnolly1729 3 года назад +35

    Always been a big fan of Brian , does his own thing and doesn't seem to worry about the latest trends . Hope he keeps going for many more years

  • @BerksCatBill
    @BerksCatBill 4 года назад +22

    Setzer used to practice in the basement of Bernies Jet Set in Wantagh NY. He came to the back of the "cork and bib" for water. He usually wore these beat up pink spandex pants. Sort of like the New York Dolls look. I was washing dishes, never said no to the guy for water but the cook used to shoo him away. It must have 1977.

  • @sheldonberg125
    @sheldonberg125 5 лет назад +17

    Bran Setzer is a world class musician and an amazing guitarist. He is a musician of a very high caliber up there with all the great guitar players in history.

  • @StonyRC
    @StonyRC 7 лет назад +114

    I've always loved the way Brian played - I think he's an underrated maestro of the guitar.

    • @crisprtalk6963
      @crisprtalk6963 5 лет назад +15

      People use the word underrated too much. He is not underrated at all. He is considered one of the finest guitarists to come on the scene in the last 40 years.

    • @frankcosta1729
      @frankcosta1729 4 года назад

      And no one disagrees

    • @jimlovesgina
      @jimlovesgina 4 года назад +3

      He is not underrated. You can click on the video of any well-known guitarist and there is some idiot with an "underrated" comment.

    • @MrJett1971
      @MrJett1971 4 года назад +2

      King Brilliant he helped resurrect not one but two almost forgotten musical genres-obviously rockabilly with the Stray Cats in the late ‘70s and early ‘80’s, and swing with the BSO in the ‘90s. IMO, he’s one of the few legitimate musical geniuses left in the world. He seamlessly blends today with the past-some of his work sounds just like 1958, some of zooms into the future, and it all sounds GRRREAT!

    • @MrJett1971
      @MrJett1971 4 года назад

      Madcap Laughs the fans know that. People who write the magazines pass him by all the time, in favour of some 22 year old from Norway who plays 12,000 notes in a three minute song, or a guy that wore a kfc bucket on his head.

  • @Dead_Solid_Irish
    @Dead_Solid_Irish 4 года назад +54

    Starting a rockabilly band in the 80's on Long Island, NY... dude had mojo

    • @Dead_Solid_Irish
      @Dead_Solid_Irish 3 года назад +2

      Correct, Massapequa is a town on the south shore of long island

  • @jlr022159
    @jlr022159 7 лет назад +28

    Such a cool guy and fantastic player. Nice to see him just being a guitar geek like the rest of us musicians and talking about gear.

  • @jameslighterGTR
    @jameslighterGTR 4 года назад +9

    This dude is one of the best who ever lived. I learned Stray Cat Strut 10 years ago just to practice, and so many of his licks still come to me when I'm in C, just happens without even thinking about it. Brian and Wes Montgomery are right up there. Always amazing when a guitarist leaves with you an impression on an entire key and/or region of the neck. I think key of C I think Brian. Thanks Gretsch for these videos with Brian!

  • @rjr1227
    @rjr1227 7 лет назад +12

    love this guy....always have ever since the early stray cats days....

  • @davidclarke170
    @davidclarke170 5 лет назад +24

    I love my Gretsch. It’s a straight up rock and roll machine. I bought it used and somehow I feel like we were meant to find each other. It brings things out of me like none of my other guitars do. If you don’t own one, you should.

  • @DocTheGuitar
    @DocTheGuitar 4 года назад +26

    I am always in awe of Brian's guitar playing like no other guitarist.

    • @oliviergagnon4130
      @oliviergagnon4130 3 года назад +4

      True. He's got his own vibe. And it's super hard to play this way

  • @paulsimmons5726
    @paulsimmons5726 8 лет назад +76

    I'm glad that Brian has been able to have the success that he's had after the Stray Cats went their separate ways.
    Brian's drive and enthusiasm for the old music genres he plays has turned on so many younger people/musicians to the coolness of the classic Gretch tone and vibe. The Brian Setzer Orchestra knocks 'em out...
    Keep playin' the cool stuff!

    • @jerryhuffar6561
      @jerryhuffar6561 6 лет назад +2

      You couldn't of said better. Brian should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

    • @vracan
      @vracan 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah I saw Brian 5 years ago with both orchestra and second half with the stray cats. Socks blown off! He was amazing!

  • @guitarzan34
    @guitarzan34 4 года назад +7

    I met Brian Setzer back in the late seventies when the Stray Cats were topping the charts. We are both Long Island guys. I was managing a club near Central Park South called Thursday's when in he walks with some friends and a big jug of wine. I asked him if he would mind checking his wine with the coat check girl and he just grinned and said, "Cool". No bullshit like you sometimes got from some celebrities in Manhattan. I quickly called up to the DJ booth and asked her to play "Stray Cat Strut" which she did immediately. Brian looked back at me and gave me an appreciative thumbs up. I'm sure he wouldn't remember this encounter but it certainly made my night! A real gentleman and a great guitar player.

    • @MrJett1971
      @MrJett1971 4 года назад +2

      I hate to pick your nit, but Stray Cat Strut came out in 1981...

    • @jbrethel
      @jbrethel 4 года назад +7

      @@MrJett1971 I may have the actual date wrong. I started working at that club in 1979 and was there almost 4 years. Be that as it may, meeting Brian Setzer was a memorable experience. Is there something in your past that requires you to unleash your formidable "wet blanket"? I'm sure you have better things to waste your time with.

    • @rubytuesday1345
      @rubytuesday1345 4 года назад

      @@jbrethel well played sir.

  • @gsf67
    @gsf67 4 года назад +7

    Brian's a very clever guitarist, and looking at a Gretsch semi acoustic is like looking at a 57 Chevy. Beautiful craftmanship.

  • @officialWWM
    @officialWWM 5 лет назад +18

    That's a beautiful colour combo!

  • @kenmanies5291
    @kenmanies5291 5 лет назад +5

    Brian is what music should be , loved, original and enduring

  • @ferpirata76
    @ferpirata76 3 года назад +1

    I bought it. Really difficult to find. Arrived yesterday. Wow... never seen anything so beautiful and the sound is amazing. A dream come true!

  • @josephzummo9685
    @josephzummo9685 2 года назад +1

    Brian was all about hot rods and rockabilly. He put his first gretsch together from parts like a hot rod. The cats were refreshing in a time of new wave! Live they were fantastic. If you showed up unsure, you left a fan! I was 13 when I got turn on thru MTV & WBAB on long Island. Go back and watch live footage now and it's just as good as it was 40 years ago!

  • @jlr022159
    @jlr022159 5 лет назад +1

    Now this guy knows his guitar specs! Enjoyable to hear him talk about all the details!

  • @wolfox712
    @wolfox712 6 лет назад

    his smiles in the intro clip warms me on the inside because nothing in this world is more heartwarming than an old man smiling and having fun :)

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 4 года назад +1

      Brian is eternally young to me! xxxx

  • @wolfgang4136
    @wolfgang4136 4 года назад +4

    He’s a really talented guy that seems down to earth and would be cool just to drink a beer with

  • @dodgedandle8311
    @dodgedandle8311 Год назад

    Brian is a MEGA Guitarist, that great mix of Jazz, Blues and Country and the way he alternates between Flat picking and his fingers seamlessly is just great.. We are Lucky to still have him doing what he does best .. Rock,n,Roll 😝⭐️❤️🌞

  • @sappo504
    @sappo504 4 года назад +3

    I could watch him sitting on that couch, playing that guitar, just riffing or playing something - for hours. Just in contrast to seeing him with a full band. He's so good I'd like to just hear him play solo.

  • @josephclark4999
    @josephclark4999 2 года назад

    The only thing more fun than listening to him play is watching him play. Damn he is fun to watch and listen to.

  • @popeyesailor9571
    @popeyesailor9571 4 года назад +5

    Tan sides and Root Beer Brown on the top and back would look nice.

  • @eivinds.johnsen2826
    @eivinds.johnsen2826 4 года назад +13

    Brian Setzer must be one of the best guitar players of all time👍

  • @i_love_rescue_animals
    @i_love_rescue_animals 5 лет назад +2

    He's my favorite guitar player. He seems like a genuinely nice guy too - which makes me really happy. Keep on rockin' Brian! 💞

    • @i_love_rescue_animals
      @i_love_rescue_animals 5 лет назад

      @Charlie Lester - Concert Memories I'm jealous and that's wonderful to hear! Glad you had a great time with him. I actually live in the same city as hime - but I've never bumped into him.

    • @tuchAneyfan
      @tuchAneyfan 4 года назад +1

      I bumped into him before a show in the parking lot of an Atlantic City Casino. This was probably almost 20 yrs ago. He was so nice. He spoke to me and my grandmother and was not in any rush. Terrific memory to have.

    • @MrJett1971
      @MrJett1971 4 года назад

      Charlie Lester - Concert Memories I had that same experience after a casino show in 2015. I took my copy of built for speed that Slim Jim and Lee Rocker had autographed, and managed to get Brian to finish off my nine year quest...

  • @hemelhempsteadherts
    @hemelhempsteadherts 6 лет назад +3

    A genius at work.

  • @michaelcase1687
    @michaelcase1687 8 лет назад +30

    I bought this guitar 9 months ago. Got the greyish light purple one. Love at first sight. I took pause at it's high price, no tone control and just volume control, and I wondered if it could do all genres including R&B, soft jazz, funk, hard rock and country. This sweet thing does all these with ease. Loved that it had no pick guard. Dang sexy look. Plays as good as it looks. Fast neck like whipped cream. Hollow body gets controlled feedback at louder volumes. Volume control has slight high roll off at 90 percent solving the need for a tone control. Gretsch sound with TV Jones pickups tells the tale, seals the deal and is irresistible. Intonation is spot on and harmonically correct on all frets and I haven't changed the strings yet. No buyers remorse, no way. Heaven is hitting jazz chords unplugged on my couch Saturday mornings with eyes closed. This little lady sings. I call her the Rusty Rainbarrel.

    • @MrFrankeesh
      @MrFrankeesh 7 лет назад

      How much it cost you. It looks and sounds so sweet

    • @knuckle47
      @knuckle47 7 лет назад

      Michael Case , glad to hear it. 54 years I've been a Gretsch player. Love that you're lovin' it

    • @jlr022159
      @jlr022159 7 лет назад

      Sounds like you really enjoy it!

    • @thegreyfedora8532
      @thegreyfedora8532 7 лет назад

      Sweet review my man!

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM 5 лет назад

      9 months and you haven't changed the strings!? Wow, I change mine every 2 weeks!

  • @ordinarychap1085
    @ordinarychap1085 4 года назад +2

    Yes. Beautiful looking guitars! Well done.

  • @relicreapers571
    @relicreapers571 4 года назад +1

    Living rockabilly legend right there, great looking guitars too

  • @subseeker
    @subseeker 4 года назад +9

    The bigband stuff was the greatest music ever

  • @sblom8678
    @sblom8678 5 лет назад +28

    The man still has great hair!

  • @Madmax-zc2gk
    @Madmax-zc2gk 4 года назад

    Setzer will always be the man...and I love my Gretsch players edition...amazing guitar..!!

  • @abettermousetrap
    @abettermousetrap 4 года назад +1

    possibly one of the coolest guitars i've ever seen. Another one to add to the list.

  • @elvisl2493
    @elvisl2493 5 лет назад +2

    Il est trop fort sans doute l'un des meilleurs guitariste du monde si ce n'est le meilleur bravo pour le retour des stray Cats j'ai adoré l'album et je les vois bientôt ....... Merci pour la vidéo 😉

  • @djquinn11
    @djquinn11 4 года назад +1

    Great looking and sounding guitar. Brian is an extremely talented gentleman.

  • @CharlesM-dp4xe
    @CharlesM-dp4xe 2 года назад

    Nice collection. I'm more of a Gibson man, but his style fits perfectly. I've never owned a Gretsch but always wanted one. I pretty much play anything with strings or keys and got burned out on the road tours years ago. Brian is an extremely talented musician and gifted performer. I wish I had his energy .

  • @Death.ByShred
    @Death.ByShred 4 года назад

    Brian Setzer is such a dude!
    A scary weapon of a guitar player, pure hot-rod, and lovely lax'd guy all round.
    He's in my top 10.

  • @mr.e8432
    @mr.e8432 4 года назад +1

    That guitar is gorgeous

  • @dylankopff7139
    @dylankopff7139 4 года назад +1

    Brian is a legend

  • @jessiejames2155
    @jessiejames2155 3 года назад +1

    The man, the myth, the Legend....
    I drove from No Ho to Palm Springs for a Setzer Concert . I was thrilled ! I had my girl, and my hot rod !
    We drove forever in hot bumper to bumper traffic, got out of the car, at the Augua Caliente, went up to the glass door.. that had sheet of paper taped to it.
    It read: Concert is cancelled for 4 months, please enjoy our complimentary band: Cool and the gang . 😖
    We went back home . It was a MISERABLE ride, all the way back home .
    We finally went, 4 months later...and the show ? Was incredible !

    • @Jaxsci
      @Jaxsci 2 года назад

      Dang I would kill to see kool and the gang

  • @woody95124
    @woody95124 4 года назад

    Awesome Brian..Love your style..both guitars & love your style of playing the darn thing...

  • @markg0410
    @markg0410 7 лет назад +1

    I'm digging that blue/baby blue paint scheme.

  • @greatvanzini
    @greatvanzini 9 лет назад +10

    Best live performer around. Cd's are always top notch.

  • @RickMcCargar
    @RickMcCargar 9 лет назад +6

    Saw him back in the 80s, and got to speak with him after his concert in West Palm Beach. Amazing concert, cool guy. I could go for one of these guitars!

    • @puertecitos6888
      @puertecitos6888 5 лет назад +2

      Get a Chinese copy and put the TV Jones in it, thats what i did....awesome guitar now

  • @baldemarmiranda2067
    @baldemarmiranda2067 5 лет назад +1

    You are amazing Brian, you Rock

  • @drumrnva
    @drumrnva 4 года назад +41

    So....Brian Setzer has remained cool for how many decades, at this point??

  • @eddie2877
    @eddie2877 7 лет назад

    So clean sounding crisp!

  • @deanmccreadieguitarist
    @deanmccreadieguitarist 2 года назад

    These guitars are stunning & what a player!

  • @musicfanhawk4523
    @musicfanhawk4523 2 года назад

    What a beautiful guitar!! Love the color!!

  • @jessiejames2155
    @jessiejames2155 3 года назад

    Brian Setzer rocks North Hollywood !!!

  • @tonelabmusic3620
    @tonelabmusic3620 6 лет назад

    I'm buying his LP of the Stray Cats in a couple of days. Really looking forward to it!! Love the music.

  • @kevinwatkins3856
    @kevinwatkins3856 4 года назад +1

    Got the best Christmas concert DVD....ever!!

  • @StephenDanielAddeo
    @StephenDanielAddeo 9 лет назад +5

    I just saw him on Saturday night and goddamn if those colors don't pop! Also, Brian is as good or better than ever. Such an amazing artist.

  • @monzo9999
    @monzo9999 6 лет назад +41

    I see that 14 people are actual knobs

  • @joycesanders4898
    @joycesanders4898 5 лет назад +1

    I LOVE that guitar..nice finish..who needs tone knobs/extra wires?..those pickups sound legit..👍🎶💕🎸

  • @ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz
    @ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz 4 года назад +1

    He is one fine guitar player!

  • @thebluesguy7187
    @thebluesguy7187 5 лет назад +3

    guy always happy to play a A major !!
    carl perkins way
    love him!

  • @jodylowe8476
    @jodylowe8476 4 года назад +1

    He reinvented himself after his initial success and still rockin.

  • @buggyhexapod
    @buggyhexapod 7 лет назад +4

    That green Gretsch...

    • @marquee6
      @marquee6 5 лет назад

      Buğra Sertel. No it is Ray Winston!

  • @melgrant7404
    @melgrant7404 6 лет назад +1

    Brian and guitar ...match made in heaven!❤

  • @paulfallon7690
    @paulfallon7690 3 года назад

    He is so cool! Always was from when he was a you g kid Taking lessons from my grandfather, Henry in Massapequa long island

  • @yellowoceanoriginalsongs7142
    @yellowoceanoriginalsongs7142 7 лет назад +1

    Excellent sound Brian cheers

  • @miloshapiro1413
    @miloshapiro1413 9 лет назад +3

    It would be even better if they reintroduced that Gretsch 1958 longhorn amp again!

  • @rocknstv570
    @rocknstv570 9 лет назад +2

    Some sweet sounds!

  • @Turboy65
    @Turboy65 4 года назад

    Great guitars, and a great player for sure!

  • @raincells
    @raincells 4 года назад

    What a cool guy and a cool looking guitar. Does anyone know what kind of amp he is playing through?

  • @owlperchedsilo3745
    @owlperchedsilo3745 2 года назад

    gorgeous guitars

  • @WahlbergBabey
    @WahlbergBabey 7 лет назад +5

    He's so frickin happy, I adore your passion my gorgeous man. You are unbelievable. 😍😍😍

  • @mybusiness7663
    @mybusiness7663 4 года назад +1

    Love his style go cat go

  • @_WESTSIDE_
    @_WESTSIDE_ 6 лет назад +2

    One of the most underrated guitar players of all time

  • @stevendern2543
    @stevendern2543 4 года назад

    Thanks, Mr. Seltzer.

  • @marcdelente2456
    @marcdelente2456 Год назад

    Brian est un guitariste fabuleux un phénomène dans l art d utilisé une guitare .

  • @AaronGRandall
    @AaronGRandall 2 года назад

    I wish I could afford to own each Brian Setzer guitar from Gretsh. lol Great and sexy guitars lol

  • @onelanebridge_
    @onelanebridge_ 7 лет назад +1

    beautiful guitars

  • @chucksgarage7165
    @chucksgarage7165 4 года назад +1

    At the end why he was playing they the neck pickup, that thing REALLY sounded good.

    • @chucksgarage7165
      @chucksgarage7165 4 года назад

      Sorry. . ."At the end WHEN he was playing the neck pickup. . . . . Can't type. . . . .

  • @rennyzero420
    @rennyzero420 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome design thanks.

  • @ElliotForTheLoveofMusic
    @ElliotForTheLoveofMusic 7 лет назад

    Def more clarity, and beautiful tone

  • @2kidsnosleep
    @2kidsnosleep 4 года назад

    Very cool. Would love his guitars and just an ounce of his guitar talent

  • @Gary_Reid_Backing_Tracks
    @Gary_Reid_Backing_Tracks 6 лет назад

    You got me with the lefty in the background. No room for any more guitars at the moment, though...

  • @analogman9697
    @analogman9697 Год назад

    That's a beauty!

  • @pauldashwood2897
    @pauldashwood2897 5 месяцев назад

    Oooozes class does Brian ..

  • @kevinceniceros1690
    @kevinceniceros1690 7 лет назад +1

    I went to his concert in San Diego on 7 June. It was awesome.

  • @jessiejames2155
    @jessiejames2155 3 года назад

    I have a beautiful home-made Brian-Setzer-Orchestra logo on my
    PT Cruiser's rear window !!
    -Here in No Ho !!

  • @dwaynecarroll6098
    @dwaynecarroll6098 9 месяцев назад

    Beautiful Axe!

  • @PoppysGuitar
    @PoppysGuitar 4 года назад

    I went to law school with a friend of his from Massapequa? named Jimmy Ram. We spent most of our time playing Pac Man lol but he always talked about how Brian used to play at backyard parties and was covering quasi heavy metal stuff like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath etc. I wonder how Brian hopped from that to Carl Perkins.

  • @HudsonCabala1
    @HudsonCabala1 6 лет назад +1

    I love this!!!

  • @brexxebender1204
    @brexxebender1204 4 года назад

    Wow that color

  • @davidevans3175
    @davidevans3175 8 лет назад +20

    Not that it matters but all 1950s Fender colors were from car color charts.

    • @jessodlum
      @jessodlum 8 лет назад +7

      Sounds like it matters to you

    • @davidevans3175
      @davidevans3175 8 лет назад +29

      Jess Odlum OK if you must know I stay up all night rocking back and forth in the corner wringing my hands in sweaty despair over the fact that all 1950s Fender colors were from car color charts.

    • @PolPotsPieHole
      @PolPotsPieHole 7 лет назад +6

      lol,both of you

    • @scottgolden2766
      @scottgolden2766 7 лет назад +2

      I'm sure they were car colors. What were teenage boys daydreaming about besides girls. Cars and Rock n Roll

    • @stacyblue1980
      @stacyblue1980 7 лет назад +3

      It matters. :)) Nothin better than your favorite guitar and/or car.

  • @mountainstartemple6041
    @mountainstartemple6041 7 лет назад

    1:12 hehe his footware matches this particular blue guitar .... nice flame top but personally I would rather just keep the traditional controls

  • @jasminnemcdonald94A
    @jasminnemcdonald94A 2 года назад

    That's some good guitar playing.

  • @samueltractorton2088
    @samueltractorton2088 4 года назад

    Kickass, I want one!

  • @NormanZealandMalana
    @NormanZealandMalana 8 лет назад

    I started planning for a potential custom order and thought Id want the same color on the top and back, and a diff one for the sides and the neck. and I thought it would be the first one Id ever see with a scheme like that. Haha.

  • @snaggletooth7031
    @snaggletooth7031 4 года назад

    Underrated dude,,ur awsum

  • @TheMorganMonroeShow
    @TheMorganMonroeShow 2 года назад +1

    Yeah, just #OfTheEpic.

  • @Louis-we6lh
    @Louis-we6lh 6 лет назад

    luv your style - great fingers-thank you

  • @Xcorgi
    @Xcorgi 7 лет назад

    Love that blue color! It looks like a pair of acid wash jeans from the 80's. Nice and broken in. At least to the eyes. Lol.

  • @flyingcod14
    @flyingcod14 6 месяцев назад

    6120 is perhaps the most beautiful guitar with a sound to match.

  • @theunionbeats1
    @theunionbeats1 7 лет назад

    that thing sounds great

  • @robertsimington911
    @robertsimington911 2 года назад

    Thanks for showing me a $3000 guitar. I really appreciate it.