Would have never thought it was Gillis. The first guitar player I saw doing this was Harry Cody from Shotgun Messiah on the song "Shout It Out", where he would hit the whammy bar with his closed fist. But I think it was John Petrucci's use of the flutter in his solo from "Under a Glass Moon" that eventually lead to the trick becoming more popular with younger players. Just my 2 cents.
Ozzy's Speak of the Devil is when I first heard this and it was and is awesome! Brad Gillis is a monster player, got no credit filling in for Randy in Ozzy's band. And Speak of the Devil is one of my favorite live albums. Great stuff from Brad!
Your the man Jake this took me years to figure out and I thought I had it years ago but it never sounds right. I knew this due to Ozzys Speak of the Devil album during Paranoid solo. Thanks for the video.
I didnt know he called it the cricket. Had an old music book and I think Kirk Hammet referenced WAP during an interview over the whammy bar. I searched high and low before the internet never got any answers only more questions and stumbled across the trick by accident but never could get the cricket sound. Until RUclips. It was a long journey for me. At least I know it now lol. Again great video keep it up.
@@jaketanis3069 When I was 16 I got backstage passes to see Ozzy on his Speak Of The Devil tour- yeah, I'm that old! I was super stoked thinking I would get to see Brad Gillis since he was on the album... He was not touring with Ozzy... bummer. I did, however, get to meet and talk to Jake E. Lee! THAT was cool. Ozzy, Jake, Don Costa, Tommy Aldridge were all super nice guys. Even met Adrian Vandeberg as his band opened. Very cool night.
I started playing guitar 40 years ago when I was 11 after hearing his "warble" sound. That term was used in some publication like GUITAR.. for the practicing musician... Loved that mag! I like warble better because, how often do you hear that word, or sound for that matter? Steve Vai, Andy la Roque, and Oz Fox are some of the few who use it on every album. I'm always looking for the original Floyd rose..I think he should reissue it! Let's get some kind of petition going🤪😋🤣😂🤟😎
As a fan of Brad from early 80s and into the days of Night Ranger of course we knew , and he had a whole Starlicks VHS video out on his technique by about '85 or '86 showing all his tricks. But I guess for players coming to the 80s retrospectively Night Ranger don't get the kind of coverage they deserve in a worl consumed by EVH and then VAi/Satch
Brad was not the first to take over after Randy died Bernie Torme finished the tour. Brad played the next tour a couple weeks later. Brad was among 6 guys including EVH who got the first Floyde Rose tremelos which made fluttering easy. Hendrix did it with a stock Fender trem on his strat long before though nowhere near as effective.
Some of those surf dudes from the 60's used to lightly hold the bar in their fingers while playing as well... created a fluttering effect as well ... like you say not as pronounced as flicking the end of the bar
Bernie Tormei was the first to fill in after Randy died. Brad took over when Bernie went back to England to continue his solo career. Brad finished out the tour
@@brianbaca1380 That's right Bernie didn't finish that tour at all in fact Bernie was only on tour for about 3 weeks if im not mistaken before Brad got the call.
Some crazy facts about when Bernie Torme took over after Randy's passing. The first person offered the gig was Gary Moore, but Gary wanted too much pay and Ozzy was struggling financially so he was out. The next leading candidate was Robert Sarzo, who is Rudy Sarzo's brother who was playing bass for Ozzy. The gig was pretty much Robert's until Sharon fucked him over. Finally Bernie Torme, who never heard of Randy and didn't know any of the songs was given the gig. Between the record company, Don Arden, Sharon Arden (wasn't married to Ozzy yet) and a whole lot of politics to convince Bernie to take the gig. It was a complete mess. When the tour resumed, Bernie didn't know the songs and the bootlegs from those gigs were horrible. It was a bad time for everyone and hiring Bernie made it worse. Finally Bernie was let go and Brad stepped in.
@@acepaul407Yeah i know that story and i felt for Bernie he was really thrown into the middle of it all blindly not to mention Bernie has stated in Guitar World Magazine that Randy's pedalboard that Bernie used was turning on and off on its own very creepy. Dont forget Ozz also dropped to his knees and begged Dave Menketti of Y&T to join ( Daves words) and Dave had to reluctantly turn Ozzy down cause Y&T was picking up some steam in the early 80s after being around since the mid 70s as then known as "Yesterday & Tomorrow" yeah Dave was that good. RIP Randy and Bernie
All done on an original Floyd Rose, NO fine tuner's and no routing for the Speak of The Devil album. How does he do it? Also in some circles we called what is now known as "sweep" picking as "raking."....Tom-A-To...To MAH-- to.
Happy Accident. I used to have a bootleg tape recording I recorded at an Ozzy Concert. He always would play Halloween in Pensacola Florida. Brad Used the "Cricket' quite effective.
Brad is the reason my first guitar had a tremolo bar. I didn't know what brand he used but I wanted a red guitar with a bar so I ended up with a brand new (in 1985) Ibanez Roadstar II. And for what it's worth, I beat EVH to the power equipment effect thru the pickups. He used a drill for the intro to Poundcake, back in 85 or 86, I used a cordless shaver. Also, if you have never listened to White Lion, check them out. Vito Bratta was phenomenal.
Hi Jake, Brad adviced me below. ①Don't use the power springs. ②Tight the truss rod, that means backward bow. ③Lower the string settig as much as you can. These are Brad's licks.
I first saw Brad play on a televised live MTV Ozzy concert shortly after Randy died. I remember hearing the cricket trick then and having no idea how he was doing it. I know it as the cricket from him in an interview some times later.
I did not know it had a name but back during the Dawn Patrol year I accidentally discovered that effect when I didn't tighten my wmy bar, and that HM Strat your were just playing I have the 1989(,I think) early model for about 20 yrs now and I lost the original wmy bar and the replacement that doesn't fit well does the same thing when I pound the body like Brad. But it takes people like Eddie, Brad, Hendrix, Page etc. to take a sound we might say..."what the hell was that" ,then turn it into something never done before and made iconic in music! Did you know that Jeff Becks inspiration for returning to gigging after a long hiatus in the late 70,and early 80,s was because of hearing Brad Gillies! When he heard Brad's playing he plays in that style on the song "Infatuation" Rod Stuart. He went to say in a radio show in the 80,s that hearing Brad made him return to playing again, I'm glad the radio back then was worth keeping it on "in those days!!!"Stay safe...
Brad got the 3rd and 4th floyd rose tremolo system after Randy Hanson got the 1st one who was Floyds close friend and Eddie Van Halen got the 2nd one. Brad was the 1st guitar player to route out a cavity to pull up on the floyd rose as well.
You don't need a cavity to pull up on a floyd. You just have to raise the bridge plate higher and tilt the neck back with a shim. Plenty of people pulled up on them before recess routs were commonplace.
The first person I saw doing that was Brad Gillis playing with Ozzy in 1982 ... as he says, VH had only used his bar down since 1976...I am not sure when I first saw Steve Vai and all the other guys doing the same...maybe in 84/85
One of my all time fav's. He and I used to be in contact w/ each other up till a couple years ago.. He's sent me autographed swag etc too.. Very nice dude, and way to talented for planet earth at this moment..
Not sure if he "invented it", but he surely brought it into the spotlight. I mean a lot of people say EVH invented finger tapping which we know that's not true, especially thanks to youtube etc. but for years when i was a kid everyone thought EVH invented it But.. I think other guys probably figured out the flutter but didn't think to use it in song or were recording artists at the time. I mean I love Brad and he deserves a spotlight of his own for sure.. but there's really no telling who actually was the first to experience a flutter..
Yeah .... I've got a few tricks of my own that no one has ever done, but I haven't introduced them to the public quite yet. Mainly because I have yet to become famous. Sooooooo .... When I do, they will be highlighted in my band's first release. Until then, they will be safely kept. Sorry !
One of the most underrated Brad is. Instant fan the day speak of came out. The dude had a month to learn randys material. Who does that? Gillis hahahah.
He did the audition for Ozzy in Ozzie's motel room. Brad only brought his red Strat. No amp. Sitting on the edge of Ozzy's bed. Of course Brad is an untouchable lead guitarist, my inspiration for sure. But I think that speaks very highly for Ozzy to recognize the mastery of Brad Gillis unamplified in such a setting!!!
Awsome infoI do remember following Brad bac kin the day as well as Ozzy and your spot on with all this its exactly s I remember except that Bernie Torme was actually the original first replacement for Randy after he died Brad came in after Bernie did only a handful of shows as his more bluesy style didnt fit well with the Blizzard of Oz sound.
First person I remember seeing/ hearing do it was Brad Gillis.. That dude is the master of Floyd trick-craft.. :) Oh.. it was Brad ha.. wrote that before watching.. Brad calls everything something different than what most people call these things. That's Brad for ya.
I know it as the cricket and I've only owned a guitar for 3.5 weeks 🤷♂️ that's the only thing I've heard it referred to as, but then the channels I watch seem to be fairly informed, professional musicians and instructors, etc...and not just random guitar owners with an iPhone 🤷♂️
I think most people refer to it as "flutter".. i've been playing since about the time Brad accident banged his guitar and heard it for the first time.. but most call it "flutter". Kinda like how Brad has always called the "whammy bar" the "Wang bar" he's called it that since the 70s but most people call it whammy bar.
Hey I been playing since 81, yup Brad Gillis was the 1st, Steve Vai used that technique like crazy in the mid to late 80’s. So many hair metal players used it if they had floating trems. It became uncool during the grunge and nu-Metal era, I didn’t care because its always sounded cool!
Fluttering is a great technique! I use it all of the time on recorder, why not on my guitar?! Also amazing how well Steve Vais For The Love of God translates to woodwing, that beautiful eerie sound! Recorder especially as you can get great finger vibrato and glissando for all his big bends and whammy dives and it trills quickly, then flutter tongue or throat fluttering as an ornament, in fact, it was the song that got me interested in picking up my old Descant! Steve manages to make the guitar sing, some of his songs almost feel like wind not string, must take a lot of control, it just doesn't feel as natural creating those effects on guitar the way it does on my recorder or even violin to a degree, wish I could get my guitar to sound so good!
and that clip you included from Brad doesn't make any sense, because right before the whammy "pull up" at the end of his solo in DTMYLM as he talks about.. he doesn't mention it but he does the flutter or whatever you wanna call it... so thats weird..
Speak of the devil album influenced a lot of players. Gillis doesn't get a lot of props from other players cause of night rangers candy pop image but Gillis was a metal player in a pop group. Gillis never acknowledged metal and played down his time with Ozzy until Ranger's popularity started to decline. Dimebag for sure was influenced by Gillis but never mentioned it .
Brad's tone and playing on Ozzy's Speak of the Devil is amazing!!!
Brad Gillis will always be my guitar hero. His tone. His technique. No one sounds like Brad.
Would have never thought it was Gillis. The first guitar player I saw doing this was Harry Cody from Shotgun Messiah on the song "Shout It Out", where he would hit the whammy bar with his closed fist. But I think it was John Petrucci's use of the flutter in his solo from "Under a Glass Moon" that eventually lead to the trick becoming more popular with younger players. Just my 2 cents.
I did know it’s called the cricket. He’s one of my faves.
Brad got I believe the third Floyd ever made. He has always been innovative and ahead of the curve with its use IMO.
Brad Gillis was the first I ever saw do it. And all I've ever heard it called has been crickets.
My friends and I called it the pterodactyl squawk for years.
Ozzy's Speak of the Devil is when I first heard this and it was and is awesome!
Brad Gillis is a monster player, got no credit filling in for Randy in Ozzy's band.
And Speak of the Devil is one of my favorite live albums.
Great stuff from Brad!
First time i heard it was with Oz Fox on Stryper's Soldiers album the song was "Freely Surrender"
Your the man Jake this took me years to figure out and I thought I had it years ago but it never sounds right. I knew this due to Ozzys Speak of the Devil album during Paranoid solo. Thanks for the video.
I didnt know he called it the cricket. Had an old music book and I think Kirk Hammet referenced WAP during an interview over the whammy bar. I searched high and low before the internet never got any answers only more questions and stumbled across the trick by accident but never could get the cricket sound. Until RUclips. It was a long journey for me. At least I know it now lol. Again great video keep it up.
I met Brad some years ago. A nice guy for sure.
Allen Troxel I met Brad last year. Extremely nice and genuine!
@@jaketanis3069 When I was 16 I got backstage passes to see Ozzy on his Speak Of The Devil tour- yeah, I'm that old! I was super stoked thinking I would get to see Brad Gillis since he was on the album... He was not touring with Ozzy... bummer. I did, however, get to meet and talk to Jake E. Lee! THAT was cool. Ozzy, Jake, Don Costa, Tommy Aldridge were all super nice guys. Even met Adrian Vandeberg as his band opened. Very cool night.
I started playing guitar 40 years ago when I was 11 after hearing his "warble" sound. That term was used in some publication like GUITAR.. for the practicing musician... Loved that mag! I like warble better because, how often do you hear that word, or sound for that matter? Steve Vai, Andy la Roque, and Oz Fox are some of the few who use it on every album. I'm always looking for the original Floyd rose..I think he should reissue it! Let's get some kind of petition going🤪😋🤣😂🤟😎
As a fan of Brad from early 80s and into the days of Night Ranger of course we knew , and he had a whole Starlicks VHS video out on his technique by about '85 or '86 showing all his tricks. But I guess for players coming to the 80s retrospectively Night Ranger don't get the kind of coverage they deserve in a worl consumed by EVH and then VAi/Satch
Gillis is a Floyd rose OG!
Brads first gig with Ozzy was in my hometown, he fucked up Revelation
Brad Gillis is awsome
Brad was not the first to take over after Randy died Bernie Torme finished the tour. Brad played the next tour a couple weeks later. Brad was among 6 guys including EVH who got the first Floyde Rose tremelos which made fluttering easy. Hendrix did it with a stock Fender trem on his strat long before though nowhere near as effective.
Some of those surf dudes from the 60's used to lightly hold the bar in their fingers while playing as well... created a fluttering effect as well ... like you say not as pronounced as flicking the end of the bar
Bernie Tormei was the first to fill in after Randy died. Brad took over when Bernie went back to England to continue his solo career. Brad finished out the tour
@@brianbaca1380 That's right Bernie didn't finish that tour at all in fact Bernie was only on tour for about 3 weeks if im not mistaken before Brad got the call.
Some crazy facts about when Bernie Torme took over after Randy's passing. The first person offered the gig was Gary Moore, but Gary wanted too much pay and Ozzy was struggling financially so he was out. The next leading candidate was Robert Sarzo, who is Rudy Sarzo's brother who was playing bass for Ozzy. The gig was pretty much Robert's until Sharon fucked him over. Finally Bernie Torme, who never heard of Randy and didn't know any of the songs was given the gig. Between the record company, Don Arden, Sharon Arden (wasn't married to Ozzy yet) and a whole lot of politics to convince Bernie to take the gig. It was a complete mess. When the tour resumed, Bernie didn't know the songs and the bootlegs from those gigs were horrible. It was a bad time for everyone and hiring Bernie made it worse. Finally Bernie was let go and Brad stepped in.
@@acepaul407Yeah i know that story and i felt for Bernie he was really thrown into the middle of it all blindly not to mention Bernie has stated in Guitar World Magazine that Randy's pedalboard that Bernie used was turning on and off on its own very creepy. Dont forget Ozz also dropped to his knees and begged Dave Menketti of Y&T to join ( Daves words) and Dave had to reluctantly turn Ozzy down cause Y&T was picking up some steam in the early 80s after being around since the mid 70s as then known as "Yesterday & Tomorrow" yeah Dave was that good. RIP Randy and Bernie
Dude you are actually my favourite youtuber since... now🤘🏻
Thank you so much !
All done on an original Floyd Rose, NO fine tuner's and no routing for the Speak of The Devil album. How does he do it? Also in some circles we called what is now known as "sweep" picking as "raking."....Tom-A-To...To MAH-- to.
Happy Accident. I used to have a bootleg tape recording I recorded at an Ozzy Concert. He always would play Halloween in Pensacola Florida. Brad Used the "Cricket' quite effective.
Brad is the reason my first guitar had a tremolo bar. I didn't know what brand he used but I wanted a red guitar with a bar so I ended up with a brand new (in 1985) Ibanez Roadstar II. And for what it's worth, I beat EVH to the power equipment effect thru the pickups. He used a drill for the intro to Poundcake, back in 85 or 86, I used a cordless shaver. Also, if you have never listened to White Lion, check them out. Vito Bratta was phenomenal.
Brad Gillis and Oz Fox are whammy bar masters 🤘🤘
Hi Jake, Brad adviced me below.
①Don't use the power springs.
②Tight the truss rod, that means backward bow.
③Lower the string settig as much as you can.
These are Brad's licks.
I first saw Brad play on a televised live MTV Ozzy concert shortly after Randy died. I remember hearing the cricket trick then and having no idea how he was doing it.
I know it as the cricket from him in an interview some times later.
I did not know it had a name but back during the Dawn Patrol year I accidentally discovered that effect when I didn't tighten my wmy bar,
and that HM Strat your were just playing I have the 1989(,I think) early model for about 20 yrs now and I lost the original wmy bar and the replacement that doesn't fit well does the same thing when I pound the body like Brad. But it takes people like Eddie, Brad, Hendrix, Page etc. to take a sound we might say..."what the hell was that" ,then turn it into something never done before and made iconic in music! Did you know that Jeff Becks inspiration for returning to gigging after a long hiatus in the late 70,and early 80,s was because of hearing Brad Gillies! When he heard Brad's playing he plays in that style on the song "Infatuation" Rod Stuart. He went to say in a radio show in the 80,s that hearing Brad made him return to playing again, I'm glad the radio back then was worth keeping it on "in those days!!!"Stay safe...
Who else would someone think invented it? Certainly not EVH, since it wasn't possible the way he set his tremolos up.
Brad got the 3rd and 4th floyd rose tremolo system after Randy Hanson got the 1st one who was Floyds close friend and Eddie Van Halen got the 2nd one. Brad was the 1st guitar player to route out a cavity to pull up on the floyd rose as well.
You don't need a cavity to pull up on a floyd. You just have to raise the bridge plate higher and tilt the neck back with a shim. Plenty of people pulled up on them before recess routs were commonplace.
@@michaelwoods9005 Brad popularized it!
🌟 Stryper 🌟 👋
The first person I saw doing that was Brad Gillis playing with Ozzy in 1982 ... as he says, VH had only used his bar down since 1976...I am not sure when I first saw Steve Vai and all the other guys doing the same...maybe in 84/85
Who else would I think invented it?! Harry K. Cody of Shotgun Messiah used it quite tastefully as well.
One of my all time fav's. He and I used to be in contact w/ each other up till a couple years ago.. He's sent me autographed swag etc too.. Very nice dude, and way to talented for planet earth at this moment..
Not sure if he "invented it", but he surely brought it into the spotlight. I mean a lot of people say EVH invented finger tapping which we know that's not true, especially thanks to youtube etc. but for years when i was a kid everyone thought EVH invented it But.. I think other guys probably figured out the flutter but didn't think to use it in song or were recording artists at the time. I mean I love Brad and he deserves a spotlight of his own for sure.. but there's really no telling who actually was the first to experience a flutter..
Thanks Mr. Jake! Have a nice day! Cheers from your brazillian fan and friend! 👍🤘🎸😁❤🇧🇷
I seen Brad Gillis do it first. Ozzy Osbourne speak of the devil tour 1982
I love Brad, but I have always preferred Jeff.
Yeah .... I've got a few tricks of my own that no one has ever done, but I haven't introduced them to the public quite yet. Mainly because I have yet to become famous. Sooooooo .... When I do, they will be highlighted in my band's first release. Until then, they will be safely kept. Sorry !
I already knew this because I have underwear older than you. I was there!
Dudeeee. Get some new underwear!
One of the most underrated Brad is.
Instant fan the day speak of came out.
The dude had a month to learn randys material.
Who does that? Gillis hahahah.
Brad had 4 days not a month.
4 days before the try out. 1 month before the tour.
He did the audition for Ozzy in Ozzie's motel room. Brad only brought his red Strat. No amp. Sitting on the edge of Ozzy's bed. Of course Brad is an untouchable lead guitarist, my inspiration for sure. But I think that speaks very highly for Ozzy to recognize the mastery of Brad Gillis unamplified in such a setting!!!
Awsome infoI do remember following Brad bac kin the day as well as Ozzy and your spot on with all this its exactly s I remember except that Bernie Torme was actually the original first replacement for Randy after he died Brad came in after Bernie did only a handful of shows as his more bluesy style didnt fit well with the Blizzard of Oz sound.
First person I remember seeing/ hearing do it was Brad Gillis.. That dude is the master of Floyd trick-craft.. :) Oh.. it was Brad ha.. wrote that before watching.. Brad calls everything something different than what most people call these things. That's Brad for ya.
I know it as the cricket and I've only owned a guitar for 3.5 weeks 🤷♂️ that's the only thing I've heard it referred to as, but then the channels I watch seem to be fairly informed, professional musicians and instructors, etc...and not just random guitar owners with an iPhone 🤷♂️
I think most people refer to it as "flutter".. i've been playing since about the time Brad accident banged his guitar and heard it for the first time.. but most call it "flutter". Kinda like how Brad has always called the "whammy bar" the "Wang bar" he's called it that since the 70s but most people call it whammy bar.
Hey I been playing since 81, yup Brad Gillis was the 1st, Steve Vai used that technique like crazy in the mid to late 80’s. So many hair metal players used it if they had floating trems. It became uncool during the grunge and nu-Metal era, I didn’t care because its always sounded cool!
I never grew out of it! I still love Crickets!
Fluttering is a great technique! I use it all of the time on recorder, why not on my guitar?! Also amazing how well Steve Vais For The Love of God translates to woodwing, that beautiful eerie sound! Recorder especially as you can get great finger vibrato and glissando for all his big bends and whammy dives and it trills quickly, then flutter tongue or throat fluttering as an ornament, in fact, it was the song that got me interested in picking up my old Descant! Steve manages to make the guitar sing, some of his songs almost feel like wind not string, must take a lot of control, it just doesn't feel as natural creating those effects on guitar the way it does on my recorder or even violin to a degree, wish I could get my guitar to sound so good!
also referred to as "The Rake"..in my experience anyway..
the rake is something else, raking pick across strings and while holding natural harmonics
@@ournturn7512 no it isnt not to me and my clan..maybe to yours..
and that clip you included from Brad doesn't make any sense, because right before the whammy "pull up" at the end of his solo in DTMYLM as he talks about.. he doesn't mention it but he does the flutter or whatever you wanna call it... so thats weird..
So, it was who I thought.
Sounds like you have good taste in guitar players!
Speak of the devil album influenced a lot of players. Gillis doesn't get a lot of props from other players cause of night rangers candy pop image but Gillis was a metal player in a pop group. Gillis never acknowledged metal and played down his time with Ozzy until Ranger's popularity started to decline. Dimebag for sure was influenced by Gillis but never mentioned it .