The first time I saw Zappa Plays Zappa I talked to an older dude who was a big Zappa fan and he said that he thinks Dweezil is an even better guitarist than Frank. So take that for what you will, I guess it's not exactly fair since we don't have Frank anymore.
I Cannot Believe I missed buying one of those Guitars ???? ESPECIALLY, BEING THE BIGGEST FRANK ZAPPA FAN ON EARTH !!!!! EVER SINCE I HEARD FREAK OUT AT THE AGE OF 12 IN 1966, I HAVE BEEN HOOKED !!!! I OWN 98% OF HIS RELEASES !! EVERY ORIGINAL VINYL RELEASE !!!
I know what he is talking about. My bands have been somewhat improvisational, and if hit a flub note, I will quickly brake form and find a way to make that mistake into something that is often surprisingly cool. Then I try sometimes try to work that in.
Saw DZ in Dallas couple months back. I kept arguing with myself that he's 'never great as his dad.' Every solo he took was SO clean and articulate, I was confounded. He was superb. The band was unbelievable as well.
I saw them on the Roxy & Elsewhere tour - Dweezils band. Me and the bassist locked eyes and It was magical. The Torture Never Stops MUST be heard live!
cool. I believe this is called interpolation. There's a great book that all the greats knew of by zappa's friend Slonimsky known as thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns.
Be very careful! One of the 400 Roxy SGs was shipped to Guitar Center Houston from Gibson with the electronics totally messed up. The guitar felt great but I wasn't able to hear the electronics that makes this gem so special. They're having to get replacement parts directly from Gibson. You'd think they'd QC these things after they leave the factory? They said they'd knock $300 off the sticker price.
That shiny part on the tail is awful. It gave me a headache at his show this past weekend reflecting the lights in my eyes. Great show love his music, love the guitar. But that shiny part needs to go.
That was done on purpose… they put usa ones in the prototype and dweezil told em that those weren’t the ones frank had in his sg. The Chinese ones are the exact ones Frank had in his sg.
This is a POS guitar, made out of plastic. You are better off spending the same amount of money and getting a pre 1970 SG Special and getting it modded. I bought the roxy SG and sent it back.
This is not made of plastic, it's mahogany with a satin finish, I don't know how you could believe a company like gibson would make a guitar made of plastic
Tawky Tawny may I ask what your issues were w the Zappa Roxy SG? What did u mean they're " made of plastic" ? I was gifted one by a friend. and I've had problems getting used to the frets, they're super,super low.. I have problems getting under the strings while doing bends..
Dweezil is a stellar player some of the best 8min spent on YT imho
See him live if you haven't.. The most humble guy you've ever met. My favorite musician.
The first time I saw Zappa Plays Zappa I talked to an older dude who was a big Zappa fan and he said that he thinks Dweezil is an even better guitarist than Frank. So take that for what you will, I guess it's not exactly fair since we don't have Frank anymore.
it's true. frank was the best, dweezil is the best.
I never have clue one of what he's talking about, but I'll listen all day.
I Cannot Believe I missed buying one of those Guitars ????
ESPECIALLY, BEING THE BIGGEST FRANK ZAPPA FAN ON EARTH !!!!!
EVER SINCE I HEARD FREAK OUT AT THE AGE OF 12 IN 1966, I HAVE BEEN HOOKED !!!!
I OWN 98% OF HIS RELEASES !! EVERY ORIGINAL VINYL RELEASE !!!
I know what he is talking about. My bands have been somewhat improvisational, and if hit a flub note, I will quickly brake form and find a way to make that mistake into something that is often surprisingly cool. Then I try sometimes try to work that in.
I love the roxy album!
Saw DZ in Dallas couple months back. I kept arguing with myself that he's 'never great as his dad.'
Every solo he took was SO clean and articulate, I was confounded. He was superb. The band was unbelievable as well.
I saw them on the Roxy & Elsewhere tour - Dweezils band. Me and the bassist locked eyes and It was magical. The Torture Never Stops MUST be heard live!
Very cool lesson. I'm going to try this now.
Let us know how it works out for you!
Nice one Dweez Greetings fae Scotland
That is thee coolest lick!
I love my SG. It's like butter.
i love this guitar i have one of these so cool
Nice comment @tarantism! Learned some stuff here, thanks!
like to hear him do some mahavishnu, I reckon he could pull it off !
very cool guitars
cool. I believe this is called interpolation. There's a great book that all the greats knew of by zappa's friend Slonimsky known as thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns.
Great, fat tone.. Like Clapton's Fool SG. I love it!
Frank Lives!
dweezil is the man !
thats a shame that there're only 400 of them, i must be late already(. That would be a relic in my house
Be very careful! One of the 400 Roxy SGs was shipped to Guitar Center Houston from Gibson with the electronics totally messed up. The guitar felt great but I wasn't able to hear the electronics that makes this gem so special. They're having to get replacement parts directly from Gibson. You'd think they'd QC these things after they leave the factory?
They said they'd knock $300 off the sticker price.
Awesome, just awesome !! Beautiful guitar.
Would anyone know what Dweezil was using for overdrive? Was it the amp? Or effect pedal?
TWA - Harmonic Energizer, you can also check Rig Rundown for his other FX
www.premierguitar.com/articles/Rig_Rundown_Dweezil_Zappa
have fun :)
The only son of the Man!
Want one. In Australia. How do I get it?
they sold out in about 30 minutes world wide unfortunately
How much was it
Hes just opening the door for people. Like check this out
Goddamn! I was going to call you earlier..
why 400? sets my noodle in motion as to why just 400 guitars.
Any one else notice he was playing 319 at the start? lol
@João Polydoro yes. thank you. im 319 lol
bum notes takes you to some of the most interesting places.
+Phil Cremer In a couple of days you'll be loving the Roxy movie. Awesomeness! !
That shiny part on the tail is awful. It gave me a headache at his show this past weekend reflecting the lights in my eyes. Great show love his music, love the guitar. But that shiny part needs to go.
3 years too late
That weird notes sound arabic to me, somehow.
Too bad he doesn’t tell everybody that there’s Chinese toggle switches ( parts ) in his American Gibson 😪
That was done on purpose… they put usa ones in the prototype and dweezil told em that those weren’t the ones frank had in his sg. The Chinese ones are the exact ones Frank had in his sg.
Common sense for once. 👍🙂
Glad you enjoyed the lesson.
This is a POS guitar, made out of plastic. You are better off spending the same amount of money and getting a pre 1970 SG Special and getting it modded. I bought the roxy SG and sent it back.
+Tawky Tawny got a 71 sg deluxe body/neck. added some nice pups and out of phase switch then bam! lol thing is a beast
This is not made of plastic, it's mahogany with a satin finish, I don't know how you could believe a company like gibson would make a guitar made of plastic
Tawky Tawny may I ask what your issues were w the Zappa Roxy SG?
What did u mean they're " made of plastic" ?
I was gifted one by a friend.
and I've had problems getting used to the frets, they're super,super low..
I have problems getting under the strings while doing bends..
You can sell me yours if you don't want it lol
dz is so stoned in this video!
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AndyNyle
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Not likely.