Rig Rundown - Reverend Horton Heat

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • www.premierguit... PG's Chris Kies is On Location at RIBCO Brewing in Rock Island, IL, where he catches up with rockabilly guitar slinger Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath for another Rig Rundown installment.
    In this Rig Rundown video segment, the Rev talks about his signature Gretsch G6120RHH Hollowbody electric guitar, switching from his tried-and-true 1978 Fender Deluxe Reverb amp to a Gretsch Executive combo, and why he uses a rackmount delay during his live shows. In addition to the gear talk, the Rev talks and show off some techniques and playing styles he uses on a nightly basis while performing.
    For more Rig Rundown videos, or to view Premier Guitar's completely FREE digital edition magazine, be sure to visit www.premierguit...

Комментарии • 127

  • @nofriendtojesus
    @nofriendtojesus 11 лет назад +69

    I would pay big money for a good detailed 2 hour video lesson from this guy. He's amazing and underrated.

    • @kermitthefrog3685
      @kermitthefrog3685 6 лет назад +7

      Guitar.com has a 4-video series on RUclips with him. it's old but good.

    • @MoeSlislack
      @MoeSlislack 6 лет назад +2

      thanks Kermit.

    • @dworvorock
      @dworvorock 4 года назад +5

      He has his own very small RUclips channel, 222Horton, where he sometimes posts lessons.

  • @videogenic
    @videogenic 11 лет назад +41

    This guy has been seriously touring *forever*. I have been going to his shows since around 1994 and it's always the highlight of the year when they come through town.

  • @Aquahutch
    @Aquahutch 11 лет назад +56

    I love the fact that he can be so badass on stage. But outside of that, as a person, he's a mature man and doesn't act like some rock n' roll bad boy douche. He's established himself and he does't need to try to act any kind of way.

  • @MisterTee
    @MisterTee 14 лет назад +26

    First time I saw the Rev they opened for Soundgarden on the Superunknown tour. They blew Soundgarden off the stage.....it wasnt even close.

  • @joynthis
    @joynthis 8 лет назад +41

    Kind of hard to do their normal rig rundown -- "I take this guitar, plug a cord into it here, then I take that same cord and plug that into this amp."

  • @johnnyguerrero4615
    @johnnyguerrero4615 9 лет назад +54

    If you've never seen this guy live, you owe it to yourself to do so. Wow!

    • @crashstitches79
      @crashstitches79 5 лет назад

      Denton, TX in 2004...and I've never been so drunk in public as that night. Also all my friends. Fuggit, *IT'S MARTINI TIME!*

  • @SocksworthRiffs
    @SocksworthRiffs 9 лет назад +45

    Came for a rig rundown, got a techniques lesson and example
    Stellar.

    • @gjh400
      @gjh400 9 лет назад

      KaisDragonBlade me as well -- I check this out all the time trying lift those tasty licks!

  • @mcarter3371
    @mcarter3371 10 лет назад +30

    Premiere Guitar needs to invest in a wireless mic for interviews...

  • @fraterlucifer888
    @fraterlucifer888 12 лет назад +12

    LOVE THE REV!!!! we had a psychobilly/cowpunk band about 10 yrs ago called the ecclectomaniacs, rockabilly is the most fun music to play or hear live,,I love rockabilly so much

  • @DennisChaves
    @DennisChaves 12 лет назад +33

    Jim must be the greatest guy to hang with. He's a guitar god and he doesn't even give a shit. Seems like the most down-to-earth rock star ever.

    • @steveburchfield5576
      @steveburchfield5576 4 года назад +1

      ONLY ONE JUDGE GOD ALLMIGHTY!!!

    • @aaronmccutcheon
      @aaronmccutcheon 3 года назад +2

      The Rev is great...Jimbo is an awesome guy too, talked to him for 10-15 minutes after a show in Akron a couple years ago!

  • @djangolad
    @djangolad 7 лет назад +29

    To change strings on a Bigsby you need to use a capo to hold the strings in place as you change them...I figured that out after much frustration.

    • @marksc1929
      @marksc1929 7 лет назад +1

      djangolad ...agreed

    • @BadlyBentPub
      @BadlyBentPub 6 лет назад +5

      I'm buying my first Gretsch w/a Bigsby tomorrow (been a Fender guy my whole life) - thanks for the tip on changing strings - that will come in handy!

    • @cornstar1253
      @cornstar1253 5 лет назад +1

      Oh. Never thought of that. Thanks

    • @Mahdcat
      @Mahdcat 5 лет назад +2

      DUDE. I restrung my first Gretsch with a Bigsby last month. It took me over an hour. Thanks for the advice. Should have looked up how to do it first.

    • @nickp.2169
      @nickp.2169 4 года назад +2

      Late to the party but that is a great idea

  • @PapiSorrels
    @PapiSorrels 7 лет назад +16

    The REV just rocks more accident than most guitar players do on purpose! Love him!

  • @sinnertrain7405
    @sinnertrain7405 6 лет назад +10

    Jim Heath is one of my favorite guitarists. I love his modern take on rockabilly. Reverend Horton Heat ROCK!!!

  • @hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat
    @hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat Год назад +3

    One of our most under-rated guitarists. He can play anything.

  • @InfiniteRhombus
    @InfiniteRhombus 8 лет назад +14

    ive never had as much fun playing guitar as i do when i play galaxy 500

    • @benarauz1092
      @benarauz1092 6 лет назад +2

      favorite comment i have seen in a while

    • @nasosnevrantzas9644
      @nasosnevrantzas9644 5 лет назад +1

      any tab for that brother? would be much appreciated
      in greece i may be the only one who knows the rev so its kinda hard to find tab books on stores

  • @carlosyepez9069
    @carlosyepez9069 11 лет назад +6

    i love how it went from being a rig rundown to a full out guitar lesson...lol

  • @dunemetal67
    @dunemetal67 5 лет назад +3

    Saw the Rev at House of Blues Chicago in 95. That guy rocked the fuckin place. I'd never heard of him before that but been a fan since. Crazy he was using a 78 Ultralinear Super Reverb for all that time before the Gretsch amp.
    Jim is the real deal

  • @aidenchizinya3840
    @aidenchizinya3840 4 года назад +3

    To sum up the rig: Gretsch, delay, amp.

  • @marksc1929
    @marksc1929 3 года назад +1

    10 years ago...think he's back to Fender amps ...

  • @hitoneguitars
    @hitoneguitars 13 лет назад +6

    Having the Rev plugged in would have been nice. He's a hell of a player!

  • @tobiashoyden2644
    @tobiashoyden2644 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hands down, no bullsnit, my absolute favorite entertainer
    I nearly soiled myself meeting him

  • @elwoodblues9579
    @elwoodblues9579 9 лет назад +3

    Silverface Super Reverb was kicked up to 70 watts from 45 in 1977, I owned one once (78'). That's why they're so Boss!

  • @jfhudak
    @jfhudak 12 лет назад +6

    Use bow rosin on the underside of the bridge and it won't move at all. None of my Gretsch bridges move, and they are not pinned. The other thing you want to do is use 11's.

  • @mcatinfo3829
    @mcatinfo3829 11 лет назад +4

    Plug the guy in!

  • @Saltanic
    @Saltanic 8 лет назад +4

    Love the Rev, such an amazing player.

  • @terrylunabautista
    @terrylunabautista 5 лет назад +2

    Rev was clearly annoyed with the host

  • @Charismafire
    @Charismafire Год назад +1

    Galaxie 500 is one of my favorite songs.

  • @QuaidShun
    @QuaidShun Год назад +1

    rig rundown sounds like it could be a revernd song

  • @JInfinity7
    @JInfinity7 5 лет назад +1

    Fingerpick battle: Heath vs. Knopfler. Annnnd after seeing the 7:13 point....nevermind. Both are masters.

  • @GuySperry
    @GuySperry 14 лет назад +2

    Gretschy Gretschen McGretschowitz
    Loving that guitar.

  • @richgannonrocks
    @richgannonrocks 5 лет назад +1

    Let’s talk about his guitar and amp setup, and then let him play unplugged with the microphone a couple feet away lol

  • @juanc1328
    @juanc1328 5 лет назад +1

    Wish he had a signature series workingman’s model that didn’t cost a down payment on a house!

  • @cliffworks4321
    @cliffworks4321 9 лет назад +2

    7:00 ~ hold the damned mic near sound source!!

  • @Oakheart
    @Oakheart 10 лет назад +2

    Rev throws a shout to Split Lip! Sweet.

  • @taylor410ce
    @taylor410ce 14 лет назад +1

    Anything thats not metal sucks!.............just kidding i like this kind of music, and i have spent years trying to learn to play like these guys. i just wanted to be that one guy on youtube who hates on anything thats not metal.

    • @chadwickwright2833
      @chadwickwright2833 4 года назад

      Funny, he has a song called "death metal guys" where he talks shit about metalheads, you should listen, you might learn something.

  • @RemoteAbductionArm
    @RemoteAbductionArm 7 лет назад +1

    Has he done any instructional videos/courses/dvds? It seems like he likes to teach. I have weird hands with huge palms and moderately long fingers, so I've pretty much given up on trying to use my thumb, but he inspired me. It doesn't look like he has excepionally long fingers either.

  • @viperBSG
    @viperBSG Год назад

    You know what someone told me years ago when I was a youngin? That a good electric guitar sounds good even unplugged. should have a pleasing sound about it. I just bought my first Gretsch It sound wonderful unplugged. Now I'm hooked on all these Gretsch players Like Rev. Horton .

  • @muffinman4353
    @muffinman4353 Месяц назад

    Seen Jim so many times.... love the psychobilly freakout

  • @Babillonia
    @Babillonia 7 лет назад +1

    This Gretsch guitar is really something. So pretty in every prospect.

  • @stepitupandgo67
    @stepitupandgo67 2 года назад

    Well, it's taken me 3 years to admit it, but,...that didn't pan out..haha ....but he played and ripped it up...voodoo glow skulls opened...it was a great show

  • @davedoubleddykhuizen
    @davedoubleddykhuizen 11 лет назад +1

    Hey, I've got the same glasses as the Rev! Got some of the lickage, too...

  • @willtrible6612
    @willtrible6612 Год назад

    I meet him the late eighties or early nineties in deep elluim😮 then I didn't know who he was he was like this a good club and this one's not to great and oh In couple nights I'm playing it was it was awesome. I've seen 5 or six times since every times been great.most recently I seen him at the mesa theater in grand junction Colorado. It was a great show. Its weird. When he comes on stage you forget about the other bands that played .it's so cool thanks

  • @wesmitchem825
    @wesmitchem825 8 месяцев назад

    Holy crap I play a lot like the rev.i thought I was the only one who used his thumb to play the low strings I had to develop a new way to play after chopping off my finger tips on my ring and middle finger I can use them now but a lot more minimally I can't hold more than one string down at a time

  • @OldSkoolF
    @OldSkoolF 8 лет назад +2

    The Reverend for President!

  • @simonrobson5844
    @simonrobson5844 29 дней назад

    Brown ale on draft in the background. Gedin 👍🏿

  • @cesibley
    @cesibley 11 лет назад +1

    RHH has Sound Post vs. Trestle Bracing of the SS

  • @danielktdoranie
    @danielktdoranie Год назад

    Someone should tell the Rev about those replacement Bigsby shafts with the holes in them

  • @michaelbartholomew8155
    @michaelbartholomew8155 9 лет назад +2

    too cool!

  • @criticalfxck13
    @criticalfxck13 Год назад

    I also love how he looks like he could be Robert Patrick's brother

  • @randyc5650
    @randyc5650 7 лет назад +1

    Great unplugged sound.

  • @kbrown649
    @kbrown649 11 лет назад +1

    Right? I woulda loved to hear that Gretsch amp!

  • @juanrules
    @juanrules 14 лет назад +1

    premier guitar always has the best rig rundowns!

  • @gregorylynch3274
    @gregorylynch3274 3 года назад

    Newcastle brown ale? I’m watching from down the road from Newcastle upon Tyne England!! Small world.

  • @bradoozy
    @bradoozy 6 лет назад +1

    I love this guy

  • @unclefoiley819
    @unclefoiley819 3 года назад

    The last show I saw was Reverend Horton Heat. That was in February 2020. Just before this pesky pandemic hit.

  • @buddyollie180
    @buddyollie180 7 лет назад +1

    rig rundown and guitar lesson!

  • @TheDelboyoelmundo
    @TheDelboyoelmundo 12 лет назад +1

    NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE!!!!! NUKIE...

  • @MoeSlislack
    @MoeSlislack 6 лет назад +1

    I love the revered!

  • @cpnms5
    @cpnms5 4 года назад

    Ok, this is 9 years old but damn, that was way too short. I could have listened and studied for a few hours! That was great

  • @bldallas
    @bldallas 3 года назад

    Takes me back to the laste 80s, when we used to frequently see RHH in Deep Ellum, Dallas. Good times. On a side note, I wish like hell my thumb would bend like that.

  • @oldercloudify
    @oldercloudify Месяц назад

    Seems like such a cool dude.

  • @ibuprofen303
    @ibuprofen303 7 лет назад +1

    Beautiful guitar

  • @stepitupandgo67
    @stepitupandgo67 5 лет назад

    seeing him in feb...hopefully playing with him!!....lots of wisdom from this vid, ty

  • @Rushscored4
    @Rushscored4 6 лет назад

    Anyone who disliked this video must not be able to play the solo in Galaxie 500 😀

  • @MrSneaksful
    @MrSneaksful 2 года назад

    $3,500-4,000.00

  • @rob550
    @rob550 2 года назад

    I'm 12 years late to this video, but that walking bass thing he did with his thumb over the neck at 08:40 is great and i'm gonna try it later.

  • @papahjoshscene4234
    @papahjoshscene4234 2 года назад

    Bigsby bridge type/series ?

  • @Jackdesj
    @Jackdesj 11 лет назад +4

    I wish this was about an hour longer...that man can pick!

  • @shawnawesome7770
    @shawnawesome7770 3 года назад

    I swear you can go to any city in the US and find a flyer for a Reverend horton heat show

  • @schlagdog
    @schlagdog 14 лет назад

    Nice. Whatever new camera you are using looks fantastic.

  • @richardc2803
    @richardc2803 5 лет назад

    In some videos I see he uses a couple of pedals.. one looks like a volume pedal..are there others?

  • @spider62able
    @spider62able 13 лет назад

    I luv the Revs Signature Gretsch! Great player and great no frills setup!

  • @codyhamar5593
    @codyhamar5593 3 года назад

    G

  • @dd8194
    @dd8194 11 лет назад

    What the hell @ 7:47! Sounds like a effin' accordion! I gotta lift that.

  • @J-L79
    @J-L79 5 лет назад

    Damn I'de be happy to be able to play like that on that type of gear

  • @t4texastom587
    @t4texastom587 2 года назад

    Jim Heath, OR
    Brian Setzer?

    • @muffinman4353
      @muffinman4353 Месяц назад +1

      Stetzer's garbage.... Jim's the real deal.

  • @LeeChavezMusic
    @LeeChavezMusic 13 лет назад

    That's what she said at 3:05

  • @DetroitDogTrainer
    @DetroitDogTrainer 11 лет назад

    What a cool guy & gorgeous guitar. Thanks!!!

  • @Brett8527
    @Brett8527 12 лет назад

    1:45 hght....hg....hot pickups

  • @TheAlexkru
    @TheAlexkru 14 лет назад

    is rig is simpler than mine

  • @robertscoggin
    @robertscoggin 6 лет назад

    SUPER reverb

  • @TheScr4tchy
    @TheScr4tchy 11 лет назад

    Work ethics are cool

  • @MsHjennings
    @MsHjennings 13 лет назад

    Oh! I love him!

  • @RowenCx4
    @RowenCx4 14 лет назад

    real cool man.

  • @xDooksx
    @xDooksx 11 лет назад

    It's all in the thumb

  • @tommy1gtr
    @tommy1gtr 14 лет назад

    what band is he mentioning in 9:24?? i could not make out what he said!

  • @crashstitches79
    @crashstitches79 5 лет назад +2

    *TEXAS MUSIC ALL DAY*

  • @gmsdrmr
    @gmsdrmr 7 лет назад +2

    I'm a drummer, but Jim is my guitar God. LOVE this guy.

  • @hey_buddy_waz_up
    @hey_buddy_waz_up 5 лет назад

    Boy he got old

  • @oimate4201
    @oimate4201 7 лет назад +1

    Sweet guitar. My favorite so far. That Fillmore show was fun. Good times

  • @daytimerocker3808
    @daytimerocker3808 10 лет назад

    8:25 - is that a song? if so whats the name?

  • @xeroxsuesforcopy
    @xeroxsuesforcopy 10 лет назад +1

    Show Pony!

  • @notdreadyet33
    @notdreadyet33 6 лет назад

    Been seeing him live for 25 years. He's up there with Fishbone for incredible music and showmanship live.

  • @rch6650
    @rch6650 5 лет назад

    What a terrible interviewer. I would have done MUCH better.

  • @crestonhorton6970
    @crestonhorton6970 7 лет назад

    A friend of mine gave me a cd of Horton Heat I gave it a play and I must say I like the way it burnt in the fireplace better.

  • @AdolfFauci
    @AdolfFauci 5 лет назад

    I was a huge fan of his back in the 90's and then talked to him a couple times at Reverend Organ Drum shows at the All Good Cafe in Deep Ellum back in the early 2000's and he was kind of a wierd guy. Wasn't impressed with him but Tim and Todd were super cool. That's kind of how it goes with guys you look up to. Always a let down.

    • @muffinman4353
      @muffinman4353 Месяц назад

      Other folks had said the same thing about him, after meeting him.... disappointing.

  • @JerkyTreat
    @JerkyTreat 14 лет назад

    The Rev is coo. Way coo.