I'm sure the research was hard. His life & career was so short and virtually everyone connected with him are gone now and unable to share their memories.
Amigos, Mr. Valenzuela's "Ooh my head" - to soothe your jangled nerves - in the Go Johnny Go movie also earned a song-writing credit on Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti.
The 6120 Richie has, is not the same guitar as Cochrans. Eddie's has a clear Streamliner pickguard and Gibson P90 at the neck. Richie's is a stock 55 6120 .
@@richieluckenbill1590 So the myth goes. But, The stock pickguard for the 55 6120 and the pickguard on Cochrans guitar are completely different dimensions. However, his pickguard matches perfectly to a vintage Streamliner guard. You can also tell by the screw hole for the side bracket. On the original stock guards, the screw hole is found to the right of the H on the Gretsch logo and on Cochrans, it's above the H. Again, same as the vintage Streamliner guards. Also the old guards are thick and the Chet Atkins signpost logo is etched in quite deep. Sandpaper would not have removed it without making the centre of the guard incredibly thin.
According to Dion Dimucci, who was on the Winter Dance tour, they were all so impressed with Buddy Holly and his Fender, they all went out and got one too, but I don't think he actually said who all of "they" were, so Richie Valens might have already had one. The pic of Valens playing drums is a pretty good indicator of how much of a shambles that tour was. Almost everyone was sick with the flu and with so many people down ill, those still standing had to fill in for missing musicians for the other acts. Dimucci made special mention of Valens playing drums for Holly and I think he also said that he and members of the Belmonts did the same, when and where they could. Despite that, when you consider how young they all were back then, ( of the 3 headliners, Holly was the oldest at just 22 ) the tour must have seemed like a huge adventure at first, all blissfully unaware of the tragedy waiting just around the corner.
In that documentary Dion said that even Holly played drums for him at one venue! The Beltones drummer got frostbite on his toes....that tour was just evil.
The guitar that resembles the Epiphone in the La Bamba biopic is a Harmony. It's headstock and fingerboard look more worn than the body so it's possible they refinished it to look like pictures of the Epiphone, not knowing what the real guitar was.
Only just found this, Ramon! So much for my UA-cam notifications LOL. You know how much I love Ritchie V. Thoroughly enjoyed your highly informative chat; I've often wondered which guitar created these iconic sounds. ¡Gracias mi hermanito! X
After Carl Bunch was taken to hospital due to frostbite, Ritchie and Buddy played drums for the acts. The photo of Ritchie on drums is him, most likely, playing with Buddy as the photo also includes Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings.
You can tell from the pics that Ritchie really cherishes his guitars and made full use them on stage and in studios, I think he was a natural guitarist.
Nice video! I’ve always wondered about Ritchie’s gear. I have a 60’s Harmony 6868 Blonde Archtop that I always feel looks like the Epiphone Ritz you mentioned. That Ritz is gorgeous!
Listening to “Fast Freight”, it does sound as though Ritchie is playing that Stratocaster. I would’ve been the most sure if it sounded like he was using the middle pick up, which would not sound the same as the middle position on his arch top guitars.
Great video and really interesting seeing the guitars he used the gretsch 6120 I would say it was borrowed from else where while it's the same model as Eddie Cochran's Eddie altered his early on by replacing the neck pick up with a P90 and his he scratched off the colouring on the pick guard to take chet atkins name off. But a great video and thank you for putting it together Ritchie made a big impact at such a young age.
Very informative video. I was looking to find out what guitar he played for the bridge solo in Come On, Let's Go. You say it was a Harmony Stratotone. So okay. Now I know. Thank you very much.
The guitar Ritchie is playing on Fast Freight is the Gibson. When not playing live or recording, Ritchie played acoustic. The Fender Stratocaster was a guitar he received before the tour and most likely pushed by Buddy Holly. There's nothing but Fender in those photos of the last tour including Dion (look close} Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens. All the amps are Fenders. Ritchie used tremolo and used it well but never used a whammy bar.
Interesting vid Ramon. What's your take on the stratotone? I think they look cool and would really like to get my hands on one but they are hard to come by and not cheap anymore!
You most likely won't see this but if you do, you should be more specific, yes he is from the San fernando Valley but there are other cities there, he specifically is from Pacoima
Hey Ramon, just a quick question (slightly off topic) maybe you could answer, which Les Paul is Eric Clapton using in the video for I Feel Free? Is that the guitar he recorded Fresh Cream with? Or is it the Beano Burst? Anything would help thanks :)
if you look at eddies guitar and richies guitar they are clearly not the same. richies guitar still has the diarmond pickup in the neck position whereas eddie had replaced that pickup on his with a P90
Ritchie is the reason I got my first electric guitar.
so cool Aaron!
Mine Too 🧸
No mine was Angus Young from AC/DC
Mine was buddy and Richie I’m 13 btw and I love their music
Same my man, same.
Wow! I never thought you would do a video on Ritchie! Thank you!
Pleasure Criss - it was actually one of the harder ones as there's not much info around!
I'm sure the research was hard. His life & career was so short and virtually everyone connected with him are gone now and unable to share their memories.
This is amazing, this has to be the only video on Ritchie’s guitars ever
Thanks
It’s been a honor to had work for American Fender Corona ca and Fender Ontario and San Bernardino
Any mention of Fast Freight deserves several thumbs up.
Thanks Tony glad to be liking the same songs as you!
Maybe here before,,,
We had the 'double a side' Del Fi single when i was a kid.
Great work !
cool Glen! thanks very much!
Amigos, Mr. Valenzuela's "Ooh my head" - to soothe your jangled nerves - in the Go Johnny Go movie also earned a song-writing credit on Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti.
Led Zeppelin wrote little of their own music
I agree mi amigo!
@Black metal fan You the man!
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Just listened to Fast Freight. What an amazing guitarist Richie is! That is for sure a Strat, bridge pickup treble all the way up! 😊
I know its crazy good! I agree with you!
That ES 225 is gorgeous. I'd love to have one
Yes, not often talked about but lovely guitars!
The 6120 Richie has, is not the same guitar as Cochrans. Eddie's has a clear Streamliner pickguard and Gibson P90 at the neck. Richie's is a stock 55 6120 .
Thanks for the info!
I was thinking tyat
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Not a Streamliner pickguard, Eddie just sanded the gold off of until it was more transparent.
@@richieluckenbill1590
So the myth goes.
But,
The stock pickguard for the 55 6120 and the pickguard on Cochrans guitar are completely different dimensions. However, his pickguard matches perfectly to a vintage Streamliner guard.
You can also tell by the screw hole for the side bracket. On the original stock guards, the screw hole is found to the right of the H on the Gretsch logo and on Cochrans, it's above the H. Again, same as the vintage Streamliner guards.
Also the old guards are thick and the Chet Atkins signpost logo is etched in quite deep. Sandpaper would not have removed it without making the centre of the guard incredibly thin.
According to Dion Dimucci, who was on the Winter Dance tour, they were all so impressed with Buddy Holly and his Fender, they all went out and got one too, but I don't think he actually said who all of "they" were, so Richie Valens might have already had one. The pic of Valens playing drums is a pretty good indicator of how much of a shambles that tour was. Almost everyone was sick with the flu and with so many people down ill, those still standing had to fill in for missing musicians for the other acts. Dimucci made special mention of Valens playing drums for Holly and I think he also said that he and members of the Belmonts did the same, when and where they could. Despite that, when you consider how young they all were back then, ( of the 3 headliners, Holly was the oldest at just 22 ) the tour must have seemed like a huge adventure at first, all blissfully unaware of the tragedy waiting just around the corner.
Amazing comment thanks!!
In that documentary Dion said that even Holly played drums for him at one venue! The Beltones drummer got frostbite on his toes....that tour was just evil.
I would treat anything Dion says with caution.
GREAT VIDEO, GREAT ARTIST, GREAT ERA, GREAT MUSIC, R.I.P. RITCHIE, BUDDY, JP & ROGER ( PILOT ).
The guitar that resembles the Epiphone in the La Bamba biopic is a Harmony. It's headstock and fingerboard look more worn than the body so it's possible they refinished it to look like pictures of the Epiphone, not knowing what the real guitar was.
Thanks for this
I agree took me ages to figure out that it was an epiphone
Thanks good research and delivery. . That you mentioned Carol Kay and The Wrecking Crew means a lot. She is so important to Rock and Roll.
Pleasure and yes, CK is so cool!
Only just found this, Ramon! So much for my UA-cam notifications LOL. You know how much I love Ritchie V. Thoroughly enjoyed your highly informative chat; I've often wondered which guitar created these iconic sounds. ¡Gracias mi hermanito! X
Really glad you liked this one Kaz
After Carl Bunch was taken to hospital due to frostbite, Ritchie and Buddy played drums for the acts. The photo of Ritchie on drums is him, most likely, playing with Buddy as the photo also includes Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings.
You can tell from the pics that Ritchie really cherishes his guitars and made full use them on stage and in studios, I think he was a natural guitarist.
Yes I agree. He loved his guitars!
Nice video!
I’ve always wondered about Ritchie’s gear. I have a 60’s Harmony 6868 Blonde Archtop that I always feel looks like the Epiphone Ritz you mentioned. That Ritz is gorgeous!
Listening to “Fast Freight”, it does sound as though Ritchie is playing that Stratocaster. I would’ve been the most sure if it sounded like he was using the middle pick up, which would not sound the same as the middle position on his arch top guitars.
I'm in total agreement with you
Great video and really interesting seeing the guitars he used the gretsch 6120 I would say it was borrowed from else where while it's the same model as Eddie Cochran's Eddie altered his early on by replacing the neck pick up with a P90 and his he scratched off the colouring on the pick guard to take chet atkins name off. But a great video and thank you for putting it together Ritchie made a big impact at such a young age.
Thanks for the comment Daniel
Very interesting!! Thank you, And thank you for your hard work with all videos, I’m very grateful....♥️♥️
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Very informative video. I was looking to find out what guitar he played for the bridge solo in Come On, Let's Go. You say it was a Harmony Stratotone. So okay. Now I know. Thank you very much.
Really love this series great work!
Pleasure Daniel
Great stuff Ramon man. Love it. Stay safe. Carol was also boss as you know. What a gal. Your research is astounding Ramon. Thanks lad.
Thanks bro means a lot!
these are great videos , Ramon - would Link Wray be a suggestion for one of these ? Anyway , cheers - keep up the good work
Thanks for the great suggestion!
Well done!
thanks Jim
Amazing tidbit about Carol Kaye, also can't imagine recording with a guitar with no truss rod.
Nice research and well done video. Glad i subbed
Many thanks indeed
@@TheGuitarShow that livestream you did on Sunday was great. Thanks on behalf of us in america bro.
@@yucatansuckaman5726 pleasure
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Interesting stuff . I had never heard Fast Freight before , what an amazing record ! Probably a Strat imo.
Yes I agree with you!
👍 Have a great week ahead Ramon .
@@shaunw9270 you too bro
The guitar Ritchie is playing on Fast Freight is the Gibson. When not playing live or recording, Ritchie played acoustic. The Fender Stratocaster was a guitar he received before the tour and most likely pushed by Buddy Holly. There's nothing but Fender in those photos of the last tour including Dion (look close} Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens. All the amps are Fenders. Ritchie used tremolo and used it well but never used a whammy bar.
Thanks for this info Paul
I could be wrong but I remember Bob Keane commenting on that.
He is playing drums for Buddy Holly. You don't see Holly there but you see Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings who were his backup players.
Thanks for the comment
The Guitar Show Welcome. Thanks for the great videos. I love your guitar collection.
Nicely done !!! I thought it was a Strat for the Donna DelFi single but the movie showed Lou with that little Harmony.
The tone on La Bamba imo is the Harmony however Fast Freight sounds like a strat - cheers!
@@TheGuitarShow Thanks for the reply. I had the Double A Side as a little kid but never heard Fast Freight. On my way !!
@@vmat1000 You're gonna love it!
@@TheGuitarShow I did !! Thanks for the rec !!
@@vmat1000 pleasure
The white acoustic with F Holes from La Bamba is a Harmony Archtone.
As always perfect and yesterday’s episode was super good too 👍👍👍
Thanks bro - lets meet week after next!
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@@elvis_cehany8887 great looking forward to it!
Woow. One of my first inspiration 😲
Out of the park once again..
Thanks Stevie!
impressive
Thanks 🙏
When there’s no likes, no views, and no comments
Nice, all balanced
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Great video! Thx. Any idea which recordings did Ritchie actually play the H-44 on?
Also what green was it? More a racing green?
Harmony made guitars without truss rods until the mid 1960s I own a mid 60s Harmony Rocket that just has a steel reinforced neck
very nice - yes a very valid design imo. Thanks
Wooooow I always wanted to know what he had. He was a big inspiration for me.
Interesting vid Ramon. What's your take on the stratotone? I think they look cool and would really like to get my hands on one but they are hard to come by and not cheap anymore!
Yes Im the same as you - I want one - but alas they are not so cheap. I think for that 50s vibe and strumming they are unbeatable. Thanks Jimi
Nice Video🔊👍👍
Pleasure
You most likely won't see this but if you do, you should be more specific, yes he is from the San fernando Valley but there are other cities there, he specifically is from Pacoima
Thanks, check out the interview I did with his biographer he talks about the Valens family whom he knows well.
Hey Ramon, just a quick question (slightly off topic) maybe you could answer, which Les Paul is Eric Clapton using in the video for I Feel Free? Is that the guitar he recorded Fresh Cream with? Or is it the Beano Burst? Anything would help thanks :)
It's the Fresh Cream guitar he bought it off Andy Summers (The Police)
The Guitar Show ok that makes more sense thanks!
Nice one !!
Pleasure
King Ritchie
Is there a name to his intro song clip?
cool video
Thanks Nic
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Thanks for watching Shawn
5:40 looks like he owned
a 59 bassman
Good point
if you look at eddies guitar and richies guitar they are clearly not the same. richies guitar still has the diarmond pickup in the neck position whereas eddie had replaced that pickup on his with a P90
Please do Buddy Holly
Okay I will
Awesome!
Ritchie and Eddie's guitars had different pickguards. Same guitar different pickguards
Thanks for picking that up Robert
And different neck pickup. Eddie modified his almost as soon as he got it in 1955.
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Didn't even know he had a nice set of axes.
He had quite a collection! Thanks
@@TheGuitarShow can you please do a carlos santana, and/or eric clapton guitar vid?
@@truthfulrobot9295 sure! Ive done 3 Eric videos already but I theres always room for one more!
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Can you do buddy holly
I think Fast Freight is certainly played using a Stratocaster.
Sounds like a fender Stratocaster useing a copo and other guitars 🎸
Sound guitar bass we belong together?
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guy was flashy
do any of the Metallica guys deserve a video? 😂
There is a video coming up featuring Metallica - watch this space!