Hi Paul, yes it's an early 60's Futurama II. Sold in the UK by Selmer. They were produced by the Dreokov company in Blatna, South Bohemia using the Trade Name Resonet, under the direction of a Mr Ruzicka. Selmer gave them the name of "Futurama Solid Guitar". George Harrison did play a Futurama in his early days but not this model. There is the famous picture of Ziggy Stardust playing a similar guitar but this time branded as a Kent. This video shows both my Futurama's playing together - the other is a matching Bass. ua-cam.com/video/b7WkiMGqCTA/v-deo.html Cheers N&J🎸
He plays it much the way I used to play it, which is refreshing. I guess I didn’t have it quite right, but it was very easy to play. For one thing, I didn’t bother with C#min or C+. And, like this guy, I didn’t use George’s voicing on the solo. Let’s see, I think I played F#min/B/E/A/F#min/B/D/B7. I know that’s not what the books say, but at the time I hadn’t seen them. I was playing by ear, along w the record. Sounded okay, but of course it lacked subtlety. Funny thing about this song is that it’s in E but it starts in F#min. Once I sat in with a band in a club and played and sang it. The band asked what key it was in and, not knowing better, I said F#. Mumble, mumble, from the band, but they kept up pretty well. But it’s in E. Harrison returns to the tonic note in the solo. Anyway, that was at a bar near a beach. And as long as I’m rambling, I’ll tell about another time I played this. It was at a ski resort and I used a completely different key. I hadn’t played with the record yet, I just thought to myself, How would I play this? So I didn’t play it so great. But the audience was quite drunk, so it didn’t matter. I encourage everyone to get out and play before an audience. I was in a band at age 12. Playing live before an audience is great even if you make a mistake. At Monterrey Pop, Jimi Hendrix forgot a verse of Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone and nobody noticed, except maybe Noel Redding. Jimi says quietly, I know, missed a verse, don’t worry about it. And recently I saw a video of Johnny Winter playing Johnny Be Good. He sang the last verse second and the second verse last. Judging from the comments, I was the only one who noticed. So Here’s my advice: Get out and play in front of people. Don’t worry about being perfect. Just do your best.You have limited time. I can no longer play thanks to arthritis, for example. Sorry for digressing. I enjoyed the lesson. Have a good life everybody.
Nick and Jane: I failed to mention that for the chorus I used F#min/A/E. If not for the arthritis I’d try C#min/C+/E. That sounded good. One thing I particularly liked was that you used mostly barre chords. Some of the other videos I found hard to follow. For example, for a C-shaped chord, I never used that D shape w pinky on the 4th string. The Beatles seemed to like it though. But I just used the barre wherever possible. It just seems easier to me.
See www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NLEI... for the “All My Loving” chords and lyrics backing track to play along with.
This is a great lesson to get a real Beatles sound so glad you posted this .
Thanks James, glad you enjoyed it, plently more Beatles lessons on the channel. Enjoy N&J🎸
Not only are you a wonderful teacher but seem to be a true gentleman. Thanks
Wow thanks Mark. Take care N&J🎸
Thats a beautiful guitar you got there ,thanks for the lesson
Thanks, appreciate the feedback😊Checkout ua-cam.com/video/b7WkiMGqCTA/v-deo.html for my matching bass. Cheers N&J🎸
Thanks Mark, we appreciate the feedback N&J ; )
Thanks!! Please more the Beatles :)
Hi Vanza - more Beatles planned...watch this space ; )
Thank you
Vielen Dank 👍
Danke für die Rückmeldung. Prost N&J🎸
Is that a Futurama or that Czech guitar like George played in the early days? Good lesson. Greetings from Eastern Kentucky!
Hi Paul, yes it's an early 60's Futurama II. Sold in the UK by Selmer. They were produced by the Dreokov company in Blatna, South Bohemia using the Trade Name Resonet, under the direction of a Mr Ruzicka. Selmer gave them the name of "Futurama Solid Guitar". George Harrison did play a Futurama in his early days but not this model. There is the famous picture of Ziggy Stardust playing a similar guitar but this time branded as a Kent. This video shows both my Futurama's playing together - the other is a matching Bass. ua-cam.com/video/b7WkiMGqCTA/v-deo.html Cheers N&J🎸
Thanks so much for your reply. Love that background info.
He plays it much the way I used to play it, which is refreshing. I guess I didn’t have it quite right, but it was very easy to play. For one thing, I didn’t bother with C#min or C+. And, like this guy, I didn’t use George’s voicing on the solo. Let’s see, I think I played F#min/B/E/A/F#min/B/D/B7. I know that’s not what the books say, but at the time I hadn’t seen them. I was playing by ear, along w the record. Sounded okay, but of course it lacked subtlety. Funny thing about this song is that it’s in E but it starts in F#min. Once I sat in with a band in a club and played and sang it. The band asked what key it was in and, not knowing better, I said F#. Mumble, mumble, from the band, but they kept up pretty well. But it’s in E. Harrison returns to the tonic note in the solo. Anyway, that was at a bar near a beach. And as long as I’m rambling, I’ll tell about another time I played this. It was at a ski resort and I used a completely different key. I hadn’t played with the record yet, I just thought to myself, How would I play this? So I didn’t play it so great. But the audience was quite drunk, so it didn’t matter. I encourage everyone to get out and play before an audience. I was in a band at age 12. Playing live before an audience is great even if you make a mistake. At Monterrey Pop, Jimi Hendrix forgot a verse of Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone and nobody noticed, except maybe Noel Redding. Jimi says quietly, I know, missed a verse, don’t worry about it. And recently I saw a video of Johnny Winter playing Johnny Be Good. He sang the last verse second and the second verse last. Judging from the comments, I was the only one who noticed. So Here’s my advice: Get out and play in front of people. Don’t worry about being perfect. Just do your best.You have limited time. I can no longer play thanks to arthritis, for example. Sorry for digressing. I enjoyed the lesson. Have a good life everybody.
Hi Bill thanks for sharing, glad you enjoyed it. Take care N&J : )
Nick and Jane: I failed to mention that for the chorus I used F#min/A/E. If not for the arthritis I’d try C#min/C+/E. That sounded good. One thing I particularly liked was that you used mostly barre chords. Some of the other videos I found hard to follow. For example, for a C-shaped chord, I never used that D shape w pinky on the 4th string. The Beatles seemed to like it though. But I just used the barre wherever possible. It just seems easier to me.