Status Quo - Down Down - Guitar Lessons
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2019
- How to play Down Down by Status Quo. #DownDown #StatusQuo #StatusQuoguitarlesson
Note the tuning for this song is Open G tuning with a capo on the 4th fret
D 1
B 2
G 3
D 4
G 5
G 6
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The guitar intro is played on a clean guitar and was preformed by Francis Rossi.
Rossi's guitar of choice is the Fender Telecaster, and he has used several over the years including his trademark green 1957 (actually a 1966 'no striped' maple neck Telecaster) model with a maple fretboard, which he purchased in 1968 for £70. It was originally sunburst, but was painted green in 1970. Through the years several parts had been replaced with G&L parts, and a third pickup had been installed in a configuration much like a Stratocaster. He also owns two other green Fender Telecasters that are both brighter in colour and feature rosewood fretboards. One is used for the song "Down Down" and the other for "Whatever You Want". Like his main guitar they are both in a three-pickup configuration.
In December 2014, Rossi was said to be "heartbroken" when his green 1957 Telecaster, after 46 years of use, finally became worn beyond use - the wood having become too soft to be able to properly tune the instrument.
For amplification Rossi uses Marshall JCM800 or JCM900 Lead series amplifiers with 4x12 cabinets and a Roland GP8 to boost his signal. The sound from his Marshall rig is blended with Vox AC30 amplifiers that are kept behind his Marshall setup. He also uses software like Amplitube in the studio.
Written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young and produced by Status Quo, "Down Down" was Status Quo's only number one single on the UK Singles Chart. The single spent a week at the top of the chart in January 1975.
It was released on 29 November 1974 on the Vertigo label, paired with the B-side song "Nightride". Both songs came from the album On the Level, which had yet to be released. The album version lasts 5 minutes and 24 seconds, whilst the single version is 3 minutes and 49 seconds.
When the album was released in February 1975, the group were more or less at the peak of their career, record sales-wise. The album entered the chart at #1. All tracks were written or co-written by the group and long-term collaborator Bob Young, apart from "Bye Bye Johnny", which was a Chuck Berry composition.
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excellent presentation you get it across so well and make it so simple you have inspired me to have a go well done sir
Hi David, great to hear from you. You must let me know how you get on with the song.
One of my favorite Status Quo songs.
Hope i did it justice.
I have alway thought these songs were beyond my abilities and I have been playing guitar for years. You have unlocked so much for me with this. My fingers are sore I have enjoyed playing this so much! Thank you!!!
Hi Liam, I am happy that you found the lesson useful and helped you work through the song. Do checkout my other Quo lessons. My apologies to your fingers in advance!
love Quo Geoff their stuff is harder to learn properly than folk think.
Francis Rossi said recently "some folks think what we do is easy, well, come on down & let me see YOU do it"!
I saw quo live in a small venue in 2002 , wasn’t advertised and it was the best gig I’ve ever been too , I was most impressed with parfait rythym
Brilliant!, lovin this!, cheers!.i'm a 60+ rockrer, lov'd this for decades!, alays wanted to learn this!.
Glad you enjoyed it, let me know how you get on!
@@GuitarMates will do
cheers
thank you for your very good lesson ! I was fan longtime ago when i heard in 1974 at the radio this song ;--)) I saw Status quo at Palais des Sports in 1975 ( i was little kid) . Great moment. But i was too lazy for learn seriousely... Now after many years, i know play this riffs! Thanks to you !!
Hi Pascal, Great that you was inspired by the lesson and can now enjoy playing this classic song. Thanks for the comments.
Saw the quo again in Cardiff last night 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻And I just ordered a capo
I am sure you had a great night, have fun when your capo arrives.
Brilliant lesson, thanks for sharing your skill 👍
Great lesson... Well taught... Saved me hours of work... Cheers Geoff
Glad it helped
You are very good at teaching and certainly at playing. Well done !
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks Jeff that's really made my day I was thinking of getting a electric guitar and now you might if made my dreams come true - if I get good I thinking of joining a Rock Band that plays Status Quo Songs thanks ever so much I wish you lived local I'd come to you to teach me in person but I very much doubt your local where I live
Hi Power Ranger, Glad you enjoyed the lessons and they encouraged you to pick up the guitar. I probably am not local to you but I do offer guitar lessons via Skype if this might be of interest to you. please let me know my email is gsinker@gmail.com
Thanks Jeff, drove me nuts trying to work out what the hell was happening.Thanks to you played the riff straight away. Cheers.
Great video, thanks for sharing🤙🏻
great lesson Jeff super thorough
Brilliant stuff Jeff, thank you for putting this up mate.. and subscribed as with the bell 🔔 😂
Thanks for the sub! do checkout the other SQ lessons I have done.
👍 great. More quo
Thnks man! I don’t love the sound of the guitar/amp but great lesson
Its not an easy tone to get, glad you enjoyed the lesson. That is what i focus on the most.
Just found you, great lesson
I love your teaching style
Subscribed and Bell.
Thanks and welcome
0:38 Who is Standus Quo? :O Sorry I couldn't resist! Great tutorial! :D
Great tutorial
Thanks Geoff this video changed my llife! Always wanted to learn this and played my plastic toy guitar to it at the age of 5 lol!
Your more than welcome Dale. Please also consider subscribing if you haven't already done so.
Done thank you
Yeah! Thank you!
Your welcome
Your brilliant mate
I love your shirt! 🎸🤘🏽
thanks master !!!
You are welcome!
Terrific instruction
Hi Dai, thanks for that glad you enjoyed the lesson
Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Hope you are enjoying learn to play the song.
Thank you for a great lesson. I wish there was more Quo lessons out there. Can you teach Backwater by Status quo.
Hi Jimmy I will do some more Quo in the future and I will add Backwater to the list. Glad you enjoyed the lesson.
Bt the way enjoyed your video
Thanks Jeff I love Quo music especially their live albums, Jeff is there any chance of giving a lesson on Whitesnake Come On ?
I always wondered how Parfitt and Rossi managed those long stretches on the first fret - I never knew they used a capo (even seen them live and it didn't click)
Years when I played rhythm, on Quo stuff I had very painful wrists by the end of it and wondered how Rick did it so easy I thought he must have had his guitar tuned to a cord.
Hi Vic, tell me about it! Mind you it did help me learning to stretch across large intervals on the fret-board. I didn't realize he used a capo for years. No youtube in those days.
this really is great ive been trying to do the finger stretch for weeks . could you show the finger position in diagram form to make it even eaasier ? i think ive going to watch this 100 times before ive sorted the finger possitions out. brilliant though please do all the QUO songs brilliant.
Hi Kenneth, glad you having fun learning the song. Rest assured there is more Quo to come in the very near fuuture.
Nice one matey and also showing us how to play this great song ...wish you had shown us how to play the intro to Mystery Song as well Geoff ..and subscribed
Already done this song ua-cam.com/video/QC8MbwVYiTA/v-deo.html glad your liking the Quo lessons and thanks for the sub.
@@GuitarMates actually intro is a slow piece similar to the Quo song "Whatever You Want" cheers mate
@@elgonm289 No Elgon I know the bit you mean, sorry I didn't cover that part.
@@GuitarMates all good nevertheless matey, loving your channel either way ..keep it up for bedroom Rock Stars like me lol 😆
@@elgonm289 Your more than welcome, thanks for the support
Hey Geoff! a lesson in : siouxsie and the banshees- candyman...so, if its your taste aswell...i would very appreciate it :-)
Fantastic lesson...but can you do a lesson from The Song again and again? Theres no Lesson from this Song in net aviable.....thanks for.....
Regards Joe
Great suggestion, I'll check it out!
Thank you Jeff, the intro riff sounds very familiaire and Down down was the song that i wanten to play electric guitar , i had a that time a acoustic guitar only. And nowi know the tuning of Francis Rossi !,... Does Rick Parfitt has the same guutar tuning as Rossi?, Jeff?
Good question , I didn’t see parfitt use a capo , I was 1 metre away from him
No, Rick played in standard tuning without capo on Down Down.ua-cam.com/video/RE7HxwVnbq8/v-deo.html
Hi there that was great,I'm just starting at 52 I have a telecaster stile guitar and a vox vx1.
Can I ask what would be the best amp set up to get Rick Parfitt's sound.Thanks Make.
More quo please
Mark s , if you really want to go for Rick‘s sound, you need to combine a Marshall JCM 800 and a Vox AC 30. As this might bust some peoples budget, I recommend the Blackstar Core ID series. They are not that expensive but give you a good simulation of both amps.
Hey Mark.im 52 also and just started out a few months ago.
I'm a leftie so watching videos in right hand is a bit strange lol.
Anyway with regards to sound reproduction my partner bought me a zoom x1on effects pedal.
Its a cracking little thing and with 100 effects and loads of amp models you can pretty much make it sound authentic.
Well worth the £60 or dollar equivalent.
Hope this helps.have fun .
good video, mate, but is the low string not tuned to D - rather than G?
That's how I've played it for years with the low D.
just to annoy some fans, Francis didn't record this on a tele, he recorded it on a strat, but he didn't use any chorus as far as i know
It was the Lancasters Bass-overlaps and Coghlans drumming who made this song no 1 in UK, (the intro is completely irrelevant and 100+% sure Rossi/Parfitt made that up afterwards.-)
I kinda need the outro
To be honest I didn't do the outro solo as Rossie always seems to improv when he plays that. He always play the main solo ruffly the same so this is one one i covered.
Have somebody taps from this lesson pls
Hi Roman, sorry I didnt get a chance to do the tabs for this track as it was a spare of the moment lesson. However here is a link to UG that might help you. tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/status_quo/down_down_power_1712031
Do I need new strings to tune to this or can I use the same that are already on it
Use the same strings would be fine. Better if you have 10 gauge for tuning down but I have used 9 gauge and its ok. I tune up and down regular with the same set of strings when I am teaching.
Shouldn't the bottom E be a D as well?
I thought that, too. However, that said, this lesson is about the best ever!!!!
@@christurton9484 Totally agree!
E string (bottom) goes to D, not G for open G tuning.
you are right but Quo tunes with two G's on the bottomE and A
You need teles!!!
I know I keep telling the Wife that!!!!
Why do you find it hard to strecth!!! it is easy
Just a quick question, are you saying this is easy standing up or sitting down? Glad you enjoyed the lesson.
Please leave the incorrect pronunciation of capo to the Americans'
👍 great. More quo
Yeah, more Quo!!