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  • Billy Zoom discusses the new G6129BZT Billy Zoom Tribute Silver Jet guitar.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 64

  • @felipeth1
    @felipeth1 11 років тому +30

    Billy Zoom a legend as musician, punk rocker and guitar player. One of my personal favorite guitarist of all time.

  • @EraseAllMemory
    @EraseAllMemory 14 років тому +7

    Probably my favorite guitarist of all time! It's about time he was given this honor. A very cool guitar for a great guy! Congrats, Billy!

  • @rogerbranton1752
    @rogerbranton1752 3 роки тому +8

    X is great....always loved Billy's playing - but I especially always loved that Silver Jet! Nice going, Gretsch for doing right by Billy!

  • @billyzoom5957
    @billyzoom5957 11 років тому +18

    I never got a Gretsch from Sol Betnun. My original came from the guitar player in
    the Bags, for a lot less than $250.00. It was in two pieces at the time. My second Silver Jet came from a shop in Santa Barbara, and the third I got from Image guitars on Sunset.
    People like to make up stories about me.

  • @mickeybollocks1041
    @mickeybollocks1041 2 роки тому +2

    So soft spoken. Gotta respect this gentle man.

  • @tadsomato1940
    @tadsomato1940 7 років тому +16

    Billy Zoom, damn. Great guitarist and guitar.

  • @robertiaccarino4363
    @robertiaccarino4363 5 років тому +10

    God Bless Billy Zoom

  • @manofparadox
    @manofparadox 13 років тому +5

    There are many who get a lot more glory than he does- but I don't think there's anything on a guitar that Zoom can't do- and better than anyone. Thanks, Billy!!

  • @SandboxBullies
    @SandboxBullies 8 років тому +13

    a Legend. Billy is the Man

    • @sudaev
      @sudaev 8 років тому +3

      Uh huh. He's a "dick" all of a sudden because he opposes Hillary. Got it.

  • @landonjackson3064
    @landonjackson3064 8 років тому +14

    Billy Zoom Rules .Him and Rikk Agnew are in my oppinion , the two most influential guitar players to come out of the Orange County /LA scene in the late seventies early eighties punk bands .There are others but for me those two are tops and If i had to pick a favorite it would be hard because i love both of their styles .That being said i would definitely think that Billy Zoom takes it as far as being technical and versatile but they are both Icons

    • @dougsmith7083
      @dougsmith7083 3 роки тому +2

      Agreed...but, I would include Ron Emory from TSOL

    • @landonjackson3064
      @landonjackson3064 3 роки тому +1

      @@dougsmith7083 yeah he's awesome for sure , but his style isn't nearly as mimicked as much as Agnew , you know that heavy chorus sound is really not used as much , but great unique style and i love it

    • @landonjackson3064
      @landonjackson3064 3 роки тому +1

      @@dnk1870 naa . Great song writer but his guitar playing isn't all that . Just my opinion

    • @doitnowvideosyeah5841
      @doitnowvideosyeah5841 Рік тому

      What do you think of Greg Ginn? Great guitar player, apparently difficult person. I have never met him but his mix of noise, Chuck Berry, free jazz blew my mind

  • @PHAEDRIDER
    @PHAEDRIDER 10 років тому +21

    one of my guitar heroes for sure..

  • @doitnowvideosyeah5841
    @doitnowvideosyeah5841 9 років тому +10

    Billy is a guitar nerd and he is so happy to have signature guitar. I have been an X freak since Los Angelas came out and i am happy for him, ever tho we all dissed him for smiling onm stage ( against punk rock rules!)

    • @Telstar62a
      @Telstar62a 8 років тому +2

      +Do It Now! vidoe's yeah! Ha ha! He always reminded me of a smiling, happy cat, standing there, playing flawlessly amid all the chaos around....

    • @doitnowvideosyeah5841
      @doitnowvideosyeah5841 8 років тому

      So true.

    • @starburst539
      @starburst539 8 років тому

      +Telstar62a remember those old retro black cat clocks that the cat is smiling and I think the tail wags and the eyes go back and forth kinda like that

    • @pulledtrigger
      @pulledtrigger Рік тому

      Punk has rules?

    • @doitnowvideosyeah5841
      @doitnowvideosyeah5841 Рік тому

      @@pulledtrigger Lots of them, at least for hardcore. Johnny Ramone did an interview saying the Ramones were trying to follow the new hardcore rules. Gotta play fast, distorted and wear lots of black...Early punk was free er but after about 81 punk had plenty of rules

  • @66bgrs
    @66bgrs 12 років тому +3

    billy zoom deserves all the respect he gets he was a great innovative guitar player in a great L.A. band X long live billy zoom X gretsch guitars and the good old usa!

  • @ericcopple169
    @ericcopple169 2 роки тому +2

    Billy Zoom you always had my respect! Thank you for being you!

  • @2008PLS
    @2008PLS Рік тому +3

    Love it! Billy's a Legend!

  • @Darrin67
    @Darrin67 4 роки тому +3

    This dude is a fuckin' legend!! Billy Zoom, you go with your badass!!

  • @wisterV
    @wisterV 12 років тому +4

    Much respect to the coolest punk guitarist .

  • @medusatorrez8068
    @medusatorrez8068 5 років тому +5

    BILLY I LOVE YOU!! My favorite guitarist XXXXXXXX

  • @Freddy-Da-Freeloadah
    @Freddy-Da-Freeloadah 4 роки тому +2

    GREAT INTERVIEW!!!! IMHO

  • @stacyblue1980
    @stacyblue1980 4 роки тому +1

    He is one of the top best of all time. He is a true American treasure.

  • @MikiCab1
    @MikiCab1 2 роки тому +1

    Billy did and interview that he was being paid about the same amount as a grocery clerk so he left the band. When they got him back he said they made him a better deal. Good for him. Really like his music.

  • @billyzoom5957
    @billyzoom5957 11 років тому +12

    And FWIW, I was between girlfriends(chronologically, not physically) when I got the first Silver Jet.

  • @beornborg7309
    @beornborg7309 16 років тому +1

    Still has that smile

  • @kaos50style
    @kaos50style 14 років тому +1

    Punk Legend. Also a Rockabilly Legend !!

  • @kinksboss1
    @kinksboss1 15 років тому

    A Well Deserved classic, congratulations! I saw you when you got that in SF, probably at Slims or Great American Music Hall, see you at Slim's next week!

  • @retainium
    @retainium 11 років тому

    I like Billy's comments (and sounds) about how responsive his new guitar is. Ain't it great to have a guitar that really, really wants to play? I have an ES-339 that is similarly possessed.

  • @Mikebird59
    @Mikebird59 14 років тому +3

    I used to lose my fucking MIND seeing X in the 70s/80s!

  • @hellsbellez
    @hellsbellez 9 років тому +3

    BILLY BILLY BILLY BILLY BILLY
    I LOVE YOU BILLY!!

  • @myway43
    @myway43 15 років тому

    A great guitarist , all around nice guy, which is unusual in the biz nowadays

  • @davedillon1372
    @davedillon1372 Місяць тому

    Billy Zoom is what's known as a Great Guy & a Fine Multi-instrumentalist not to get technical about things.
    I told him once 'You know I've seen 3 of those Silver 'metal-flake' Guitars; all played by great Players: Woody, James Honeyman-Scott & you.' He just smiled in satisfaction & said "I HAVE 3 of those Silver ones." He knew what I was saying better than I did. He's a special Guitarist w/his own way of Living, Playing & Thinking. Also he's using Bigsby & that's a fine tradition John Cipollina kept using. I think that says something.
    When is he getting His own Lifetime Achievement Award from that sweaty politikal house of Rock, Roll & Fame & the combination of those? It's due.

  • @christianeflentie1228
    @christianeflentie1228 3 роки тому

    My daughter bowed down to MoPoP tribute to you. It suddenly seems to be your time, albeit 40 years in passing.

  • @1motorfan1
    @1motorfan1 12 років тому +5

    Doesnt get cooler then a rockabilly guy in a punk band.

  • @trumpetchump
    @trumpetchump 14 років тому

    BILLY!! You kick ASS!!!!!

  • @treborob
    @treborob 7 років тому +1

    Great guitarist!

  • @sirchuckypoo
    @sirchuckypoo 15 років тому

    what a good man

  • @CrossStrainMusic
    @CrossStrainMusic 8 років тому +2

    greatfull I was able to hold that guitar at 16 years old..

  • @V1cT1M38
    @V1cT1M38 15 років тому

    something shines under a big black sun

  • @vicecitymodgameridol
    @vicecitymodgameridol 16 років тому

    que envidiaa!!
    arriva gretsch!!

  • @leoburke8466
    @leoburke8466 Рік тому

    X is one of my favorite bands and a lot of that has to do with Billy's playing.

  • @robertiaccarino4363
    @robertiaccarino4363 Рік тому

    Classy guitar player

  • @timriley4648
    @timriley4648 4 роки тому

    Awesome! X!

  • @Bostonbob3
    @Bostonbob3 15 років тому

    Congrats, kiddo.

  • @NoRosesForMe
    @NoRosesForMe 15 років тому

    BIIILLLYYYYYY!!!! XoXoXoXoX

  • @davidrivera1105
    @davidrivera1105 5 років тому +6

    Billy’s left handed by the way.

  • @DoppelgangerShockwave
    @DoppelgangerShockwave 7 років тому +1

    Too bad you don't have this guitar for sale anymore.

  • @Harold710
    @Harold710 2 роки тому

    Hey, a Charlie Harper shirt.

  • @THEMADCHALKER
    @THEMADCHALKER 11 років тому

    One of my best and oldest friends was Billy's girlfriend. She paid the $250 for his original Silver Jet at Saul Bettman's Music in Hollywood. She still has the original receipt, hang tags and the cancelled check. Billy wasn't working at the time. He never paid her back and won't even talk to her anymore. Nice huh.

    • @harveycan5820
      @harveycan5820 6 років тому +2

      THEMADCHALKER So you say! Maybe there's a good reason he doesn't talk to her. How many of your boyfriends from 35 years ago do you talk to? Or who talk to you?

  • @siggyretburns7523
    @siggyretburns7523 2 роки тому

    C'mon Billy. Kick down some tabs.

  • @artgonewrong
    @artgonewrong 15 років тому

    Hmmmm....The Billy Zoom Gretsch or divorce?...where should I spend my money?...decisions, decisions...

  • @elmoblatch9787
    @elmoblatch9787 Рік тому

    I love Billy's playing and X is my favorite band of all time. That said, all this agonizing over guitar tone and parsing out the pickups and various parts. It's all total bullshit. Just plug the mother fucker in, put it through a distortion pedal, and it's fine.

  • @beenderedonedat
    @beenderedonedat 11 років тому

    socal trustfunder

    • @sudaev
      @sudaev 7 років тому

      I don't know who you're effing talking about, but Billy ain't no "trustfunder".