TRACII GUNS guitar lesson "L.A. GUNS Early Years" PlayThisRiff.com

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  • @kevinkiley6503
    @kevinkiley6503 2 роки тому +17

    Tracii is so underrated- great at rhythm, lead, songwriting, riffs…

  • @fumanchu000
    @fumanchu000  10 років тому +40

    He is also one of the nicest guys ever. He didn't have to let PlayThisRiff into his house but he did. Thanks Tracii!

    • @sdriza
      @sdriza 3 роки тому +1

      This is great... How am I seven years late to the party? (Saw them live in 1989 and loved LA Guns...)

  • @robertdamron898
    @robertdamron898 8 років тому +17

    Don't care what you call it. You are THE 80"s fiddle God. The riffs the songs THE TOUCH. THE STYLE. Still one of your biggest fans. Please teach us.

  • @bravo2789
    @bravo2789 8 років тому +41

    Been a fan since the 80s, wish this was an hour long.

    • @terrysetree9849
      @terrysetree9849 3 роки тому +1

      Even though I'm an '88 baby, he's still one of my gods. I'll defend Tracii til death, without him I'd never have picked up a guitar..

    • @terrysetree9849
      @terrysetree9849 3 роки тому

      @Artoo Deetoo dude i was born in 88 lol.. I love Hollywood Rose if that's what yer asking, but Tracii was better off in L.A. Guns.. Plus who else can say you have TWO bands with your name as a basis?

    • @corrado
      @corrado 2 роки тому +2

      yea this video is "never enough"

    • @bradford_shaun_murray
      @bradford_shaun_murray 2 роки тому

      I agree Guns was cool back in the day but I never really knew much about him or how really good he was so yeah this should be a longer interview..that song Malaria is epic. First heard that back in early 1990 off Cocked and Loaded friend's cassette style. One of the first CDs i bought back then was their first album LA Guns self titled. So many awesome riffs and cool song stories from those 2 albums. Hollywood Vampires, not bad, a bit patchy but still all cool, Over The Edge very cool song.

  • @christophermcburney6478
    @christophermcburney6478 6 років тому +17

    Tracii Guns is a true master of rock guitar. Class guy...really good dude. Love Tracii Guns.

  • @TheDans7300
    @TheDans7300 6 років тому +7

    To me it's grit, groove and feel that's what makes this cat special. Tracii truly is one of the greats!

    • @isMike999
      @isMike999 Рік тому +1

      straight up in your face Rock and Roll

  • @udruboika8979
    @udruboika8979 5 років тому +4

    One of the Guitar Gods right here Mr Tracii Guns

  • @bobbab5759
    @bobbab5759 6 років тому +7

    Wow. He's really articulate and descriptive. First time I've heard Tracii speak.

  • @DevinRyanVitek
    @DevinRyanVitek 5 років тому +5

    I think that’s so cool that Tracii mentioned Johnny Thunders. I also like Rhoads but the classic Thunders stuff too.

  • @Lynchfan88
    @Lynchfan88 5 років тому +5

    Tracii's been a very fine player for 3+ decades. Nice lesson. The original (first 3 L.A. Guns releases) are my faves.

    • @scottadcock550
      @scottadcock550 5 років тому

      the Cocked and Loaded album changed my life.

    • @tylerdurden1221
      @tylerdurden1221 5 років тому

      Absolutely...give the last two a listen. Both are incredible

  • @mikeherb
    @mikeherb 5 років тому +11

    Tracii... So cool that you did this. Thank you.

  • @BigBillLucas
    @BigBillLucas 11 років тому +5

    If it aint "Dirty and Sleazy" it aint Rock and Roll mate !!
    Tracii Guns is truly a guitar god ,to have such a passion, command, and technique of the instrument totaly blows me away he is the true embodiment of the word Rock Star

  • @psan72
    @psan72 10 років тому +14

    Tracii Guns is an amazing guitarist. I saw him many times up close with the Starfuckers in 2000 and 2001 at the Cat Club in Hollywood....and my gosh....he was just awesome!!

    • @mykitwigger
      @mykitwigger 8 років тому

      +psan72 me too! i worked at Amoeba helping them open and Dragonfly. he really is great! i love the Starfuckers...

    • @gregkalabokes8975
      @gregkalabokes8975 5 років тому

      psan72 h

  • @Dan-nb3nt
    @Dan-nb3nt 8 років тому +23

    Well.......I wouldn't call his playing sloppy. Sounds pretty precise to me.

  • @lukeapperson6500
    @lukeapperson6500 2 роки тому +1

    It mattered to me then and it matters to me now. I have always admired your guitar style.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR MUSIC TRACII!

  • @blackmagyclives
    @blackmagyclives 6 років тому +19

    Tracii, Mick Mars, slash, ace. Love that sleazy shit!

    • @ericeakes7733
      @ericeakes7733 6 років тому +2

      tracy raak right on man. You just quoted every influence on my playing. Loud an dirty.... Like good sex. Lol.

    • @udruboika8979
      @udruboika8979 5 років тому

      That's rocknroll!

  • @DinoVelvet5150
    @DinoVelvet5150 8 років тому +22

    Glad he gave Mick Mars props

  • @masonmixon8031
    @masonmixon8031 3 роки тому +2

    I always like when Tracii gives props to Mick Mars

  • @woodsracing
    @woodsracing 11 років тому +3

    TRACII Guns is the man ! Hes not sloppy,hes damn good ! La Guns isnt the same without him..Period

  • @gt-37guy6
    @gt-37guy6 2 роки тому +1

    Tracii is the best. Love to see the Old Peavey Classic 50 behind him..lol. Was considered junk back in the 90s when I found one mint for $ 50...they do crank it out if you have a decent pedal up front, and amazing into a Celestian greenback speaker.

  • @mistersmith3986
    @mistersmith3986 7 років тому +2

    Haaaaa! I remember you Traci when you were 15 or 16 and used to come over to Mike and Dave Yagos house and jam in the garage. Good to see you're still jammin brother!

  • @starshineraiser6729
    @starshineraiser6729 5 років тому +1

    He’s brilliant. He plays with a lot of feeling above all else, but he’s also very good.

  • @dickskratch2104
    @dickskratch2104 6 років тому +1

    Tracii's a natural -- at home, on camera, behind a guitar...

  • @bobbyrodriguez3224
    @bobbyrodriguez3224 10 років тому +1

    He's never given up! Literally stuck to his guns. Great musician and nice dude. I got totally messed up with him in McAllen tx and boy can he party! Awsome night with l.a. guns!

  • @SayonaraSixString
    @SayonaraSixString 7 років тому +4

    This is great. Love the energy on those early LA Guns records!

    • @udruboika8979
      @udruboika8979 5 років тому +1

      They still got the energy in 2018

  • @mikcrone
    @mikcrone 8 років тому +8

    great video. Tracii knows his stuff

  • @myway43
    @myway43 8 років тому +2

    Thumbs up on cool looking guitar action !!!

  • @soshaposha1546
    @soshaposha1546 8 років тому +3

    Excellent, I am glad I was there in the begining,

  • @fjn667
    @fjn667 8 років тому +5

    Jesus Christ what a killer sound.

  • @ETERNITYISHERE
    @ETERNITYISHERE 2 роки тому

    Well People can have their favorite guitarist from their era. Traci guns is my favorite guitarist from my era.

  • @margaretblack7919
    @margaretblack7919 6 років тому +2

    highly underrated player

  • @soundbreak7
    @soundbreak7 5 років тому +1

    love Traci ,can do it all , raunchy melodic under rated player

  • @trevormcshane4986
    @trevormcshane4986 2 роки тому

    Lov Tracii Brilliant Guitar player,, seem,s a cool Guy in all interview,s,,,an a funny guy at times ,,

  • @JMMcC69
    @JMMcC69 Рік тому

    I love that Tracii has a silver stripe USA Peavey combo in his room!
    Previous to viewing this video I did not know that Tracii used solid state amps on the first album. Though he explains the tone in terms of rhythm, I hear it most in some of the leads, where there is a flatness, hard clipping, and almost 8 bit texture present. By way of contrast, tube amps tend to be spongier and warmer, with more sag. Though some might call me a tube snob, I also have a fetish for vintage (60s-80s) solid state amps. I can't imagine the first L.A. Gunns album with, for instance, the tube amp tone of Slash. This solid state guitar tone is inseparable from that record.

  • @psc69nyc
    @psc69nyc 10 років тому +2

    More of this. PLEASE!!!

  • @krisscanlon4051
    @krisscanlon4051 2 місяці тому

    That ARMS concert with Pagey is really last gasp of old Jimmy. As for Thunders...lovely slop and just ballsy

  • @jenniferbassfirstchannel
    @jenniferbassfirstchannel 5 років тому +2

    My favorite guitar player. Always had a major crush on him and phil Lewis! Love l.a.guns ! My favorite!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩😀😀😀 big l.a.guns fan!!! I adore this band and tracii and phil!!! Long live L.A.Guns!!🤘🤘🤘 yes the best music ever . Amazing riffs. Yes crank it up!! The louder l.a.guns the better. My car the speakers only play l.a.guns my radios broken to anything else I tell my friends who ride with me. Sorry my radio plays l.a.guns only!! I've converted people from other music likes to l.a.guns I've taken them to the dark side. Muh ha ha ha ha ha ha!

  • @Locust1
    @Locust1 10 років тому +18

    Sleazy is not sloppy playing in my book. Love that heavy hitting full tone rock n roll.

  • @roosterj2599
    @roosterj2599 5 років тому +1

    I love Sleaze. It's a genre all it's own. For some reason it's my main style of playing on guitar. Love it.

    • @charleswilson4526
      @charleswilson4526 5 років тому

      Jon Villalobos how would you describe playing sleaze?

    • @roosterj2599
      @roosterj2599 4 роки тому

      Super distorted, sloppy blues based hard rock.

  • @louisviola9763
    @louisviola9763 Рік тому

    Epic talent!

  • @r00zTa
    @r00zTa 11 років тому

    What a gem of video, thanks!!

  • @Endo-uu8mo
    @Endo-uu8mo 2 роки тому

    hes in the same ligue like Lynch or Vai and did the best RR tributes ever

  • @Banarama174
    @Banarama174 4 роки тому

    Amazing!!

  • @markhansjahrling5648
    @markhansjahrling5648 Рік тому

    That is One Bad Ass Guitar !
    Love Ya Tracii !
    Love My DEAN V's ...
    I Want That 6 String 🇺🇸

  • @akonitony2
    @akonitony2 Рік тому

    Have that same crappy Peavey Chorus 212 in the background. It does well as a monitor

  • @pbarosso1977
    @pbarosso1977 10 років тому +5

    he said michael schenker....my favorite g-player

    • @FreeMTrider
      @FreeMTrider 8 років тому

      +Peter Barosso He played with Schenker in Contraband I believe

    • @pbarosso1977
      @pbarosso1977 8 років тому +2

      +FreeMTrider I know. I loved contraband Bobby bloxer, shark island guy etc.....good tunes

    • @FreeMTrider
      @FreeMTrider 8 років тому +2

      Peter Barosso
      I had to look that one up after I saw your post. How cool. Schenker is at the to of my list and I love Tracii's playing. The dude has everything that a rock star is.

  • @hihihihihello
    @hihihihihello 6 років тому

    Wow hez so kewl

  • @EcBaPr
    @EcBaPr 7 років тому +13

    this was cool, wish it was much longer

  • @Cinnemax77
    @Cinnemax77 11 років тому +2

    Sorry- no offense to rockers in general- but when I first got this LP in jersey everybody thought you guys were guns and posers- the record rocked then- it rocks now and I don't care what your like in life- your music kicks ass- nice set ;up and keep on rockin!

  • @martinkuliza
    @martinkuliza 3 роки тому

    First 2 seconds tracii is like "so... ahh.. let's talk about"
    and i'm thinking............ TALK ABOUT .......L...OOOVVEE
    TALK ABOUT LOVE
    I'VE BEEN AROUND THIS CRAZY WORLD YEAHHHH
    LOL

  • @alcopower5710
    @alcopower5710 6 років тому +10

    This could have been 2 hours long and still been too short

  • @tomflake1486
    @tomflake1486 4 роки тому

    I remember them playing in Austin back in 2007 and him saying look at all these crazy Texans.

  • @eddiebranden1
    @eddiebranden1 5 років тому

    Totally underrated player.

  • @mikem.7921
    @mikem.7921 6 років тому

    The master guitarist

  • @69Curtdog
    @69Curtdog Рік тому

    Born to Lose...Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers...CLASSIC !

  • @agileesquire
    @agileesquire 7 років тому

    it's funny he mentions that some considered him a pioneer of sleaze guitar. I remember being 15 yrs old listening to sex action, no mercy, electric gypsy, one way ticket, shoot for thrills, bitch is back etc and thinking "man these guys are some nasty rockers" lol. What a great sound! I think electric gypsy is one of the greatest rock guitar solos.

  • @victomOFtheLIGHT
    @victomOFtheLIGHT 6 років тому

    We want more god damn it

  • @darindavis6297
    @darindavis6297 4 роки тому

    That was pretty #$%@ing awesome.

  • @bobowrathsovine.
    @bobowrathsovine. 8 років тому +6

    This guy is a much better guitarist than his influences ever were

    • @1OklaSooner
      @1OklaSooner 6 років тому +1

      Except...he mentions Rhoads a couple times. Absolutely love Tracii, but wouldn't go THAT far.

  • @jodyhaas9217
    @jodyhaas9217 6 років тому

    Please tell me that is a peavey audition 30 in the back ground. I got one for christmas in 1986 maybe 87......my grandma's place got broken into.....and it was stolen.... I loved that amp. Dammit man

  • @bradford_shaun_murray
    @bradford_shaun_murray 6 років тому

    Wow he used solid state amps for the first album! That makes sense with the raw guttery tone...

  • @WallyBoots
    @WallyBoots 11 років тому +2

    I thought I just sucked but now I am really just a sloppy rock and roll player. ROCK ON!

  • @jonmccormick8683
    @jonmccormick8683 11 років тому +2

    80's Randall Amps: cheap and dirty. One of the cheapest and well-built amps you can get used. They got the new Tube-amps (Ignater) for the tubers also. Randall solid-state used your are looking at $1 a Watt --> doesn't get much cheaper than that.
    80's Randall: Cheap and Dirty, but never sleazy. A great starter amp.

  • @warriorv9359
    @warriorv9359 6 років тому +1

    Yeah cool he mentioned mick

  • @FenderGreg
    @FenderGreg Рік тому

    LA Guns self-titled is awesome

  • @SWIFTY5150
    @SWIFTY5150 2 роки тому

    If it sounds good, it's good. Don't matter if it's "sloppy" or not.

  • @billhogue9523
    @billhogue9523 5 років тому +1

    Incredibly underrated!

  • @DavidHinesMusic
    @DavidHinesMusic 6 років тому

    After iommi tracii is the reason I play!

  • @markjacobsen121
    @markjacobsen121 7 років тому +2

    No Mercy sounds similar to a southern rock or George Thorogood.

  • @muhrisal8626
    @muhrisal8626 2 роки тому

    Traci guns is root guns n roses, beside stradlin n roses

  • @andysalter7192
    @andysalter7192 2 роки тому

    Did Tracii have a head injury?? What's with the bandage???

  • @danflory6340
    @danflory6340 2 роки тому

    Love Tracii...LA Guns eats guns n roses for breakfast!

  • @dw89music73
    @dw89music73 8 років тому +3

    Who thinks this guy should return to Guns N' Roses? Well, it's just much of the classic lineup is getting back together and because Tracii is no longer with L.A. Guns since 2012 and he helped form and provide G N' R with its name (Axl was the one who coined the name, though, by combining his and Tracii's names), he could serve as third guitarist between Izzy Stradlin and Slash (who replaced Tracii originally), make it be sort of like the current line-up of Iron Maiden. Also, it would help Guns N' Roses now live up to their name.

    • @rikkilee64
      @rikkilee64 8 років тому +1

      +DW'89Music he is too good for GnR lol

    • @ebzuusgsbsbshsvsv4482
      @ebzuusgsbsbshsvsv4482 8 років тому

      tracii's tone, style and shit would'nt fit.

    • @dw89music73
      @dw89music73 8 років тому +2

      Rodney Rhodes
      Even though he did help set the band on the path to and develop their signature sound just before he left and Slash replaced him, like what Dave Mustaine did for Metallica before he was kicked out and replaced by Kirk Hammett. I also thought his solo on L.A. Guns' signature song "The Ballad Of Jayne" reminded me of Slash's sound and style.

    • @robertisham5279
      @robertisham5279 7 років тому

      DW'89Music sounds interesting what they should've did was say there's gonna be a reunion but bring back tracii, Rob Gardner, but since Ole Biech is dead they could bring back Duff or keep Tony Stinson and say their the reunion and the people would probably get all mad and say this isn't gnr wonder how people know who the members of the original not the classic line up of gnr are

    • @dw89music73
      @dw89music73 7 років тому +1

      Farhan Mckinnons
      I heard that Tracii Guns has recently rejoined Philip Lewis in the Philip Lewis-led version of L.A. Guns, which was one thing I thought he could have done. At least Tracii is a more approachable person than G N' R's leader Axl Rose, cause we know how Axl Rose is like as a person.

  • @Maximus091768
    @Maximus091768 3 роки тому

    This guy is the fuckun man

  • @normandorough4359
    @normandorough4359 6 років тому

    Johnny thunder means. Tg gets it.. tone..etc..

  • @joemom1012
    @joemom1012 Рік тому

    wow look at that old apple laptop ddr2 memory behind his headstock of his neck id say 2005

  • @dimitriosmetalos
    @dimitriosmetalos 3 роки тому

    In the great book of hard rock guitar, under the chapter sleaze rock guitar his name should come first. Do not forget he is the Guns in Guns n Roses and La Guns should be as famous as GNR. All these line up and label changes did harm the band's reputation.

  • @ronwilliams1094
    @ronwilliams1094 2 роки тому

    Tracii calls it ‘playing sloppy’. I call it ‘playing loose’. It is an acquired taste and technique that isn’t as easy as one would think to make it sound good and not amateurish.

  • @ElhAnxbay
    @ElhAnxbay 5 місяців тому

    He is

  • @fndrn8
    @fndrn8 Рік тому

    i wanna learn to play sleezy like him.

  • @TheHunnigirl
    @TheHunnigirl 10 років тому

    Still in love with you, Tracii!

  • @KingGhidorah_
    @KingGhidorah_ 4 роки тому

    3:09 "...which I think is absolutely absurd because there's nothing sleazy about my guitar."
    4:43 "...loud, dirty and... and... sleazy."

  • @jnprather
    @jnprather Місяць тому

    "There's nothing sleazy about my guitar... alright lets play some riffs... so here's SEX ACTION", lmao.

  • @isMike999
    @isMike999 Рік тому

    look at the Peavy practice amp....how many dudes owned one of those????....I know I DID!!!!!

  • @jeffn9825
    @jeffn9825 5 років тому +3

    The ONLY great guitarists of the hair meta era are mick mars, slash, warren Dimartini,and Traci Guns.

    • @dizzyastr989
      @dizzyastr989 5 років тому +1

      Couldn't agree with your list more! Except I'd throw in Steve Steven's as well!

    • @rodsmolter5046
      @rodsmolter5046 4 роки тому +1

      There were a LOT of great guitarists from that era.

  • @NomadRonin
    @NomadRonin 7 років тому

    I'm still waiting for someone to make the comment "that's pretty good but you're playing it wrong, that's the wrong fingering. That's not the way it's played on (insert guitar tab website here)." Either that comment or "This guy sucks, I've been playing guitar for just over 24 hours and can play this song with just my pinky, and it's been amputated! Most people think I've been playing much longer, like I was a guitar player in another life before this one." Why? Because there's always at least one person per guitar instruction video that makes comments like these.

  • @fusionhaywire
    @fusionhaywire 2 роки тому

    He's Bill Paxton's brother from another mother

  • @Maestrotoy
    @Maestrotoy Рік тому

    So when the sounds come lol

  • @Pewtooyou
    @Pewtooyou 3 роки тому

    LMFAO!!!!!!!!!

  • @richardkearns8401
    @richardkearns8401 8 років тому

    play some stone trigger

  • @jamestavares8072
    @jamestavares8072 Рік тому

    I spy with my little eye a peavey bandit

  • @elitehood7732
    @elitehood7732 8 років тому +1

    How do you pronounce his name lol. (Trash-E Guns) or (Trak-E Guns

  • @rjc7289
    @rjc7289 6 років тому

    Since when could Jimmy Page shred? Show me a solo played by him that puts him in the same league as Paul Gilbert or Yngwie Malmsteen, and then I'll believe that statement.

  • @lifesgood7235
    @lifesgood7235 5 років тому

    What's up with the pyramid/ one eye tattoo on his left chest ?
    Lucefarian lover

  • @ceasergastelum89
    @ceasergastelum89 4 роки тому

    My girlfriend wore an L.A guns shirt in high school she looked so hot

  • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
    @Starry_Night_Sky7455 6 років тому

    Malaria, malaria, malaria, malaria, malaria.

  • @GalenIRL
    @GalenIRL 2 роки тому

    THANK YOU! I love Zeppelin but Jimmy cant play worth of shit live.

  • @anthonysonnheim4182
    @anthonysonnheim4182 4 роки тому +1

    Jimmy Page, Is a sloppy guitar player! In a good way though! Who agrees with that?🎸

  • @cornstar1253
    @cornstar1253 3 роки тому

    I think Jimmy page was drunk alot

  • @moviebuff7077
    @moviebuff7077 15 днів тому

    Talks about the guitar work like it was his but it was Paul Black's. The glue must not have been sticking well this day. This identity is all wound up in tatoos, glued hair and pathetic guitar work, and the need to be surround by yes-men/women hangers on . Sad.