Frank and Billy?? You goin kookoo? lol, love em both equally but they are miles apart as far as their approach and style. Billy is pure Texas boogie and Frank is Frank.
Good golly! You have nailed Billy's tone and broken down his genius for the rest of us mere mortals to understand! Bravo! Thank you for your master class and BTW, I have got to get one of those 40's PAs.
NAILED IT. This is by far the best Waitin on the Bus Lesson I have seen so far. You have excellent teaching style.. so many like to talk you have just enough of an explanation not over worded.. I think you found your skill set besides playing of course thanks for sharing!
Enjoying the heck out of your presentations/lessons. Just discovered you Oct 30 2023. I went to see Ten Years After in Oklahoma City Nov 1972. The Top was the second band to play that night before Alvin Lee came out. They rocked the house so hard, people were going nuts. I mean it. It was just as awesome as seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that first time in 64. The Top was precise as a laser and loud as hell. And the sound guy was mixing everything perfectly, which can make or break a show. The only bling on stage was Billy Gibbons sequin guitar strap. They had their cowboy hats and boots on. I had never heard of ZZ Top. Rio Grande Mud had just been released. Been a fan ever since. Just saw them last week at a casino, the first show I saw in 72 is still my favorite. Thanks for showing us all Billys bag of tricks.
For early Billy Gibbons tone I use my 1947 Magnatone/MEC Troubadour M-192 amp, guitar straight in and the amp cranked. The little Troubadour puts out about 13 Watts with a single 12" field-effect speaker. Great Lesson, thanks for the content.
Great lesson. Have been browsing through the channel and decided I'll learn to play some of my favs correctly, and appreciate the tone tips. Subscribed to Patreon . thx
I've seen them a couple of times at the Ryman and Billy said "We've played the same three chords for the last 30 years but people keep coming so we keep doin it" 😆 It's easy to overlook how great a guitar player he is at first though because things he does though are brilliantly and deceptively simple.
thank you for this and the other zz top lessons, as mentioned in another comment, you teach quite well , your method is great for my short attention span.
I did not expect to find such a good breakdown of the solo here my friend! You are a fine geet-ar player! Thank you for the post. I have been playing 40+ years and forget much that I knew and I am too lazy to go and fing a tape, CD or record to get it back again!! So Thank you man!! You have a new subscriber!
@@12footchain Not tryin to spam ya here but I just saw 3 other dudes teaching this and they are a mile away. I have been playing since 1979 and know my shit (but I am getting lazy so I go to vids if a student asks for a tune I know "kinda". Again, you have it as well as the way I remember rewinding the tape back in H.S. and playing 6 to 8 hrs a day. Finding your channel is a bunch of good rock and filthy , greasy riffs!
Daaaaayum! Hell Farrrrr! Means I dig the hell out of it. Seriously this is Outstanding and thanks for sharing. Moooom, Dad’s upstairs Rockin’ the House again…
Great job. Huge Top fan ever since seeing them as the opening act for Mountain. You capture the feel, as you know Billy's tone is in his hands. I would love to see you pick apart his cover of "Tramp" from Mescalero.
Damn, cool about the p.a. I think many things built in that era were truly built to last. And they weren't fancy..... Just solid. Mmhh, well so much for reminiscing. I don't know how the F*#c I never came across your channel before. I love it, not full of bells and whistles, just solid guitar playing that lasts. Thanks. I've seen this song taught by 20 to 30 in instructors on UA-cam. they all tell you how to play it correctly but they leave out one thing: feel and tone, (well that's 2)and that's what you got going on here
Okay f*** it I'm going to reply to myself. I said there's 20 or 30 that teach it correctly I have to retract that statement after watching your video they didn't get near the subtleties in nuances
@@12footchain You're a good teacher, and you can tell you love not only playing the guitar, but instructing. I really enjoy your channel! Keep up the good work! Cheers! - Rob Toc
Really like this. Other tabs for this song really miss the mark. I’m from Oklahoma, so a big fan of ZZTop. They used to play in OKC once or twice a year. One I’d like to see you do is ‘Keep Your Hands to Yourself’ by the Georgia Satellites. Really, a double stop masterpiece. I’ve been a Patreon member for 2-3 months, and really have learned a lot from your work.
It does. It was on the top of my list for must have amps and I got the chance to get one about a dozen years ago. Closest thing I have to tweed. It's like a narrow panel tweed deluxe in build. Except, it's got a.... I call it a, thick chocolate milkshake tone lol It's got the original speaker. It's definitely a gem. I wish I would have also gotten a GA-20 from the early 50s.... the brown suitcase/crest style. They have a more Wide Pannel type of build with Octal preamp tubes. They used to be really affordable. Not so much anymore. I love that PA you're playing through. I'm bit of a tone hound lol Great lesson. Great playing. Keep em coming!
I love your lessons and you're a great teacher but you could you give a lesson on a straight, simple Blues , please? Something like Key To The Highway perhaps?
Nice, thanks :) Question though If this is standard tuning, and 'always' seques into Jesus just left Chicago, which is generally believed to have a dropped A (as per 12 foot chain lesson too) .. how does that work ? ;)
On record, was different sessions. Live the do both in standard I believe, the JJLC riff is then played a little different then how I think he did in studio
One thing that's always distressed me, thinking about being in ZZ Top; the knowledge that you could never really run a drill press or a bench grinder and be in that band...so sad...
Dude , you talk waaay too much. Six and a half minutes in and you barely taught anything. Get to teaching the riffs right away and you’ll have more hits.
If you do Waiting For The Bus, you got to follow with Jesus Just Left Chicago!!
I second this
He’s bound for New Orleans .
I remember an amp like that when I was a kid . Are they expensive ?? It sounds amazing…
I cant play the guitar but I bet I listened to this everyday while I stood at a bus stop on Admiral boulevard in the River Quay, so good.
Awesome! Any more from Tres Hombres is most welcome...
👍🏽Jesus Just Left
Had one of those in a band many years ago. Opened for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. He was blown away by the contraption. Loud and fierce!
I've never before noticed how "Zappa-esque" the solo is for this tune..
Nice. Never thought about it till now
You know that the crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe? Cuz I got a girl with Camarillo Brillo!
Frank and Billy?? You goin kookoo? lol, love em both equally but they are miles apart as far as their approach and style. Billy is pure Texas boogie and Frank is Frank.
Still have it on vinyl. Such a great recording. That change straight into Jesus Just Left Chicago is brilliant.
That "change" into Jesus Just Left Chicago was actually a studio mistake I've heard-still, it really is brilliant that they kept it in live versions
Good golly! You have nailed Billy's tone and broken down his genius for the rest of us mere mortals to understand! Bravo! Thank you for your master class and BTW, I have got to get one of those 40's PAs.
NAILED IT. This is by far the best Waitin on the Bus Lesson I have seen so far. You have excellent teaching style.. so many like to talk you have just enough of an explanation not over worded.. I think you found your skill set besides playing of course thanks for sharing!
That is great. It is hard to believe that Billy Gibbons does this while singing and dancing!
Enjoying the heck out of your presentations/lessons. Just discovered you Oct 30 2023. I went to see Ten Years After in Oklahoma City Nov 1972. The Top was the second band to play that night before Alvin Lee came out. They rocked the house so hard, people were going nuts. I mean it. It was just as awesome as seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that first time in 64. The Top was precise as a laser and loud as hell. And the sound guy was mixing everything perfectly, which can make or break a show. The only bling on stage was Billy Gibbons sequin guitar strap. They had their cowboy hats and boots on. I had never heard of ZZ Top. Rio Grande Mud had just been released. Been a fan ever since. Just saw them last week at a casino, the first show I saw in 72 is still my favorite. Thanks for showing us all Billys bag of tricks.
Wow, you saw them super early!
That wah is righteous.
I miss the days of monkeying around with the balance knob on the old turntable. Great freaking video dude!!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
there's a lot of guitar channels and videos but yours is top tier. thank you
Great playing!! Love that Les Paul tone with the half-depressed wah pedal!!
Fantastic. Thanks for the tips in the turnaround, much easier than the way I’ve been struggling with! 😊
Spot on lesson. Been playing for many years and your lessons are great! Thank you!
Even if you think you know how to play the song, 12FC brings the nuances to the table and takes you from good to great! Thanks!
Excellent lesson.
Great lesson! Thanks! That amp is killin' me!
You the Boss!! Nice work!!
For early Billy Gibbons tone I use my 1947 Magnatone/MEC Troubadour M-192 amp, guitar straight in and the amp cranked.
The little Troubadour puts out about 13 Watts with a single 12" field-effect speaker.
Great Lesson, thanks for the content.
love your teaching style! Very thorough.
Totally cool great explanation on turn around super cool thank you sir!
Great work man - very good interpretation of that song - really enjoying these
Have mercy.
Great lesson. Have been browsing through the channel and decided I'll learn to play some of my favs correctly, and appreciate the tone tips. Subscribed to Patreon . thx
You got it down man! I was hearing all sorts of notes, you cleared it out with the panning guitars.
Thanks!! That Whole Album is PURE MAGIC!!!! Move It On Down The Line!!!
I learned how to play can’t get there from here by R.E.M on electric guitar it’s really good song to play
Love Peter Buck, I know pretty much every album through Monster. Great stuff
When it comes to my practicing breaking down songs, I've been on a ZZ Top binge for the past 6 months or so. Thanks for the vid!!
Your right about the tone . Make a person want to see play . Awesome song , great lesson . 👍
Every single lesson you demo is POINT ON! You are the very best at articulating exact interpretations of classics. I LOVE this channel.
Thank you! tell your friends 😀
Into super bad! I envy your talent. Fell in love with Fandango in '74.
Super lesson on THAT evergreen (love evergreen!) ¡Muchas gracias!
Absolutely amazing! Thank you!
I've seen them a couple of times at the Ryman and Billy said "We've played the same three chords for the last 30 years but people keep coming so we keep doin it" 😆
It's easy to overlook how great a guitar player he is at first though because things he does though are brilliantly and deceptively simple.
That tone...Have Mercyyy...
AWESOME JOB! LOVE THAT YOU CAPTURED BILLY'S SPECIAL SAUCE! Thanks for sharing.
Well Done, WHAT I learned is I've been playing it WRONG for years !! Good stuff
Perfect and detailed lesson. Thank you so much. Greetings from Germany.
thank you for this and the other zz top lessons, as mentioned in another comment, you teach quite well , your method is great for my short attention span.
Such precission and brevity. Earned a subscribe.
welcome!
awesome Bell Sound, might be a throwback to old Leslie West Days?? Thanx for taking the time to break this guitar part down the RIGHT way!!
Love that tone.
This guy is the worx. His Patreon is awesome.
I did not expect to find such a good breakdown of the solo here my friend! You are a fine geet-ar player! Thank you for the post. I have been playing 40+ years and forget much that I knew and I am too lazy to go and fing a tape, CD or record to get it back again!! So Thank you man!! You have a new subscriber!
welcome!
@@12footchain Not tryin to spam ya here but I just saw 3 other dudes teaching this and they are a mile away. I have been playing since 1979 and know my shit (but I am getting lazy so I go to vids if a student asks for a tune I know "kinda". Again, you have it as well as the way I remember rewinding the tape back in H.S. and playing 6 to 8 hrs a day. Finding your channel is a bunch of good rock and filthy , greasy riffs!
@gib59er56 thanks man! I try to get it as accurate as I can. I basically try to be the guitar teacher I never had, and speak to my 15 year old self.
@@12footchain Love that man!! We are both generation for sure!!
Man , do you nail that . Patreon rocks ❤. Oh yeah
great playing,love zz.oh and i subed,thanks for shareing with us.
Daaaaayum! Hell Farrrrr!
Means I dig the hell out of it. Seriously this is Outstanding and thanks for sharing.
Moooom, Dad’s upstairs Rockin’ the House again…
That amp is sick 🙈 I want one so much 👍🏻 thanks once again. 👍🏻
That is some little PA!! Damn
love me some ZZ. This was great
Just discovered this channel- good stuff I feel like I’m siting getting a private lesson.
Welcome aboard!
Now I have a reason to pop my REAL Mcoy Vox pedals Cherry! This and Needle Damage Done Skynerd on my bucket list ...love ur stuff br'r !
Badass bro
Great job. Huge Top fan ever since seeing them as the opening act for Mountain. You capture the feel, as you know Billy's tone is in his hands. I would love to see you pick apart his cover of "Tramp" from Mescalero.
Dude ur badass I don't think Billy could have done it any better it's easy to learn from you nice Les Paul too.
Wicked track 4 sure
My Mama gave me this album as a Xmas present. God bless her soul.
great job as always brother; have mercy 😎 the reverend willie g always has such great choice of notes; nothing flashy just down and dirty cool ha
ha...great stuff...been waiting for that bus for a loooong time coming....will get down to it soon.....sounds very promising....cheers....again
excellent lesson - great job -thanks
Amazing work man! I'd love to see you teach Weather Report Suite from the Grateful Dead, or any Grateful Dead, for that matter.
Eyes of the World
Great lesson! Thank you!
Damn, cool about the p.a. I think many things built in that era were truly built to last. And they weren't fancy..... Just solid. Mmhh, well so much for reminiscing. I don't know how the F*#c I never came across your channel before. I love it, not full of bells and whistles, just solid guitar playing that lasts. Thanks. I've seen this song taught by 20 to 30 in instructors on UA-cam. they all tell you how to play it correctly but they leave out one thing: feel and tone, (well that's 2)and that's what you got going on here
Okay f*** it I'm going to reply to myself. I said there's 20 or 30 that teach it correctly I have to retract that statement after watching your video they didn't get near the subtleties in nuances
Thank you!
Great job sir!! New subscriber.✌️
Welcome aboard!
He plugged into a Marshall 5002 lead 12 solid state in the studio
Love this tune....thanks for posting!!!!! You know you'll have to do 'Jesus Just Left Chicago' next!
for sure will happen
@@12footchain You're a good teacher, and you can tell you love not only playing the guitar, but instructing. I really enjoy your channel! Keep up the good work! Cheers! - Rob Toc
@@robtoc thanks very much! I do love doing this
The people from Dubai don't like the Flintstones, but the people from Abu Dubai Do!!!
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
It's cold gin time again, such a fantastic tone
Great job man! Rock on!
the hum from your PA sounds like Doc Brown's mega guitar amp
F'ckn brilliant
And, Master Of Sparks, is almost Blues Prog!!
Really like this. Other tabs for this song really miss the mark. I’m from Oklahoma, so a big fan of ZZTop. They used to play in OKC once or twice a year.
One I’d like to see you do is ‘Keep Your Hands to Yourself’ by the Georgia Satellites. Really, a double stop masterpiece.
I’ve been a Patreon member for 2-3 months, and really have learned a lot from your work.
great idea! you're right great rock leads on that song, will look into that. love Battleship Chains too - super fun tune.
Really cool…
ON FIRE!!
Great tone, man.
I'm gonna go dig out my 55 Gibson GA-20 and plug a Les Paul into it and see if I can keep up 😄
Wow, super cool amp. Bet that sounds great.
It does. It was on the top of my list for must have amps and I got the chance to get one about a dozen years ago. Closest thing I have to tweed. It's like a narrow panel tweed deluxe in build.
Except, it's got a.... I call it a, thick chocolate milkshake tone lol
It's got the original speaker.
It's definitely a gem.
I wish I would have also gotten a GA-20 from the early 50s.... the brown suitcase/crest style. They have a more Wide Pannel type of build with Octal preamp tubes.
They used to be really affordable. Not so much anymore.
I love that PA you're playing through.
I'm bit of a tone hound lol
Great lesson. Great playing.
Keep em coming!
Great ,I'm moee than impressed, can you recommend a ZZ Top tab book for most or all of their catalog?
Ever heard of Bill Nelson from Be-Bop Deluxe? A massively underestimated guitarist, and wrote some absolute crackers!
No, but will check it out, thanks
God, great lesson. Subbing, and hoping to see Jesus Just Left Chicago!!
Welcome, and yes it's coming
Danke!
Thank you very much!
I had a pa from a high school football stadium years ago. Neighbors called the cops on my LOL
buenisimo
Great tone from that Bell PA man!
I believe you mentioned using an attenuator but I didn't see one listed. What do you use?
Thanks!
Fryette Power Station 2
Do you mean TRES HOMBRE as in .”tray ombray”
As in “Three friends” ?
Love your tone too.
Man.. I need a wa-wa, and bunch of more brains n stuff.
I love your lessons and you're a great teacher but you could you give a lesson on a straight, simple Blues , please? Something like Key To The Highway perhaps?
🎵r0ck0n with ya bad self 🎵
Damn Billy, you shaved, and took off your hat.
Nice, thanks :)
Question though If this is standard tuning, and 'always' seques into Jesus just left Chicago, which is generally believed to have a dropped A (as per 12 foot chain lesson too) .. how does that work ? ;)
On record, was different sessions. Live the do both in standard I believe, the JJLC riff is then played a little different then how I think he did in studio
@@12footchain Very much appreciate the response. Kinda what I imagined too 👍
very cool ...what strings are those, gauge and brand?
Ernie ball 9s
Ever play thorough a 35 watt Bogen PA amplifier? A preChallenger black or a Challenger PA amp?
I've got a Bogen too, yeah. Think it's more like 22 watts. But great
One thing that's always distressed me, thinking about being in ZZ Top; the knowledge that you could never really run a drill press or a bench grinder and be in that band...so sad...
Topics specialcbrewxon guitar wah does it
Dude , you talk waaay too much. Six and a half minutes in and you barely taught anything. Get to teaching the riffs right away and you’ll have more hits.
Too much talking. it you want to teach something then do it, dont talk about it
I think Billy would have used Magnatone amps, not Fenders. 🤷♂️
Today he does, but not sure about early 70s
Dude ur badass I don't think Billy could have done it any better it's easy to learn from you nice Les Paul too.