In 1965 my parents allowed me at 16 years of age to go on a trip with my buddy to Myrtle Beach, SC unaccompanied by an adult. We slept in his family's new canary yellow Chevy Impala Station-wagon. Not a babe magnet but then neither were we. One morning we walked into a restaurant for breakfast. There was a jukebox in the corner...10 cents a song...3 for a quarter. We dumped in 4 quarters and selected The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man 12 times....almost 30 minutes...we left before it finished. We couldn't stand the stares.
When I was a teen-ager many years ago my Dad bought me an electric 12 string. I spent all my free time in my bedroom learning how to fingerpick the Byrds songs. I thought Roger McGuinn was the coolest guy on Earth and those Granny Glasses and his hair style and that Ric enhanced his image in my mind even more. I'm 67 now and I still listen to the Byrds and fingerpick my 12 string guitar.
What kind of 12-string did your dad buy you? I had a Danelectro Bellzouki 12-string back in the 60s, and it was a very cool guitar. Wish I still had it. Here's a pic of the model: images.equipboard.com/uploads/item/image/20476/danelectro-bellzouki-12-string-semi-hollow-body-electric-guitar-xl.jpg?v=1475694270
Any time I hear someone say Rickenbacker I always think of Roger McGuinn, I’m a fender guy but love hearing McGuinn play that 12 string Rickenbacker! Such a timeless sound!
How wonderful is this! Roger has been a hero since elementary school and you have captured the period that made him that hero. Thanks and blessings for your talents
I found myself starting the vocals for many of these tunes. Had my first Byrds album when I was only 5 years old. Played it on an old Webcor tube phonograph.
The intro is probably the most underrated part of pop song writing. A good one always has one that is instantly recognizable, a part unto itself. Roger was a master at writing them as this video illustrates. He could even do it covering other people's songs. Bob Dylan apparently went electric after hearing the Byrd's Mr. Tamborine Man and from then on preferred their version of his song!
Got my first Ricky when I was 7. Next year added the twelve. By ear, I picked every time that hit the radio at the time. I started at 7 and am now 67. I will never give up those sounds!!
McGuinn was an old banjo player from the Old School/Folkie days around the near North side of Chicago before The Byrds. The banjo influence is quite obvious in his picking style and this is what made him unique from the standard Brit Invasion bands at the time & certainly light years ahead of the USA garage bands who desperately tried to catch that style but never quite pulled it off...
WOW! I knew McGuinn's sound was a major part of why I love The Byrds, but hearing all of these intros in a row makes it even clearer what an inventive, creative player he is. Thanks for this masterful collage!🙌💯🙌
Song order via guitar introduction played: 0:31 Mr. Tambourine Man 0:44 I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better 0:55 Spanish Harlem Incident 1:03 You Won't Have To Cry 1:15 The Bells of Rhymney 1:27 All I Really Want To Do 1:35 Chimes Of Freedom 1:53 We'll Meet Again 2:05 She Don't Care About Time 2:16 We'll Meet Again (Alternate Version) 2:26 Turn! Turn! Turn! 2:45 It Won't Be Wrong 2:59 Wild Mountain Thyme 3:11 John Riley 3:28 So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star 3:47 My Back Pages 3:59 Mind Gardens
A rock band I was in when I was in high school, our rhythm guitarist was taken back by the sounds of a 12 string guitar. He bought a 12 string Framus. The sound that came from that 12 string was fantastic.
Nicely done! You're Ric is perfectly tuned - we Ric owners know that is not always an easy thing to do. Tuning can make or break the sound of a 12-string and in your case, just as in Roger's case, it makes listening to this unique guitar sheer joy, especially when played as well as you play it. Kudos! And who needs a 370??
A wonderful sequence of events: Rickenbacker has the vision, develops it's superb electric 12-string, and Beatle, George Harrison, gets one the prototypes. Harrison promptly with the Beatles makes recordings playing his Rickenbacker 12-string, including tracks for their movie, A Hard Day's Night. Already having played the acoustic 12-string, Roger McGuinn sees the Beatles movie with fellow Byrd band members, and sees that Harrison is playing a Rickenbacker electric 12-string. McGuinn acquires a Rickenbacker 12-string, and makes recordings with the Byrds, applying a thumb & two finger roll finger picking style. This gives the Byrds a unique sound. In an interview, Jimi Hendrix compliments the Byrds for having a sound all of their own. Through his inspired playing, Roger McGuinn is one of the exemplars of electric 12-string guitar players!
I'm working at learning McGuinn on my new Fender electric 12. I've found that it's all in the right hand and finger picks are a must. Glad to see you showing the picking. You helped me get a handle on his style.
I am using a Fender Deluxe Reverb with a Silver Janglebox, Flatwound strings, and just Reverb on the Amp. The trick to the sound is to use alot of Compression. And the Flatwound Strings.
Yup, me too, & I'll be 70 in September. ("Seventy In September"-sounds like a sentimental Byrds song like "Goin Back" or something.) Anyway, the Byrds w/their soaring harmonies and compressed JJsound (jinglejangle) changed my life from a feeling-caged-in adolescent in a Manhattan apartment to someone who felt he was shown soaring possibilities just by hearing the elevating gift of their wonderful sound, their come-fly-with-me music (sorry, but I don't mean Sinatra). Still can't make a C chord on my Ric without my index finger damping out the high E string, though; their necks are not that wide, y'know. Was this always true on 12-string Rics? And you know he uses a pick w/his thumb & forefinger and then fingerpicks on his 3rd & 4th fingers, right. Great job though; thank you!
So, it was all very impressive and certainly captured the Rick 12 jingle jangle so well ......and I recognized a good number of Byrds' tunes, but I missed a couple that I was hoping to hear....can you advise whether I need to loop it back and re-listen? I wanted to hear the intro to Mr. Spaceman and Jesus is Just Allright. Didn't hear either.
Loving this in England! 🇬🇧✌️have you found the Silver JangleBox best? Several other JangleBox demos are really noisy - hums, buzzes, crackles when the compressor clips! Also flatwound strings eh? What is it about the flatwounds that makes them more jangly? I guess that’s what Roger used originally? Thanks for your thoughts!
In 1965 my parents allowed me at 16 years of age to go on a trip with my buddy to Myrtle Beach, SC unaccompanied by an adult. We slept in his family's new canary yellow Chevy Impala Station-wagon. Not a babe magnet but then neither were we.
One morning we walked into a restaurant for breakfast. There was a jukebox in the corner...10 cents a song...3 for a quarter. We dumped in 4 quarters and selected The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man 12 times....almost 30 minutes...we left before it finished. We couldn't stand the stares.
Fantastic David!!!!
When I was a teen-ager many years ago my Dad bought me an electric 12 string. I spent all my free time in my bedroom learning how to fingerpick the Byrds songs. I thought Roger McGuinn was the coolest guy on Earth and those Granny Glasses and his hair style and that Ric enhanced his image in my mind even more. I'm 67 now and I still listen to the Byrds and fingerpick my 12 string guitar.
daryl winn absolutely
daryl winn Me too man, me too man.... I have a Tom Petty Limited Edition Rickenbacker 66O 12 string ...
What kind of 12-string did your dad buy you?
I had a Danelectro Bellzouki 12-string back in the 60s, and it was a very cool guitar.
Wish I still had it.
Here's a pic of the model:
images.equipboard.com/uploads/item/image/20476/danelectro-bellzouki-12-string-semi-hollow-body-electric-guitar-xl.jpg?v=1475694270
v8hotrodlincoln - you have a very collectible guitar, my friend!!!!
Have you heard much Johnny Marr or The Church?
Any time I hear someone say Rickenbacker I always think of Roger McGuinn, I’m a fender guy but love hearing McGuinn play that 12 string Rickenbacker! Such a timeless sound!
Thanks. McGuinn is simply brilliant. The sustain continues...
Music influences in American Rock: The Beach Boys> The Byrds>Tom Petty
How wonderful is this! Roger has been a hero since elementary school and you have captured the period that made him that hero. Thanks and blessings for your talents
I found myself starting the vocals for many of these tunes. Had my first Byrds album when I was only 5 years old. Played it on an old Webcor tube phonograph.
The intro is probably the most underrated part of pop song writing. A good one always has one that is instantly recognizable, a part unto itself. Roger was a master at writing them as this video illustrates. He could even do it covering other people's songs. Bob Dylan apparently went electric after hearing the Byrd's Mr. Tamborine Man and from then on preferred their version of his song!
what a different approach to this timeless McGuinn music! Fascinating and great job on all those early Byrds songs.
Amazing how indelible those intros he created are....instant classics, always fresh sounding
Classic Ricky 12 sound, nice guitar. But really would have liked to see what the left hand was doing.
It's all in the picking hand
he is playing a D chord G-A7 and thats every byrds song
Amazing playing Gary. I've always loved those Byrds intros. this brings it home what a master of the intro he was.
Roger was our 60's American guitar sound.
Superb, and played one after the like that really shows the talent of Roger McGuinn and yourself Gary.
Got my first Ricky when I was 7. Next year added the twelve. By ear, I picked every time that hit the radio at the time. I started at 7 and am now 67. I will never give up those sounds!!
Thank You So Much Ben. Been playin his music since 65. My Hero as well!!!
That was masterful! McGuinn was so special! And you sound 100% like the records.
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McGuinn was an old banjo player from the Old School/Folkie days around the near North side of Chicago before The Byrds. The banjo influence is quite obvious in his picking style and this is what made him unique from the standard Brit Invasion bands at the time & certainly light years ahead of the USA garage bands who desperately tried to catch that style but never quite pulled it off...
Gary Jacob, thanks for proving Roger McGuinn is themes innovative and influential 12-string player since Leadbelly. This was cool to watch.
WOW! I knew McGuinn's sound was a major part of why I love The Byrds, but hearing all of these intros in a row makes it even clearer what an inventive, creative player he is. Thanks for this masterful collage!🙌💯🙌
Song order via guitar introduction played:
0:31 Mr. Tambourine Man
0:44 I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
0:55 Spanish Harlem Incident
1:03 You Won't Have To Cry
1:15 The Bells of Rhymney
1:27 All I Really Want To Do
1:35 Chimes Of Freedom
1:53 We'll Meet Again
2:05 She Don't Care About Time
2:16 We'll Meet Again (Alternate Version)
2:26 Turn! Turn! Turn!
2:45 It Won't Be Wrong
2:59 Wild Mountain Thyme
3:11 John Riley
3:28 So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star
3:47 My Back Pages
3:59 Mind Gardens
2:16 is It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
3:59 is actually Goin' Back (not Mind Gardens)
Thanks a lot!!
@@Berniewahlbrinck You're welcome!
Thank You 😊🤗🤗🤗
You are the first person since Roger McGuinn whom I have heard play any of those intros, Gary! Well done! Keep up the great finger pickin'!
Awesome, thank you! Love The Bryds sound!
This made my day. I can't wait to someday own my own 330 or 360/12
Beautiful songs,fantastic Rickenbacker 12string, and...the Byrds !
Wonderful Gary, , love the sound of that Ric! Toaster Pickups rule.
Yes, A silver JBox, and a Fender Deluxe Reverb. Thank You. Gary
What is a silver J Box please?
Marazo Marazo A “Jangle Box” Compressor Pedal
Very well played. Brings back a lot of memories. I have a Danelectric 12-string with a Boss compressor but can't get that sound like you did.
I've been listening to the byrds from the crib. The earliest music I remember.
A rock band I was in when I was in high school, our rhythm guitarist was taken back by the sounds of a 12 string guitar. He bought a 12 string Framus. The sound that came from that 12 string was fantastic.
Nicely done! You're Ric is perfectly tuned - we Ric owners know that is not always an easy thing to do. Tuning can make or break the sound of a 12-string and in your case, just as in Roger's case, it makes listening to this unique guitar sheer joy, especially when played as well as you play it. Kudos! And who needs a 370??
Loved it. I needed a musical recalibration.
Great job. I love McGuinn and the Byrds!
Thanks for the close up on the picking. Very helpful
This is friggin brilliant... Your playing is impeccable.
Gosh, how pretty is that intro to "The Bells of Rhymney" at 1:15?
andyinoregon exactly need to learn that
Great stuff! So, good to see you doing Roger's thumb pick w/ two finger pick roll!
Love that intro to Spanish Harlem Incident.
You make me want to sell a pile of my guitars to fund or at least partially fund a used Ric 12.
Great playing and an awesome sounding guitar. Thanks for uploading!
You are a FANTASTIC player. Tidy and crisp.
Damn, this needs more views. Spot on stuff.
Thank you for posting this Gary...the BYRDS would be proud 🎤🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🥁
A wonderful sequence of events:
Rickenbacker has the vision, develops it's superb electric 12-string, and Beatle, George Harrison, gets one the prototypes. Harrison promptly with the Beatles makes recordings playing his Rickenbacker 12-string, including tracks for their movie, A Hard Day's Night.
Already having played the acoustic 12-string, Roger McGuinn sees the Beatles movie with fellow Byrd band members, and sees that Harrison is playing a Rickenbacker electric 12-string.
McGuinn acquires a Rickenbacker 12-string, and makes recordings with the Byrds, applying a thumb & two finger roll finger picking style. This gives the Byrds a unique sound. In an interview, Jimi Hendrix compliments the Byrds for having a sound all of their own.
Through his inspired playing, Roger McGuinn is one of the exemplars of electric 12-string guitar players!
Yes the intro for Bells is there. Thank You
Ok Guys, Will do the left hand in a few days. Gary
SEI UN FENOMENO! DANiELE :)
Hi Gary this is wonderful to hear!
I'm working at learning McGuinn on my new Fender electric 12. I've found that it's all in the right hand and finger picks are a must. Glad to see you showing the picking. You helped me get a handle on his style.
Thank you House RN!!!!
What made me think I was the only one still playing these songs on my 12 ric in the 21st century ? You nailed them all Gary ... and perfect tone !!!!!
Thank you My Friend!! Been Playin Rogers style for a long while. I just love it!!!
Perfectly done. A lot of effort to get the exact sound and fingerpicking. Are you using a Janglebox for the compression?
Thank you for valuable Instruction.
Finally found out how to play the intro Mr.Tambourine man.
Sounding great! thanks
Thank You Steven!!!!
well done..very entertaining and of course, educational...
superb, as always!!!!
Fantastic job! 👍
Awesome, thanks Gary
Nice! Well done. Thank you.
Wowwww loved it, thanks.
Awesome my Friend!!!
Well-done demo of the style.
Spot on... well done
Wow,loved it !
I am using a Fender Deluxe Reverb with a Silver Janglebox, Flatwound strings, and just Reverb on the Amp. The trick to the sound is to use alot of Compression. And the Flatwound Strings.
You freaking nailed it! 😁
Great work here
Great tribute.
Excellent!!!!
Well done! Thanks
Dale these are Explained on the Videos on my You Tube Channel
Excellent!!!!!!!
Love this video! Such a great guitarist. Love a Ricky
Thank you Wayne!!
Really enjoyed this man !.I didnt draw breath till 60 so I couldnt name some of them . BTW, what was #3 ?. Thanks for posting.
Nice one Gary, would have been even better with a split screen for fret work. Fantastic.
Nice playing Gary!
Beautiful playing! Not many videos on mcguinns guitar
Very nice!
NAILED!!
Killer tone! You sound just like McGuinn in the studio.
excellent
That's a good sounding Rick.
Very Well Done
Superb! Do you plan to do Byrds covers and upload them? Those first 5 albums are amazing!
Thanks!!!!!
Hi Gary. I have a ric 370/12 with the 3 toaster pick ups. what is the best fingers and thumb picks to use. any you can recommend, Thanks
very nice!
Awwwwwwwsome!
bravo
BRAVO
Nice idea!
Yup, me too, & I'll be 70 in September. ("Seventy In September"-sounds like a sentimental Byrds song like "Goin Back" or something.) Anyway, the Byrds w/their soaring harmonies and compressed JJsound (jinglejangle) changed my life from a feeling-caged-in adolescent in a Manhattan apartment to someone who felt he was shown soaring possibilities just by hearing the elevating gift of their wonderful sound, their come-fly-with-me music (sorry, but I don't mean Sinatra). Still can't make a C chord on my Ric without my index finger damping out the high E string, though; their necks are not that wide, y'know. Was this always true on 12-string Rics? And you know he uses a pick w/his thumb & forefinger and then fingerpicks on his 3rd & 4th fingers, right. Great job though; thank you!
Byrd’s were the coolest had the first fisheye cover album brought up to Vancouver BC in 69 by my cousin in a 69 Camaro, how cool is that?
WOW ! THAT AMPS A HUMMIN.
So, it was all very impressive and certainly captured the Rick 12 jingle jangle so well ......and I recognized a good number of Byrds' tunes, but I missed a couple that I was hoping to hear....can you advise whether I need to loop it back and re-listen? I wanted to hear the intro to Mr. Spaceman and Jesus is Just Allright. Didn't hear either.
Tone on the ric is awesome
MORE!!!
NICE
You got that thing tuned up! No small feat. Did you do Bells of Rhymney?
I think he did - at 1.15!
Loving this in England! 🇬🇧✌️have you found the Silver JangleBox best? Several other JangleBox demos are really noisy - hums, buzzes, crackles when the compressor clips! Also flatwound strings eh? What is it about the flatwounds that makes them more jangly? I guess that’s what Roger used originally? Thanks for your thoughts!
Thank You James!!!
Gary , I love your videos and thank you !!♡!! I was wondering if you could do Eight Miles High ??? ( I've never heard anybody but McGuinn do it.).
Tough suggestion!
you missed "here without you" :(
amazing vid anyway! 💖
Great songs. What amp do you use with your RB?
Fender Deluxe Reverb