Apache! [Guitar solo with tabs]

[@muddyboots-mac]

I remember this song played when I was 14 yo. Started learning using acoustic guitar. Those days I only listen from radio and vinyl records. Learning from friends but not that good I never completed the song. I m 64.now start to play again with electric guitar and with youtube available I manage to learn and brush out my skills. Thanks to for sharing, I like your version. May God bless you and the family with continuous health.

[@muddyboots-mac]

At 00:54 did you palm mute it.

[@Muskieangler]

That E string scratch is a riot!

[@John-ob7dh]

Hi Tom .I learnt to play it rhythm and lead back in 1960.I had a great teacher .A 16 year old friend who is a world wide famous guitarist now at age 76 .Albert Lee.He was just starting out then and it took him weeks to teach it to me.Dont pick up.my guitar much these days but Apache is stuck in my brain .Cheers.

[@tomcon21]

Wow, great story, and must’ve been great to have him as a teacher!

[@1909iceman]

Thanks Tom. My Uncle used to play the lead. He used to play this song a lot. Seeing this video reminded me of him. He passed away two years ago.

[@tomcon21]

I’m sorry to hear about your uncle.

[@larryholt1222]

Best lesson that mirrors the original recording by Jorgen Ingmann

[@frankpmarsala7682]

Jerry Lordan's song Apache is one of the greatest instrumentals. Yes Jorgen's version and the Venture's are close and I feel better than Lordan's original. They both use a "D" instead of the "Dm" (in Jerry Lordan's original composition) in the main riff's chord progression . . . Am D Am, Am D Am, D G D, Am D Am, were as the Shadows follow Lordan . . . Am D Am, Am D Am, Dm G Dm, Am D Am. Just better sounding to the ear :)

[@Collwila]

I remember Hank Marvin and the Shadows playing that one. I really like the fills in between licks

[@frankpmarsala7682]

I love the Ventures version, one of the first songs I learned on guitar. Even though the Ventures were basically a "Fender" group, the main part of the 60's was their Mosrite time. I picked up a 1965 Candy Apple Red Mosrite with a maple neck. LOVE playing it :)

[@thomasfoss9963]

On the Ventures early albums--It states that they use Mosrite guitars!!!!!!!

[@frankpmarsala7682]

@@thomasfoss9963 They had the Mosrite deal from 1963 to 1968, with "Ventures in Space" being the first album with Mosrites. That was their most visible time. All other times they played mainly Fender. Then in later years they had a signature model with Aria, and then finally Don's son began Wilson Brother's guitars, with a signature Venture's model. But even then Gerry usually played his Strat and Nokie his custom Hitchhiker (Mosrite looking but a different sound).

[@pb12661]

@@thomasfoss9963 Their early "classics" were recorded with Fenders. I like Mosrites, personally, and think they are cool but, other than Nokie, Bogle and Wilson have stated that they preferred their Fenders. Most notably, the Fender Jazzmaster. FWIW....

[@pa-pad9290]

Wore out needles playing this album back in the day !! THANKS for the memories !!

[@tomcon21]

Thanks!

[@somethingcool7235]

Reminded me of my childhood days👍👍

[@gillesb763]

Tom you never fails....

[@andrewwazagow9120]

Absolutely the best way of teaching guitar playing. Wonderfully thoughtful , audibly stunning , taking care of student with every possible consideration . Thank you , master teacher !

[@tomcon21]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewwazagow9120]

@@tomcon21 Thank you ! All benefits and pleasure is mine !

[@kamalakshrao7230]

I salute you .great I am 76. simply bowled over. Compared to you we are kids.Superb finger movement. I have very short fingers .cant reach 4th and5th string fret easily and have to struggle

[@texasnewt]

A gut wrenching testimonial, old timer; but, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi overcame having the tips of his fingers sliced off at a sheet metal plant, so your guitar playing dream is probably well founded and doable!🙂

[@ВладимирИльин-о4к]

Very melodiously, literally pronouncing words and intonations. Impeccably.

[@Nautilus4820]

I am looking for a Apache version to learn and today I have seen it. You play so well and your harmon style impressed me. Thank Tom.

[@Dude_Guyman]

Thanks for the Ventures version...so I can make a hybrid version with my favorite bits from both.

[@mrbones48183]

Dude, you got my approval @ 57 sec for knowing how to do that, exactly as it originally was done! And if I may suggest, starting at 137 sec mute the strings with your right hand as you pick it and don't let it ring the note. Very nice cover.

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@BushidoPhoto]

It's funny how two different guitar players can play this song so differently. Great playing!

[@nicholasmarchino6814]

So smooth!! Loved that little fingernail scratch !!

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@jcthemuffin]

😂😂😂

[@grimaceize]

Great job...Love the Jazzmaster... Just gave my 65 Sherwood Green Jazzmaster to one of my sons...after listening to this I may go get it back for a while..

[@smirnoff-3635]

BRAVO MAESTRO!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! БРАВО МАЕСТРО !!! БОЛЬШОЕ СПАСИБО

[@aardvark493]

Awesome!!!! My dad had The Shadows Greatest Hits. Wore that record out!

[@keithamyx1215]

Job Well Done!!! I loved the "pick scratch" ala finger!

[@lacomita]

All I can say is WOW!! I believe the Shadows came out with this song. They played it good.. Then the song made its way into the US and The Ventures got ahold of it.. made a few noticeable changes to the song and Presto... a good song into a smash hit.. You play so well !! The best I’ve heard! No kidding!! 👍

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!!

[@harriswarner3458]

Thanks so much for the video, tab and backing track. I'm 74 and always loved this song but never took time to learn it. Fun tune!

[@tomcon21]

Great!

[@長正弘]

いつも見せていただいております。アパッチはこのビデオで覚えさせていただきました。ギターの手元がしっかり写っているので、コピーに非常に役立ちました。これからもどんどん新曲の紹介をお願い致します。

[@alexandredubus1772]

you really are a killer man. thank's for all you're tabs and backing tracks. forever surfing.

[@tomcon21]

My pleasure

[@shadowjammer]

The Ventures would be Proud !! 🇺🇸🤟🤠

[@jeffhussey1089]

Ahhh, finally the ventures get a little recognition for their improvements on a shadows classic... like all versions but this is my favorite!

[@tomcon21]

Thanks!

[@larrypower8659]

@ JEFF HUSSEY ~ Improvement? Maybe, but shouldn’t we just call it, ‘their Interpretation?” The Ventures were my guitar teachers back then, so I’m not knocking them in any way, believe me. I like this lesson a lot. It is interesting to hear the three separate hit versions: Shadows (1960), Jorgen Ingman (‘61, and the U.S. hit), and Ventures. Their ver- sion seems to be more like The Shadows, while Jorgen Ingman’s was a more ambitious one, technique-wise. I never even heard The Shadows UK version until later; it was Jorgen, then The Ventures for me. The Shadows were, in essence, the UK’s Ventures or vice versa. Like you, I prefer the boys from Tacoma. Ventures forever!!!

[@stringbender57]

Sounds just like the way I remember hearing it played by the 'Venture's'. My Dad used to play that album track over and over...lol! Great job as usual!

[@markbrown7103]

I like what you’re saying that your dad used to play that record but the avengers did not write that song hey guy by the name of Jordan Ingram wrote that song back in 1960 and it was a hit in 1961 I was nine years old this was my first favorite guitar song this was one of the songs to inspire me to want to learn how to play a guitar I still play today

[@stringbender57]

@@markbrown7103 I don't think I said anything about the "Avengers" or who wrote the song. I mentioned the "Ventures" who played songs that were all written by others to the best of my knowledge. But thank you kindly for the info. 👍

[@josemoutia1178]

That version is different.you play it beautifully.my favourite tune of all time .ill never forget the first time I heard it.big up!

[@tomcon21]

Thanks Jose

[@voxmarsh6458]

And that's how it's done. Wonderful!

[@tomcon21]

Vox Marsh 😄Thanks!

[@bayan6537]

Wow I love it 🥰 very beautiful . the music reminds me about my dad when I was younger

[@southamptonswave7964]

Amazing guitar tab, Thank you so much. I have only just taken up the guitar at 60 and so to have chance to play the first record I ever bought, is a dream come true. Joe Lockyer

[@Nate-gh1hy]

All I can say is WOW!!

[@albertocastro3678]

Apache, esta musica les da la dignidad a esos bravos guerreros, muy bella , muy bella.

[@lizarrrdbeth]

This was so freaking awesome!!!!

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@nahls89]

THIS IS SOOOO GOOD!!

[@paolomaggi8188]

I have goosebumps!

[@agneslarkin9754]

Very well played Tom. Enjoyed listening to your music.

[@bigbird2170]

Might have to hang up my "metal" hooks. This and Summertime Blues are belting fun to play and really tasty licks.

[@tomcon21]

I wish I had metal hooks that I could hang up. 🤣

[@sundancekick9359]

OH GOD, PROFESSIONAL MAN.

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic cover have a good weekend ❤😊

[@dannyhullihen966]

Excellent! Exactly like the record!

[@richardcendana817]

AWESOME!!! how about MOVE IT by the SHADOWS...

[@upinminnesota]

Bravo! I always enjoy your great videos and tabs. Thanks for keeping the interest brewing in surf music!

[@Dark.Shingo]

This version is superb. I grew up listening to my dad playing his vinyl records with awesome music like this! Thanks for sharing!

[@blackjackmaster1432]

The ventures version Came out in 1963 the main difference between this and the shadows version is that the shadows version is done in a style known as British Electric guitar a style created by the Shadows. The Shadows version came out in 1960, The Ventures version is based on Spanish Guitar or at least based in part. You will also note that both versions highlight different parts of the song in different ways i like the ventures version the best myself. This is a wicked version done here Thanks well done.

[@awa-248]

Hi i also like ventures version.... infact easy to play is the shadows version..... more good to hear is vetures

[@jeffburnham6611]

That was beautifully done! Some of the best songs of that generation were done by the Ventures, or were instrumentals.

[@MaritzaWild]

I love your YT channel!! Thank you for excellent content!!

[@stugoodell7835]

Great Job,love the tone.miss that sound back in the good old days.

[@tomcon21]

Thanks Stu, I love the sound too.

[@awa-248]

Amazingly played and easy to learn tabs 👌👌🥰🥰🥰

[@pengm9268]

Beautiful rendition. Thanks for the tabs. Been wanting to learn play this. Just got a birthday present an electric.

[@whirlybird3189]

I'll give him a 10 on this performance!

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@JayThatsMe]

One word....Awesome. Thank you.

[@josehernanmorenogenovez6982]

GRACIAS AMIGO... BELLA MELODÍA... APACHE THE VUNTURAS... BONITA TU GUITARRA... Saludos desde Él Salvador, C.A.

[@benzmogus8380]

This song/version will be my first song on e-guitar. [ I'm a greenhorn in playing guitar] Your version sounds great. Best wishes from Germany 😉

[@tomcon21]

Thank you so much, enjoy!

[@MrGoodknight2010]

Very cool, beautifully done. Thanks!

[@kaukopaksula]

Thank you very much! A song from my youth, as well as Summertime Blues, which I recently learned. Really interesting to learn to play these myself now, when I've only just moved to electric guitar as an old man. Good arrangements, good Tabs, good lessons, stylish backgrounds.

[@samward9641]

I've got some bare-knuckle Stratocaster pickups called Apaches now I get it.

[@mick369mick4]

Gracias Tom Colon, saludis desde Argentina.

[@walterkersting1362]

Sounds exactly like what an Apache Indian would play if they had electricity, an amp and guitar and 1960s American musical sensibilities and a couple of years practice. Geronimo could do it in like a year...

[@tomcon21]

🤣

[@larrypower8659]

Very nice! The Ventures were “The Bible” for players of my generation. Their version seems to be a cross between The Shadows’ version and that of Jorgen Ingman, who had the American hit version, in 1961. His is the one I relate to since no one over here had ever heard (or heard of) The Shadows. Their “Apache” was released before Jorgen’s and a monstrous hit in the UK. The Shadows were the UK’s Ventures, and revered just as much by those young guitarists over there, perhaps more so.

[@marklynch3149]

Bert Weedon released it before anyone....

[@larrypower8659]

@@marklynch3149 Indeed he did. But it was The Shadows (and Hank Marvin) who put it on the map in the UK.

[@marklynch3149]

@@larrypower8659 Yes I know.. Theirs is the definitive version. I've been a fan of theirs since I was a kid, and they felt guilty about beating Bert to the number one spot, so they wrote a tune dedicated to him.. It was called "Mr guitar" 😃

[@larrypower8659]

@@marklynch3149 Still learning something every day. Thanks for that nugget and HAPPY 2022! Gotta be better than the last two …

[@marklynch3149]

@@larrypower8659 I hope it will be a better year too.. Happy New year to you and your family 😊

[@tonylilley6611]

Just discovered this channel, absolutely fantastic, all my favourite tunes, I'm just starting out a bit late in life with the guitar, but I'm definitely going to try hard now I've seen this channel. 😊

[@markbrown7103]

Hey Tom you’re playing that just like the original guy that did it Jordan Ingram in 1961 this is exactly the way he plays this song beautiful version I love it going to learn your version sounds more like the version I know 👍🏼😎❤️🎶🎼🎸☮️

[@haroldferry1397]

I tried to follow but it went so fast trying to learn it. I might have to see if can this song tab like this. Awesome playing.

[@danielmedina5120]

Congratulations is amazing and very good sound exelent

[@coffeeandcrypto7194]

Can you do Apache by The Shadows as well as I like that one best

[@Edward-MTBKR]

Thanks Tom! Been looking forward to learning The Ventures version, and I didn't know how to do that "whip, or Cowboy Whistle?" trick.

[@tomcon21]

Thanks for watching!

[@isladelociootakuradio4884]

Just scratch your fingernails on the strings

[@ritupabankotoky]

Thank you for this video.

[@victorrodriguezherrera9984]

Hola saludos...otro cover más que te hechaste a la bolsa de las mejores interpretaciones.. muy bien. Impecable...

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Thank you thank you thank you! I LOVE this song and The Ventures and The Shadows. I started learning this song years ago but was away from the guitar for a few years so I forgot most of it. But now I'm playing again. I have to say watching your video and presentation was wonderful. You nailed it perfectly and I love your format that shows the tablature. Beautiful Jazzmaster by the way and it sounds perfect!

[@tomcon21]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@jonathanhudak2059]

@@tomcon21 well deserved Tom! :-)

[@damiansanchez7873]

Surf is not dead!!! ✌️

[@AlessandroFormisano]

The scratch make me laugh so hard! Brilliant!!!

[@kevinaylesbury1969]

Tom you got too show your face , so everyone can see such a legend guitarist your awesome mate 💖💖💖💖👍🇦🇺subscribed

[@themanuelkpo]

wow that guitar sounds amazing, cool cover dude

[@PAJA-k6d]

トムさん、ありがとう！

[@bigteno4597]

Loved it my friend, thank you!

[@tomcon21]

Thanks for watching!

[@DavidChadderton-g7d]

Great fun. Thanks Hank. I’ll try that.

[@romeo34889]

That was mezmeriiiiiiiizzzziiiinnnggg..

[@julieandalansmith4193]

Great, Love your Jazzmaster, it’s Awesome! 🎸

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@AlecSmith-jk5mb]

You do a really nice job with these videos. That is all. 👍

[@santigardipee9303]

Great job maestro!

[@rickvanderwoude2176]

Awesome! You nail these songs!

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

U like the jazz master better than your Strat and tele ?? I think they are super cool and am thinking of getting one.

[@tomcon21]

Jazzmaster has become my favorite!

[@billholman279]

100 % Nailed it!!!

[@mrsmith7939]

Great stuff! More Shadows please Tom!!

[@MetalHeart8787]

Awesome ive always wanted to learn this song. Great video. I saw the tabs on another sight & the triplet part was wrong.

[@tomcon21]

Thanks!

[@ivankorotkoff1833]

Музыка моей молодости! По ощущениям, как-будто нырнул в прошлое на машине времени.

[@arielcruz2386]

Greatest Versión!!!!!!

[@michaelchappell6570]

Hi Tom, I am so glad that I came across your version of Apache and with the Tabs, I am just learning this and it helps to have someone like you as an online mentor. You have a great sound and probably the best version I have heard so far. Congrats I don't have a Jazzmaster but two Strats.. etc. Sydney Australia

[@tomcon21]

Thank you so much! It means a lot.

[@crumhunger]

music to my ears

[@pedroluismogollongarcia9467]

Exelente tema...bien interpretado saludos

[@tomcon21]

Gracias

[@pedroluismogollongarcia9467]

Ya lo toqué en mi guitarra electrica

[@Sergey_Naumov]

Где можно найти наиболее полный ресурс и скачать все эти минусовки, БЕЗ ГИТАРНЫХ ЛИНИЙ, только с ритм-секцией? 🤔

[@tomcon21]

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[@Sergey_Naumov]

@@tomcon21 Благодарю за ссылку, Томас!)

[@Nate-gh1hy]

Very nice Tom. The Shadows' "Apache" that was first released and became a UK #1 hit for five weeks in 1960.) but I still loved The Ventures version. You really nailed it & thanks for sharing it. I will appreciate if you can post the Ventures "Pipeline". I like their version better than The Chantays (original).

[@tomcon21]

Will take a listen!

[@woodmum]

New subscriber gained!! Great work bro!

[@tomcon21]

Thanks so much!

[@lisado6028]

So enjoy to see your playing this song, I love it❤️

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@kimberlyespinoza280]

Great guitar playing dude.

[@tomcon21]

Thanks!

Chơi guitar quá hay

[@HoosierRooster]

Nice one of my all-time favorites

[@tomcon21]

Herb Wandrei thank you!