Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - ZZ Top | Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers as performed by ZZ Top (specifically the guitar played by Billy Gibbons).
The energy in this song is incredible, the sound that Billy gets on his lead tone sounds like the tubes are literally cooking and he is maxing out whatever amp he was using paired with his Les Paul. And did you catch
the "early days fingerboard tapping" technique here? I know Eddie Van Halen must have, right?
Signal chain: Les Paul bridge p/u...Fulltone OCD...Boss Blues Driver...Boss GE7 EQ...Xotic EP Booser...Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb
00:00 Introduction - what to expect
00:57 Getting tone, my equipment settings
03:58 Lesson - Rhythm Guitar parts
06:39 Lesson - Lead Guitar section
17:16 Demo - lead guitar section
18:29 Outro approach
20:02 Final thoughts
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[@SyntagmaStation]

Thank god someone did a competent lesson on this. Thanks man!

[@seachild100]

100% my favorite ZZ Top song. Thank you so much for this!

[@rexmonarch2]

Down here in southwest coastal Florida drinking AndyGator beer and learnin' some ZZ licks -- thank you sir.

[@user-jt8sw8jm5n]

Sir you totally nailed this. This is so on the money thank you very much. First Billy gibbons lesson that actually sounds like Billy gibbons. You picked up so well on the nuances of Billy gibbons, that's the secret to his tone and vibe. Cheers

[@eroks59]

Billy G had his fingers layed down across fret board a lot always allowing muted strings everywhere. Which attributed to his iconic style layed back chill left hand. Tells ya. Relax 😂

[@-Atmos1]

I've played along with this song hundreds of times wrongly . Thanks for showing the correct way to play it . Billy Gibbons is a guitar Great , that's for sure .

[@aaronlalli3730]

Always wondered about some of those phrases, outstanding job!

[@MrYatesj1]

Love that LP. Great Lesson Great Song. Keep'em Coming!!

[@danmayes4657]

Another great one. Thanks!

[@shirleyesterbrook1392]

What a great lesson thank you !

[@peterhughes8699]

Great to see more Billy - thanks :)

[@eroks59]

Great song bro. Saw billy in Laguna like 15 yrs ago car and all. Long leather coat. Lol vintage memories. He was checking out of hotel ahead of me. Had goose bumps. So cool 😎

[@timmcmaster6435]

love ur work man thx ✌🏾

[@eroks59]

Keep up the great lessons man. 🎉❤

[@ljkj63]

love this vid it really help me ..thank you!

[@richardallen1961]

That was righteous. Dude Ya Nailed It !

[@MikeX50]

Just discovered your channel and subscribed - awesome selection of songs which is much appreciated!

[@kevincaldwell7431]

Thanks so much! You make this simple ( the rhythm, anyway ) for me to play, even with my handicap! What a blast it is….. to play it correctly!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Excellent Guitar Video ✨🎸✨🇺🇸☮️🏄🏽‍♀️

[@joezeit7391]

Excellent!

[@klauschrist5934]

Great ZZ Top lesson. Everything sounds very real, thanks from Europe. KayCee

[@elinino5275]

Terrific ! Really tasty licks by BG

[@MrCarlos1335]

GOOD JOB, WELL DONE

[@victorjordan8428]

great job

[@garyslespaul]

Great channel, glad I found it!!

[@12footchain]

Welcome aboard!

[@allanmurphy-ux2ym]

Thank you for clarification of the songs.

[@charleskinsey2141]

Great song hottest leads ,,i agree with you about Eddie getting the idea for the tapping from this song and took it to a whole new level . This song really cooks :)

[@pilledsenior1389]

When Van Halen was a bar band they covered ZZ Top songs.

[@lauraandrews8319]

Great job on this! Love that Les Paul, and I've been thinking about getting that Tone Master Deluxe Reverb, sounds killer.

[@BOOMER-DAD]

Great choice Billy ! On 10 🤘🏼cranked baby, You nailed it amigo The beard & stash look cool, (accents the eye brows)

[@PC85X]

Just found you and instantly subscribed. Such a good channel, I'll have fun digging through your catalogue ✌️

[@12footchain]

Welcome!

[@rjlong89]

Nice guitar 🎸🤘

[@richardallen1961]

Thank You

[@superbandwaistband]

Enjoying your channel - keep it up 😀

[@12footchain]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Foofang65]

Yes!

[@TonyDeRosa]

Hey! great lesson. I like the way you deliver it, good format. I used to play this in the 70's and 16 year old me couldn't do the tapping thing very well. EVH probably had no issue which is why i went back to school. I did see an interview with Eddie where he said the first tapping thing he learned was LZ Heartbreaker. And pinch harmonics was Leslie West. Billy did both and I'm sure Eddie knew it.

[@jerrywalaszek2473]

Thanks, I will be hitting you up sooner than later!

[@JDShellnut39]

Great lesson!!!

[@tomscotland]

These lessons are gold, thanks man.

[@hobotamer9852]

Awesome video! I would love to see a tutorial for Dear Angie by Badfinger!

[@matrixmatico695]

Got Xmas lights already🎉

[@thomasmccullagh1300]

jammin

[@johnjohnson3709]

I usually use C9 and D9 chords but play a Gm7 for the first chord.

[@billmoran935]

I’ll drink to that!!

[@charleskinsey2141]

Billy Gibbons uses some really interesting licks like on Chevolet so anything from older ZZ Top interests me .There is a shortened live version on tube here .I think it's new years eve and he says welcome to Washington DC ? those chords and leads are or seem really unique .

[@markpell8979]

Charles, ZZ Top played with Alvin Lee & Ten Years After at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, Maryland (suburban Washington/Baltimore) in the winter of '73/74. That may be the show you're talking about. Alvin Lee was great but ZZ Top stole the show. They were just breaking on alternative radio at the time.

[@andypearce5537]

It was a 62/63 delux fender amp.

[@liborsionko]

The height of blues rock solo subtlety

[@guitarist22lespaul90]

Excellent Lesson, Thumbs 🆙. I got question on the picking is it all down strokes on each note and chord to?

[@12footchain]

Good question, I'm assuming you mean on the chords? Difficult to explain, I should have devoted some time to it. I play it with [a] the first 3 hits on the chord are downstrokes (last one emphasized), followed by [b] quick alternating muted triplet (down up down), followed by an emphasized downstroke. The pattern then repeats from [b] two more times to complete the strum pattern. Hope that made sense, difficult to describe here

[@michawiechowski6275]

I'm a beer drinker, have to work on the hellraiser part yet...

[@shakeyblues5128]

I find it interesting The Reverend Billy Gibbons plays on 7, 9, 11, 20, 30, 38 strings. I usually play on 9's. Top Shelf again 12ft ♪♫♪♫♪

[@12footchain]

I know, right? 7s !! Must feel like spider web silk

[@eroks59]

Waz up chains. 🎉

[@alraymond1618]

Very good! And what attentuator setting do you have the Fender set at? Not the full 22 watts, I take it...

[@12footchain]

I pulled all the way down to the 1/2 watt on that

[@CursedInEternity92]

Live in 1980, in Germany they play this and many other great zz top songs, although the thing is you can tell they are in E flat or d standard. The riffs are played differently than all the covers I see online and their tone is a lot heavier than the record. I'm thinking the standard tuning versions of most of their tunes don't sound right because they acctually play a half step down . Very confusing stuff for a guitar player lol

[@Mudder1310]

What I understand about this era Gibbons is he used a brownface deluxe.

[@nasticanasta]

always learn the live version

[@invisableobserver]

I bet they wrote that song about Samuel Bvld in Dallas (I prefer the Van halen version),

[@scotthalladay2210]

Are most top songs in g?

[@bighardbooks770]

Could you br anymore _borng?!?_

[@aidanfeighery6634]

It's a guitar lesson, what do u want? Be thankful that he has made this tutorial for us.

[@mikeenos4040]

Do Brown sugar..

[@12footchain]

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[@12footchain]

Done 😀

[@darrellkelly7614]

Well it's close enuf I guess...But sterile😮

[@someshedguy399]

Not bad man, but the opening lick to the solo doesn't sound right. I been all over youtube trying to find somone play it like the record and so far no good.

[@theaverageguitarplayer]

I did a video last year demonstrating that lick in a way that sounds indentical to the record. Check it out!

[@markpell8979]

Shed Guy, Billy never really played it exactly the same way twice. The important thing is the feeling when trying to sound like him, not attempting to hit everything note-for-note. If you do, you're losing the freedom of expression and urgency. Playing the blues is about how you feel right now. You have a framework, you build improvisationally within it but it's ok to f--k up or wander off the path a little. If you land wrong, the right note is always one fret away and how you get there is your sound and style for blues, boogie, rockabilly, etc. He just rolls with it and lets the guitar do some of the work for him. If you've seen ZZ Top live a few times, you've heard Billy kinda suck one night and then do stuff from another world on another. It's all good because it's real.

[@someshedguy399]

@@markpell8979 I dont disagree at all, but if one is making the claim to teach it "like the record" then one should be able at least play it like the record. Seems like false advertising to me. Beside, as I try to learn to play i want to know how these sounds were made so i can do it too. I can already wank around but thats not enough for me.

[@markpell8979]

@@someshedguy399 I hear you man. He did capture some of Billy's tricks ok. But like you probably, I would've liked a little more structure and rehearsal behind the lesson.

[@danlee5165]

Sounds horrible

[@Maxsteamer1]

Great teacher here !!!