Stray Cat Strut - on Brian Setzer's Amp! | Guitar lesson

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Learn to play Stray Cat Strut as performed by the Stray Cats.
Special bonus - I'll do this lesson on an amplifier that Brian Setzer owned and sold last year. It's a 1990 Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb. Two channel amp, 40 watts with pair of 10" Jensen P10R ceramic magnet speakers. It's a fantastic sounding amp, and you'll get to hear it on this lesson. I can't believe I own this thing now.
Anything you'd like to request me to do a video on? Drop me a note at [e-mail]
00:00 Intro & story of how I got the amp
02:36 Intro & verse sections
08:38 1st Guitar Solo
14:34 Bridge section
16:56 2nd Guitar Solo
21:52 Outro section
22:52 Final thoughts

[@micahmaresca9763]

Thank you outstanding lesson Brian Setzer is so underrated…….he is such an amazingly talented guitarist

[@RobScenity]

MassCool! After dozens of tutorials there's finally one that just drives the whole thing home, then nails it all together for me. Thnx so much for this, it was the first song I ever danced with my Mom to. Keep up the great work!

[@eggman1732]

This is my big brother!...and I agree! One of his many musical gifts is an extraordinarily accurate ear and the tenacity to track down every last bit of a melodic or chordal idea or composition that he digs into.

[@peelarat9578]

Yes ears don't lie.. for sure he nails it. He made a great video on speaker swapping a fender cab. I have thr same 1964 speaker cab and after watching his video I changed both oxford to the jensen alnico never looked back..once u break them in with some playing it added great tone for this style of playing. So I give him credit for that too.

[@maximuswedgie5149]

That’s cool!!

[@JackKirbyFan]

Magnificent. You nailed it. Learning it now. I LOVE how you point out the chords and the notes instead of naming Frets. That really helped me see what he was doing and how it arranged this piece.

[@geezerbliz]

Thank you! Being tuned down a half step was a bit irritating but everything else is awesome!

[@jamesgalick5278]

Been playing my silver face Vibrolux reverb for almost 40 yrs. it kicked ass on the day I bought it and it still does. Thanks for all your help. Very much appreciated!

[@bradnelson2637]

Thanks for posting this!

[@pavanguitars101]

Love this song! I think you are absolutely right. There isn't quite anything/anyone like that sounds like them, at least in the mainstream. Congrats on the amp as well. Great tone..

[@user-vm1co5ns2z]

Sick, dude! I’ve seen Brian in every band he’s been in since 1984 with the Stray Cats, then with various solo bands, the Orchestra…and the last time was the Cats reunion tour in 2019…he’s a freaking legend. So are you! Great lessons, dude.

[@12footchain]

He is so GD good

[@5150show]

Absolutely brilliant thank you 🙏

[@bbbro34]

And to think he did all that by age 21...humbling. He's such a great player and musician and showman. Not only is it Setzer's amp, but that a freakin' steal no matter the owner.

[@imannonymous7707]

One of my heros too. That jump blues , swinging street jazz thing is just so cool. Cool amp bro

[@peelarat9578]

Pretty much all of setzer orginals are like the record!! All of his ballets are amazing.. going try spread your channel.. BTW you nailed stray cat strut and stand in your way.. I seen probably 50 versions yours is so soo much more closer to his orginal .. ears 👂don't lie.. keep.ot up please

[@12footchain]

Thanks so much, very nice to hear!

[@MrMarcburger]

never knew Setzer does ballet 😅

[@aedenserano3439]

The fact that Brian was selling his old gear for not even that much goes to show how much of a stand up guy he is. With his name attached he could've easily marked the price up

[@FilmFlam]

As a new subscriber, I'm really enjoying your lessons. Thanks.

[@12footchain]

Thank you much appreciated! Tell your friends :-)

[@Nobody_Important_Yea]

Awesome!

[@Theprestonjames]

Literally barely played guitar ever and when I watched this I was actually playing it the right way and it sounded good thank you my friend

[@12footchain]

Awesome!

[@hpelisr]

Very good , that Brian's sound.

[@micahmaresca9763]

One of my favorites also, this guy is amazing, I had a chance to see him and the Cats and I passed on it but I found my wife, I love this song thanks for posting.

[@jamesgalick5278]

I had a wife. Wish I would have went to the Stray Cats show instead.

[@milkdud3618]

Great sound. Do more Brian songs. The theory behind his playing is amazing to me.

[@eroks59]

Gettin used to this guy. Very good

[@sailingrumrunner]

Thanks for the great lesson. Another instruction suggested a very quick delay with no slap back for the sound as well. Just bought my Gretch and will have to suffer with a modeling amp to get the tone.

[@bwalk009]

Good job! I enjoyed this video as much as the Radioactive video.

[@sterlingmcvay2469]

You Need a GRETSCH in your Collection that you play!!

[@peelarat9578]

Hope your channel grows !!! Wow u got setzer reverb amp.. I missed it by a few days .. if I could bought his bassman. Neverless I have blonde 1964 early model bassman with same 6g6b circuit amazing amp.. I love your excellent lessons for all.setzer .. can you do his lonely summer nights chords and all his version? Love that ballet. He uses such beautfuk L.embellishments ...you are the closest to decipher.. .

[@12footchain]

Yeah goo call I'll do Lonely Summer Nights for sure

[@jasonlippert747]

looove the Cats and Setzer is an amazing guitar player, but over the years I noticed that the Cats had lifted this song from Richard Hell and the Voidoids, "Blank Generation" Everyone who is a fan of this band needs to give some credit here. This song would not exist without the other. They just played it in their style. Which is of course what makes them great. Check it out.

[@davidgerrard8661]

They lifted it too from the earlier Beat Generation

[@eggman1732]

Amp sounds great dude. When you open up the P-90s and dig in it sounds like you have some nice ‘squishy’ compression coming from the output tubes - and very rich harmonics in the breakup :) Pick attack + P-90s is definitely central to Setzer’s tone

[@12footchain]

Love me some P 90s

[@sailingrumrunner]

I just bought a Harley Benton with Roswell pickups. They sound a lot like the P90's. Perfect for open G tuning and some Thorogood tunes.

[@davidgerrard8661]

Very similar to the equally epochal Blank Generation 😊

[@peelarat9578]

By the way what tubes set do you think brian uses in his bassman? Output and preamps? I am lucky to own roland re301 I redid all the caps and retolex it blonde.

[@12footchain]

There's a great rig rundown video with his guitar tech talking about it. He bought all the stock of tibes from a company going out of business in the 80's called AMS. He apparently had those in his amps at the time and liked the sound so he bought put their supply. That conversation starts around 13:25 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Znm4aWd5eNuGipo

[@peelarat9578]

@@12footchain saw that video yes.. never heard of ams .. what do you use on you 64 bassman for output and preamp? Your tone sounds great after you fixed that 🔊

[@12footchain]

@@peelarat9578 I have a pair of Mesa 6L6s as power tubes, preamp arre GTs

[@freddiebowers1125]

Wait a minute my casino doesn’t have a Bixby 🤔

[@user-mh5pi7vn4e]

Why is your guitar tuned half-step down if the record is in standard tuning? I can't get it))

[@12footchain]

Hmm, thanks for pointing that out. Totally overlooked that. I must have been working on something in Eb tuning and didn't realize I hadn't tuned it back. I made a lot of dumb mistakes in my early vids and I guess this is another one. Apologizes!

[@grantkelly7634]

Heads up: music starts at 3:30.

[@robertmilner5515]

3:30 of Chit Chat!!!!

[@stevenchilson82]

DUDE what Fcking tuner are you using!!!

[@geoffhay2218]

...although Jimmy Page... I was there in the 70's - 80's....

[@neogeoriffic]

Terrible lazy low-energy "lesson." C'mon bro, do better.