Surf guitar on a Gretsch Electromatic G5655TG Centre Block

[@scottgilbert4827]

Sounds more Spanish than surf. I like it sounds good

[@CedricSatterfield]

Like a mix between that and some middle eastern scales. Sure seems tohave a lot of that, not surprising though, considering Richard Monsour was off middle eastern decent descent.

[@CedricSatterfield]

@@debradoner2676 see, I knew 4 yrs of music majoring would come in useful sometime.

[@rexhargrove5172]

I’m not really into surf guitar, but I respect the hell out of good playing and man oh man you are killing it! Love the wicked game addition at the end too!

[@neilmalyon8784]

Definitely with you on that.

[@megasuperlexa2]

this is hardly a surf, nevertheless pretty cool

[@docholst5404]

🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️🎯 surf on a rockabilly guitar most awesome

[@Pe0plEateR]

Nice. Ordered one this weekend. When you started playing I thought, "this would sound good to wicked game." And then u started playing it! lol the Cadillac green looks sharp.

[@markbrown7103]

Yeah that’s some pretty good stuff you’re knocking out there. I like that Spanish style of music. I have one of these guitars and I love it. I have a GT midnight blue 427 Graach I love it. Thanks for the video. Have a great day.😀 only

[@erlowther]

Excellent. Got me a orange G5120 but the Cadillac green is calling my name! Might have to pinch a few of those licks in the meantime. Very cool. Thanks, Ernest in Lexington, KY

[@steveparish9210]

Very nice!

[@rikrox]

omg, this is trippy, but at 0:22 I play that almost identical lick all the time, as flamenco/surf playing!! Was just watching this to show a friend what a Gretsch hollow body sounds like lol

[@nufaithstudios1932]

Amazed at how the tuning held up on this one!

[@StickMan...77]

Thats spanish surf .Sir you just invented a new genre .

[@justinesilaiah701]

That was fire!

[@hrgiger]

Thank you for the kind words! Sorry for the late response. I recently quit Facebook and didn't receive any notifications!

[@joebreakstuff]

I thought that sounded great! Good enough to get me typing anyway (supposed to be a huge compliment). The guitar looks good too. I have a bigger gretsch (TR) and thought I might get one of these smaller ones. Love the Cadillac green too, or should I go for orange???

[@switchyard2456]

Lovely! 🎸

[@hrgiger]

Thank you!

[@debradoner2676]

Very nice playing & "gretschings" from France...9999999999999999999 BRAVOS !!!

[@300atThermopylae]

Nice playing! Keep up the good work or Jack will come through that door and getcha!

[@matttorres8921]

Just swooped one of these in Aspen Green used the other day. I really think this is a way underpriced guitar even new.

[@reggielondon4294]

Woke up to one in aspen green Christmas morning...😊😉

[@megasuperlexa2]

I believe they have version of this but with single pickups

[@ОлегХрипунов-ж9ч]

I listen "wicked game" its beautyfull))

[@YourBroL]

Epic!

[@SebastienM2012]

Sound like turkish folk music. But I am sure people surf on the mediterranean shores of Turkey ;-) Great playing by the way! ;-)

[@DonIsadick-mf3gv]

The Turkish are not allowed to surf. Think it's against the law.

[@Phillip-y6d]

🤘on Dude

[@greatkingrat]

Cadilac Green…for me it’s this or the blue. Not sure which one.

[@HernanHH95]

Sound Egyptian too 🇪🇬

[@stonkpuppets6393]

I love it but the tone is a bit off. Probably just KZbin

[@sandordula5207]

- I have no intention to being a moron here so no offence please. But sounds like some bucket or some bins. Good skills anyway. - your energy is impressive already, I am sure you'll find the heart as well.

[@andyglamrock]

What scale/s are you playing?

[@hrgiger]

I'm just improvising but it's some variant of the double harmonic major scale!

[@adevera5359]

Please react Guitar player, finger style, bohemian rhapsody by queen kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIOxaXWld7GdaKc

[@rw4170]

Sounds Phrygian!

[@DonIsadick-mf3gv]

Double harmonic major? Hell I was a music major for a semester and never heard of that.🤔

[@williammuller3391]

Hmm. Sounds like Zither. Cool........

[@juliomorcatefernandez7002]

Sonido a latas, donde enchufas la guitarra en la lavadora?........

[@hrgiger]

When I started making these videos again I was worried that social media would be filled with hostility. It's so refreshing to see KZbin commentators have lost none of their charm. Have a great day you lovely people.

[@timsmith190]

@@hrgiger I had the same concern, to my suprize all my comments have been positive/supportive.

[@hur1kane]

Definitely more Spanish and a bit more finesse with the bigsby

[@hrgiger]

Yeah maybe I jumped the gun with the surf rock thing. I guess it's that Dick Dale & the Deltones vibe. Asian harmonic scales with a Bigsby and some Chris Isaak thrown in. Thanks for the kind words about the trem!

[@065kunal]

Any tuning issues due to Bigsby are you facing ?

[@hrgiger]

Seems fairly solid. It's not a Floyd Rose, but that's not what these things are for. The responsiveness of the Bigsby is very nice to use. It bounces back at just the right tension.

[@greenfly1264]

No they are solid .

[@dionefelix6392]

Não é bem o estilo de música para se apresentar nesta guitarra.

[@hrgiger]

Why do the expected? Always surprise your audience!

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

It sounds Spanish/middle eastern, love it! I'm a Spanish guitar players myself

[@Wooburnmusic]

Bigsby trems are not the best for surf music, I am amazed how they work at all with the one spring attached to the one side

[@hrgiger]

Well this one seems to work OK! Played this guitar right the way through a lot of gigs - No issues. It's a lovely piece of kit. Of course if someone is trying to play guitar solos by Slayer using a Bigsby it's not going to work, but why would anyone do that? I've been playing for 34 years. Bigsbys have been around a lot longer - They serve their purpose in the realms of subtle pitch bends. If they were unreliable Bigsby would have stopped production long ago! If I want crazy trem dives and insane pitch bending I have guitars with Floyds and Edge tremolos. For what it is, the Bigsby does perfectly well in it's own context. Just don't play Eruption!

[@Wooburnmusic]

@@hrgiger ok Duncan, point taken. 🎼🎸🎵🎶😁👍 Yeh

[@surfcollector]

Put enough reverb on any guitar and people will call it Surf.

[@hrgiger]

Well.... yeah! That's the essence of surf rock! A little bit of whammy bar action helps - Not too much but just enough so the chord gradually ascends. Almost like trem garnish! I guess Hank Marvin is the classic template although he uses a Fender.

[@DonIsadick-mf3gv]

When I think of surf I think of whammy action, open chords, blah blah. But Dick Dale was in the top three at least. Had no whammy, well he did but he didn't use it he liked his strat trem tight to the body and never used a bar. So not all surf music is necessarily wang bar music. I do like the sound of a wang bar if the guitar stays in tune. I have never had that luck and put the bars to my guitars in the neighbors yard a few houses down once I got fed up and gave em a toss. Hope the poor bastard didn't hit em with his lawn mower and send them flying to rip mister withers eye out, his neighbor. Heard there was some kind of lawsuit between those two but I'm just minding my own business playing surf on a strat without a wang bar

[@tableroll1]

Like Twangy better.

[@rw4170]

Unfortunately, Gretsch changed from making guitars in Korea to China, so won't be buying any!

[@AquaDragon-kc9fh]

It sounds awful!!! Makes me appreciate the jazzmaster all the more.

[@hrgiger]

All subjective. I'm not sure what constitutes awful but I'm not doing anything here that is particularly out of the ordinary. The amp volume is a little quiet I suppose and you can hear the natural unplugged PLICK of my guitar above it at some points. Are your speakers working OK?

[@greenfly1264]

Jizz master more like.

[@onelove154]

No it doesn't. It sounds good. You're just thick. Gretsch make great guitars.