Surf Guitar: Mr. Moto [with TABS!]

[@mperhus4180]

Thanks!

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!!

[@riffdigger2133]

I was hanging around with Paul Johnson in 2015 in DTLA. We'd go for walks and talk, both had apartments within a few minutes. He'd been through alot but always in good spirits. There were club jams nearby the LA core. He would tell me, "Hey, they just paid me to go to Italy for a week!" And he would come over and visit with his white Stratocaster. I miss him. Thanks for the Lesson!

[@Randome_Dude]

I love playing surf most fun and cool thing with a jaguar

[@victorformosa228]

Surf is so cool.

[@catguy96]

As someone who lives is California, it is mandatory to learn how to play this song, as well as many other great surf legends

[@M42E]

As french i would love to be in your place, it must be amazing to live where a such wonderful music was born.

[@franklinrwful]

For some of us in sunny England as well. 😆

[@mrmoto2715]

Applies to a little village in Southern Germany as well 😂

[@Rich206L]

I remember paying a dude $5 cash to teach me the bridge in this song (back in 1967). You know what $5 was back then? Like at least $50. Tom, where were you back then?! Great job as always on one of my top ten for life songs!! Rich

[@patrobbromccreanor820]

After catching the SURFRAJETTES I;ve got the bug to play surf THEY are awsome.

[@chrisst8922]

I've been inspired by them too. I didn't know a lot of these songs. One thing I've noticed is that I prefer Nicole and Shermy's arrangement's to almost all of those I've heard by other artists back in the day or recently and in tutorials etc. Too often the demonstrator shows off too much or he's got a nasely twang to his sound that might be more suited in a rockabilly outfit. A harder edge. Obviously it's a matter of personal preference isn't it and trying to interest a range of musicians. We should all carry on doing it our way. It seems to me that the Surfrajettes play it more pure. More gracefully and more beautifully too.

[@ExternalInputs]

@@chrisst8922 I find that too. They have good ears when it comes to interpretation in my opinion. A chance encounter with them on KZbin has me trying out many surf songs now, which were my first love when I got a guitar. I remember toiling away through Wipe Out and Cecelia Ann (Pixies) before getting distracted with other music.

[@kiattisaktaniktangtrakool5489]

great cover.

[@paulthompson9917]

Great lesson. Thanks Tom !

[@macpakinga1271]

Cool man of to do some busking 🎸for the. Beach Hop. Coming up this weekend 🎸never heard that back in the 1960's wow don't know how i missed that one 🤣🎸😂🎸😅. Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@Edward-MTBKR]

Fantastic, you actually showed me some easier movements on this! I don't think I'll ever get tired of this song, it's just a lot of fun and sounds great.

[@tomcon21]

Thanks, yeah such a great song!

[@rolandjgutierrez7737]

OK I have been with this song maybe 10 days not more than 30 min a day I can finally play along with you I have a few bumps so thank you this is a great song to learn great tutorial and you are a great guitar player you put it out there to understand burned in my memory muscle...RocknRollFlat5

[@kenobisghost9572]

I wondered in here by accident and found a gold mine!! ❤

[@pschroeter1]

Listening to one of these in the middle of January instantly transports me to sunshine, sand, and surf, in California.

[@jeffhussey1089]

Tom, you’re the man! I’ve learned so much from watching you play... I don’t read music or tabs but by watching your hands I can figure out the chords you’re using! Thanks! Keep them coming!

[@davidplaysyourfavoritesong]

Thank you Tom for the lesson and the backing track. You've got the best surfguitar learning channel on youtube. It really helped me starting learning how to play surf guitar. This week i released Mr Moto on my channel. using your backing track and lessons. Thank you so much. Greetings, David

[@ralphcline6930]

Could never get the intro right , now it finally makes sense . Thanks a bunch .

[@tomcon21]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!

[@5girlspa]

Thanks so much for the tab. I’m gonna learn this even if it kills me. Best version I’ve ever heard.

[@tomcon21]

Wow, thank you, enjoy!

[@oregieman]

Another great “surfs up” tune!

[@ElvisChrist]

This channel is great!

[@jeffhussey1089]

OMG you rock! I could never find the right “D” chord in this song and by watching you I found it! Thank you so much!!! I play along with several of your lessons every time I play.. thanks!

[@audiocam]

Another great lesson! Thank you, Tom.

[@johnr7279]

Awesome!

[@иванепифан-к8ж]

Tom Conlon another big thank you and a big plus in karma for this sample of the coolest surf ! (after "Surf Rider" my business in learning to play the electric guitar went up the hill. "Mr. Moto" I learned in 3 days ))) No! The song for a couple of hours and the solo took an hour of time, everything else increased speed and polished the performance. I really liked it ! (and now, like Surf Rider, I play Mr. Moto to the point of exhaustion (yourself and your neighbors hee hee ! )) The one who composed this music is really a genius ! (well, a boy of 20 can't write such a thing !?) And this melody of the 60s "inserts" and even today ! Oh, and more ! You have a great presentation of the material for training - a live game is combined with tablature. Thank you again ! I've grown one more song ! (I hope the Google translator is not mistaken in anything ?)

[@tomcon21]

Google translator did well! Thank you for your comment and I’m glad my videos are helping you learn these great songs!

[@user-yt6ok7uv1k]

Dig that crazy sound!!! Your awesome dude!

[@rebecca1971007]

Thank you. Your lessons are awesome!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you for sharing one of my favorite instrumentals. Keep Paul Johnson in your thoughts he's fighting a serious illness.

[@tomcon21]

Thank you, and I will.

[@Rrrrichy]

Excellent instrumental! I have to learn this

[@SaintsCheat]

Loved it! Thanks for the tabs as well

[@tomcon21]

Thanks!

[@drakejdf]

Awesome I love it.

[@h2er80]

loving the surf lessons!

[@tomcon21]

h2er80 Thanks!

[@Tomtom-fy7tm]

Man you should be in a tarantino movie!!!Great

[@drakejdf]

Lmao great comment.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you for sharing.

[@gunelozil]

Simply the best

[@tomcon21]

Thanks for watching!

[@lenbrownoff8834]

Darn, Almost have it all down except for the part at 1:05 starting on the 19th fret of the D string thru the whole high end riffs. Wish i could slow it down some to learn it better and faster. Love your style....

[@tomcon21]

Thanks, there is a slow down option in KZbin I believe.

[@DD-zz2db]

Yes press in the settings and chose the options😀😃🤩

[@Fox-86]

Great tune! Thanks for the upload

[@tomcon21]

Thanks for watching!

[@yer48]

SUPER .. VERY WELL DONE ROBBY. REGARDS.

[@tomcon21]

Thank you

[@juke699]

Another great cover....................

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@asheriko26]

My New favorite channel 😍

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@ΔημήτρηςΜαλακάσης-κ5φ]

Thanks very much, appreciated!

[@vitaliy2841]

Best Cover!!!!!!

[@johnwilkerson2195]

That was awesome 😎

[@randomdogger5278]

I love it Tom thank you!

[@АлексейКраевой-ю7б]

Man, you're doing great work! I listen and learn surf-rock with great pleasure) Please, keep going! Greetings from Russia ;)

[@tomcon21]

Thanks, got some more on the way...

[@LeviBulger]

Does Russia have a big surf following in the last few years? I keep seeing more and more russians talking about and listening to surf music. And also a few really good surf bands out of your country. Messer Chups is my favorite surf band to listen to nowadays and they're from St. Petersburg. Really awesome to see this style of music reach so far. I know that Koreans are also really into surf rock as well.

[@johnsalas379]

I would like to make some Venture songs to share with others. How about a video on how you make you backing tracks... Please help the folks who don't know how.

[@lenbrownoff8834]

Hey ,Great Found it !!! In the settings icon. yiu can slow way down. Thanks Tom.

[@tomcon21]

Great!

[@101Volts]

I decided to learn this from your video because I started liking the 1937 - 1939 Mr. Moto movies that Peter Lorre starred in. Not that this song seems to have much to do with the old series except for the name, but still.

[@eggsmann594]

I can dig watching Mr. Moto and playing surf guitar at the same time.

[@BigEd2612]

Absolutely amazing thank you

[@tomcon21]

Thanks

[@DD-zz2db]

Tom can u do a video for twelve bar blues/guitar boogey please ps love the video

[@Ravendust666]

Thanks !!!

[@gregoryseers1222]

Great video Tom absolutaly awesome mate

[@tomcon21]

Thanks

[@kgopu24]

nice rendition

[@rolandjgutierrez7737]

I like your style been wanting and practicing Mr. Moto the Motorola Smart phone..I am getting but I won't it burned in my memory I say this week I'll have down then I'll go on to the next.And the new Jazz Masters the performer model has a vintage 6 screw whammy bridge what you take on that I never even seen or played a jazz master only youtube...RocknRollFlat5

[@DD-zz2db]

Hey Tom love your videos do us all a favour and keep making more guitar tutorials

[@tomcon21]

I plan to, thank you!

[@РусланМосквитин-й6в]

Как же здорово, великолепная музыка

[@emothegunslinger]

Thank you very much

[@SaxJockey]

Great, well played and thank you for this complete with Tabs. Nice placement of the Tab at the top (placement at the bottom gets obscured by the slider bar on an Android device). I generally avoid Tabs and prefer to look at the left and right hand position and movements, but on some videos the right (picking) hand is not shown, or it is played too fast to work out what's going on.

[@tomcon21]

Thank you! I will keep in mind Tab placement in the future considering the issue you mentioned. (I just uploaded one with tabs at the bottom...) thanks again.

[@SaxJockey]

@@tomcon21 I just had a quick look (another new tune for me), you use large tabs which are less likely to get covered by the slider bar when paused 👍. Another relatively rare surf tune is 'Hurricane' by Conrad and The Hurricane Strings (also on here). The Surfrajettes do a good live version on here. That's one I want to learn.

[@tomcon21]

@@SaxJockey Sorry, just realized I down-voted your last comment: Thanks again!

[@rolandjgutierrez7737]

It's me again I can play along with you on this song now thank you I guess I'll try your lesson on pipe line..again thank you....RocknRollFlat5

[@mr.poofie7289]

You know hes good when the tabs start to look like math (I swear to god I saw a exponent on a chord)

[@bemseller5515]

Wow man! Great job. Sub 4 you and your great string muting...

[@fuzzion5407]

you can put the drums base

[@Pimp-Master]

Gosh perfect... I've heard so many many versions over the years. I wonder if you can play just what sounds good these days? Does the bridge, (middle part) sound a bit like the Munsters Theme to anyone...sounds like some of it to me.

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Hey Tom, I just saw the video saw about that!!

[@tomcon21]

Great!

[@MATRIX1078YT]

what amp/guitar/pedal settings do you use. i cant get that perfect sound

[@Gene_Sideburns]

Please! Vampire by the Belairs

[@ericguy7870]

Top 🎸

[@lastnamefox]

Hi Tom, is there a way to get a full tab sheet for this song?

[@TheRichie213]

Tight man!

[@tomcon21]

Thank you!

[@therockerfoo2339]

Tom thank you for the lesson! what kind of strings do you use?

[@tomcon21]

D’addario or Ernie Ball 10-46

[@jeffhussey1089]

Awesome job TOM! Would you recommend a jazzmaster or a Jaguar for these surf tunes???

[@tomcon21]

Thanks, I have the Classic Player. It’s a 2014. Affordable but sounds and plays great.

[@nathancharles6437]

What kind of pedal was he using? Great jam!

[@pedsc]

O play this one ... a version thats heaps easier... yours os nicer... gonna study

[@pedsc]

Gonna study it

[@SvenGoldberg]

Man, you have a great sound and the playing has the right mojo, I loved it and I have to learn this fucking song :D

[@surferpam1]

Stoke! RIP Randy Nauert

[@itmight_rein]

400th liker is me

[@tomcon21]

Thank you

[@АлександрКрест-ъ6у]

класс!!!!!

[@guitarking449hank4]

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