Yakety Axe

Chet Atkins was one of my early guitar heroes. When I started playing guitar at a young age, I used to really enjoy listening to my dad's Chet Atkins albums and would try to figure out how Chet played some of the things he did. One of those albums, "More of That Guitar Country", had a song called "Yakety Axe" that Chet adapted from Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax". I thought it was one of the coolest things I had ever heard and I remember spending hours trying to pick it out from the vinyl record a few notes at a time.
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George Tracy - guitars, bass, drum programming

[@daveylee4677]

Hats off to this guy! Great Timing! Nice clean pickin!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Davey!

[@rogerallenjr.6359]

One of the best versions from that song that I've heard

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Roger!

[@shadowjammer]

THAT PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE EVERY TIME I WATCH IT !! 🤟😀 GREAT JOB BROTHER !! 👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! Glad you like it.

[@agreen5531]

Absolutely knocked it out the park George. Thank you.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Tony!

[@WDXash]

I’ve heard lots of versions of this, this one is brilliant. Fluid, precise and incredibly musical 👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for the great compliment! Glad you liked it!

[@O123-j9s]

Outstanding...... that telly sounds so well, and of course yourself just brilliant such a talented guy

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! I appreciate that.

[@stephaneecot6565]

Wahou wahou wahou congratulations its very beautiful its very good groove fantastiques guitariste thank very much

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Glad you like it!

[@samadhistate9637]

Awesome playing dude, that was smooth and slick. You've got skills.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you very much!

[@davethompson7601]

Absolutely brilliant

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Dave!

[@billeckels5560]

Super as always. Whenever I need a lift your playing always does it for me. I still tell the story about Mr. Brubaker saying we could practice at their house all night long if you could play Sugarfoot Rag...and you did!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Bill! I appreciate the compliment. Sugarfoot Rag...hmmm...maybe I need to revisit that one...

[@artwright3128]

Excellent rendition.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

I appreciate that. Thanks for listening!

[@harvey1954]

As a song the tune never did much for me, but watching you play it I'm amazed how much there is to it and how well you pick it without any clams !

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you. I like to play some of the old country classics because it is fun to do and they are also good as a picking exercise.

[@228Brendon]

It’s amazing the tones he get out of both pickups. Damn phenomenal

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! Pickups are DiMarzio--DP417 neck, DP418 bridge. Been using DiMarzio pickups for many years. Glad you noticed!

[@Larry-jv6he]

chet would be proud of you.i am.awsome job

[@georgetracyguitarist]

What a great compliment! Thank you.

[@tommessina5973]

Awesome...love it...super clean...

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Tom! I appreciate that.

[@ChrisWilson-ez3gh]

Excellent version

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Chris. Glad you liked it!

[@larrypierce4333]

Great job! Also one of my favorite songs Chet played!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you very much!

[@robertb1610]

Very well done sir! That’s some fancy pickin!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Robert!

[@robertbennett6418]

Wish I could get my fingers to move that fast again. Awesome cover ... !!!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@BENDITLIKEBAZZA]

Cool isn't the word... Top notch mate!!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

I appreciate that!

[@patske2609]

Great job!!! Cheers, Ludo

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@goknil4099]

It is very nice, the improvisation in the middle really fit the song

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@scdecade]

Sounds great on a telecaster! The playing too ;)

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you kindly!

[@georgekingston6389]

Tremendous guitaring, thank you George.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for listening.

[@bullifan1300]

best version ever 😎👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! I appreciate that.

[@EN.EL.BLANCO]

Nivel Maestro y despegado !!! .. gracias por compartir . 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

¡Gracias por escuchar!

[@ВикторАрхипцев-э1с]

a great guitarist! Excellent performance! Maestro bravo!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@m.hstudioproductions6642]

If the Benny Hill Show took place in the country!😂🤣

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for listening!

[@robertl.clayton7645]

Dam fine job.!!. Love it.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Robert! Glad you liked it.

[@susanroycroft89]

That was really great, well done and l liked the 3/ pickup telecaster, nice playing, lve been playing for 50 plus years and That was Top Playing, regds Don from NZ

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! The Tele is a MIM (Made In Mexico) that has DiMarzio pickups in the bridge and neck positions. I changed out the switch so that the middle position is both the neck and bridge pickups together like a regular Tele. The 2nd and 4th positions bring in the stock middle pickup for a kind of Strat tone.

[@susanroycroft89]

@@georgetracyguitarist Thanks for that information George, yes it was subtle change's very 'tele-strat sound but like l said nice

[@thomaskallmyr]

New Zeeland,the Island?

[@louisstopforth5886]

Most enjoyable thank you actually fantastic.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@poochz2]

That was spot on a played perfectly. Loved it, thanks !

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@bubbagreensmith7174]

Making that Fender sound great! Very nice 👍👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks a lot!

[@jamesryan5436]

One of my favourite albums . Neck and neck . Great playing 👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you James!

[@John-ri7xl]

nice love it

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you John!

[@johnrussell1968]

Brilliant

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you John!

[@sanjeevshiromani8300]

Bahut khoob. Kya Kahne. Tune is very marvelous 👌

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@gregkiely4839]

Top job, George, very nice, Mate.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Greg. I appreciate that.

[@yoyomatafaka]

Those bends had me twitching! Beautiful

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@janechristian9130]

Flawless!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Jane! I appreciate that.

[@zounds13]

WELL DONE! I was wondering how you were going to get through it without fingerpicking, and then you busted out the hybrid! And Telecaster tone suits that song very well.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

[@Hollcall]

WELL DONE BROTHER.....................well done. sydnay, N.S. ,Canada

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@barneythompson3712]

Pretty good performance

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you.

[@bobyjack2]

Wonderful !!!!!!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for listening!

[@paulhebert3615]

Great playing and wonderful tone from that Tele.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Paul!

[@Cking64]

Awesome!!!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Claude!

[@andrewrolls2080]

Nice one, George! 👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Andrew! I appreciate that.

[@patmaloney8258]

AWESOME....

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Pat!

[@MonroeBarnhouse]

Excellent

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@stanks6531]

nice work bro !

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@manfredposchinger5276]

Einfach nur übermäßig geil Dankeschön

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Dankeschön

[@ОтецОнофрий]

Fine work! 🥸😎✌👍👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@joe-vz6ct]

Wow man! Fantastic!!❤

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank You! Glad you liked it!

[@robertmartinez4174]

My eyes keep drifting towards that Burgundy Les Paul with the gold humbucker's.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

That is my 1975 Wine Red Les Paul Deluxe that I had routed out for full size humbuckers soon after I bought it new in 1976. The mini-humbuckers were replaced with an original (early 70's) DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup in the bridge position and an original DiMarzio PAF pickup in the neck position. It is a wonderful guitar-- still plays and sounds great (I used it on the intro to "Easter Song" on my channel for example). The guitar has many, many gigging miles on it but rarely leaves the house any more. I have several other guitars that are much more replaceable that I use for live playing these days.

[@robertmartinez4174]

@@georgetracyguitarist great playing. I really enjoyed it. I own a 2002 American standard Fender Telecaster in sunburst finish.

[@charliekucharski2079]

Man that was nice and flawless !

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@mjwiech]

Excellent!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Glad you liked it!

[@stephenfoskett4633]

Benny Jacky Henry and Bob would have loved this !

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for listening!

[@Lakewiew]

7ender sounds great 👍🇫🇮

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@davenc8527]

Chet Atkins would be proud.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you. I appreciate that!

[@ericlannee]

very good version !

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@metalrhaser]

Superb !

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@julieparrish1364]

Very nice

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Julie!

[@Barnagh1]

Nice version.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@valentinmoreno9477]

Muy bueno ,tío.very good

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for listening.

[@jaguarsunburst1570]

Really Great Job Man.👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you very much!

[@Ajsmountain]

Smoooth! 👏👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for listening!

[@1earguitar]

Well done!👏👏

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! 😃

[@omb3210]

VERY GOOD !!!!!!!!!!! FROM JAPAN

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you very much!

[@guillaumezgaoula4379]

Cool cool.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@jerrygolden3113]

Real Music

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@richardsmith2584]

Best cover I've heard!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Richard! I appreciate that.

[@Brian_Vallejo]

Really great playing! Im not one for a Nashville Tele but that one you have looks damn swell.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Brian. The stock bridge and neck pickups were changed to DiMarzio Area T's and the switch is wired so that the middle position is the bridge and neck pickups together like a regular Tele.

[@renatopistellato415]

👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Renato!

[@marcblackmore8843]

Nailed it !!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@AresJazzOfficial]

Sei un grandeeeeeeee

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Grazie!

[@josemanuelvara1870]

Hey! Como suena eso....maestro

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@SilvioN]

Bravo

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you Silvio!

[@grx9672]

Jak długo trzeba sie uczyc grać gitarze żeby zagrac tak pięknie? Pozdrawiam z Polski 🙂

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for the nice compliment and thanks for listening!

[@PAD939]

Yeah!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@patrickbush9526]

Good job buddy

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Patrick!

[@romero.ramiro]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@Black-jm5gb]

👏👍

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you!

[@salovel23]

Didn't know Walter White played guitar so nice!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@Morten_Nielsen1979]

Great tones. Which amp do you use?

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for the compliment. On this song I used a Line 6 HD500 with a Blackface Twin setting into a PreSonus Quantum 2626 Thunderbolt interface into Pro Tools.

[@Morten_Nielsen1979]

Way to complicated for me 😂. I am a singer and acoustic guitar player. I am about to buy a Harley Benton tele, and I am beginning to use backing tracks for my one-man shows. Which electric amp would you buy if you were me? I play Country and old school rock (Elvis, Chuck Berry, Stones, Fogerty and Springsteen).

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Probably something like a small Fender combo and some stomp boxes to get the sounds you need for both rhythm and leads would work well for the styles you mentioned. There are tons of reviews on KZbin that can be helpful in making a decision on what to get.

[@cmin7b9]

🤙🙏

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for watching!

[@faridunmaster]

Классная исполнение yakety axe

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you for listening!

[@robert2628]

I notice how he gets the same thing using a conventional guitar pick that Chet Atkins got using a thumb pick.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@davidc5817]

His picking technique is absolutely fabulous considering half the original song's sound is how Chet Atkins plays it with the thumb pick

[@rauldominguezrivera8675]

Yeehuup!!!!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Raul!

[@grx9672]

super!

[@grx9672]

Jak dla mnie najlepiej zagrany ten utwór na gitarę! Pozdrawiam z Polski 😀

[@grx9672]

Jesteś Mistrzem gitary!

[@georgetracyguitarist]

@@grx9672 Doceniam komplement

[@georgemifsud1425]

YOU GOOG MR

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@angelbello5275]

suena bien

[@georgetracyguitarist]

¡Gracias! Me alegra que te guste.

[@garysumlin8355]

Oh h*** yeah

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks for listening!

[@pelh1]

very good guitar player , hyvä kitaran soittaja

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Kiitos kohteliaisuudesta!

[@ИванДемин-н6ъ]

Скажу по-русски. Это охуенно. Человек уровня БОГ.

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Спасибо за просмотр

[@andrewmcguire8529]

Watch out Mark knopler hes hot on your tail

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Glad you like it!

[@John.comusa]

No one mentioned Benny hill!

[@ardiardi5769]

😂😂😂

[@fatbaldandover40]

Superb Sir, enjoyed that

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@markbrookes7641]

Brilliant

[@georgetracyguitarist]

Thanks Mark!