If you look good enough, there is a decent amount of bootleg live shows and bits, but the quality is no where near HD production type. Still we Randy fans take what we can get.
Look up "Ozzy After Hours" there's several live songs with Randy playing and they are good quality footage. The Osbourne's have all kinds of footage. Bob Daisley has recordings no one has ever heard. He can't do anything with them since he was promised to be sued penniless if he was to release any of it. By who? Oh, your friend and not mine, Sharon Osbourne!
@@DetroitWrecker666 interesting. Thanks for putting out that info. I have long imagined that to be the case, there must be good footage, the Osbournes are just sitting on it. That is in fact cruel and heartless when I give it some thought. It must be all about not wanting to give the Rhoads family money. Wow. How everloving greedy? Everyone would benefit from hearing and seeing Randy play, it would honor his legacy, I cant think of a reason for shelving it? So... they make no money from it now, but they dont want anyone else to profit from it just the same. The level of cruel and greedy is hard to comprehend.
@@saltpeter7429 Go do some research on Sharon Osbourne. This is only a minor blip compared to her past in ripping off artists and other things. If you're a reader and love Randy stuff. Go buy a copy of the book "For Facts Sake" by Bob Daisley. Bob is an incredible musician and very much a HUGE part of Ozzy's success even today. He kept Diarys since as long as time goes back (Diary of a Madman) and shares with us exactly how, where and when things happened during the recording of the Randy albums. As well as forward. He plays Bass and writes music for Ozzy.
The Tribute record made a million little shredders. The "Dee" outtakes at the end were always magical to me too, so simple and intimate. A legend in his own lifetime.
I just liked hearing what he sounded like. Dee brought him to life for me. You can totally hear is personality and even his breathing. I remember even at a young age having goosebumps listening to that all of the way through. Thanks for watching Karl, please subscribe and join the madness. Happy new year
It seems Tribute brought in new fans and a different level of appreciation, but those two albums were so good, it is surprising to me Diary of a Madman did not outsell Blizzard of ozz, which remains the top selling metal debut album of all time, but it is heavier sounding but it has so many great things on it with different styles and tempos.
@Dave Wight they're both incredible, they're almost a double album because they were recorded closely to one another, both w max Norman. The tribute record just had more Balls and energy, but then it allows you to go back and appreciate the studio versions
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Yes, and for all the Younglings in the crowd, there was no such thing "behind the scenes" in music. You NEVER heard an outtake, or even many artists' real voice. All you knew about them was a few pics and whatever was the final album cut. Hearing Randy's real voice, and the airplane fly over, and the little giggles, etc...were utterly unique at the time and showed that maybe, just maybe even guitar gods once walked the Earth among us mere mortals......Fun Fact: Tom Morello named his first child "Randy" in Tribute. Rest in Power Randy \m/
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I think diary was recorded a year after Blizzard of ozz., I mean almost exactly year. But, they had more time to write and record with Blizzard of ozz, DOAM had I think 3-4 weeks to be written and recorded according to Bob's book. And max said he could already see a night and day difference in Randy's playing from the first album, touring had changed him. Imagine how good Diary could have been if Randy had the chance to write the solos he wanted on all of the songs, a few of the songs only have the original solo he played when the band recorded the tracks. And Randy also noticed the tuner was not calibrated in the studio and everything was actually down tuned, but he liked how it sounded so they went with it,
Just to be ab!e to play any of Randy's music yourself is the ultimate payoff of learning guitar! He inspired so many of us. He will never be forgotten! Great video!
It really is. I didn't expect it to sound so good, I'm not normally a fan of Vs for tone, but I'm gonna guess because it's almost as thick as a les paul is why the tone is so rad
I really don't recall seeing a whole lot of polka dot guitars in the '80s after Randy passed, and there were a lot of great artwork on guitars back then. Makes you wonder if that was kind of a sign of respect.
@@travismiles5885 You’re right! The only other polka dot guitar I can think of was the Buddy Guy signature Strats from the late 80’s and 90’s. As far as “epitome” goes, it’s more the shape and non-standard graphics.
Both him and max Norman. It's too bad Sharon absolutely ignored and screwed Bob and Lee. That whole storing is disgusting. If also like to hear another live album, maybe with over the mountain and the alternate version of suicide solution? They're out there. Cmon ozzy! Although my buddy played drums for sabbath for 2 shows and he couldn't even get the bootleg of his own shows from ozzy who tapes every single one. Happy new year and please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist don't get me started on how Darth Hideous fumbled with not getting the band to do a video for Diary of a Madman when MTV arrived in 1981 and that masterpiece came out in November 1981.....total neglect on her part.
I got into Ozzy when I was 10 years old back in 1984. My dad had left me an 8-track of Ozzy's first album and I listened to it constantly. When Tribute came out and I finally got to hear Randy playing live it blew me away. Before I even picked up a guitar I asked my aunt to buy me the tab book when I saw it at a guitar shop because I loved the pic of him holding Randy up and loved the purple tinted picture. It took two years for me to convince her to buy me a guitar and though it was a shitty acoustic I did my best to learn as many songs off of Tribute as I could. I never got to be that great a player but I still know all those songs by heart (even if I don't play them all that well). Randy didn't just inspire me as a player he inspired me as a person. He was by all accounts a really sweet guy and never had a bad word to say to his fans. If you look at my profile picture it's a pic I drew of my main character, a rock and roll guitar-playing kangaroo named Zid who has hair just like Randy's. :)
As a 10 year old when Blizzard of Ozz came out I'm lucky my older brother got it and within a year I was taking guitar lessons because of Randy.It's awesome that he has also been the inspiration for other generations like you.He is timeless.
Short story. Randy asked Grover Jackson to build him a radical flying V guitar that was not a Gibson and wanted it with white pok o dots on it. Jackson was the original pok dot flying V builder for Randy Rhoades. Not Sandoval. You can even ask him. Grover also build an awesome guitar for Gary Moore. #facts.
Lmao. Lol. Me to brother. For sure I started. Learning. Randy's. Stuff at. 10 yr old. In 85. And to this day there's. So much. Of his music. And solos. I can't play lol. But. I love trying. !!! I really enjoy your platform. And looking forward. To checking. Out all your. Vid !!!
Randy rhoads Mr crowley live version is the best solo for me. I was listening to it and my mom was sitting with me and as soon as he starts the solo my mom with no knowledge about metal or rock heard that solo and she said " wow that is an amazing solo"
That's hilarious because my mom was a classically trained pianist and I'd make her listen to it in the car and it was randy and Freddie mercury that would always get her to go "wow, that was good, what was that?" I distinctly remember her asking me if Freddie was a chick when I made her listen to the song Nevermore off of queen ii
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Blizzard of ozz was the first tape I ever bought as a kid, I remember putting into the tape deck of my dad's car when I was 12, and after listening to a couple of songs, he says: that's pretty good, until O squared his mouth. Of course, I get it now more than ever. My dad hated my music, as he loved jazz, and classical but for him to laud the musicianship on those albums said a lot.
Rock on Chris, that means a lot! Thanks so much for taking the time and please check out all of my longform videos, I spend a lot of time making them the best I can and appreciate you being a part of that.
I have an authentic Sandoval V, Serial #3. The quality is second to none. I was lucky enough to meet Karl and visit his shop when he was building mine.
Same story here, love Tandy and it was Tribute that ignited my desire to actually learn to play the guitar. Having Rhoads as your first guitar hero to learn from was not easy, but definitely worth it.
I will never forget asking my guitar teacher to show me Randy stuff and he looked at me and said: you are as ready for Randy Rhoads as you are for understanding nuclear fission....let's do something easier. Now some of Randy's riffs are not incredibly hard, but I get what he meant now understanding theory behind his writing, he wanted me to get all of the basics first. I recommend the unmixed Tribute show on youtube and then the Diary of a madman shows
It's amazing how close to his tone it sounds. Randy had a sound that was chunky, and dirty, but there was so much string to string separation and clarity. How much of that was his hands, and how much gear, I don't know.
Definitely a LOT his hands. I take so much more stock in the fingers vs people thinking they're gonna get an exact copy of someone's rig and sound like them. I remember seeing EVH at a hard rock Cafe and he complained that the back line was a solid state amp but no one but him could tell the difference. That said, he wanted his V to have a lot of the attributes of a les paul and I think it very successfully succeeds. I also think I've been copping Randy's style since I was a teen, so you're 100% hearing my fingers imitating randy. I'm playing through a little ENGL, the only thing the same is the guitar.
@@jeffwagner2707 Yes that's right. The MXR Dist just kicking the Marshall . The Drive control wasn't set that high. Larry Carlton used his the same way to push the front end of a Mesa Boogie
RR definitely wanted separation, many think that his studio tone sucks and think it was an oversight or something, but that tone stood out and there was no muddiness in the overall sound of the recordings.
Harpoon headstock, bow tie inlays, Buddy Guy dots on a V? Only a legend could have came up with that combo. I’ve always wanted one of these bad boys. Guess I’ll have to settle for my 87 Jackson Rhoads 😅
Watching this video is making me want to build one like it (maybe not the polka-dots, opt for Limba/Korina? like those gorgeous, but ridiculously expensive, Gibson V's from a while back). I still love those tones. My first guitar was a black Kramer Focus 4000, a Rhoads V like his Jackson, that I put a DiMarzio Super Distortion/PAF set the day after i got it in 1986. Eventually i put a set of Duncans in it for a meatier metal tone, but i still have that guitar to this day, and I'm still inspired by Randy's playing. Love the video!
It's definitely one of those records that changes your perspective on life. It's still very much what I judge a lot of music by. Thanks for watching and happy new years! Subscribe and join the madness 🙌🎸🔥
Man, love this video. Randy is my favorite guitarist, love Eddie Van Halen, Tony Iommi, even love Neal Schon. But Randy's my favorite. Have a cheaper copy, just to have. Enjoyed your video. And yes, the tribute album, you can really hear more, it seems. Thanks man for this video. 👍
its funny....when Blizzard and Diary came out in 1980-81, i thought Rhoads was the greatest id ever heard and saw....and i still think that. But back then, i was also into all the metal bands...VH...CRUE...WHITESNAKE etc...all of it. I was in my early 20's then...and here we are 43 years later, im 64 years old now and havent listened to all those other bands in 25 years at least and i could care less if i ever heard any of them ever again....yet, to this day, i still listen to Randys work every single day, like they just came out. I get the exact same rush and excitement to this day....the guy was one of a kind. His legacy, incredibly, seems to be only getting bigger 43 YEARS LATER!!!!...i mean its starting to get down right weird....what a strange, esoteric and absolutely magical yet heart breaking story....dont really know what else to say...he was the greatest.
I think they definitely blazed their own trails in their own ways! I can definitely tell you randy resonated with me before evh but I love them both. Happy new year Henry and please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
I think that hyperbole is not necessary, two great guitar players , different players, pretty comparable in talent and skill, I get why people might put Randy above EVH, he was a better writer and live player for sure
Imagine if we got both of our collections together on your property! You could see it from space! You already have the great fence of guitars....happy holidays brother, the addiction is real 🙌
Already subscribed. I've been listening rock all my life. At 48 for some reason I found Randy Rhoads records with Ozzy. I can say with my hand in my heart that Randy was unique, no other like him. I've listened all of them and I know now why so few talk about him, they are jealous may be. Randy Rhoads is the greatest of all times. Listening to his music is a life changing experience. Randy forever!
I wanted to learn guitar when I heard Sultans of Swing; I actually bought my first guitar, a cheap Ibanez, when I heard the Tribute album. The solo on Flying high Again was the first lead I learned and realized that I was on my way to something good
Hey brother. Just found this. I know its an older video, but anyone that loves Randy deserves a sub. Plus, I love the channel name ❤.. Randy Rhoads was a god for sure. ❤. I am 62 and I was in my early 20s and the first time I heard Crazy Train I was shocked at how good it was. Then I heard Mr Crowley and the rest of the songs because I went right out snd bought the album. ❤ Good stuff. ❤ Keeo rocking man.. Regards from South Central Indiana. Tim..❤
thanks so much Tim. sorry I'm late to the dance. I appreciate you man. have fun going down the rabbithole and thank you for taking the time. cheers to randy
I think it is great that people point to Tribute as an album that influenced them or helped them appreciate the greatness of Randy, but the original show, unmixed is on youtube and it sounds even better than the mixed show, and the countless Diary of a Madman shows with Over the Mountain are better, he simply changed songs every night playing them a little differently each time. Here's a guy who never cheated an audience playing high or drunk.
I agree, I have eveey single bootleg and it's a total bummer over the mountain is not on it. He also did a live version of You Looking at Me Looking at You which would have been awesome to be included since it was originally a double album anyways! Happy new year Dave and please subscribe and join the madness!
I don't know because I was the second to get it. I was told some luthier in Maine. It's super high quality, I'd say it's a 3-4k copy. But I haven't a clue. Who made yours?
"Randy Rhoads is the reason why I wanted to play rock guitar", you defined myself, period. lol He blows my mind when I heard Over The Mountain and Mr Crowley for the first time...
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Yeah, I know this feeling... ;-) Right now, listening to you play the songs after you mentioned how you felt when you heard his music... Gives immense joy!
My sister got me blizzard of oz Japanese import.before it was released in US my plan was to already know the songs before my friends heard them but when I heard Randy Rhodes I knew that was never going to happen
Very nice custom build replica! I actually think the Floyd on it is sick! If Randy didn’t die I have no doubt he would have been using a Floyd! Also, have you seen the Jackson Polka Dot V? I think it was made in the 90s
The Jackson polka dot v is sick! I love this w the floyd, some people have thrown shade because it's not the terrible vintage fender tremolo but I'd rather the floyd. And it has an ebony board instead of rosewood! Subscribe and join the madness
I didn't know much about Randy until i watched a video about him a month ago. Amazing talent, gone way to soon. That's a sick guitar! I've never found Vs comfortable to play, aside from the Jackson, but still cool to have.
Totally agree. This one sounds awesome but I just don't dig in well. I never like my playing on them. I play sitting down like a loser so that probably adds to it because Vs suck to play sitting.
Randy Rhoads is my hero ,who i never saw live ,even though i grew up just minutes from Musonia , without even knowing it ,but as a guitar player ,he's my true hero ,and his playing has touched my soul , literally,as for the Polka dotted vee ,you can find a copy ,build one yourself,or buy one built by Karl Sandavol himself ,or find a nice used one,for a good chunk of change ! That one you have sounds very nice ,as does your playing !
Thanks man, i love that boss rv3. It just always sounds right to me. I've had a ton of delay pedals but that's the only pedal I've been allegiant to. I have like 4 of them spread throughout my studio. Thanks for watching and happy holidays malte! Please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
The Tribute album blew my freaking mind. I used to listen to that CD on headphones all the time. That is when I became obsessed with Randy. So tragic we lost him so young as he WOULD have continued to evolve into God only knows. He was a beautiful fire breathing dragon.
Those chords above the droning A string on I Don't Know - add you pinky finger on the high e and b strings 7th fret and 8th frets when you go to the B and C top half of the bar chords. It adds the upper voicings and sounds heavier. If you understand what I mean. (4-note chords on the 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th strings).
I play mostly sitting down so I think it's just about acclimating your playing technique. It's super hard to play any v sitting down. I do better with this one standing up but I just wanna play it all high jazz style so I can be more accurate. Long live randy and hope everything is great with you art!!!!
Guitar Showcase Sano Jose CA had a Sandoval V with Randy's original sketches. I went to highschool with the kid (Mike C) who contacted Mrs Rhodes and got the sketches and had a second V built by Sandoval. Was amazed at the time and I don't think Randy's mom understood how big of an icon her son would be.
I bought one of the original Randy Roads flying V's back in 1979 or 80,s and still have it to this day I will never sell it it will be cremated with me.
I think we all have a beautiful guitar that’s hard to play for each of us….but we keep ‘em, lol. I’m 49 and Randy was the reason I started playing along with Chris Holmes…BTW I hope you had a Merry Christmas ! Edit: The easiest playing guitar for me is a Fender cause I like the neck…but I don’t really like Fenders or the body styles at all, was thinking of buying a John 5 Telecaster and do some mods. I love METAL…
Recently I stumbled upon a sealed vinyl copy of tribute for $100. I said f it and bought it. Now I like music on all formats but holy crap it legitimately sounds better on vinyl than CD or digital. Idk what it is but it's that perfect mix of a natural sound but also is deeper and meaner sounding and the guitar is almost put front and center over all else
It's probably the warmth you get from a record. They have substantially less bass and the mastering is different so it also could sound better because of the way it was mastered to vinyl. There are a lot of people that prefer the mix of the bootleg of this show over the actual album. So there are multiple reasons. Thanks for watching, subscribe and join the madness 🙌
Randy is the reason I started playing guitar too. Legend. When I was like 12, I’d have dreams of going to an Ozzy Concert and having Oz grab me and bring me on stage to play. Maybe some day…. Even though I’m in my 30s now. 😂
Ozzy is hanging up his hat! 2 shows left. Be glad he's not gonna do that because he's terrible live now, he's not capable of it unfortunately. I saw him in the 90s and he was rad. Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌
Yeah man , the first two OZZY solo albums are special to me , probably because I was having alot of out-of-body experiences when I got into them , also its interesting that OZZY mentions traveling through the astral plane on ' Over the Mountain 'which I didnt understand til years later . Cool Benny-boom-chicka-boom-cool Benny-cool !...Waxing moon has my brain all swirled ! Thanks !!
Randy Rhodes was a phenomenal guitarist. Unfortunately i wasn't born yet so i wasn't able to see him. I am a big fan though. I wonder how badass he would have been later in his life
Randy is my personal favorite guitarist, although the polka dot V wasn't my favorite of his arsenal, I personally like the Jackson RR guitar better. Thanks for going into the details of this though, very interesting to hear about.
I flew from Toronto to California in 2012 for the 30th Memorial in San Bernardino to pay my respect at his to the string master..Randy King The perfect guitar player..really fusing classical and rock music I love EVH..huge influence on me But if you take 1 Randy song like Diary of a Madman with the spider chords..it blows all VH songs combined away And how Randy played Children of the Grave..especially his take on the solo is incredible and he was not a Sabbath fan I am.. I play pro and played with my Bro Zakk Wylde..another hero of mine..he has great OZ stories and lives Randy with a passion and owns his lil'brown vest Also played with the Mighty Dave Mustaine..they all talk about Randy Long live the String King RANDY RHOADS!!!!
You're not wrong. I actually was saying that to myself as I was playing it last night but this was a video I shot myself of myself and I HATE doing that, so I framed myself sitting down. I probably should have hovered over the camera, you get a much better angle playing. So yeah, I'd def play with the strap (which is attached lol) if I reshot this. I still maintain its not a particularly easy guitar to play
Randy's had a vintage fender brass tremolo but the one I'm playing has a floyd rose, so not exactly like Randy's. It also has an ebony fretboard vs rosewood. Thanks for watching damaskinos, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
The bridge is technically a "vibrato" which changes pitch, a tremelo is changes in volume, and can be found on vintage amps as affect. So it's vibrato not tremelo.
Fair enough, people conflate the word often, but it's a standard term in guitar for a vibrato. PRS calls them trems in all of their literature when they send me guitars. So although on a technical level you're correct, I believe it's an accepted term
Be careful, your playing is getting so good you'll just like the rest of the TH-cam channels just showing off chops :). Great video and nice playing - RR is THE MAN - of course, as are you! KEEP ROCKIN' - BEST TH-cam GUITAR CHANNEL GOING!!
I felt like my playing kinda sucked on this. This guitar makes me feel cumbersome, but I'm glad that if people are gonna rag on me that aren't ragging on my playing! Thanks as always dude 🙌 happy holidays
the funny thing is for the band, that was not one of their best shows, according to Tommy Aldridge, and if you listen to the unmixed version of that show in Cleveland and then subsequent bootlegs, Tribute could have been a lot more.
I remember when he played with Quiet Riot. I was barely a teenager. I do know his go to amp was a Peavy solid state amp with a cab with pa speakers in it or something like that.
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist i could be completely wrong though, i work long hours and try to keep up to date. The good thing is to me, so many awesome musicians unconditionally share theyre experiences.
I have my taste now and also then. Now, i think the blizzard of ozz is still the hardest metal Ozzy ever did. Metal is easy now, people expect it. Back then... try getting to the masses without media support.
great album until you realize that was one of the band's worst shows relatively speaking based on all of the bootlegs out there. The unmixed version is even better, but yes it is fantastic playing
The irony is that I actually still love the sound of that record. It's way better sounding than almost any live record. I do agree it wasn't their best performance, but it's still better than 99.9999% of bands best performances.
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist definitely meant it relatively speaking, that album would be another band's peak performance, for Blizzard of ozz MK II it was good.
Playing a v is first off a skill in itself. Just the right balance and angle to play one is more conducive to standing up. I'm a nerd and sit down because I'm mostly playing in a recording studio. So that's number one and then the fact that it's about as heavy as a les paul and kinda cumbersome. So in general it's more me than the guitar but it's still not particularly wieldy
I've got the RR paraphernalia hanging up around the house. My wife didn't get it at first. Now she makes guitar noises while making my sandwiches. It's the little things in life sometimes..
Question!. Was the guitar shown on pawn stars built by the same Sandoval ?? It was exactly the same but with diamond shapes. A guy came out saying he was Sandoval and that he built Randy's V and the diamond V.
It's the same Sandoval, not the same guitar as featured on the show. They're all copies of Randy's guitar, the original is locked away. Mine is a copy of a copy
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist thank you for the replying info. As soon as I typed my question a Sandoval video popped out. And you are right Sir. He must have some interesting stories. Stories I would just enjoy.✌️
Benny I agree 💯 Randy was the man life is not fair and he definitely got the wrong end of the stick only 25 years old both of those albums were on fire when I was growing up and in my opinion Ozzy at his peak with Randy and yes he still had a stellar career after Randy but nothing compares to the first two albums nothing every song on both albums are pure musical genius and and Randy was a guitar virtuoso a genius before his time so fuckin sad he left this world so soon he was robbed and his family was and us fans my all time top 3 guitarist are RR, EVH, and JH, all 3 ROCKIN heaven right now R.I.P. and on the live album the way he does paranoid I don't know it's fuckin awesome really a ball grabber I personally think better than Tony iomi my opinion and I absolutely love BS that was a special time to Ozzy and Randy and Dio and Sabbath both band's tore it up it's crazy to Ozzy gets the boot from Sabbath and puts out in my opinion his best work because of Randy and Dio going to Sabbath and putting out arguably Sabbath best album I don't know if you know a lot about heaven and Hell but that fuckin album is pure gold every song on it rocks so I guess it all works out for both and I've seen a shit ton of concerts I've seen VH 5 times 1 DLR 4 times Sammy Hagar and Sammy Hagar solo At least 20 times AC/DC in 85 and Yngwie Malmsteen opened up for them great show one of my biggest regrets is not being able to see Randy anyway man you seem to be living a dream truly happy for you all and thanks for all of you for putting a smile on my face every time I watch a video really your channels are phenomenal and your guitar collection is out of this world big dog Keep on keeping on all of you guys and girls long live Rock and Roll and every one's dreams peace out man
I saw Randy with Ozzy Feb of 82, yah I am turning onto an old fart now. The thing with Randy when he played the PDV, a lot of time the neck was pointed almost straight up in the air. He would shred a lot of times almost like playing an upright bass. It was amazing he could do that. He was amazing live. I still have some memories left of the images.
That's totally because of his size and how to position his hands to hit those notes properly. It's quite an awkward guitar nevertheless it's huge and he was a very small guy! You know, you were there! How cool, man. I feel the same way having seen and hung out with dimebag as I imagine people feel about Randy, just one generation later
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Oh yeah exactly. He made a Les Paul look big. When I saw again on display the Concord Jackson at Cal State it looked so tiny. To me watching him he didn't look super small on stage next to Ozzy because he wore the high heels. Ozzy is only like 5'10 only. Though yeah he was tiny in body mass and skinny also. His head looked bigger than his waist with all the hair. i have seen his PDV again also on display up close at the RR Hall of fame along with his QR outfit. It was crazy how small the waist is. Unlike his White Concord Jackson with the higher cutaway he wasn't happy with in the higher register frets reaching notes. Then they redesigned the black Jackson to give acess better above the 14th fret. I have been privy to some private footage and even in the spotlight solo, the neck was parallel to his body and he shredded like that straight up in the air. I think he got used to playing it like that though live .. Cool about Dimebag.. another tragedy..
IMHO there have been a few people who completely changed the face of popular guitar, by expanding what people thought was possible. Iommi. Hendrix. Clapton. Chuck Berry. EVH. and Randy Rhoades. There are others. But music was different before and after them. Randy changed it all for me.
Randy rhoads was the reason I started playing guitar as well!! Also, it's a dimarzio Paf. Pronounced PAF. It's not a dimarzio P. A. F. Just figured I'd let ya know. P.A.F.s are gibson humbuckers with the patent applied for label, or patent number label.
Since when is it pronounced PAF? Really? I'm well aware of them being direct copies of patent applied for pickups, but they have always been pronounced as P.A.F by anyone I have ever spoken with. It's not a trademarked name.
Blows my mind how there are 350,000 hours of footage of Mick Mars playing guitar and only 6 or 7 minutes of Randy playing!!!
Just not fair
If you look good enough, there is a decent amount of bootleg live shows and bits, but the quality is no where near HD production type. Still we Randy fans take what we can get.
Look up "Ozzy After Hours" there's several live songs with Randy playing and they are good quality footage.
The Osbourne's have all kinds of footage. Bob Daisley has recordings no one has ever heard. He can't do anything with them since he was promised to be sued penniless if he was to release any of it. By who? Oh, your friend and not mine, Sharon Osbourne!
@@DetroitWrecker666 interesting. Thanks for putting out that info. I have long imagined that to be the case, there must be good footage, the Osbournes are just sitting on it.
That is in fact cruel and heartless when I give it some thought. It must be all about not wanting to give the Rhoads family money. Wow. How everloving greedy? Everyone would benefit from hearing and seeing Randy play, it would honor his legacy, I cant think of a reason for shelving it? So... they make no money from it now, but they dont want anyone else to profit from it just the same. The level of cruel and greedy is hard to comprehend.
@@saltpeter7429 Go do some research on Sharon Osbourne. This is only a minor blip compared to her past in ripping off artists and other things. If you're a reader and love Randy stuff. Go buy a copy of the book "For Facts Sake" by Bob Daisley.
Bob is an incredible musician and very much a HUGE part of Ozzy's success even today. He kept Diarys since as long as time goes back (Diary of a Madman) and shares with us exactly how, where and when things happened during the recording of the Randy albums. As well as forward. He plays Bass and writes music for Ozzy.
The Tribute record made a million little shredders. The "Dee" outtakes at the end were always magical to me too, so simple and intimate. A legend in his own lifetime.
I just liked hearing what he sounded like. Dee brought him to life for me. You can totally hear is personality and even his breathing. I remember even at a young age having goosebumps listening to that all of the way through. Thanks for watching Karl, please subscribe and join the madness. Happy new year
It seems Tribute brought in new fans and a different level of appreciation, but those two albums were so good, it is surprising to me Diary of a Madman did not outsell Blizzard of ozz, which remains the top selling metal debut album of all time, but it is heavier sounding but it has so many great things on it with different styles and tempos.
@Dave Wight they're both incredible, they're almost a double album because they were recorded closely to one another, both w max Norman. The tribute record just had more Balls and energy, but then it allows you to go back and appreciate the studio versions
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Yes, and for all the Younglings in the crowd, there was no such thing "behind the scenes" in music. You NEVER heard an outtake, or even many artists' real voice. All you knew about them was a few pics and whatever was the final album cut. Hearing Randy's real voice, and the airplane fly over, and the little giggles, etc...were utterly unique at the time and showed that maybe, just maybe even guitar gods once walked the Earth among us mere mortals......Fun Fact: Tom Morello named his first child "Randy" in Tribute. Rest in Power Randy \m/
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I think diary was recorded a year after Blizzard of ozz., I mean almost exactly year. But, they had more time to write and record with Blizzard of ozz, DOAM had I think 3-4 weeks to be written and recorded according to Bob's book. And max said he could already see a night and day difference in Randy's playing from the first album, touring had changed him.
Imagine how good Diary could have been if Randy had the chance to write the solos he wanted on all of the songs, a few of the songs only have the original solo he played when the band recorded the tracks. And Randy also noticed the tuner was not calibrated in the studio and everything was actually down tuned, but he liked how it sounded so they went with it,
Just to be ab!e to play any of Randy's music yourself is the ultimate payoff of learning guitar! He inspired so many of us. He will never be forgotten! Great video!
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I am surprised how clean and beautiful the Super Distortion sounds. That guitar is the epitome of heavy metal!
It really is. I didn't expect it to sound so good, I'm not normally a fan of Vs for tone, but I'm gonna guess because it's almost as thick as a les paul is why the tone is so rad
I have a set and yes they sound great clean
I really don't recall seeing a whole lot of polka dot guitars in the '80s after Randy passed, and there were a lot of great artwork on guitars back then. Makes you wonder if that was kind of a sign of respect.
@@travismiles5885 You’re right! The only other polka dot guitar I can think of was the Buddy Guy signature Strats from the late 80’s and 90’s.
As far as “epitome” goes, it’s more the shape and non-standard graphics.
Been in more guitars than any other pickup by a landslide. It's also my favorite bridge pickup
Randy's legend keeps growing, hopefully Bob Daisley can release the holy grail tapes someday so we can hear Randy create in the studio
Both him and max Norman. It's too bad Sharon absolutely ignored and screwed Bob and Lee. That whole storing is disgusting. If also like to hear another live album, maybe with over the mountain and the alternate version of suicide solution? They're out there. Cmon ozzy! Although my buddy played drums for sabbath for 2 shows and he couldn't even get the bootleg of his own shows from ozzy who tapes every single one. Happy new year and please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist don't get me started on how Darth Hideous fumbled with not getting the band to do a video for Diary of a Madman when MTV arrived in 1981 and that masterpiece came out in November 1981.....total neglect on her part.
I think maybe Kerslake was close to doing it and that's why they bought his silence before his passing. 😔🙏
@@kristopherkrahl1597 they sent him his platinum records on his deathbed. Sharon sucks
I got into Ozzy when I was 10 years old back in 1984. My dad had left me an 8-track of Ozzy's first album and I listened to it constantly. When Tribute came out and I finally got to hear Randy playing live it blew me away. Before I even picked up a guitar I asked my aunt to buy me the tab book when I saw it at a guitar shop because I loved the pic of him holding Randy up and loved the purple tinted picture. It took two years for me to convince her to buy me a guitar and though it was a shitty acoustic I did my best to learn as many songs off of Tribute as I could. I never got to be that great a player but I still know all those songs by heart (even if I don't play them all that well).
Randy didn't just inspire me as a player he inspired me as a person. He was by all accounts a really sweet guy and never had a bad word to say to his fans. If you look at my profile picture it's a pic I drew of my main character, a rock and roll guitar-playing kangaroo named Zid who has hair just like Randy's. :)
Zid sounds like one badass kangaroo! And thanks for sharing, randy inspired so many people including both of us! Cheers to the polka dotted heavens
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Cheers!
As a 10 year old when Blizzard of Ozz came out I'm lucky my older brother got it and within a year I was taking guitar lessons because of Randy.It's awesome that he has also been the inspiration for other generations like you.He is timeless.
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Randy was the reason I have played and still play guitar. That is a beautiful guitar you are holding.
Cheers to randy and happy holidays Bob!!!
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Identical xD
It's almost like I've listened to it 1000000x!!! Cheers ro randy! Subscribe and join the madness Bruno!!! 🙌
I used to work for Grover Jackson and he told the whole story about that Randy Rhoades Flying V.
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what is the story, and I see there is a dispute between Sandoval and Grover that Karl has been referencing on facebook
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I'd be interested to know, too
Short story. Randy asked Grover Jackson to build him a radical flying V guitar that was not a Gibson and wanted it with white pok o dots on it. Jackson was the original pok dot flying V builder for Randy Rhoades. Not Sandoval. You can even ask him. Grover also build an awesome guitar for Gary Moore. #facts.
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My mom bought me that album at the px on my dad’s military base. I listened to that album constantly. Good times
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Randy my all time fav.
!!!! I'm still being humbled by his far out. Skill !!!!
I think that now I'm old enough to almost be his dad. I'm gonna go practice now...
Lmao. Lol. Me to brother. For sure I started. Learning. Randy's. Stuff at. 10 yr old. In 85. And to this day there's. So much. Of his music. And solos. I can't play lol. But. I love trying. !!! I really enjoy your platform. And looking forward. To checking. Out all your. Vid !!!
Randy rhoads Mr crowley live version is the best solo for me. I was listening to it and my mom was sitting with me and as soon as he starts the solo my mom with no knowledge about metal or rock heard that solo and she said " wow that is an amazing solo"
That's hilarious because my mom was a classically trained pianist and I'd make her listen to it in the car and it was randy and Freddie mercury that would always get her to go "wow, that was good, what was that?" I distinctly remember her asking me if Freddie was a chick when I made her listen to the song Nevermore off of queen ii
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Blizzard of ozz was the first tape I ever bought as a kid, I remember putting into the tape deck of my dad's car when I was 12, and after listening to a couple of songs, he says: that's pretty good, until O squared his mouth.
Of course, I get it now more than ever. My dad hated my music, as he loved jazz, and classical but for him to laud the musicianship on those albums said a lot.
That guitar is a piece of History, also, you straight up shredded!!! You've got a new fan! Randy Rhoades was one of the best, that's just a fact!
Rock on Chris, that means a lot! Thanks so much for taking the time and please check out all of my longform videos, I spend a lot of time making them the best I can and appreciate you being a part of that.
I have an authentic Sandoval V, Serial #3. The quality is second to none. I was lucky enough to meet Karl and visit his shop when he was building mine.
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Same story here, love Tandy and it was Tribute that ignited my desire to actually learn to play the guitar. Having Rhoads as your first guitar hero to learn from was not easy, but definitely worth it.
For sure, he set the bar so high I never even tried to be that good! 🎸🔥
I will never forget asking my guitar teacher to show me Randy stuff and he looked at me and said: you are as ready for Randy Rhoads as you are for understanding nuclear fission....let's do something easier.
Now some of Randy's riffs are not incredibly hard, but I get what he meant now understanding theory behind his writing, he wanted me to get all of the basics first.
I recommend the unmixed Tribute show on youtube and then the Diary of a madman shows
Heard Randy introduced as Mr. , twice live! 1/4 century he lived only but motivated for us for our lifetime with supreme guitar virtuosity!
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It's amazing how close to his tone it sounds. Randy had a sound that was chunky, and dirty, but there was so much string to string separation and clarity. How much of that was his hands, and how much gear, I don't know.
Definitely a LOT his hands. I take so much more stock in the fingers vs people thinking they're gonna get an exact copy of someone's rig and sound like them. I remember seeing EVH at a hard rock Cafe and he complained that the back line was a solid state amp but no one but him could tell the difference. That said, he wanted his V to have a lot of the attributes of a les paul and I think it very successfully succeeds. I also think I've been copping Randy's style since I was a teen, so you're 100% hearing my fingers imitating randy. I'm playing through a little ENGL, the only thing the same is the guitar.
DiMarzio super distortion mxr distortion+
@@jeffwagner2707 Yes that's right. The MXR Dist just kicking the Marshall . The Drive control wasn't set that high. Larry Carlton used his the same way to push the front end of a Mesa Boogie
RR definitely wanted separation, many think that his studio tone sucks and think it was an oversight or something, but that tone stood out and there was no muddiness in the overall sound of the recordings.
@james friend you're not wrong. I've never been a fan of his studio tone but it's unmistakable. It's RR with the big white Marshall
Harpoon headstock, bow tie inlays, Buddy Guy dots on a V? Only a legend could have came up with that combo. I’ve always wanted one of these bad boys. Guess I’ll have to settle for my 87 Jackson Rhoads 😅
Haha! I guarantee it plays better. That's badass! The guy I got this off has the craziest jackson collection on the planet.
You could always find a small custom build company, like the one my wife and I operate, to build you one to your specs, for less than the Sandoval.
I got to see Randy from the 10th row 2 weeks before he got killed in Norman, Ok. U.F.O. was the opening act.
Schenker and Rhoads, I mean, talk about a proper education. Rock on! Subscribe and join the madness 🙌
Watching this video is making me want to build one like it (maybe not the polka-dots, opt for Limba/Korina? like those gorgeous, but ridiculously expensive, Gibson V's from a while back). I still love those tones. My first guitar was a black Kramer Focus 4000, a Rhoads V like his Jackson, that I put a DiMarzio Super Distortion/PAF set the day after i got it in 1986. Eventually i put a set of Duncans in it for a meatier metal tone, but i still have that guitar to this day, and I'm still inspired by Randy's playing.
Love the video!
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I remember buying the Tribute cassette tape. It blew my mind. I haven’t been the same since 🤘🏼
It's definitely one of those records that changes your perspective on life. It's still very much what I judge a lot of music by. Thanks for watching and happy new years! Subscribe and join the madness 🙌🎸🔥
Man, love this video. Randy is my favorite guitarist, love Eddie Van Halen, Tony Iommi, even love Neal Schon. But Randy's my favorite. Have a cheaper copy, just to have. Enjoyed your video. And yes, the tribute album, you can really hear more, it seems. Thanks man for this video. 👍
Rock on Brian, those guys are holy patron saints of guitar! 100000%
The tribute album is also the one that inspired me above and beyond anything else.
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Thanks 4 keeping his Memories' alive Ben...He went away too soon...❤💯🤘🤘🤘 Keep Rocking '
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its funny....when Blizzard and Diary came out in 1980-81, i thought Rhoads was the greatest id ever heard and saw....and i still think that. But back then, i was also into all the metal bands...VH...CRUE...WHITESNAKE etc...all of it. I was in my early 20's then...and here we are 43 years later, im 64 years old now and havent listened to all those other bands in 25 years at least and i could care less if i ever heard any of them ever again....yet, to this day, i still listen to Randys work every single day, like they just came out. I get the exact same rush and excitement to this day....the guy was one of a kind. His legacy, incredibly, seems to be only getting bigger 43 YEARS LATER!!!!...i mean its starting to get down right weird....what a strange, esoteric and absolutely magical yet heart breaking story....dont really know what else to say...he was the greatest.
Damn brother, amen to that and cheers to randy! He really was the best
Absolutely! This was my inspiration to play, Tribute to me was just perfect. Your description of listening to that album was same as mine 🤘
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That guitar sounds great! Nice playing!
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Rhandy was light years ahead of EVH.
I think they definitely blazed their own trails in their own ways! I can definitely tell you randy resonated with me before evh but I love them both. Happy new year Henry and please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
I think that hyperbole is not necessary, two great guitar players , different players, pretty comparable in talent and skill, I get why people might put Randy above EVH, he was a better writer and live player for sure
Randy is the reason I picked up a guitar, RR FOREVER!!!
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Sounds fantastic
It really does. The more I play this guitar the more I think it sounds surprisingly good
My all time favorite guitarist! I wanted to be RR in the early 80's.Thanks for the memories
all timer A leaguer...legend
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100% Dave!
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@Xavier Ortiz thanks so much xavier!!!
Oh! I forgot! Happy holidays!! Love ya brother!
Right back at ya ❤️🎸🔥
Always like having a peek at your collection! Right on man!!
Imagine if we got both of our collections together on your property! You could see it from space! You already have the great fence of guitars....happy holidays brother, the addiction is real 🙌
Already subscribed. I've been listening rock all my life. At 48 for some reason I found Randy Rhoads records with Ozzy. I can say with my hand in my heart that Randy was unique, no other like him. I've listened all of them and I know now why so few talk about him, they are jealous may be. Randy Rhoads is the greatest of all times. Listening to his music is a life changing experience. Randy forever!
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We are kin bro...
the bolt of lightning caught my young ears in an old music hall at Asbury Park.
Never been the same after that night...
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We know he’s an exceptional musician, but we rarely hear Benny play. This one’s a treat! Thx!
This is not my finest hour
I wanted to learn guitar when I heard Sultans of Swing; I actually bought my first guitar, a cheap Ibanez, when I heard the Tribute album. The solo on Flying high Again was the first lead I learned and realized that I was on my way to something good
Mark knopfler isn't a bad first either, that dude rules!!!! Thanks for watching nikos, please subscribe and join the madness. Happy new year!
Hey brother. Just found this. I know its an older video, but anyone that loves Randy deserves a sub. Plus, I love the channel name ❤..
Randy Rhoads was a god for sure. ❤. I am 62 and I was in my early 20s and the first time I heard Crazy Train I was shocked at how good it was. Then I heard Mr Crowley and the rest of the songs because I went right out snd bought the album. ❤
Good stuff. ❤
Keeo rocking man..
Regards from South Central Indiana.
Tim..❤
thanks so much Tim. sorry I'm late to the dance. I appreciate you man. have fun going down the rabbithole and thank you for taking the time. cheers to randy
I think it is great that people point to Tribute as an album that influenced them or helped them appreciate the greatness of Randy, but the original show, unmixed is on youtube and it sounds even better than the mixed show, and the countless Diary of a Madman shows with Over the Mountain are better, he simply changed songs every night playing them a little differently each time.
Here's a guy who never cheated an audience playing high or drunk.
I agree, I have eveey single bootleg and it's a total bummer over the mountain is not on it. He also did a live version of You Looking at Me Looking at You which would have been awesome to be included since it was originally a double album anyways! Happy new year Dave and please subscribe and join the madness!
You said that it is not a Sandoval, but a copy. Do you know who did make it? Great review. I have one (a copy) and yes, they are not easy to play.
I don't know because I was the second to get it. I was told some luthier in Maine. It's super high quality, I'd say it's a 3-4k copy. But I haven't a clue. Who made yours?
Diary of a mad man was mine , was completely obsessed with playing along with the cassette until I broke it out and got another one kept going 👍
What an amazing album! There is no wrong answer. All hail Randy! Thanks for watching and happy holidays 🙌
"Randy Rhoads is the reason why I wanted to play rock guitar", you defined myself, period. lol
He blows my mind when I heard Over The Mountain and Mr Crowley for the first time...
I'm on a plane listening to tribute Mr. Crowley and the end solo is playing. Gives me goosebumps everytime Gabriel! Subscribe to join the madness 🙌
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Yeah, I know this feeling... ;-)
Right now, listening to you play the songs after you mentioned how you felt when you heard his music...
Gives immense joy!
@Gabriel Peplau Hahn thanks man, Cheers to randy rhoads!!!!
My sister got me blizzard of oz Japanese import.before it was released in US my plan was to already know the songs before my friends heard them but when I heard Randy Rhodes I knew that was never going to happen
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6 month window between UK and US release.
Very nice custom build replica!
I actually think the Floyd on it is sick!
If Randy didn’t die I have no doubt he would have been using a Floyd!
Also, have you seen the Jackson Polka Dot V? I think it was made in the 90s
The Jackson polka dot v is sick! I love this w the floyd, some people have thrown shade because it's not the terrible vintage fender tremolo but I'd rather the floyd. And it has an ebony board instead of rosewood! Subscribe and join the madness
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist why did you say that its hard to play is it the neck cos i was thing of getting one but i am used a thin c shape neck
I didn't know much about Randy until i watched a video about him a month ago. Amazing talent, gone way to soon.
That's a sick guitar! I've never found Vs comfortable to play, aside from the Jackson, but still cool to have.
Totally agree. This one sounds awesome but I just don't dig in well. I never like my playing on them. I play sitting down like a loser so that probably adds to it because Vs suck to play sitting.
great playing 👍 admire the accuracy
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I’ve allways wanted to play like randy rhoads that’s my dream
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Randy Rhoads is my hero ,who i never saw live ,even though i grew up just minutes from Musonia , without even knowing it ,but as a guitar player ,he's my true hero ,and his playing has touched my soul , literally,as for the Polka dotted vee ,you can find a copy ,build one yourself,or buy one built by Karl Sandavol himself ,or find a nice used one,for a good chunk of change ! That one you have sounds very nice ,as does your playing !
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Awesome guitar, just looks fucking cool and sounds great. The delay has great settings on it as well 👌🏼
Thanks man, i love that boss rv3. It just always sounds right to me. I've had a ton of delay pedals but that's the only pedal I've been allegiant to. I have like 4 of them spread throughout my studio. Thanks for watching and happy holidays malte! Please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
The Tribute album blew my freaking mind. I used to listen to that CD on headphones all the time. That is when I became obsessed with Randy. So tragic we lost him so young as he WOULD have continued to evolve into God only knows. He was a beautiful fire breathing dragon.
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Those chords above the droning A string on I Don't Know - add you pinky finger on the high e and b strings 7th fret and 8th frets when you go to the B and C top half of the bar chords. It adds the upper voicings and sounds heavier. If you understand what I mean. (4-note chords on the 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th strings).
Oh yeah, randy does all kinds of inversions, I'm playing the poor man's version all day
My dream guitar for sure, nice video
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Oh man I remember when I've seen Randy rhoads and Ozzy Osbourne in concert that was really cool it was good about three months before he died😂
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@@TheNeuroticGuitarist ok. I saw highway to hell tour. the first singer ACDC.
The flying v is probably the single most iconic looking guitar, possibly ever, it looks stupid and I love it 😂
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Due! Awesome video! V’s are hard for me to play too.idk what it is either lol! Long live Randy!
I play mostly sitting down so I think it's just about acclimating your playing technique. It's super hard to play any v sitting down. I do better with this one standing up but I just wanna play it all high jazz style so I can be more accurate. Long live randy and hope everything is great with you art!!!!
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Thanks Bro! All is good! Yes I play sitting down so the V does not work.
@@pickboy7 then what's my excuse for being terrible standing up? 😆
Randy had all the cool guitars.🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵🎸
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Guitar Showcase Sano Jose CA had a Sandoval V with Randy's original sketches. I went to highschool with the kid (Mike C) who contacted Mrs Rhodes and got the sketches and had a second V built by Sandoval. Was amazed at the time and I don't think Randy's mom understood how big of an icon her son would be.
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I bought one of the original Randy Roads flying V's back in 1979 or 80,s and still have it to this day I will never sell it it will be cremated with me.
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I think we all have a beautiful guitar that’s hard to play for each of us….but we keep ‘em, lol. I’m 49 and Randy was the reason I started playing along with Chris Holmes…BTW I hope you had a Merry Christmas ! Edit: The easiest playing guitar for me is a Fender cause I like the neck…but I don’t really like Fenders or the body styles at all, was thinking of buying a John 5 Telecaster and do some mods. I love METAL…
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@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I subbed, great content
@Will comment if u ever wanna see anything and def feel free to lemme know what u dig and don't. Cheers
Recently I stumbled upon a sealed vinyl copy of tribute for $100. I said f it and bought it. Now I like music on all formats but holy crap it legitimately sounds better on vinyl than CD or digital. Idk what it is but it's that perfect mix of a natural sound but also is deeper and meaner sounding and the guitar is almost put front and center over all else
It's probably the warmth you get from a record. They have substantially less bass and the mastering is different so it also could sound better because of the way it was mastered to vinyl. There are a lot of people that prefer the mix of the bootleg of this show over the actual album. So there are multiple reasons. Thanks for watching, subscribe and join the madness 🙌
Randy is the reason I started playing guitar too. Legend. When I was like 12, I’d have dreams of going to an Ozzy Concert and having Oz grab me and bring me on stage to play. Maybe some day…. Even though I’m in my 30s now. 😂
Ozzy is hanging up his hat! 2 shows left. Be glad he's not gonna do that because he's terrible live now, he's not capable of it unfortunately. I saw him in the 90s and he was rad. Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌
Randy Rhoads #1
I won't argue 🙌🎸🔥
Randy Rhoads…there are no words!!!!!
here are two: A leaguer
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@@TheNeuroticGuitarist ….dude…I am subbed….I freakin love your channel !!!!!!
@Eddie Jr thanks so much eddie!!! Rock on and keep bringing it on
We have the SAME EXACT STORY. 30 year career I owe to that tribute album.
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Wild to hear Zakk riffs on RR's Sandoval V
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He was the best and always will be god bless Randy Rhoads RIP ❤️
God bless randy Rhodes indeed 🙏
Yeah man , the first two OZZY solo albums are special to me , probably because I was having alot of out-of-body experiences when I got into them , also its interesting that OZZY mentions traveling through the astral plane on ' Over the Mountain 'which I didnt understand til years later . Cool Benny-boom-chicka-boom-cool Benny-cool !...Waxing moon has my brain all swirled ! Thanks !!
Brain all swirled for the win 🔥🤘😜🤘
Randy Rhodes was a phenomenal guitarist. Unfortunately i wasn't born yet so i wasn't able to see him. I am a big fan though. I wonder how badass he would have been later in his life
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Randy is my personal favorite guitarist, although the polka dot V wasn't my favorite of his arsenal, I personally like the Jackson RR guitar better. Thanks for going into the details of this though, very interesting to hear about.
I'd have to go w the 74 les paul, but there's no wrong answer! Cheers to randy. Thanks for watching dude, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
I flew from Toronto to California in 2012 for the 30th Memorial in San Bernardino to pay my respect at his to the string master..Randy King
The perfect guitar player..really fusing classical and rock music
I love EVH..huge influence on me
But if you take 1 Randy song like Diary of a Madman with the spider chords..it blows all VH songs combined away
And how Randy played Children of the Grave..especially his take on the solo is incredible
and he was not a Sabbath fan
I am..
I play pro and played with my Bro Zakk Wylde..another hero of mine..he has great OZ stories and lives Randy with a passion and owns his lil'brown vest
Also played with the Mighty Dave Mustaine..they all talk about Randy
Long live the String King
RANDY RHOADS!!!!
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Pro tip: play wearing a strap, I have 2 Vs and an explorer and using a strap makes them much easier to play
You're not wrong. I actually was saying that to myself as I was playing it last night but this was a video I shot myself of myself and I HATE doing that, so I framed myself sitting down. I probably should have hovered over the camera, you get a much better angle playing. So yeah, I'd def play with the strap (which is attached lol) if I reshot this. I still maintain its not a particularly easy guitar to play
What was that second song you played? Sounds so familliar.
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Wondering, what sort of tremelo is it equipped with?
Randy's had a vintage fender brass tremolo but the one I'm playing has a floyd rose, so not exactly like Randy's. It also has an ebony fretboard vs rosewood. Thanks for watching damaskinos, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
You never see pictures of Randy playing the Sandoval V sitting down. Now you know why. ;)
Don't I ever!!!!!! 🤘🤘🎸🔥 subscribe and join the madness
Thank you
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That is a very cool jacket and t-shirt you are wearing. Please let me know where I can purchase them.
The shirt was from a company called classic rock zombies and the jacket is from a thrift shop
Thank you so much.
I can't play a V without a strap even sitting down. All V's.. Who made this copy of the Sandoval? It looks well made.
some dude in Maine. it's amazing.
great tone bro
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The bridge is technically a "vibrato" which changes pitch, a tremelo is changes in volume, and can be found on vintage amps as affect. So it's vibrato not tremelo.
Fair enough, people conflate the word often, but it's a standard term in guitar for a vibrato. PRS calls them trems in all of their literature when they send me guitars. So although on a technical level you're correct, I believe it's an accepted term
Be careful, your playing is getting so good you'll just like the rest of the TH-cam channels just showing off chops :). Great video and nice playing - RR is THE MAN - of course, as are you! KEEP ROCKIN' - BEST TH-cam GUITAR CHANNEL GOING!!
I felt like my playing kinda sucked on this. This guitar makes me feel cumbersome, but I'm glad that if people are gonna rag on me that aren't ragging on my playing! Thanks as always dude 🙌 happy holidays
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Happy Holidays as well!
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Tribute album is my fav Ozzy album. Love Randys playing :-)
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the funny thing is for the band, that was not one of their best shows, according to Tommy Aldridge, and if you listen to the unmixed version of that show in Cleveland and then subsequent bootlegs, Tribute could have been a lot more.
I remember when he played with Quiet Riot. I was barely a teenager. I do know his go to amp was a Peavy solid state amp with a cab with pa speakers in it or something like that.
Distortion he had came from a pedal...possibly an mxr?
@@mikeboxler759 I believe you're correct
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist i could be completely wrong though, i work long hours and try to keep up to date. The good thing is to me, so many awesome musicians unconditionally share theyre experiences.
I have my taste now and also then. Now, i think the blizzard of ozz is still the hardest metal Ozzy ever did. Metal is easy now, people expect it. Back then... try getting to the masses without media support.
@@mikeboxler759 1000% and I'm a fan of classic metal. Ozzys the epitome of classic metal
He just had those classical chops and small hands. My ibanez is/looks kinda the same way it's hard to play aggressively on it, gotta use finesse
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I can be having the worst day..jus put TRIBUTE on and its the greatest..RANDY RHOADS RULES
great album until you realize that was one of the band's worst shows relatively speaking based on all of the bootlegs out there.
The unmixed version is even better, but yes it is fantastic playing
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The irony is that I actually still love the sound of that record. It's way better sounding than almost any live record. I do agree it wasn't their best performance, but it's still better than 99.9999% of bands best performances.
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist definitely meant it relatively speaking, that album would be another band's peak performance, for Blizzard of ozz MK II it was good.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I listened to all of those bootlegs religiously!
Rhoads forever!!
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BEAUTIFUL guitar!!!
What makes it hard to play?
Playing a v is first off a skill in itself. Just the right balance and angle to play one is more conducive to standing up. I'm a nerd and sit down because I'm mostly playing in a recording studio. So that's number one and then the fact that it's about as heavy as a les paul and kinda cumbersome. So in general it's more me than the guitar but it's still not particularly wieldy
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist , cool. I still really want one...
Since it's so hard to play, I'll buy it.
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I've got the RR paraphernalia hanging up around the house. My wife didn't get it at first. Now she makes guitar noises while making my sandwiches. It's the little things in life sometimes..
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Question!. Was the guitar shown on pawn stars built by the same Sandoval ?? It was exactly the same but with diamond shapes. A guy came out saying he was Sandoval and that he built Randy's V and the diamond V.
It's the same Sandoval, not the same guitar as featured on the show. They're all copies of Randy's guitar, the original is locked away. Mine is a copy of a copy
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist thank you for the replying info. As soon as I typed my question a Sandoval video popped out. And you are right Sir. He must have some interesting stories. Stories I would just enjoy.✌️
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Benny I agree 💯 Randy was the man life is not fair and he definitely got the wrong end of the stick only 25 years old both of those albums were on fire when I was growing up and in my opinion Ozzy at his peak with Randy and yes he still had a stellar career after Randy but nothing compares to the first two albums nothing every song on both albums are pure musical genius and and Randy was a guitar virtuoso a genius before his time so fuckin sad he left this world so soon he was robbed and his family was and us fans my all time top 3 guitarist are RR, EVH, and JH, all 3 ROCKIN heaven right now R.I.P. and on the live album the way he does paranoid I don't know it's fuckin awesome really a ball grabber I personally think better than Tony iomi my opinion and I absolutely love BS that was a special time to Ozzy and Randy and Dio and Sabbath both band's tore it up it's crazy to Ozzy gets the boot from Sabbath and puts out in my opinion his best work because of Randy and Dio going to Sabbath and putting out arguably Sabbath best album I don't know if you know a lot about heaven and Hell but that fuckin album is pure gold every song on it rocks so I guess it all works out for both and I've seen a shit ton of concerts I've seen VH 5 times 1 DLR 4 times Sammy Hagar and Sammy Hagar solo At least 20 times AC/DC in 85 and Yngwie Malmsteen opened up for them great show one of my biggest regrets is not being able to see Randy anyway man you seem to be living a dream truly happy for you all and thanks for all of you for putting a smile on my face every time I watch a video really your channels are phenomenal and your guitar collection is out of this world big dog Keep on keeping on all of you guys and girls long live Rock and Roll and every one's dreams peace out man
Thanks so much Brian. Literally amen to all of that and thanks so much for sharing. Clearly we are cut from the same cloth 🤘🤘
The guitar rings like a bell wtf. Sounds great.
Right? It super surprised me at how much I dug the tone on it. I am not normally a fan of how Vs sound
What brand is that guitar?
It's a custom build but it's a copy of a Sandoval v
So does yours have a truss rod?
It does. Randy's did as well, it had 2 truss rods like the old danelectro necks. Subscribe joeseph if you haven't already! 🙌
Yeah man, Excalibur shouldn't be easy to wield!! Now I gotta bust out my old Ozzy Tribute CD!
Nope, I agree! I'm def not worthy. All hail Randy Rhoads
I was lucky that I saw Blizzard of Ozz both nights in the front row at the Hammersmith odeon London 1980
Well that's frigging rad. I'm officially seafoam green
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist and the best thing my friends and I was managed shake randy’s hand at the end of the concerts
@@robertphelps1574 and there it is. You've won my channel today. Rock on.
I bet that was like a religious experience
I saw Randy with Ozzy Feb of 82, yah I am turning onto an old fart now. The thing with Randy when he played the PDV, a lot of time the neck was pointed almost straight up in the air. He would shred a lot of times almost like playing an upright bass. It was amazing he could do that. He was amazing live. I still have some memories left of the images.
That's totally because of his size and how to position his hands to hit those notes properly. It's quite an awkward guitar nevertheless it's huge and he was a very small guy! You know, you were there! How cool, man. I feel the same way having seen and hung out with dimebag as I imagine people feel about Randy, just one generation later
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Oh yeah exactly. He made a Les Paul look big. When I saw again on display the Concord Jackson at Cal State it looked so tiny. To me watching him he didn't look super small on stage next to Ozzy because he wore the high heels. Ozzy is only like 5'10 only. Though yeah he was tiny in body mass and skinny also. His head looked bigger than his waist with all the hair. i have seen his PDV again also on display up close at the RR Hall of fame along with his QR outfit. It was crazy how small the waist is. Unlike his White Concord Jackson with the higher cutaway he wasn't happy with in the higher register frets reaching notes. Then they redesigned the black Jackson to give acess better above the 14th fret. I have been privy to some private footage and even in the spotlight solo, the neck was parallel to his body and he shredded like that straight up in the air. I think he got used to playing it like that though live .. Cool about Dimebag.. another tragedy..
That thumbnail is THE greatest soy face I've ever seen. Well done!
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IMHO there have been a few people who completely changed the face of popular guitar, by expanding what people thought was possible. Iommi. Hendrix. Clapton. Chuck Berry. EVH. and Randy Rhoades. There are others. But music was different before and after them. Randy changed it all for me.
Amen to literally all of that Kenneth! Or do u prefer Ken?
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist my friend whatever is comfortable for you is great with me
@@kennethwatson4489 Kenny and Benny
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist excellent!
Randy rhoads was the reason I started playing guitar as well!!
Also, it's a dimarzio Paf. Pronounced PAF. It's not a dimarzio P. A. F. Just figured I'd let ya know. P.A.F.s are gibson humbuckers with the patent applied for label, or patent number label.
Since when is it pronounced PAF? Really? I'm well aware of them being direct copies of patent applied for pickups, but they have always been pronounced as P.A.F by anyone I have ever spoken with. It's not a trademarked name.