Brian Setzer's 1959 Gretsch 6120 Has Had Quite a Journey | Guitar Stories
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- Brian's relationship with the '59 Gretsch he bought at the age of 17 has endured from his Stray Cats days to today, as he launches his new album-The Devil Always Collects-out now!-and ahead of this fall's Rockabilly Riot! tour, which is coming to a town near you. Find all the info here: bit.ly/3Rskbbr
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If you’ve never had the honor of seeing him live, you’re really missing out. Stray Cats, Orchestra, and the Christmas shows are truly a sight to hear 🤘
Just saw him at the Ryman Monday night. Absolutely incredible. Even talked with after. Probably near 20 times I’ve seen him.
I did!!!!
Saw the Stay Cats in London , saw Mr Setzer walking down Oxford St and I noticed he had more Tatoos than when I saw him play a couple of months before, " Dennis Cockel" Finchley Rd? Must have been 1981/82?
I saw him with his Orchestra at the House of Blues in Chicago in 1998 or so. He was fantastic.
My older brother And his best friend we’re crazy on the stray cats we all went to Birmingham fantastic Robert Plant said after asked what was your favourite live show he said the stray cats if I’m not mistaken
I could watch stories like this all day. It's my therapy.
Therapy is my therapy
Boy I thought you were Rhett Shull at first. 👎🤣 For some reason, your avatar looked like his at first glance. Not sure how but it did 😆
I'm a drummer and this was way cool.
Me too.
This is the coolest story I’ve ever heard related on TH-cam….bar none
“Here’s a weird thing only guitar players will care about” okay Mr. Setzer you have my full attention
nice surprise to see you comment on this! your channel is excellent, btw.
Brian Setzer is literally an underrated guitarist. He is a musical genius. He took Rock N Roll to it's roots and made it into something great. Check out his Orchestra band as well. Brian Setzer is on of the greatest guitarist of our time. KEEP ON ROCKIN, EVEN WITH THAT MELLOW SAXOPHONE.
So true.
I wouldnt say underrated , he is widely revered by his peers , more a case of not universally appreciated as he could be considered niche but the chap is a beast of a player 😉
I'm from Long Island and Brian taught my friend's husband how to play guitar when they were in high school. Wasn't full blown lessons. Brian showed him the basics to get started. My friend's husband is a good player in his own right. He does a lot of fingerpicking, but he's also a cabinet maker by trade and all of his finger tips are mostly gone and look like mushrooms.
Underrated? Really, no way!
What’s his rating??
what a great musician, I used to see him all the time in downtown minneapolis. I always wondered if he lived there. Anywho, I love his musical style, such a mash of different elements.
Pretty sure he does. He used to open his Christmas show tours there.
Stray Cats and MTV introduced me to Rockabilly when I was 12. Brian is about the coolest dude on the planet!
Just saw Brian Setzer's Rock-A-Billy Riot last night in Phoenix, Arizona. Finally after all these years I got to see my favorite guitar player. Him and the band all sounded amazing ! He had the audience on their feet rockin' and boppin' through the entire show ~
A severely often underrated guitarist and musician because he plays an older style of music, but the dude swings and rocks with huge energy people way younger than him forever
Brian is such a cool guy and a killer guitarist.
He was an anachronism in his own time and has been a constant in the universe ever since. Such an amazing musician.
Amazing what his #1 has gone thru over the years and still keeps coming back to him and being the best sounding guitar in the world.
Thank you Brian for keeping guitar music thriving all through your life. You will never be forgotten.
THEEE Most underrated guitarist on the planet. Fact.
@@djavidianmx1832Exactly!!!
He aint underated
awesome stories from the most underrated guitarist in the universe!
Brian Setzer is amazing, he is sort of small stature. and watching him playing those big White Falcons is a real sight to see. he's probably one of the best Rock A Billy guitarist's on the planet.
I have a Gretsch G5122DC Electromatic it's an AWESOME guitar.
I've got the Jet mate...crackin guitars!!
Big guitars can be pretty comfy if you are small and the guitar has good contours and smooth edges. You can lean into them without bending or hunching over much.
Great story. Love this guy's playing. Thanks for posting.
Brian and a cupof coffee .. priceless !!
Just can't believe, back in May 1981 in France, this man blew my mind away... still remember the feeling of this gig, I was 13 years old....
oui ça ne nous rajeunit pas .. !
He brought back rockabilly during the same period Stevie Ray Vaughan revived the blues. Heck of a time to listen to the radio.
Fascinating Man....I could listen to his stories every day. Loved this
LOVE this video. REVERB should do this exact type of video with as many famous prolific electric and bass guitarists as they can. I absolutely am fascinated with these guitarists and their story about their first guitar, or most loved history guitars and still have them. I often watch old Rock music videos and wonder if the guitar in the video still exits and where is itnow? and any story behind it. Fascinating as hell!! How about Jim Heath next! Dave Navarro,Billy Corgan, Tom Morello, Kim Thail, Zak Wyld, Warren Di Martini..
I love the Stray Cats music. I follow Brian, Lee, and Slim Jim to see what their doing these days, I play the drums and have a cocktail kit I like to play on when I'm playing the rockabilly stuff. I love to hear the stories these guys tell.
I've always had a love for hollow bodies, especially Gretsch guitars. I was 5 years old in 1981 when I started playing guitar and my best friend (and still my best friend), across the street, her father had an old maroon Gretsch sitting in the corner of the living room. He used to let me play it all the time. He told me I could play it any time I wanted and didn't have to ask permission. He didn't play it much anymore and he actually restrung it and fixed it up so I could play it. It felt special that he let this little girl play that guitar. For 20 years, I'd pick that thing up every time I went over there and just sit on the couch and play while everyone was hanging out. Unfortunately, the kids (there were 8 of them) beat the hell out of it. They broke the neck on it several times and he just glued it back together. One day, I'll have one of my own. I have a feeling that it'll be mine when he dies.
I could watch this clip all day long and deep into the night. Love the 59 6120, the most beautiful 6120 Gretsch on the planet 🌎 Love Setzer he’s my idol and hero !!!!!
He used to play Thorton Winery in SoCal and one show I saw him throw one of those in to the air and he missed catching it. The crunch and clang thru the PA was like hearing someone's spine break. Everybody just went silent. The band stopped. He's just standing the looking at it on the stage. Then he kinda nudged it to the side and picked up another one saying "Well, that takes care of our money tonite, boys. Stray Cat Strut! 1,2,3.."
Incredible guitar.
Incredible man
Great stories. That is a magic guitar
A true icon and legend
Great stories.
Odd that his guitar would become broken in Japan, because they have a concept called Kintsugi, which means that when something is broken and then is repaired, it becomes the most unique and beautiful version of itsef.
I also love that for his dice knobs he chose to show the "Square Pair" (double fours).
Thank You Brian for your Strumming, You we’re a breathe of fresh air in the 80’s & I’ll always be grateful to you for signing my Fender La Bamba Guitar…in ,Califas back in the 90’s God Bless U Sir !!!
It sounds amazing, sum guitars are magic!
Brilliant, great player, interesting and funny character 🔥
he's just so cool.
Fantastic. What a great fellow.
His Japans shows are epic. All the true rockabillies are in Japan!!
Consistently great. The real thing. Good luck getting tickets to his Xmas show.
I cours hear thatcstory again And again And again❤
I could keep this on repeat and watch all night. Much love from Massapequa!
Gretsch guitars are just so good looking in all those colours 🖤
The coolest.
Awesome...I was listening to one of my Setzer play lists, decided to give a listen to Brian & Hotei play Run Johnny (Tokyo 2007) on TH-cam. This popped up...segments are on Twitter but this is more complete. Pleasant surprise!
Thanks for the story. This guitar would be my ultimate rock and roll hall of fame relic. This Is The guitar that made me want to play guitar.
Great story about a great guitar that sounds fabulous!!
Brian is a brilliant player
The Rockabilly Master .
such a talent!
Most remember Brian Setzer from The Stray Cats... but he is so much more of an accomplished Guitar player than that
awesome video. Nerdy guitar stories FTW!
Leave this video up forever. It's going to be a viral classic.
Great Story Of This Guitar. 💕 😎 👍
Great story, I could picture it all like a Film in the Cinema in my head. I think the extra hole next to the selector switch lets the voodoo frequencies escape from the inside of the body. Brian finding and saving it (again and again) was "Destiny" , The Stray Cats sound is Bass Drum, Double bass and that "Magic" Guitar played by Mr Setzer. Almost as cool as Eddie..almost the same Guitar "G" .
The "Smoke" guitar is the best guitar they make.
Thanks Brian, love mine ❤️
Thanks for sharing this story Brian
I love this. My Dad had a Gretch
Brilliant interview.
OMG I love Brian so much
best video ive seen of a guy talking about his guitar in maybe 10 years
Brian and Jim Heath were one of the reasons I started seeking out hollow body guitars
The year is 2004. I've finished watching Beck MCS anime. Obsessed with Gretsch Falcon that koyuki played on the anime. Start buying guitar world, and saw Brian Setzer's Gretsch ad. Listening to his music and the obsession of Gretsch getting bigger 😂.
You should read the manga, the anime doesn't tell the whole story. I love the anime too, the soundtrack is amazing! I hope you can have a Falcon one day!
That show was so good, still wish they made a second season but that’s just me
@@andrewpappas9311 they should have, the manga has a nice story and I would have loved to see the whole adaptation
@@Lalairu Yeah, like the second season could’ve been their entire tour but I should probably see if I can find the manga because I want to get back into that show
@@andrewpappas9311 They released them in Spanish recently, I know they didn't finish publishing them in English years ago but they might have releassed them again.
Watched every second of this, so cool
Legend
We were into 50’s rock back in the 70’s and would grab 50’s and 60’s 6120’s and Jets for $50-150 a pop. Those were the days.
En 1983 compre un disco de Stray Cats hoy lo sigo escuchando porque el Rockabilly es inmortal
Love this guy !!$
Brian is King.
The most underrated guitar player ever.
"Decal from Ed`s lawn mower repair shop " One of a million reasons to love the United States .
Genius ❤
3:57 I was watching footage of the Stray Cats at the US Festival and noticed that he threw his guitar up in the air and caught it, and I immediately thought that was crazy.....
WOW, cool history 😎
Go Brian 🍻🍻🍻
Brian is a monster!!
My dad bought a Japanese made g6119sp Gretsch and every time I pick it up I try to play Brain Setzer licks on it, they're fantastic sounding instruments.
My sister has a pair of knobs (factory), she would like Brian to check out.
a match made in heaven , by God...........
Brian Setzer is a god. Even if it's with a little g.
I have one, looks similar, but made in Korea. Wasn't cheap, bought it coz the Setz, The Cramps for sure. Now I own 20 guitars, "the orange jazzbox" is ot the everyday guitar, but something I'll find my shit on.
Brian is one of the reasons I have a Gretsch Rat Rod.
I hope this Guitar ends up in the Smithsonian with a little screen playing this video some day but don’t stop touring until then
EPIC! TY Reverb & Brian! :)
❤ from 🇨🇦 :) \m/, ,\m/
Love you, Bryan. Get ahair cut.
Christ- This Gretsch is like his Thor's Hammer. It makes its way back to him no matter what.
You constantly hear stories of musicians having their gear stollen all the time.
… she has a Soul?! ❤️🔥🪽
A real 'Murcan original....
Does anyone know when Brian changed the stickers - from all the videos/pics I've seen from the early 80's, on that particular guitar, the main sticker was always the "Lucky Lady/Horseshoe" sticker, then he has the 'girl on a record' sticker. And the 'black cat' sticker was near the dice/knobs, not on the headstock. The headstock sticker was always the 'skull & crossbones'. All kind of odd to me....??
But Ace Frehley's rare first run Ibanez Destroyer that Paul Stanley gave him disappeared and EVH showed up with one that was played all over Van Halen's first three albums...btw
He knows all the chords
Yikes what a journey .
Makes me miss the orange 1960 Nashville I swapped for a Burgundy gold hardware trapeze bridge Gibson 335 .
What is it about these vintage instruments ?
Great content
He speaks like an American Joe Strummer , must be a guitarist thing . 😊
If they scratched the serial number out how did they identify it ??
The guy at the guitar store didn’t know who Eddie Cochran was!?
Wasn’t from a guitar store. Private sale from a newspaper ad.
8:20 Did Brian say he had the guitar for 30 years and he was 17 years old?
Great Story.. ( brian sounds like he has a head cold )..
Bought my first car from the Buy Lines.
Ren N Stimpy theme?
Brian is someone you could go on vacation with and totally enjoy yourself. He is an incredible talent and the Stray Cats were such a breath of fresh air. His continuing performing with his orchestra is badass asa well. He looks like a Rock-a-Billy Paul McCartney with a Cochren attitude. Works for me...he is really down to earth in a cool 50's way. Man, that cats something else! 😼
WERE YOU THERE?
This was the man who inspired me to take up guitar. I was an 11-year-old kid and listening to the Stray Cats' Built For Speed record kickstarted a long 17-year love of everything guitar. At 15, I picked up a '71 Gibson Les Paul Custom which I still own (I'm 28 now). It's my equivalent to Setzer's '59 Gretsch 6120 and shares a similar story to his guitar in this video. Long story short, I finally met Setzer before the pandemic and it was one of the best moments of my life! Not everyone gets to meet their heroes and I just got lucky one day. Thank you for the wild journey Mr. Setzer and keep rockin' to those of you who took the time to read this! 🎸
Cool story. I was about 15 and been playing some piece of junk guitar for a few years and was getting good and wanted to pursue it so I thought I’d upgrade my axe. Saved up all my money from the summer roofing went out and bought a big fat expensive Gretsch cuz I wanted to be just like Brian. Problem was I weighed about 110 lbs and was in a punk band. Guitar feedback was so bad every time I got the gain where I wanted it and it was way to big and heavy for what I wanted to do lol so I had to take it back. But it was pretty rad while I had it and it was technically my first “real” guitar. Pshh that was 25 years ago.
Nice dude, thanks for sharing.
Great story I'm only 17 and adore brian setzer/ stray cats , my father would show me all the old vinyls and cassettes from bands like madness , stray cats and led zeppelin . I've just started learning how to play the guitar and hope to learn how to play all the old stray cats songs .
My all-time favorite guitarist. I’m so glad you’re back. I missed ya. God bless you, man!!
I've had the privilege of seeing the Brian Setzer Orchestra live, and I can tell you that they are a force of nature.