Randy Rhoads Backstage!

[Ventura]

A lot of RR's tone came from his "chip pan" too.

 

[tweed]

Seriously cool, thanks for posting this!

 

[Matt7]

Cool vid. Thanks for posting. I NEED MORE!!

 

[Ventura]

Cool vid. Thanks for posting. I NEED MORE!!

When it comes to Rhoads, we needed a lifetime

 

[Shawn Lutz]

the secret to Randy was his hands, his touch, his technique and soul. Gear was secondary

Randy was the first guy who made me want to really learn to play like that. I still love his stuff today as much as I did back when Blizzard and Diary came out.

 

[Aristocat]

So ridiculously bad ass. He just gets me every time. That first long ascending and then descending run he does on there after the 2:50 mark or so, after he does the half dirty litle blues lick, is just so incredibly sick, it floors me.

I swear, I have sat around my house, rehearsal rooms, recording studios, gigs etc just trying to and thinking how I could sound more like Randy Rhoads in my playing and I just can't cop that guy. I will not give up though.

Going from EVH to Randy has been my recent kick for a couple of months. Those licks and runs from 2:49-3:50 drive me nuts! So smooth and tight yet ripping.

 

[Ventura]

the secret to Randy was his hands, his touch, his technique and soul. Gear was secondary

Randy was the first guy who made me want to really learn to play like that. I still love his stuff today as much as I did back when Blizzard and Diary came out.

MEGA +1

Randy made me pick up the axe and take it seriously.

 

[Chubtone]

I had played guitar for three years when Randy came on the scene. I was into EVH and Ace and Michael Schenker and I practiced guitar here and there. When Randy came out, it turned guitar playing into an obsession for me.

 

[Shawn Lutz]

For me it was pretty immediate. I got my first electric for Christmas in 81, saw Randy on the Diary Tour a couple months later in February of 82. I was a big Sabbath fan so I wasn't expecting Ozzy to be any good (drugs and alcohol issues) or his guitar player any cooler than Iomi...when I first heard I Don't Know and Crazy Train on the radio I was totally blown away and hooked. I love EVH too but I gravitated to Randy and his classical influences...

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Has anyone ever seen the Quiet Riot years stuff? A lot of his riffs were reused with Ozzy and here, most of his live solo from the Tribute album can be heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxN0mQgQdPM

He had great attack and speed that's for sure.

 

[ConcreteVampire]

So ridiculously bad ass. He just gets me every time. That first long ascending and then descending run he does on there after the 2:50 mark or so, after he does the half dirty litle blues lick, is just so incredibly sick, it floors me.

I swear, I have sat around my house, rehearsal rooms, recording studios, gigs etc just trying to and thinking how I could sound more like Randy Rhoads in my playing and I just can't cop that guy. I will not give up though.

Yeah, your pretty close though Bud! you rip!

To think, before the Amp show I thought you looked just like Doug Marks! lol...

I "guess" be glad you don't!

1981, Guitar center Hollywood... the crazy long haired salesman demoed an Ibanez "Supe Metal" pedal for me playin S.A.T.O. note for note so loud the manager came over and unplugged his ass! lol...

I bought the pedal needless to say, went home and "Tried" the same...

FOR A YEAR...

RIP Randy NEVER forgotten!

 

[the crush 36]

the secret to Randy was his hands, his touch, his technique and soul. Gear was secondary

Randy was the first guy who made me want to really learn to play like that. I still love his stuff today as much as I did back when Blizzard and Diary came out.

1+ I agree 100%

 

[Chubtone]

1981, Guitar center Hollywood... the crazy long haired salesman demoed an Ibanez "Supe Metal" pedal for me playin S.A.T.O. note for note so loud the manager came over and unplugged his ass! lol...

I bought the pedal needless to say, went home and "Tried" the same...

FOR A YEAR...

RIP Randy NEVER forgotten!

Great story. Your salesman was probably Doug Marks!

 

[Bob Savage]

To think, before the Amp show I thought you looked just like Doug Marks! lol...

What does he look like after the show?

I still think he looks just like Doug Marks.

 

[Chubtone]

To think, before the Amp show I thought you looked just like Doug Marks! lol...

What does he look like after the show?

I still think he looks just like Doug Marks.

Speaking of after the show, where did you disappear to? You said you were going to go see if Dweezil was playing and come back and tell us and we never saw you again. Steve and I know when we have been ditched.

 

[Bob Savage]

Speaking of after the show, where did you disappear to? You said you were going to go see if Dweezil was playing and come back and tell us and we never saw you again. Steve and I know when we have been ditched.

I saw Dweezil here, there and everywhere except for playing. I should have just talked to him since I obviously wasn't going to get to see any playing, but... Next I watched Tosin (sp?) from Animals as Leaders rip it up in the Axe-Fx concert room... Then I ended up at a pretty kicking after-show at a guitar maker local to the shows facility. Saw some incredible players, watched Reinhold get his crazy on... You would have loved the players. Not only did I get to watch Carl Verheyen absolutely rip it up, but he made me a vodka tonic when the bartender disappeared and left me standing there.

Twas my funnest amp show yet.

 

[ericsabbath]

As for the after hrs stuff, as someone else mentioned here, CH 1 or CH 2 isn't a clear case of modded or unmodded as he might have jumpered the inputs and the production RR59 is just made that way to give you the best of both worlds. Regardless, EVH got some pretty heavy tones with a "stock" plexi so Randy with an eq pedal and disto+ with hot pickups would certainly be able to get that too.

the one wire mod is different from internal jumpering
jumpering means using both inputs in parallel
his amp was wired in series, like a JCM 2203, but with stock plexi values and without the master volume
more low end and more gain than a 2203

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

the one wire mod is different from internal jumpering
jumpering means using both inputs in parallel
his amp was wired in series, like a JCM 2203, but with stock plexi values and without the master volume
more low end and more gain than a 2203

I know, my point was only that being plugged into whatever input is no indication of what he is playing through if internally the channels are jumpered, then both of them might flow into the cascaded preamp is all.. oddly enough, a lot of JCM800's have that tight raspy tone. Mine is one of them and some days i like it, others I don't. Anyway, boosted with a ZW-44, I got some pretty close to Tribute tones. Really cuts with those edges.

 

[rupe]

the one wire mod is different from internal jumpering
jumpering means using both inputs in parallel
his amp was wired in series, like a JCM 2203, but with stock plexi values and without the master volume
more low end and more gain than a 2203

I know, my point was only that being plugged into whatever input is no indication of what he is playing through if internally the channels are jumpered, then both of them might flow into the cascaded preamp is all.. oddly enough, a lot of JCM800's have that tight raspy tone. Mine is one of them and some days i like it, others I don't. Anyway, boosted with a ZW-44, I got some pretty close to Tribute tones. Really cuts with those edges.

But they weren't...the RR1959 was built to spec after the Marshall techs were allowed inside of Randy's head by the Rhoads family. Channel one is stock, channel two has the cascaded preamp. The channels were not jumpered.
Like George said, there is not a significant audible difference in gain between the two channels...there's a bit, but its not drastic.

 

[Digital Jams]

This just proves my own opinion that the true greats all built their chops on low gain amps off the shelf no mods or marketing mojo, just hard work and determination. Gain while fun is a crutch for those like myself that cannot play very well.

Damn that ending part is just fierce, beating that guitar into submission.