Wraydar, (or anyone) please recommend some Wray albums. How many did he cut? I only have the "best of" I mentioned.

RockabillyKing
Wraydar, (or anyone) please recommend some Wray albums. How many did he cut? I only have the "best of" I mentioned.

There's an absolute ton of stuff. He kind of gave up on the instros for at least the first part of the '70s, though. The main problem with his discography is there's a ton of collections, best-ofs and alternate versions. There's also a lot of overlap between releases.

Besides that best-of you have, I'd say two good ones to track down are the Swan Singles Collection and "They're Outta Here, Says Archie."

For live stuff, I like "Live at the Paradiso" a lot. I think he cut it in '79--it's got a good mix of vocals and instros.

-Warren

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

Wraydar
Cap'n - Please peel free to post some of those "licks"! Maybe we can splice 'em together and come up with something. I don't know about y'all, but I'm pretty slow and have a hard time picking up fast trilly solo parts.

"Deuces Wild"--the beginning solo. Here goes nothing.

• = slight bend
  

  |-----8-5-------------------------(5)-----------------|
  |-3/5-7-5--------------------------5------------------|
  |----------7p5-7p5-----7p5-7p5-7b(9)--7b(9)rb7-5-7p5---|
  |------------------7~--------------------------------7-|
  |------------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------------|
  

  |-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|
  |-----5h7-5h7-----------------|
  |-5/7-------------------------|
  |-----------------------------|
  

  |------------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------------|
  |-------5-7b(8)-7b(9)~-7-5-7b(9)-7-5-7b(8)-7-5---------|
  |---5h7----------------------------------------5h7-5h7-|
  |-7----------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------------|

According to the liner notes of The Swan Singles, Link never played the song live--the day he recorded it, his brother Ray told him he should play it at a show that night, and Link said "Man, I can't even remember what I did."

-Warren

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

Joelman
I'd advise you to be VERY careful looking for Link Wray tab on the internet tab sites. Three times I've looked for Jack the Ripper, and three times I got a computer viris from the web site or tab. BE CAREFUL!

Here goes:

The chord hook is G-A. Sounds best as:

e:|--------|  
B:|-0~-----|  
G:|-0~--2~-|  
D:|-0~--2~-|  
A:|-----0~-|  
E:|-3~-----|

The low note part is:

E:|-0-0-0-(/)5~-|

(Some people slide from G to A; it sounds good with or without the slide, though.)

Then the melody is:

e:|-12-12-12-12/15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17\15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17\15-15-15-15\-|

e:|-12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10/12~-12~----/10-10-10-10\9-9-9-9~-----------------|

The "chorus" is:

e:|----------------|---------------------------------|   
B:|----------------|---------------------------------|   
G:|----------------|---------5-5-7-5---------5-5-7-5-|   
D:|----------------|-----7-7-------------7-7---------|   
A:|-(0-0-0-3-0-4-0)|-5-5-------------5-5-------------|   
E:|----------------|---------------------------------|

Just take the D chord riff through the changes (D-A-E-D).

The solo is just the following parts, but the timing isn't indicated:

e:|------------|-----------------------|  
B:|-(10-10-10)-|-9/10-10-10-10~--10-10-|  
G:|-(-9--9--9)-|-8/-9--9--9--9----9--9-|  
D:|------------|-----------------------|

e:|----------------------------|  
B:|-10/8-8-8-8~-8-8-8\5-5-5-5~-|  
G:|--9/7-7-7-7~-7-7-7\6-6-6-6~-|  
D:|----------------------------|

Hope this helps,

-Warren

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

CaptainSpringfield, was that last post a continuation of Deuces, or Big City After Dark...?

RockabillyKing
CaptainSpringfield, was that last post a continuation of Deuces, or Big City After Dark...?

The last one was "Jack the Ripper," which Joel requested. The solo in A was my attempt at the one at the beginning of "Deuces Wild."

-Warren

That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it.

CaptainSpringfield I like it!! Thanks.

Ok man I'm rocking now!!! The tab sounds real good! I'm playing it on my Gretsch with heavy vibe and reverb, it really brings out the growl

Thanks again
Joel

RockabillyKing
Joelman, what type of Gretsch and amp? I've got a Hot Rod myself. Sweet Surf guitar if I do say so!

And I'll add; what vibe?

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My Gretsch is 6120, a Brian Setzer model, solid flame maple. TV Jones filtron pups.
The tremlo is a Boss TR-2. Some people dont like it, but I like it. You can dial just about anything you want on this stomp pedal.
The Reverb is a '63 reissue Fender out board tank. It's new no changes yet.
The Amp is Fender Hot Rod Delux. This amp has been modified.( as all hot rods should be)
I just put on some new D'Addario 11 gauge ribbon wound 'Chromes' Strings.
Crank everything up about half way and tie your hat down !

I normally would be playing my custom strat, but I decided to try the Gretsch because it had new strings on it, and I really wanted to just break them in, but when I cranked it up it really started singing.

CaptainSpringfield

RockabillyKing
What's your instrument and amp of choice these days?

Sounds like you've got a nice set-up. I have a Yamaha SGV 800:

... and a really crappy, underpowered practice amp.

-Warren

How do you like that guitar? I was thinking of getting one. They have a cool look. There was a great deal on Amazon.com

Vince
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