Help with getting started with rockabilly

MattG

So i've not been about on here for a while, the last few years i've been in a rut musically and sort of fell out of love with playing especially whne i stopped playing live as it made me really struggle for motivation but recently i've been getting back into it and this time i want to do it properly!
I was a relatively lazy pop, indie and blues player but this time i want to start properly and have a more dynamic and less lazy playing style and i've alway loved rockabilly so I figured that would be a good place to start so any advice on getting started with rockabilly for beginers would be massively appreciated.

Cheers in advance all, and it's good to be back.

pintspiller

Slap back delay, overdrive, tremelo are the only effects you need.

Some jazz chords and Travis-picking if you can manage it.

Jazz box and Bigsby are not essential.

Jimbro66

There's quite a lot of tuitional material on YouTube. Paul Pigat has some excellent tuition DVDs.

Buy Rockabilly compilation CDs cheap from HMV and other places to get the feel of it.

Overdrive is more the 'new' rockabilly - Stray Cats, etc. The guitars are cleaner on the original 50s recordings but plenty of slapback.

There are some great rockabilly bands around these days. Catch them live when lockdown is over.

I got into it aged fifteen when a friend's older brother challenged me to learn the guitar parts on Gene VIncent's first albums (which were rock & roll / rockabilly crossover). That was Cliff Gallup so quite a challenge

MattG

Jimbro66 said:

There's quite a lot of tuitional material on YouTube. Paul Pigat has some excellent tuition DVDs.

Buy Rockabilly compilation CDs cheap from HMV and other places to get the feel of it.

Overdrive is more the 'new' rockabilly - Stray Cats, etc. The guitars are cleaner on the original 50s recordings but plenty of slapback.

There are some great rockabilly bands around these days. Catch them live when lockdown is over.

I got into it aged fifteen when a friend's older brother challenged me to learn the guitar parts on Gene VIncent's first albums (which were rock & roll / rockabilly crossover). That was Cliff Gallup so quite a challenge

are there any specific learning resources you would recommend?
I'm making my way through Justinguitar.com at the moment but could do with some more targetted learning as well.

Yeah im a huge stray cats fan i've been lucky enough to see them over here when they were supported by the jim jones revue and ive been hooked since!

nocasternoproblem

Darrel Higham has some short YouTube vids that will give you a start.  He's a great player.  

EricTheWeary

The Damian Bacci stuff on YouTube is very clear. He has a couple of rockabilly courses as DVDs or as download. I haven’t seen them but his tuition style seems really clear. 

Quite a few rockabilly courses on TrueFire and their stuff is usually well put together. 

SimonC

I got started down this road with a couple of excellent  Trufire courses by Jason Loughlin and Walter Broes, highly recommended.

yorkio

I really like Randy Richter. Very clear and comprehensive.

MattG

thanks for all the advice guys i'll give these a look, i'm really excited to be starting down this route and am really enjoying playing agin.

fields5069

pintspiller said:

Slap back delay, overdrive, tremelo are the only effects you need.

Some jazz chords and Travis-picking if you can manage it.

Jazz box and Bigsby are not essential.

It's psychobilly, but P Paul Fenech always uses strat-style guitars with The Meteors I think. So agreed, semi/hollow body definitely not required.

Jimbro66

Matt there have been some good suggestions here to help you along. I found I still have that Paul Pigat "Rockabilly Electric Guitar" DVD which no longer seems to be available in PAL format. It's for intermediate to advanced players but you said you've been playing in bands etc so you should find it OK I'm sure.

If you'd like me to send you a copy drop me a PM.

pintspiller

I have the following DVDs still with TAB booklets if you are interested drop a PM:

Rockabilly Guitar featuring Troy Dexter
Rockabilly Guitar by Fred Sokolow
Learn Rockabilly Guitar with 6 Great Masters [Hot Licks]
The Guitar of Brian Setzer [Hot Licks]