Ray Flacke teaches Double Stop Me If You Can

[theonlydjtopcat]

Hey this is the guy that was in Mealticket!

[imw50]

You're not Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap by any chance?

[grassy]

I love the behind the nut run that starts at like 1:21 and continues into some neat hammer on stuff. Killer.

[breenVA]

the head Is actually a Jimmy Bryant/Speedy West song

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@breenVA: Right you are - Ray copped the old Jimmy Bryant-Speedy West tune "Boogie Man" for this tune, at least in part. That's what I'm hearing anyway. It's cool, though - because Ray earned his spurs a long time ago, and is one of the all-time greats himself.

[37terraplane]

You're right! They should NEVER allow Ray Flacke to play on the internet!!! Such an AWFUL player!!

[joshua9312]

@37terraplane Whats wrong with his playing?

[DoogMcKracken]

Ray Flacke plays some of the funkiest stuff I ever heard. He plays like a construction worker on that Tele. Hes a true master. Any negative post on Flacke would have to come from a non player.

[37terraplane]

Typical herky-jerky run-of-the mill Tele-wacking. Nothing special at all...waste of everybody's time.

[Mikkall]

Wow.... this is why retards should have a license to participate in the internet.

[rocnpop62]

@37terraplane Your're a typical herky jerky run of the mill wack-offing troll. Nothing special at all...waste of everybodies time..........................­.......

[Rikk303]

A few years ago he was going all out for Seymour Duncans. I suppose the pension beckoned. Seriously though, yet another brilliant session man that never got the kudos. His tutorials are as much illuminating as mind-boggling. Love you Ray

[Epskemannn]

Is he using a Voodoo-Lab Sparkle Drive ????

[tdblues]

Ray Flacke doesn't use alot of effects, if any at all. I read a guitar player article once where he would preach about making good use of the guitars tone itself.

[fastrnb]

no, he usually runs a Telecaster into a very rare old Gibson amp, I forget the model, but he told Vintage Guitar Magazine that there are about four in the country, and his is the only one that works. Here it looks more like a Blackface Bassman head, but he's not a box-distortion type guy

[jahmbie]

@fastrnb

Ray used a Gibson BR-1, made by Barnes & Reineke for Gibson in the mid to late 1940's.

[fostermartin]

He is best known for his work with Ricky Skaggs in the early 80's, and during that time he simply played a tele, into a TC Electronics Chorus (used sparingly on some tunes) then into a Lab Series L-5 Amp (fastrnb was right - this is a Gibson product). Not sure what he is using these days in his main rig but I have to agree with the other comments - I don't think he's into stomp boxes. Guitar and Amp!

[fastrnb]

@fostermartin

The BR-1 was the amp I remembered, it's the odd-shaped amp you see in some photos, three knobs like an old tweed deluxe.

The Lab Series amps are a Gibson product, and the one time I've bothered to play an L-5 it did give a surprisingly Blackface tone. Always thought it'd make a very nice Steel guitar amp, but I don't play steel so I could be full of it.

[Keijz74]

This really would make me pick up my electric guitar if I had one.

[imw50]

Ask Ray about Amos Garrett.  He'll tell you he is one of his guitar heroes as well.

[gladdmusic]

Ray...One of my heroes!!! Thanks for posting this.

[6fender6]

Thats an old Speedy West tune called "Boogie Man". Speedy played it every bit as well as Ray, (better, really), not to take anything away from Ray. Ray is fantastic!!

[95cooks]

Yes, Ray is great and seems like a nice guy. But how he picks with his right hand is everything and he does not slow it enough to figure out how he picks this.

This is the problem with all of Happy's DVDs- Tony Rice is great too, but he never let's you really get too much of what he is doing. All of Happy's DVBDs should come with a disclaimer: Warning: This DVD May Not Teach You Anything Because I Never Ask the Artist to Really Slow it Down So You Can Learn His Technique!

[herringbone28]

I don't think Ray started the "poppin" Tele sound! You might go back to Don Rich and especially Roy Nichols to find guys that made the chick'n pick'n sound popular

[kteledrive]

you go Ray !!! - that's what I call livin' large in the pre-historic past !!! gitter-done !

[LeftyMcKoy]

Ray is the man who started that poppin' tele' sound. He's one of the best in Nashville.

[stymye]

and to think his idol is Ritchie Blackmore

[KarloR27]

And to think Django must be his favourite to. Cause he's wearing a T-shirt that has Django on it.

[cooks95]

Does anyone know which pickup he's using? Sounds like the neck pickup

[knobstick]

The switch is set to the bridge pickup. Even though Tele's are known for their cutting sound in that position you can get it nice and mellow depending on your amp settings and how you pick it.

[lw1bassmaster]

it feels good to see you play, and thank god for youtube

[ivanscarling]

Can`t keep an old rocker down eh, Ray?

[katietricks]

cool cool i love it it is cool cool good job coool !!!!

[ChristRulz14]

Smoking guitar. Ray Flacke is one country music's greatest pickers.

[XxXxSabooxXxX]

This is the mothafuckin bombshitnizzlesnipsnapsnap

[beckanon]

Thank you thank you thank you for posting this. My favorite country picker. Youtube clips of him have been long overdue. Love his tone too.

[dauterive]

too fast