That's Alright Mamma Solo - Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore

[tashat718]

HEY! tht is an origional by my granddad so stop telling the guy who played it and practiced it for years. I bet u guys havent even played it once! Oh by the way u use picks it hurts ur fingers if u dont trust me i tried it!

[treelifeUK]

nothing like it! back to drawing board...

[RememberSoCal]

man i cant play this solo for my life....but its so awesome! good job

[ikomplex]

just a question. u used pick or fingers?

[inkey2]

sounds good....just slow it down slightly and your moves will be smoother and easier

[inkey2]

oh.....i really like the delay

[mak1965]

cannot really see the notes for the lead Please help!!!!!

[Weltar]

good job, but i like it whitout delay better

[nbia1]

this elvis

[kingtracks]

Nice job, however the 4 chord is a D9th not a 7th.

[squirrelnutcased]

kingtracks why did you get six thumbs down? its the truth!

[Elvissivlelives]

Nice job.

[barney1954]

Ive been playing almost 2 years now and trying to figure out that solo, your video finally made it happen Thanks and keep on rockin

[Oursacrament666]

hey what kind of foot pedal are u using im tring to get that sound out of my digitech

[ellum68]

Danelectro Reel Echo. I get asked that alot!

[francisgallagher]

realy cool

[lerb21]

Man that Danelectro Reel Echo must be something! I compared your slapback with the stuff I'm gettin' out of my board which has both tape echo and digital delay. Real tough to get that Sun Sound...

[ellum68]

I REALLY like that pedal. It has an option to flick between "tube" and "solid state" for tone. The "tube" settings tends to calm things down a bit and is more useable. The "solid state" settings sounds alot like any modern digital delay.

[browneas]

What amp and effects processor did you use for this? IT SOUNDS AMAZING!

[ellum68]

I THINK that was done on my Deluxe Reverb. It's an original January '67 Black Face model. The only thing that's been done to it are new filter caps, tubes, and a cord. The delay pedal is Danelectro Reel Echo. They're up there in price, but it's built like a tank and sounds great!

[ellum68]

Wow, lots of comments on my little video! I learned the song half from tabs and half by ear. Go to scottymoore-net, find the guitars etc... section and look towards the bottom under technique. It was never my intention to do a super precise reproduction of the original solo. I was just having a some fun with my new camera!

[Xexuxa]

I wish I could have seen both of your hands do that solo,haha oh well, good job though!

[16665150]

he didn't use tab..he's tuned correctly and learned it by ear

[doubleotwentyone]

The timing is wrong on the first two phrases and it's D9

not D7 ~ check out Scotty on video. As a great fan of Travis picking I love Scotty's style. However, it's great to see his style perpetuated!

[ellum68]

Yeah, it's more just me goofing around rather than trying to be exact.

[nsl11a]

Try to find some old 50's Scotty footage so you can see him doing the Travis style, it really helped me to get a handle on what he was doing.

I'm not trying to be a know it all it's just that you definitely show great potential and I like seeing young guys learning a dieing art. If you want to be different, learn the lost arts while everyone else is copying each other.

I wish you well,

God bless you my friend.

[nsl11a]

Scotty used a Merle Travis style picking on that (Alternating bass thumb picking) basically using your thumb to alternate between the top E string, third D string, second A string, third D then start over. All that happens while your other fingers are plucking the high notes. - if you do the thumb only while holding a basic E cord you'll find a familiar Cash sound as his guitar guy only did the alternating bass part without the high notes on a lot of the early cash stuff.

[nsl11a]

FYI: Scotty is the only guitar playing lead on that original Sun recording, a lot of people think it's a second guy playing the low strings but it's all Scotty Moore at the same time no over dubs.

[nsl11a]

Not bad at all, that's pretty darn good! your timing was just a bit off, you just need to get back to them thick string notes a little faster.

it sounds like your hitting an extra twang on the high strings that you may think is there on the Scotty recording, maybe because of his echo -it's not there on the original and by adding it, it's putting you behind in the timing. After the slide-up don't hit that final note again - go right back to the low E string.

[Distephano]

just wondering whered you get the tabs to play that?

[joseperez44]

how much was that fender

[ellum68]

I remember it being a litte under a grand. It's really been a great little guitar. It sounds great and looks ugly... typical telecaster.

[Distephano]

i love the riff at 12 seconds, been trying to pull it off. its pretty good.

[jx14aby]

wish i could do that

[Goschka]

Like it, very much !

[Sayeret1]

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