COVER: Girl Afraid - The Smiths - Rickenbacker 330 12 String

[edcampion19]

is this the most technicallty demanding Smiths song, certainly looks and sounds that way. The speed at which Johnny rips through the opening chords is crazy, its what 5 or 6 chords in the first 4 seconds?

[EditorTasha]

Wow, amazing job!

[MrMarrman1]

i love ur guitar!

[Whatish27]

do you have to have a clamp for 6 strings? I don't have 1...Can I use anything else as a clamp?

[Westerdd]

The way you play it is really beautiful. Marr would be impressed.

[AVABlinkDrWho10]

how much is this and what year was it made, looks beautiful and you play it well =]

[blade4life123]

i am only 14 years of age and i own a rickenbacker 330-what a guitar !!!!

[LewisKiernan]

rich sod.

[manuelsoma1989]

lucky bastard, hahaha give me one =(.

[blade4life123]

they are 1300 on a music website called gak so ...

[giovannibrunoro]

lucky you dude.

[ceswert]

Beautiful!! Is this a hard guitar to play at first and then gets easier? I hear the neck is thinner than normal.'

[danielearwicker]

Yes the thin neck can be quite cramped if you have fat fingers.

[leonardjohnny67]

however ladies like fat fingers!

[dermot51]

@danielearwicker Have you heard "These Charming men"  Daniel a Smiths tribute band from Dublin

[luukiex]

Daniel is a lot better tbh. Nice try though.

[constructioncartoons]

you can't slap a ric.

[iabusepeopleforfun]

haha of course they make 12 string

ide kill for one

[pedro911212]

you can cheap ones of ebay but they're like staggs

but rickenbackers are for rich gods which this guy is definately a god

[mpvalze]

i bet he sold one of his livers¨

[pedro911212]

maybe or sold his semen

[mpvalze]

hhehe

[TheDeathOfAFowl]

People only have one liver, sir.

[mpvalze]

you´re right, i actually speak spanish, so i confused it with the kidneys (riñones); i should have looked it into a dictionary

[WEASLETON17]

i didn't even know that rickenbacker made a 12 string

[punkrockxzz]

Seriously? Thats what theyre most famous for i think dude. Oh well, it sounds great i think

[EvilPrince69]

Nice work, D. That 330-12 sounds awesome....

[GaylordBonnafous]

So amazing! Congratulations! Your playing is so great! One of my favourite Smith's songs. I want to buy a Rick 360 12 string.

[buckleyboyben]

incredible.

[stripedbear]

tempo is just right its a fast past song wicked tallent m8

[koenenbw]

I LOVE the sound of the rickenbacker!

[SlickCat57]

Brilliant!

[PITBLUE78]

Good job but not the whole song... slow down the play too..

[reballare]

its the right speed

[Youtubax]

Excellent work, you only need some drums and a bass in the background to kick ass :-)

[xgreenymeex]

I'd probably marry that guitar if i had the chance, lol.

[mef1975]

Now, that's one I couldn't really figure out. Not like that anyway.

[theloop123]

Cool....check out the version on These Charming Men myspace,it's rockin!

[fromawindowtoascreen]

Excellent. You got the picking pattern down to a T. And excellent guitar as well...Rick's are indeed the best.

[NewPaltzIndie]

seriously if i had the time and money i'd get a ric and amp as well, just to play Smiths instrumentals

[neurox6900]

It really helped!! thanks,now I can play it too!!

[ReintBoven]

Wow, that close-up really helped! Thanks!

[onemorejoe]

johnny marr: "when writting girl afraid i was imagining how little richard might sound playing guitar" fantastic.

[FuckinCrazyEnglander]

I enjoyed it 5 stars

[encapsulation]

Seriously mate...your video's are the dogs bollox!

I'd love to know if you rate Johnny Marr as the greatest guitarist of his generation?

[viniciuskiko]

I can hear the imaginary bass while i listen to this! :)

[viniciuskiko]

Very good, brother! Sounds very similar! Keep it up! :)

[yellofury]

man im getting more and more respect to Marr's playing

have you seen him play with Neil Finn covering "There is a Light that Never Goes out"? look it up here on you tube..Marr plays awesome the whole concert

[6StringsMan]

how does a rickenbacker with distortion sounds?

[danielearwicker]

Listen to R.E.M.'s 'Green' album, I think a lot of that is Ric 360/12 with some overdrive. Or look on my previous videos for "Disturbance at the Heron House / The One I Love - REM".

[monosound81]

Johnny Marr personally taught me how to play this riff. seriously!

[lock4347]

All your Smiths stuff is great Daniel. I've been a huge Smiths fan for 23 years and never knew how Marr did what he did. I've viewed this clip at least 20 times and I just keep going back to it. I hope the Smiths "nation" finds your clips. Please post more songs! I also like hearing about the background of how you made the clips and learned the songs. If you are an example of a "younger" Smiths fan-base, then I pleased and amazed. Great work and thanks again.

[danielearwicker]

Thanks, you're very kind. When I first heard the Smiths (around the time they split up) it was like hearing what I loved about the Beatles, but faster and with better lyrics. I did the first Headmaster Ritual clip just on a whim about a month ago because I couldn't stop playing it.

[danielearwicker]

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[lock4347]

I'll do that. I like hearing about people first impressions of the Smiths and see if it was like mine. I was blown-way in '84..an instant impression that left me speechless. Keep going you've only just begun!

[garymurtagh]

sorry nine times forgot trinity college dublin 9 dec 83

[TheShivs]

nice tech , now play rubber ring , please??

[danielearwicker]

My fingers did get a bit sore mainly because it took all day to learn. New version uploaded yesterday with bass part and verse/chorus, plus "how to play" section - see my channel.

[DevonportEnder]

nice guitar as well...bet he fractured his little finger playing that

[hadryannah]

I bled my fingers dry when I was learning how to play this song.

[slynglen]

fucking great! There's not better than to finally get a Marr tune right. They're so freakin hard!!!

[ferrell]

Thank You! That was great!