I once met him at a Harley Davidson dealership in Honolulu where he was appearing before a small gig. The place was empty and I fell a bit sorry for him. Took some pics with him, he signed me a program and he couldn’t have been nicer.
I am 62 and a long time drummer. I come from his 80's rock era. Opened for Motorhead and Motley Crue back in the day. Have seen so many guys that had success back in the day still at it playing in a little bar or county fair at best. I just couldn't deal with let down, disappointment, and humiliation of playing a real "show" to now some little bar with no one listening to you play.
One of the most interesting things about these types of videos is discovering that a guy I thought was just a partying rock dude, actually knows a lot of music theory.
In 1984 Carlos Cavazo was one of the hottest guitarists in absolutely the hottest band of the moment. I'm surprised he had time to sit down and do an instructional video in '84. The fact that he MADE the time is super cool and speaks volumes as to his character.
This was around late 1984. At the end of the video this does have a 1984 Trademark. Carlos might of had some spare time to do this when Quiet Riot was off touring for the Condition Terminal Album.
Agreed, I love Carlos’s style. I actually owned this VHS and learned quite a bit from it. Waaaaaayyy before RU-vid was available, this was the only true way to find out what the pros were using.
@Buddy Williams The only thing that's terminal is your ignorance. it's condition critical wake up kid you're tired and cranky no better yet go back to bed
Music instrument stores sold these, bloody expensive too. But 84 that's pretty early. Evem Star Licks wasn't that big till 86ish. I love how nerdy he is this long ago. Guitarists never change.
Thanks for this video. This was the guy that got me into guitar playing. I still think he's a great player - very tasteful and solos that were melodic and memorable versus a lot of flash or nonsense.
Yay Carlos proving my theory that the better the player, the nicer & more humble they are 🤘🏻plus, he keeps a straight face when saying the song titles which I could not do. 😉 rawk on dude
I remember seeing Carlos Cavazo in Pasadena with the Band SNOW , all white Marshall Stacks , pretty cool sound ! I also remember him teaching this younger kid in a band called Tora Tora , not a bad player .
Dude, I think I was there also! Saw Carlos about 3 times w/ Snow. Remember the drummer? I think his name was StevenQuadros. You must be an old-time QR fan. I’ll bet I saw you at some of these concerts. Be good ……
*Carlos seems like a really cool, down to earth guy. Battle Axe (his guitar instrumental) was one of the first things I learned on guitar to try and impress my friends & chics. Eruption sounded to difficult for a beginner.*
He is, Back in 2004. QR played in my hometown and I spoke with Carlos after the show,he was totally cool to everyone taling to him, and spent close to an hour chatting with fans and signing stuff and being just a very nice guy.
Very true, man was very diligent with practising and developing himself, even in 88 a couple years later he had improved probably to keep up with the proliferation of amazing guitarists. Still this is a great video for those looking to get into fast shredy 80s guitar
“better” meaning what? Faster? More masturbatory? 🙄 I always appreciated Carlos for is straightforward style that is melodic and fits the song, and with just a touch of flash. He really knows his instrument and you can tell he studied classical or flamenco guitar.
@@spacejockey4746 how about ‘more technically proficient’ instead of ‘better’? There’s no denying his chops have improved. If that equates to ‘masturbatory’ in your vernacular, my apologies 😂
The trebly tone he uses is very unforgiving. I remember when I was starting out back in the 80s I began cutting the treble and mids while boosting the bass on my Peavey Rage (lol) because it helped me sound cleaner lol.
Some great tips for any inspiring guitarist, would have been great to have had this back in the 80's...would have saved a lot of trial and error learning!
Always liked that Rhythem Tone Carlos had especially on the Metal Health song its self just a great chuncky early 80's Tone . Great player very solid but not in the League of Lynch or DeMartini but very underrated either way !!
All these guitarists are like toddlers playing with a toy guitar (and not very good) compared to the late great Mr. Allan Holdsworth. He's Eddie Van Halen's favorite guitarists and hundreds of others that's heard him. They all agree and John Mclaughlin said it best in that they have no idea what Allan is doing, if they could figure it out, they'd steal it! They also all agree that his music is beautiful and the best comparison I've heard is: 'It's like a circus flying thru the sky"
I’m surprised he didn’t show his Washburn on this video. He also mentioned that he used a custom charvel metal tele to record MH record so I’m surprised he didn’t pick those 2
It was amazing he had said in an interview that he used a telecaster on the Metal Health Record, the whole record, it was the only guitar he had he said..
Carlos Cavazo 💯 % Mexican. Born in Mexico City. Not sure why Wikipedia and others insist that he was born in Georgia. Carlos was shy but check out the Spanish interview (Rudy Sarzo and Cavazo 1983. Look it up on RU-vid
Beatles transcriber check this interview..says he was born in Georgia ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s3jd3Smb8jg.htmlsi=pCknQLI5LP0EZrBT
His dad is from Mexico his mom's American. Him and his wife were trying to get the born in Mexico changed. He. Was born in Atlanta Georgia. Here's the interview it's in the beginning he corrects the guy about being born in Mexico ❤ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s3jd3Smb8jg.htmlsi=pCknQLI5LP0EZrBT
The SG was originally just a Les Paul jr was it not ? Les Paul hated it and made Gibson remove the name, so they called it a SG. Carlos says it is a early 60's, meaning yes, it is a Les Paul jr, before they changed the name to SG. I could be wrong though.
[17:04]-Battle-axe... I was always a good listener. Tuning out(tone -out) b.s. around me in school. And, watching all that is put out into the open, only tune learn that later on I might figure out how to put it into practice!!!
Never seen this video before? Never bought the VHS Tapes these were sold on _ Money went in the Gas tank of my wannabe Hotrod! lol' Tho Watched him play as 'Quiet Riots' replacement for 'Randy Rhodes' in 82'ish? in Palo Alto' He was as good a player anyone else!' yet he was in the unfortunate 'Compared to Randy' nightmare, back then' 'rough space' marketing wise! There were so many Bands appearing! 'Was like tryin to count Sand grains in your hand! Tho I Cant Believe he just called what He's holding and Playing a 'Gibson SG' a (Studio Les Paul!) wtf?! That's kinda like Carrol Shelby sitting in a Mustang' and Sayin "I'm sitting in a Cobra 427! ? _This must have been a Marketing gimmick' to get awareness of the Video itself' so he could validate that He wasn't a Poser! and that He was a Solid pro Guitarist! So 'no shade thrown here!_ 'Anyway I wish Carlos great health and peace' as we're all gettin Older now'🎸🎼
His pickups are wound for boosted upper-mids and bass, but his pedal board has an EQ that boosts upper-mids and bass - lol. I'm pretty sure the EQ pedal is doing the lions share. Not saying pickup don't sound different but it's usually pretty broad strokes. It's cool that he goes through everything.
This is awesome.they used to care enough to actually teach back then now it's some dusher who only gloats in there own playing then says ...u got that right......even though the vidio is kinda like that too but awsome to see
@@guitarmagik71 lol. Pretty much...I have had a few teachers that weren't the best teachers but because they were good I wanted to learn...it's still hard to find good vidios..I do good by seeing how peices of licks and chords are done then I can use them practicly...idno..✌🤤happy holidays
@@joshuataft5541 the first teacher i whent to told me play i have learned so far wich was nothing i just got it. The hole time he was on the phone calling different people trying to sell his 12 string work. A real ass never whent back to him.
@@jerryrichards8172 man I feel your pain..music teachers and tatoo artist I haven't ever had good luck with ..they always seem like they dnt care at all ...I know there are good ones out there but ... thanx for sharing your story I feel like I'm not alone now... hope your holiday was good and happy new year jerry. 🎉 👍✌
Anyone know if you can still obtain the vhs, I've still got a few star licks on vhs which i bought back in the 80/90's . Something id like to do is get a good vhs or s-vhs and digitise upscale etc.
Interesting. I assumed the guitar was an SG. I also associated him with Charvel for whatever reason - that must have come later. Three Marshall stacks though? Cranked to 10? 😮❤😊
Actually in the early sixties, as Carlos said 1962, they made the Les Paul Jr as a double cutaway SG design, they later went to the single cutaway and the SG design ended up being the SG and the Les Paul Junior then became it's own entity.
Cavazo knows what he’s taking about. The SG was originally called a “Les Paul,”but Les Paul, himself, who was not involved in the design, disliked the design and demanded his name removed from it. Gibson removed his name from the model after 1963 and called it the “SG.”
Hey there Paul, I subscribed great star licks videos. Anyone out there have the sheet music 🎶 or Tabs 📑 for this video. I got the Yngwie Malmsteen one if you want to trade...
@@KingBobsKingdom Yes I found out from the comment section. I have a 1972 Fender Telecaster II bass that looks just like a 1957 Fender P bass. Like the one Sting has.
This "SG" kind of body was designed and called Les Paul before the Les Paul we're used to. Later versions got the name SG. This Les Paul Jr is the mother of the SG.
