Ultimate Rhoads

I had learned with the original Metal Method audio cassette/booklet course by Doug Marks back in the '80s. Nearly 30 years later, and Doug is still around with DVD lessons now, which I'm going though now as I started playing again last year. I've checked out some other material, and I still find it ...

I have always thought the song fills and solo from Arizona by the Scorpions (1982 Blackout Album) was very much inspired by Randy. It has his signature climbs and playfulness that makes you smile after you learn how to play it. That never occurred to me before, but now that you mention it, Matthias...

Thanks Rob!!! It really helps to hear a comment like that, but I'll still always think of myself just a 'self-taught hack'. But I often have fun with it, and it has been paying the bills for several years now.

(a gaylord kiss sent LOL) :lol: :lol: :lol: That's a great story about your elderly student, very inspirational!!! I think I'm finally improving... there's a bus stop in front of our house, and whenever I would start practicing the guitar, the people waiting there would start throwing themselves in...

Great idea to take matters into our own had with the documentary!

Thanks Matt! I had tried numerous times to get back into it over the years, but always get disgusted with my playing and put the guitar after just 10 minutes or so fa year at a time. I just finally need a good motivational goal that was long enough to get the fire burning again. It was our 10th anni...

Cool guitar... sorry, couldn't resist! Thanks Ian! During the long period I quit playing guitar (aka 'the dark ages'), I pretty much never listened to Randy's playing anymore, or any metal or hard rock for that matter. Quite strange really, I just put it all behind me for some reason. So, when I got...

Absolutely! It's a race against time -- not only is my workshop tiny, it's also not insulated or heated, and winter here often goes down by as much as -25°C (-13°F). It's already starting to dip down to 4°C (40°F) in the evening. I may have to wait until spring to finish it off if I keep screwing up...

Thanks!! No, the avatar is the Jackson model that I bought over the winter. It's the Acapulco Gold finish, which is iridescent paint that changes between gold and green depending on the angle. The one I started building will be like this for the lower half though, but with the Gibson Explorer shape ...

Lets just hope that one day we get to hear the missing 6 mins of solo that follow the fade at the end. Tonight is a beautiful peice of music. :shock: :shock: :shock: Seriously, there's 6 more minutes of this solo tucked away somewhere?!?!?! How unfair is that?!!!!! I voted "Mr. Crowley", ...

I'm Ric, and I just joined, and wanted to thank everyone for contributing to such an incredible archive!!!!! I'm in Northern Ontario, Canada. Randy has pretty much been my inspiration for breathing. I first discovered him when I was 15, just a month or so before the accident. He opened my eyes wide ...