Randy Rhoads stories

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:17 am

10 watts is plenty loud enough to disturb the neighbors... trust me!

frank · Post by **frank** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:20 am

KodoBeast wrote:
frank wrote:he had this fender harvard amp. it was real old, like from the fifties. the tolex (tweed?) had been stripped off and the bare wood had been varnished. it looked pretty cool and boy could he make it scream. sometimes the volume got away from him and the neighbors were always coming over to complain. one time he's playing away and suddenly he stops. a couple of seconds later we hear the front door pounding. he gets up to answer the door and i can hear a man just reading him the riot act. up one side and down the other. afterwards, he comes back and quietly sits down.
"well, he wasn't very nice!" at that moment he struck me as a six year old who had just been chastised.
Hey frank, I was reading up on fender harvards and it seemed they were only built with a power output of 10 watts, was this true?

Whatever the answer, do you recall just how loud randy played? I mean, to get neighbors to come over and complain, he must've been playing pretty loud, was it a little 10 watt harvard for sure?

Thanks alot

hey kodo. don't know the specs. his brother kelle said it's from the '50s. randy set me up with a fender champ which had a small output also but when i hooked it up to a mxr distortion+ it fairly screamed. his playing was very loud and emotionally powerful.
a photo of the amp is shown momentarily in the japanese tribute documentary. you can catch it if you're quick enough with the 'pause' button.

frank · Post by **frank** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:25 am

there is also a photo of a peavy combo amp. i think he may have kept that one at musonia for lessons since i never saw it before.

Post by **The Flying Dutchman** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:14 pm

frank wrote:there is also a photo of a peavy combo amp. i think he may have kept that one at musonia for lessons since i never saw it before.

Hey Frank, did Randy also use a little Ampeg combo?
Because that Ampeg combo is what they showed in the Japanese tribute documentary.

frank · Post by **frank** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:09 pm

The Flying Dutchman wrote:
frank wrote:there is also a photo of a peavy combo amp. i think he may have kept that one at musonia for lessons since i never saw it before.
Hey Frank, did Randy also use a little Ampeg combo?
Because that Ampeg combo is what they showed in the Japanese tribute documentary.

no, i'm mistaken dutch. it must have been an ampeg amp that i was thinking of.

siro_angel · Post by **siro_angel** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:11 pm

Hey Uncle Frank

I have a question bout Randy...

When he was teaching you what was the funniest thing he has ever done while teaching you?

Simon

frank · Post by **frank** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:02 am

siro_angel wrote:Hey Uncle Frank

I have a question bout Randy...

When he was teaching you what was the funniest thing he has ever done while teaching you?

Simon

hey simon. randy was not comedic. not with me anyways. he was dead serious about music although he made it fun and interesting. once zero farted and i blamed randy. he didn't think that was very funny though.

Post by **Trigger** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:01 am

frank wrote:
siro_angel wrote:Hey Uncle Frank

I have a question bout Randy...

When he was teaching you what was the funniest thing he has ever done while teaching you?

Simon
hey simon. randy was not comedic. not with me anyways. he was dead serious about music although he made it fun and interesting. once zero farted and i blamed randy. he didn't think that was very funny though.

I get blamed when Lily farts

although somtimes it's me

Sarab · Post by **Sarab** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:02 am

Trigger wrote:
frank wrote:
siro_angel wrote:Hey Uncle Frank

I have a question bout Randy...

When he was teaching you what was the funniest thing he has ever done while teaching you?

Simon
hey simon. randy was not comedic. not with me anyways. he was dead serious about music although he made it fun and interesting. once zero farted and i blamed randy. he didn't think that was very funny though.
I get blamed when Lily farts although somtimes it's me

Madman56 · Post by **Madman56** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:23 pm

Thanks everybody for these great stories, priceless stuff for the fan who couldn't live them.

Film Director · Post by **Film Director** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:24 pm

I have one correction. I spent half of the day yesterday with Dana Strum and the other half with Kelli Garni. Both of their interviews were amazing.
Kelli Garni was an incredible host and opened up his house to the film crew for 8 hours. Dana did the same with his recording studio. I have to correct one urban myth that came right out of Dana Strum's mouth. And being that he Randy and Ozzy were the only ones in the control booth and room at Randy's audition I have to believe that his story is accurate. Randy did not tune his guitar for Ozzy and then immediately get the job. He played the first 90 or so seconds of the solo from "Laughing Gas" before Ozzy lifted his head off of the console and told Dana to tell Randy he got the job. For the full story from Dana you will have to wait for the movie.

frank · Post by **frank** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:21 pm

thanks for the clarification peter. ya gotta admit though, randy tuning his guitar was amazing. eagerly awaiting the finished product!

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:07 am

That makes SO much more sense.

Post by **Trigger** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:27 am

Hello Peter

Thanks for sharing the story, have you busted many other Randy myths while you have been recording the film? I don't want you to spoil surprises for us with details but has it been fun meeting Randy through his closest friends?

Ian

Post by **The Flying Dutchman** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:48 am

Thanks Peter for resolving this myth!
THNX!

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