APACHE- Video, C6 tuning

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Sep 2018 9:49 am

C6 tuning with high G. Fender Deluxe 8. Thanks for checking it out!

--click--> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J1CqjgdJWA

David Knutson · Post by **David Knutson** » 17 Sep 2018 10:47 am

Very cool, Doug. I'm going surfing!

Ed Baker · Post by **Ed Baker** » 17 Sep 2018 1:48 pm

Unbelievable. Simply love it.
Are you playing with a regular guitar pick?

C. E. Jackson · Post by **C. E. Jackson** » 17 Sep 2018 2:04 pm

Great job as usual, Doug. Keep up the great playing.

C. E. Jackson

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 17 Sep 2018 3:09 pm

Doug, you are one of those players who actually deserves to be on YouTube. It is always a treat!

PS- Oh yeah, the flatpick is definitely against the rules

Andy DePaule · Post by **Andy DePaule** » 17 Sep 2018 5:20 pm

Hi Doug,
Can't add much to what the others said. Perfect as usual from you.
Think without question your one of my favorite players for listening pleasure.
Best wishes,
Andy

Joe Elk · Post by **Joe Elk** » 17 Sep 2018 5:35 pm

Nice Doug!!!
Joe Elk Central Ohio

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Sep 2018 6:20 pm

Thanks all! Yes, I'm playing with a flat pick. I had to use a flat pick to play that thumpidy-thump part. Couldn't get that sound with fingerpicks. I guess this is considered a surf tune, but I always thought of it a Western theme: Indians, galloping horses, the cliche Indian riff on the intro and outro. Thanks for checking it out.

Will Houston · Post by **Will Houston** » 17 Sep 2018 8:11 pm

Nice one as usual Doug... the 8 is lookin' real nice too.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Sep 2018 8:18 pm

Thanks Will, the Fender is on loan from a friend. He played hundreds, or possibly thousands, of gigs on it back in the day. I polished the chrome and it looks good but the body is showing a lot of dings, cigarette burns, and discoloration. I’m sure every ding tells a story!

Will Houston · Post by **Will Houston** » 17 Sep 2018 8:36 pm

Ya, thats what I meant

Scott Thomas · Post by **Scott Thomas** » 17 Sep 2018 9:07 pm

I love the staccato thumpy parts. Did you learn it off the Shadows or the Ventures version--or??

It seems to lay out real nice on the steel.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Sep 2018 9:25 pm

I’ve been playing the song for a few years and I can’t remember which version I learned it from. I do remember that the Ventures played a couple of different chords than the Shadows and I liked the Shadows version more. I also had the sheet music and it was closer to the Shadows version. But I liked how the Ventures played that thumping pattern, so I played it their way. I guess it’s a blend of both versions.

Mikhail Bobrov · Post by **Mikhail Bobrov** » 18 Sep 2018 3:06 am

Andy DePaule wrote: Can't add much to what the others said. Perfect as usual from you.
Think without question you're one of my favorite players for listening pleasure.

+1. Tasteful version, sophisticated playing. Thank You. Mikhail.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 18 Sep 2018 3:19 am

Surf and steel are a marriage made in lap steel heaven. Really beautifully played, Doug. In my new surf book I talk about the advantages of a flat pick for this music. The backing track is perfect too. Thanks for sharing!

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 18 Sep 2018 3:56 am

Doug is too modest to admit that he has a wonderful arrangement of Apache tabbed out for 6-string C6 in one of his excellent tutorials.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 18 Sep 2018 4:22 am

Thanks guys for the kind comments. Yes, I have tab for this in my "25 MORE Songs" Book/CD for C6 lap steel. Click on the link below for more details. The tab is for 6-string. This version is played on 8-string, but it's very close to the 6-string version.

Aaron Johnson · Post by **Aaron Johnson** » 18 Sep 2018 6:23 am

Nice playing Doug! That was fun!

Greg Booth · Post by **Greg Booth** » 18 Sep 2018 9:30 pm

I’m glad you shared this, really great to hear it again! Your playing is impeccable Doug. So clean, in tune and in time with great tone.

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 19 Sep 2018 1:06 am

Sounds great Doug!

Bo Parker · Post by **Bo Parker** » 19 Sep 2018 3:33 am

Very nice! Great playing!

Mike A Holland · Post by **Mike A Holland** » 19 Sep 2018 6:07 am

Very nice Doug.......I always look forward to your uploads. I think from memory this would be the Ventures version mainly. In the UK we only heard the Shadows version and we all played it! My elder brother somehow acquired a Ventures album with Apache on. I learned some of their licks and my little school band played it. All the aspiring guitarists was interested in this different arrangement. It did not do my school cred any harm at all! Mike

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 19 Sep 2018 6:35 am

Thanks all, much appreciated. Here in the US we heard the Ventures a lot in the 60s. I never heard of the Shadows until a few years ago. I much admit though, I like the Shadows sound a lot... the arrangements, the production, the guitar tones. Their song "Wonderful Land" is my favorite.

Ed Baker · Post by **Ed Baker** » 19 Sep 2018 7:04 am

It's no wonder you like that song. It sounds like one that's perfectly suited to a steel arrangement.

Are you, perhaps, working on one?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 19 Sep 2018 7:15 am

That one is on my "to do" list, Ed.

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