Man, this kid is killer, I could watch him play all day.

Gotta love Hound Dog! Natural Boogie is among the greatest blues boogie albums of all time.

RJ’s slide playing on this demo just makes my happy! It’s so good! 👌

GOD DAMNIT RJ HOW ARE YOU THIS GOOD?

This guy is Jonny the fox and the milky bar kid all rolled into one,what a player,what a style man,from jump blues,surf vibes to rockabilly and swing,fucking jive and then blues rock etc,etc he's like the natural progression of srv hank,jimmy and many more,I just can't name.

IMHO: R.J. Ronquillo IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! = JUST INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!

I've never heard this guy be anything less than fabulous! Plays with great energy. Great job as always!

0:27 = Hound Dog's hand tattooed on his arm!

I used to own an original one of these. it was a more stripped down model, but it was the same body shape and everything. It was amazing; especially the big baseball bat neck. and the pickups were incredible; pretty similar to what i'm hearing in this reissue, actually. not identical, but pretty darn close. What a cool guitar.

Always a treat watching RJ demo...always great feel, diversity of stylistic ability, and technical prowess....

Killer tone on that one

A Mother-Truckin' BLUES MACHINE!!! And the guitar is pretty nice too. :)

RJ's slide playing has come leaps and bounds. Great!!

My awe has been totally inspired by both this guitar and its player. The Hound would be tickled to see all this!

You're such an excellent guitarist. Flawless playing.

May the hand of Hound Dog Taylor guide you on your merry way.What a cool video and what a rad tattoo with all the six fingers still left.

Love the behind the slide playing, pure smoke!

That guitar is so freaking cool, and the playing wonderful as always - thanks RJ...!

This is some great playing! He makes this guitar sound terrific, as I bet he can with most any guitar. I like the no-nonsense way he demos the various pickup combinations. I prefer the two extreme ends sound. I have an old Kay, and both pups together get that snarzy sound that a 'good' guitar just can't make.

@ksharpe10

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean that Scooped TUBBY kind of sound??, I have tried to duplicate that with my current guitars it is hard to get that.

Yes! Love it! Awesome playing too as usual!

another beautiful demo !

So great, need to get one

❤ the look and sound of this guitar!

Cuz you badass bro!🤘

Ol' Hound Dog is looking down from heaven and smiling, and calling out "Well all right!"

HELL Yeah! RJ ripping some Hound Dog Taylor just made my day

Geez, what great tones coming out of this thing! RJ killing it as usual.

Really like this guitar

Great player doing a great demo of a really cool guitar. Thanks!

RJ is killin it........I love Eastwood guitars !!

RJ!!! Great job on all your videos. I love your Hound Dog Taylor influenced blues here and the surf stuff with the California Rebel. Keep 'em coming!!!!

Awesome tone and playing!

Wow! Did NOT expect that from that! Cool guitar! Cool guitarist too!

Awesome playing!!!!!!!!!!!

Have three of hound dogs albums..also have a guitar like that from 1964..nice to hear some good tone!

I love everything about this vid,,,great playing, great tone and a cool guitar. Just saw the SD-40 in the latest VG. Blast from my past (i turned 60 a month or two ago). I don't play slide but this guitar offers so many good tones and for a retro factor its off the charts! Thank you for posting this.

I'm sold on Josh Smiths amazing skills on this classic style guitar. He sure knows how to keep you interested. Magic.

Great playing mate, and great underestimated guitar, i would look after one and try it. Thank you

When I grow up I want to play just like RJ! :)

Hot stuff! I smell a sturdy whiff of Landreth-isms, go get 'em! The shit behind the slide WORKS all magnificently, huh?

Great sounding pickups! Takes me back to the first hound dog taylor album on alligator....beautiful tones toward the end of vid....

Amazing playing. Everything's just going over my head. You can tell he's just one of those types that simply just loves playing the guitar.

Great playing and cool guitar

Great demo!

My Friend .. That is Sweet Playing.

Dude, I almost cried with the solo at the end. 08:21 Congratulations Ronquillo and Eastwood, it's an amazing instrument.

great!

Great stuff man ! Nice axe !

Great demo's

Well worth the wait; I pre-ordered this very cool ax. Can't make it sound this good but what the heck.

that tone ... killer

inspired to get my old teisco type thing out and touch up the soldering and give it a setup...that houndog taylor jam at the start did it for ..give me back my wig

Came back for another listen, luv it, not too hot, not too cold Just right

Crazy solo,awesome😎🙃

Love the Hound dog tat!

GOOT LAWD AMIGHTY... NOW I know... The hound on the underarm.. Sick!

Killer demo Nice playing RJ, I'm ordering one!

@johnelectone

6 жыл бұрын

Morgs88 žzz

Insane good! Regards from Sweden!

Real tasty licks bro.

awesome!

Tell me YT: Why hasn't this a million views????

I can tell right away RJ connected to this instrument.

Lots of twang and tonal variety!

Damn, that's some fine pickin' and slide. Can't get any better sounding pickups than those Kawai Hound Dogs.

this guitar is also probably 100x better than the original too haha

@ChrisPartykaMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Caveira138 I have an original..the pickups are fantastic and the guitar sounds as good as you would think it does tone wise but it is not really a well-made instrument. I love it for what it is, a great sounding guitar for recording - as long as you play the right notes/ chords 🙂

@chriscampbell9191

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of the earlier Teisco / Kawai made guitars were OK players, the weakest part being the bridges, some of which were off in intonation. The higher level ones had adjustable bridges that would intonate correctly. On some of them the open back style tuners would wear out. It really depended on the brand and the model. I have one, it's a great blues guitar. Has a good bridge on it.

@sethdoss8731

4 ай бұрын

Now you watch your mouth sir ......even though you're definitely right 😅

That tattoo is awesome

Dude, nice!

love it a reissue of a guitar thar was trying to be a burns bison and it sounds great! best thing about eastwood cool budget 60s guitars made with good material this time i used to dream about my old catolouge guitars being built well, now they are

You can swing, man. Go RJ!

Virtuoso!,!!!

keep an eye on this guy ! He's badass! Chet Atkins on caffeine!

What a wonderful guitar to play Hiatt on. Honestly, well done.

They did not mention. usually if you run into the original guitars, they usually have the Kingston name on them and or the kawai, maybe some had tiesco del ray name, have not seen it yet though. RJ just Rips up on this and makes ya want one of those Hound dogs, I wish they would do another run of them. I love the what I call TUBBY, no middle or Scooped kind of sound. When the drive comes on it just about disappears, then it sounds so Raw!!! RJ you da Best!!!

@eastwoodguitarsofficial

Жыл бұрын

We still make this model. Restock arriving soon!

@ksharpe10

Жыл бұрын

@@eastwoodguitarsofficial Is the sound he is getting at 2:50-3:40 actually the sound of those Pickups or does he have some sound processing / pedal effect going on??? I do not see them scheduled by Eastwood any time soon, any Idea when they will return? Ballpark?

Being a huge HDT acolyte myself, I'd love to hear what you're using in this demo. The only Eastwood I ever bought I was severely disappointed in the pickups.

Sounds like it can produce some Strat-like tones as well. Useful guitar with a high cool factor.

@DanielAquarian

4 жыл бұрын

25.5 scale neck

No fair... this guy could make any axe sound great.

👏 awesome

Always awesome playing...any guitar u take!!!

Man, that is some good stuff. Lots of lovely buttons and knobs. What's that amp? Perfect match for the guitar.

I'm surprised not many people know of RJ?

Top Shelf All Day Every Day!

This particular guitar sounds and looks >excellent

@eastwoodguitarsofficial

7 ай бұрын

We do have a 45 Day No Risk Return Policy: eastwoodguitars.com/pages/zero-risk-returns

@Da_Xman

7 ай бұрын

@@eastwoodguitarsofficial Thanks for the excellent reply! I wasn't aware of that. And, this particular guitar, in this guy's hands and with his particular amp sounds fantastic! ✨❤️🥴👍✨

@eastwoodguitarsofficial

7 ай бұрын

@@Da_Xman these SD-40's are awesome! AND, you can save 25% right now with our Better Than Black Friday Sale (25% off everything in stock on our website - sale ends Fri Nov 24 at midnight EST). Use code BLACK25 eastwoodguitars.com/products/sd-40-hound-dog

Whoa you have a tattoo of the six fingered man Hound Dog Taylor? that is amazing. Love him. ...When things go wrong, go wrong for you, it hurts me too...

I agree great guitarist music scene need a shot of great guitarist for this generation.

That bit at about 1:40 alternating slide and index finger was just lovely. Ive gotta learn that. Is that just a collar for a snig fit on the slide or is it weight too?. Sometimes i wish i could hear things throiugh a shitty amp (a crate 20 or the like). y'know some sort of baseline measure - cause i suspect that if i plugged a FirstAct/$60 guitar in there it would sound pretty good

RJ your playing would make a toothless teenager smile.

Indeed.

The greats can play slide. Good bass response on this one

Gotta dig out my slide now and start wood sheading!

I've got that same picture as his tattoo on my wall, Hound Dod.

One of these days I will watch the whole video. For now...i will just keep rewinding those great slide licks at the start....dang RJ! What slide are you using? What is the tuning?

Boss!!!

whats up with the small headstock

maestro

i know i know, killer skills, sick guitar, but this guy has the coolest hats :P

My next guitar.

@eastwoodguitarsofficial

Жыл бұрын

Nice choice!

Killer tone , as usual! What make of slide is that?

Would still love to know what you are playing through and into????

gawt dayum

I get it, 1 switch for each coil on/off .. you do it justice like "Hound-dog Taylor" did!