Wicked Game Guitar Lesson - Chris Isaak - How To Play Wicked Game On Guitar

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In this video I demonstrate how to play Wicked Game by Chris Isaak on guitar. This is a really cool song to learn and play on guitar. It has a very Tex/Mex vibe to it and some dreamy vibrato bar parts as well as chord voicing. I hope you enjoy the lesson!

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  • @Lotorc
    @Lotorc Жыл бұрын

    One of the benefits of being an intermediate guitarist going on 25 years now, is the occasional excitement of substantively reproducing something that sounds nothing less than magical coming out of my amplifier. I can’t believe I’m hearing myself play this! Thank you for providing a good quantity of lessons that require some effort but are still achievable for those of us who started playing in our 20s or much later - for whom shredding is largely out of reach. You effin’ rock, Marty!

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man! You hit the nail on the head man. It's like creating magic and it's exciting!

  • @jimmyz2098

    @jimmyz2098

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow. You just absolutely NAILED me in one paragraph! Thanks for putting the way you.... well.... put it! That's me. And yeah - this one is just soo cool. it oozes cool. Always has... always will. Magic coming out of an amp, and that sound.... wow! Rock on, Lotorc!

  • @michaelw6277

    @michaelw6277

    Жыл бұрын

    I have to mirror this statement. The first time I felt this excited about duplicating a sound was drawing Link Wray’s Rumble out of my Jazzmaster.

  • @Lotorc

    @Lotorc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelw6277 thanks for the comment. my first three times feeling that way (can’t remember the order) were AC/DC “highway to hell,” Zeppelin’s “what is and what could never be,” and the intro to VH “best of both worlds.” 1993 was so long ago now, but that feeling left a huge impact. I was hooked forever. Still can’t solo for shite, and anything harder than the “nothing else matters” solo makes me want to admit defeat in advance, but thank goodness there’s more than enough achievable music to play and keep me excited.

  • @Lotorc

    @Lotorc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimmyz2098 dude, thanks. There’s not a lot of channels out there for people like us. I’m glad to know maybe I’m not in the minority of players. In the black hole between beginners and everyone else way better than me. Lol

  • @papablue3015
    @papablue3015 Жыл бұрын

    That song really hits home thinking back!🤔 all the paradise by dashboard lights days!! Lol! Full hollow body ibanez w/whammy electric I use is purfect! Thanks Marty!

  • @gdroid5324
    @gdroid5324 Жыл бұрын

    Such a mellow person and a fantastic teacher for this attention grabbing tune that drips in reverb. Thank you Marty for sharing all of your passion for guitar with us!

  • @sinnertrain7405
    @sinnertrain7405 Жыл бұрын

    James Calvin Whilsey is the guitarist who wrote and played those guitar parts. The guitar on this song is just brilliant and has become so iconic. Unfortunately, Whilsey's life came to a tragic, sad ending about 4-5 years ago. He gave me a copy of his "El Dorado" solo album (which is great).

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    I read that. Sad to hear he passed when I did. I had no idea! ☮️

  • @stephenpemberton85
    @stephenpemberton85 Жыл бұрын

    I've always loved the mystique behind this song and I feel the reason is the guitart work.

  • @burresseffects
    @burresseffects Жыл бұрын

    YES! Dude I love this song. Got a whole pedalboard for this kind of twisted dark twin peaks surf rock.

  • @jasonhoneman1272

    @jasonhoneman1272

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s cool man!! I am inspired by your peas board idea!!

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin Жыл бұрын

    Excellent demo/ lesson Marty! Thanks 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠👌

  • @Spaceman-jo5mz
    @Spaceman-jo5mz Жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite

  • @cantstartafire
    @cantstartafire Жыл бұрын

    Thanks again for this lesson. I have to play this on Saturday and the only reason I agreed to it was that I remembered you had put this out. Cheers!

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful man! Good luck and have fun. You got this!! 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵☮️

  • @jimmyz2098
    @jimmyz2098 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible sound, Marty! Simple chords and progressions... but all that "oozy" sound coming out. Just magical. Absolutely killer. Always was, from the very first time I heard it. I'm going to pull out one of my Gretsch guitars, and see what I can do with this one! You're the best, Marty!! Rock on, Brother!

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    I bet it will sound great on the Gretsch! Have fun man. Thanks!!!

  • @ohplezz
    @ohplezz10 ай бұрын

    Awesome song. Thanks for the lesson.

  • @douglaschristine8387
    @douglaschristine8387 Жыл бұрын

    How you doing Marty? Great song, I play and sing it alot. Great taste in music.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching man! All is good over here. 😎🙌

  • @eddaymusic
    @eddaymusic Жыл бұрын

    Love your channel bud: Keep it up!

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks My friend. I appreciate you watching and for the kind words.

  • @richieismyhero
    @richieismyhero Жыл бұрын

    Such a good song, it has that shadows sound. Brings back so many memories, great lesson!

  • @GuiltyBystander8
    @GuiltyBystander85 күн бұрын

    Amazing

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    5 күн бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @paultownsend6043
    @paultownsend6043 Жыл бұрын

    Such a awsome song, and it just shows what can be achieved with so little with regards the guitar part, so iconic.

  • @Terry4345.
    @Terry4345.3 ай бұрын

    great lesson and video! Thank you!

  • @jimmcdougall9973
    @jimmcdougall9973 Жыл бұрын

    Well spotted! “When the Saints Go Marching In”. I will hear that every time I listen to, or play, the song now 😂

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 just my warped sense of humor.

  • @rsvette123
    @rsvette123 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @jasonhoneman1272
    @jasonhoneman1272 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this video and am so glad you covered it!! OMG this song has been on my bucket list to perform forever now and it was freaking awesome to see you deliver!!!

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! So glad you liked it and helped out. Thanks so much for watching man!

  • @jamesrexsannatracy8318
    @jamesrexsannatracy8318 Жыл бұрын

    Great song. Thanks buddy

  • @richardbrody4302
    @richardbrody4302 Жыл бұрын

    Really nice explanation of this terrific song. Your explanations are perfect.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Richard. I love to hear that my instructional videos have a positive impact and work well for others. Thanks for watching man! 😎☮️

  • @timemerson2691
    @timemerson2691 Жыл бұрын

    Wicked good video. Love that song. Thanks for your insight.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! 🎵☮️

  • @geoffreylowery9730
    @geoffreylowery9730 Жыл бұрын

    Love that song. Wilsey was really good at creating feel. I saw Isaac live a few years back in Wilmington, NC and the newer guy did great too. Had two twins on stage.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Never had a chance to see him live. Great tune and emotion all around. 👍🥂

  • @geoffreylowery9730

    @geoffreylowery9730

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ranch5150SkinWalker I recommend it if you get a chance. It was a very good show, much bigger than I expected. Seems like there were three drummers, stage was full. Like a Bob Seger show.

  • @sinnertrain7405
    @sinnertrain7405 Жыл бұрын

    PS - I really love your lessons. I learned VH's "Jamie's Crying" this morning.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Very cool man. Thanks so much for watching. Glad to hear you like the lessons! 😎🎵🎵🤟🏻

  • @muleblues71
    @muleblues71 Жыл бұрын

    check out the band H.I.M. do a version of this. especially a live version.

  • @TheRockinDonkey
    @TheRockinDonkey Жыл бұрын

    Wow. You really nailed that tone. Well done!

  • @lestorhaslam
    @lestorhaslam6 ай бұрын

    Nice!

  • @wjewell63
    @wjewell63 Жыл бұрын

    Ten points for Denmark 😃

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes indeed!! Thanks man!

  • @timothyplonk2982
    @timothyplonk2982 Жыл бұрын

    Love that haunting guitar . Excellent song choice brother! Another great video bro!🎸🎸👍🎸🎸

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!☮️

  • @plwill40cal20
    @plwill40cal205 ай бұрын

    I'm learning on the lap steel, I like Larkin Poe version with lap steel .then I'll work on the Gibson Melody Maker for the 2nd track. Watching you make your hand drawn chords shapes, I thought I was the only one that did that. Great lesson thanks Marty 5150

  • @bradhienzachary
    @bradhienzachary Жыл бұрын

    Very nice sound! Well done

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. 😎🥂

  • @franzkafka77
    @franzkafka77Ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @emdblues
    @emdblues7 күн бұрын

    I thought he used the spring reverb on this. But it does sound great with hall I have the same guitar btw, just with rosewood neck :)

  • @nckwlch
    @nckwlch Жыл бұрын

    Yes interesting and informative. More than you usually get! I will be coming back often.

  • @These_go_to_eleven_1959
    @These_go_to_eleven_1959 Жыл бұрын

    I agree with you i think the chords are done down at the lower frets cowboy style. I don't see why he would play the 5th fret area for this? This song for me is one of those "I wish i wrote the guitar for this" pieces! Love the clean strat tone. Mark knopfler is a monster and is a influence so when i heard this track it reminded me of him a little.

  • @These_go_to_eleven_1959

    @These_go_to_eleven_1959

    Жыл бұрын

    @MARTY, I just checked several LIVE versions of this tune and the yes the chords are all played at the 2nd-3rd fret area cowboy style.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    It does have a knopfler vibe to it for sure! Love the big open broke up chords at the nut on this one. 😁

  • @These_go_to_eleven_1959

    @These_go_to_eleven_1959

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ranch5150SkinWalker 👍 I wanted to ask which strat pu's do you have in the one you played?

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@These_go_to_eleven_1959 they are the stock ones that come in the Fender American Pro II. V Mod II. 👍

  • @These_go_to_eleven_1959

    @These_go_to_eleven_1959

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ranch5150SkinWalker they sound really nice!

  • @simonpower4504
    @simonpower45043 ай бұрын

    Hey Marty great tutorial. The sound is also amazing what effect pedals are you using that reverb sounds incredible.

  • @jeffreyferenc3672
    @jeffreyferenc3672 Жыл бұрын

    Good lesson man on this classic. I am very jealous of your tone and especially tremolo. Cool reference to Saints riff. Lifeson uses a "riff" from 1812 overture in Rush's 2112 Overture. Not to nit pick but where's the chorus for Wicked?

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man! I appreciate it. The chorus is the same pattern bm-a-e ☮️

  • @markeverson5849
    @markeverson5849 Жыл бұрын

    Brother I love that song I would like to try to learn to play it if I can it's not going to be easy on my old Gil acoustic anyways I wish you would have played the song in the beginning and in the end all the way through such a awesome song

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Enjoy man!! Hard to get the bend in an acoustic but you can certainly make it your own. Thanks for the kind words my friend.

  • @markeverson5849

    @markeverson5849

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ranch5150SkinWalker I've been around for 67 years and I am learning that God gives different individuals different talents they're pretty much born with musical Talent others are wannabes no matter how much we practice or want to be we will never be like the naturals who have been given that particular ability:-) but that doesn't stop us from trying haha

  • @ldhorricks
    @ldhorricks11 ай бұрын

    I play this very different...especially the B minor arpeggio riff...I've seen this played live a few times back in the day...and not always Whilsey playing...Whilsey plays it different all the time...but the Bmin riff almost always the same. Anyway lots of ways to play this...some people have a problem with the timing and changes to play it Whilsey does but it's pretty straight forward.

  • @cddoughty
    @cddoughty7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the lesson. I am trying to get that tone. My start sounds ok but not like yours. You have a thinner more treble tone. So wondering what strings you are using, also how are you setting the compressor and would these contribute to the tone you get.

  • @cantstartafire
    @cantstartafire Жыл бұрын

    Sweet!! Dude, that opening dive thing is epic... Love that tone.

  • @The_Macaroon
    @The_Macaroon Жыл бұрын

    I'd have watched anyway, and your videos are great, but the picture of that girl had me clicking so fast lol

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much man! Hey, I guess it doesn't hurt to use a little eye candy to encourage views! 😂. I really appreciate the support and comment. Thanks again!! 😎🎵☮️

  • @PaoloC.
    @PaoloC. Жыл бұрын

    always liked that song, really nice tutorial! BTW I'm looking to buy that exact guitar how do you rate it? and is that tremolo arm kind of higher than usual on the body? thank you.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    I love this strat. The trem does seem to sit a bit higher. It's the smoothest trem I've ever felt on a strat. It really sounds great. The VMod II pickups are excellent. 💯

  • @Jaloja
    @Jaloja Жыл бұрын

    Marty you keep cranking out the content and at some point the You Tube Algo will decide to promote you as it should and boom.. Overnight explosion. You may wonder how did all this take off so fast. It just got the views it deserves. I'm no expert on the subject but it seems it happens when you keep building the catalog. 10 new viewers see 20 older videos ... That is when the back catalog kicks in. The You Tube Algo goes oooo .. promote this channel. Build the back catalog and it turns into a bank. BTW the Pacer Classic I got just like your had Floyd Rose "Special" syndrome. The more it was miss adjusted the worse it got. So the first buyer returned it. It was a open box I got for $170.00 so I expected ti to be a problem child. It was the most common and expected problem. Of course the pivots in the body were scored. I made a Tremolo stop and got it to deck like a EVH and its just fine now. About 3 hours work and $170.00. Good to go.

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Man that's a great score! Glad you got it set up and rocking. I love getting solid deals like that. Also, I'm going to keep cranking out the content man! I enjoy doing it and it's fun to see where it goes. I'd love for it to go somewhere bigger, but I am just shocked at the level it's at currently lol. Quite happy. Thanks for the support and encouragement. I appreciate it man!

  • @brettjamz3
    @brettjamz3 Жыл бұрын

    She dated Michael Huthence

  • @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    @Ranch5150SkinWalker

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting!

  • @pinkyfreud4338
    @pinkyfreud4338 Жыл бұрын

    Considering the fact that Chris Isaak had two guitars and a bass going for the riff, to me, you're pretty damned close. I tried and tried to discern what was going on, but never quite got it exactly right... ESPECIALLY on one guitar. BTW... the other tutorials are not as true...Good ear... I'll be using your version.

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