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This is fantastic. You utterly made this your own. Well done, BK! Incidentally, I was through Omemee the other day - the 'town in North Ontario'...

'Blonde on Blonde', on vinyl. Heaven.

Yeah, that's a dream guitar, alright. I hope it finds a good home. Listening to 'More Blood, More Tracks' right now, Vol. 14. Bootleg Series. LOVE the mid-70s Dylan. btw Sal, the solo Dylan version of 'Tangled Up in Blue' on 'More Blood...' is much more manageable in terms of phrasing and rhythm for the solo player. Still gotta remember all the lyrics though!

That's what I thought too. He plays it a lot in the rehearsals, and during the concerts.

I watched Scorsese's film on Netflix last night....fascinating, to say the very least. Typical Dylan - fact and fiction flying at you hard and fast - perfect for these times we are now living in.... What guitar is Dylan playing here?

Zomb - that one's got my heart racing....

That's uglier than home made soap. 🤪

Love that dry woody tone - VERY much to my liking, Sal!

I don't know about on a dread, but I love elixir custom lights (between x light and light if memory serves) on my bk L-00, tuned down half a step. All bare fingers. This puts very little stress on the guitar, and is very comfortable to play.

I'm not a guitar cleaner either. My guitar has a 'flat finish' area where my arm rests, too, lots of dusty stuff near the bridge, splotches, etc. I like it that way rather than looking pristine. But everyone is different - to each their own. ps Go Raptors!

bbg.......Sweeeeeet!

I owned a Martin 000-15s at one point. I never warmed to the guitar for a few reasons. My first impression upon opening the case was disappointment, as the tuning machines were gold. Def. not my favorite, and not what was listed on the spec sheet (chrome). I had to wait a long time for the guitar - basically, for it to be built, so I didn't (maybe stupidly) return it straightaway. Nevertheless, its hard to forget a disappointing first impression. I also found the guitar very very susceptible to humidity, more than any other guitar I've ever owned. I'm not sure if that is characteristic of mahogany top guitars that they hold more water, or just a one-off with mine. Especially in summer, the guitar often sounded 'wet'. I also never warmed to the fact that it was a 12 fretter and I missed the versatility of a 14 fretter more than I thought I would. Just my experience, though many people clearly love these guitars, and hog guitars in general.

My 2011 BK L-00 is 1 and 3/4.

Glad to see there are so many fans of Leon here - I love his playing and he was a major inspiration for me when I decided to put the flatpick away and learn to play with my fingers. So many legendary stories about this fascinating guy and to me he was the gateway to a whole era of great music!

That is swwweeet. I love Teles with humbuckers.

In the same climate here in Canada, Bill. Lots of gardening done today and just finished lovely unfiltered cream ale. Life is good!

Welcome to the forum! I have a 2011 mahogany b/s L-00 Blues King, which sounds pretty similar to the L-00 standards I've played over the last few years. I play it exactly as you describe - bare fingers for fingerpicking and strumming with nails and I find it the perfect guitar for this style. It's very resonant and 'alive' sounding. You can feel the notes in the neck, if that makes any sense. It's my only guitar. I recently recorded and posted on this forum a couple of pieces in open tunings - 'Going To California' was recorded in double drop D, and 'Bron-Yr-Aur' was done in C6 tuning. Just scroll back a few pages and you'll get a decent impression of this guitar in open tunings. Can't really comment on the availability thing. My local shop up here in Canada has an L-00 standard in now that I played last week. Have rarely used the undersaddle pickup so not much feedback for you there. Best of luck in your search!

Very very nice, bk!

We saw some that in action on your 'wah wah wah' clip!😂 Seriously though, what you said is spot on, Buc.

I'm an R.E.M. fan, but with a caveat - I like pretty much everything (except 'Shiny Happy People', which is godawful) pre the Monster lp when Peter Buck started playing a Les Paul. I loved the jangly tone on the Rick on those early garage-y sounding records. The LP just ruined their sound for me, and I did not like their take on glam rock on 'Monster'. Funny because I don't have anything against Les Pauls in general - huge Jimmy Page fan - but with this band it did not work imo.

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I've always really, really enjoyed playing with a a piano player. I found the interplay to be fun, and its quite a bit less stressful when you are not always having to carry the tune as we all do when playing guitar alone. I'm by no means a good lead guitarist, but I found the opportunity to play lead-ish licks fun, and then to be the backbone for piano flourishes, too. You'll find yourself getting creative in order to add variety to whatever song you're doing, and I think you'll love it.

'You Got To Move' - Mississippi Fred McDowell

Too bad the dude in the video is strumming it like its a big box. Would have liked to have heard it fingerpicked.

Charley Patton - 'Stone Pony Blues'