Salfromchatham Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I came across this looking for ways to sprinkle this old bluegrass standard into my set... 1) Great tune! 2) Great way to practice alternating-thumb technique. For me kind of like "Freight Train" 3) What Tone on this old Country Western Hope you like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMbjNnBNoRw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 That's great for a lot of reasons. First is the song and the performance, as you say. A real "sportin' thumb". Second, it's a near-perfect example of the "Gibson bass thump". I can't tell if he's muting strings or if it's just the straight effect of that guitar. Third, the guitar looks like a really nice example of those late 1950's-early 1960's slope-J's with un-scalloped top bracing. They are perfect for this type of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwalker201 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 That was nice and smooth, I wish I could do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Camera man obviously isn't a guitar player , what's he filming the wrong hand for ?!? 😝 That was really great. Hey sal , let us all know the shapes once you got it down yourself . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Nice old natural parallelogramed slope in good shape there. A at the same time clear'n'woody sound. Lots of fat bass though I'm almost sure he dampens the strings with upper left palm meat. Also a very defined higher register, which comes through here and there - fx at 2:43 where his playing almost reveals a hint of 'jazz voice'. He could have given us an A/B/C with those 2 sibling hanging on the wall. Guess he was too hooked on this 1 to consider. . They ought to find a room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salfromchatham Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 1457972126[/url]' post='1751220']Camera man obviously isn't a guitar player , what's he filming the wrong hand for ?!? 😝 That was really great. Hey sal , let us all know the shapes once you got it down yourself . Grunt... Try E, B7, A and C#m for the chord shapes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalex Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 That was really cool, just wished they filmed the fretting hand though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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