kidblast Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I dabble with alternate tunings on my acoustics. So this one is something a little different, (some cool harmonics in play, difficulty level, around 8ish, I may have rushed it a bit...) J200 handles these tuning changes better than anything I've used yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Nice guitar. Fine tune . Even finer playing. Alternate tunings is an area where I am lax. Thanks for the stimulation. Very nice touch on the J-200! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Thank you for listening man! these are a bit more of a challenge and take some time to get down, you have to keep them in rotation or you loose them. And unless your nut is perfectly regulated, you'll blow thru strings, especially Gs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafy31 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Very nice playing. Rather hard to combine so many harmonics and soft arpeggios without overhelming them with open strings and you did it perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I have enough trouble with alternating bass........That is a sweetly-played gentle song. Very fitting for a lazy afternoon. Looks and sounds like you've found "your" guitar.......... [thumbup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Wow, that was superb! That kind of playing makes me jealous. Again, superb! Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Nice version of this extremely difficult Ed Gerhard piece. I've listened to it for years, but have never even attempted it. For the first time in a long time, I'm messing about with alternate tunings: now DADF#AD to do Jackson Browne's "Call it a Loan". Lots of fun. My hat's off to you for tackling this song, and succeeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salfromchatham Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 What a double joy to read this thread. First I love your play... And of course the guitar... But even more the play. Second J45Nick just taught me why my own version of Call it a Loan just has always "lacked"; I never knew the tuning! Cheers to my brethren on the best forum on the planet..... From Aruba.... No guitars here. I am jonesing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Thank you all for the listen and the positive feedback. Much appreciated. There really is some very cool things that happen, messing with tunings. /Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmental Alpinist Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 That was so dang purty. Glad I listened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Relic Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Thanks , As a lover of Celtic and Folk music that was great and well played . Lovely tone from that guitar and playing to match . As you like playing this kind of music and do it very well , have a listen to a player called Maritin Simpson on You Tube , he plays s lot in the same style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Very nice, indeed. I'm a big Richard Thompson fan, and this sounds like something out of his catalog. So, in addition to my thanks for posting your fine performance for us to enjoy, thanks for giving me another artist (Ed Gerhard) with similar sensibilities to check out. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Very nice, indeed. I'm a big Richard Thompson fan, and this sounds like something out of his catalog. So, in addition to my thanks for posting your fine performance for us to enjoy, thanks for giving me another artist (Ed Gerhard) with similar sensibilities to check out. Red 333 Yeah , now can we have a shot of Vincent black lightnin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Thanks again for your gracious comments and time to watch/listen. And there's a few new names for me too, Martin Simpson, I just dialed him up on the tube, he's fantastic. Love what he's doing!!! Now I gotta go see about Mr. Richard Thompson thanks to Red. I'll give you one more name to check out: Alex De Grassi. (he's probably my current favorite of this ilk).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Doug Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Very beautiful and wonderfully played! Thank you for sharing this with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Thanks again for your gracious comments and time to watch/listen. And there's a few new names for me too, Martin Simpson, I just dialed him up on the tube, he's fantastic. Love what he's doing!!! Now I gotta go see about Mr. Richard Thompson thanks to Red. I'll give you one more name to check out: Alex De Grassi. (he's probably my current favorite of this ilk).. Richard Thompson has a long and deep catalog stretching back to the '60s (with Fairport Convention). In the '70s, he and his then-wife Linda made several classic albums, and he has had a long and varied solo career since then. His music ranges from Celtic-influenced ballads to straight ahead rock and roll. He performs solo, with an electric trio, as a four piece, and with much larger bands. He is a masterful songwriter, often astonishing acoustic finger picker, and is certainly one of the greatest electric guitarists of all time. I took a couple of videos from RTs facebook page for you to give you a little taste of his range. Beeswing is a solo performance--a delicate, folksy '90s composition, recently recorded for the album Acoustic Classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uavBnAd5t3Y Dad's Gonna Kill Me is a performance from 2007 that will give you a taste of RTs electric side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyV8gV7HYp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Pt 2 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is probably his most well-known song, and a favorite of finger pickers, so it's obligatory that I include it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td2sewfxz88&list=RDtd2sewfxz88#t=33 And something completely different: Tear-Stanined Letter (from 1984), featuring intertwined accordion and horns, as well as some tasty RT electric guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEWFsXrXv4&feature=youtu.be There's so much more. Do some Googling and root around YouTube and I think you will be rewarded. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponty Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I love this tune. I discovered it recently from EG and others on youtube. You play it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Pt 2 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is probably his most well-known song, and a favorite of finger pickers, so it's obligatory that I include it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td2sewfxz88&list=RDtd2sewfxz88#t=33 Red 333 That one still makes my hair stand on end. For those of us who started riding motorcycles in the 1960's, the Black Lightning was already a legendary machine, and Thompson captured the mystique with this song. This was a period where a 650 cc Triumph or BSA was considered a big bike, and the full-litre Black Lightning was an untamed monster by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is probably his most well-known song, and a favorite of finger pickers, so it's obligatory that I incl yea, just checked this out.. wow!!! why have I not heard of this guy? I didn't think I was living under a rock, but maybe.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is probably his most well-known song, and a favorite of finger pickers, so it's obligatory that I incl yea, just checked this out.. wow!!! why have I not heard of this guy? I didn't think I was living under a rock, but maybe.. You'd have to be of a certain age, or from the other side of the Pond, to really be familiar with him. He was a big part of the Celtic Psychedelic Folk scene (Pentangle, Fairport, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, etc) in the late 1960's. Lots of great, great guitarists in that genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 yea maybe that's it, but better late than never, terrific performer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 A bit late here, but that was beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 thanks Avery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I have no business commenting on a piece of this caliber, and I usually don't post much on forums. I barely have intermediate skills, but I do know Ed Gerhard arrangements always have the potential to be extraordinarily beautiful pieces. When played well, and this was, on an instrument with a spectacular voice, like this one has, the result is breathtaking, and this one is positively breathtaking. And speaking of Alex DeGrassi, don't forget he literally "wrote the book" on fingerpicking. I met him at a camp in 2013, and he is all that you would think he is, and then some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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