RichG Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Sal inspired me to try a video again. Hope it works Probably sound better through real speakers Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 It works just great. Nice pickin', and how cool is that guitar? ? Love the pickguard; the crisp edge to the light/dark areas is something they just can't get with the modern repro's. 'Looks like you and this guitar are old friends- is it the one that gets most of your guitar time? Nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Thanks I run hot and cold with that guitar. Like most of us here. I discovered it again today😀 Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Very cool instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Yea that's a pretty smart guitar.Sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Nothing wrong with the fingerpicking.. it sounded just fine.. Nice J55 too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Nice playing, liked that a lot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Thanks guys. I never learned the correct Travis picking pattern and ended up using only my thumb and one finger most of the time. That results in fewer "embellishment notes". And now I'm at the old dog stage with no ambition to learn new tricks. The guy who picks the way I wish I could is Jim Kweskin. It's just pure, if that makes any sense. Others may be flashier but Jim's right hand is like a machine. It works great for ragtime stuff. When I was in college in Boston in the sixties there was a guy who advertised finger style lessons. I think he was Rolf Kahn. Jim says he learned from him. But, like all of us, im having fun, which is why we do this. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 It works just great. Nice pickin', and how cool is that guitar? ? Love the pickguard; the crisp edge to the light/dark areas is something they just can't get with the modern repro's. 'Looks like you and this guitar are old friends- is it the one that gets most of your guitar time? Nicely done. 62, thanks. The guitar has been refinished way back. I'm not sure when, but the guy I bought it from got it that way and he had it for a long time. I recently had it appraised by Gruhn and they said it had been "professionally refinished some time ago". Everything else except the tuner buttons appear to be original. It is nice to play. The neck carve is comfortable, not quite as big as the "banner" guitars as far as I can tell, though I never owned one. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Nice Rich - enjoyed the clip. Is this the guitar I saw you with at Russo's? The J. Geils guitar? If so it sounds warmer here. Here is your clip embedded: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Yes, Sal, it's the same one. The guy who played that day was kind of beating on it with a flat pick also, I don't know what strings were on it then but I have John Pearce 13's on it now. It sounds best finger picked with bare fingers but I like to play with picks. I tend to use a thin flat pick when I strum and that makes everything sound "thin". More and more I keep my finger picks on and strum with my thumb pick and come back up with the fingers if appropriate. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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