BluesKing777 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 I have been playing my 1935 Gibson Black Special L50 archtop with a Schatten bridge pickup, made a Tonedexter file and recorded a track direct to Garageband. My sister is about to come home from Paris after attending a course in Toulouse and a few days in Bordeaux, so I played a solo guitar version of "April In Paris" from 1932 by Yip Harburg and Vernon Duke to send to her by email. Good practice for me - I played it off the lead sheet page while recording it. Who knows, some other guitarist may have played the tune on my guitar around 1935 after they bought it new! BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Nice BK, nothing wrong with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 Thanks Billroy! I forgot to mention I posted other photos of the guitar before I recorded the track, under the recent thread ‘fave Gibson’ - I should probably consolidate them in this thread. BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 It’s a nice looking guitar, it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 It would be cool if this was my only guitar, I think sometimes - just me and the 35! But then I get a splinter off the neck and wake up to retune it... Here are some other photos: BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) The photos look so nice I had to record another track! Imagine the surprise of the person who bought the guitar in 1935 if he went to fingerpick some blues and ..lookout, it has a Schatten bridge pickup running to a Tonedexter file and another lead out to a Boss VE8 vocal/guitar apparatus with a Shure SM58 mic to sing in and recording to Garageband on the trusty iMac.... So here is a hybridy sort of fingerpicked blues and vocal to capture my mood, I hope!: BluesKing777. Edited September 17, 2019 by BluesKing777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Very cool BK - it's worth the splinters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Thanks Billroy! ...there is always a catch. looks great, sounds great, great to play...for a minute....😎 BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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