BluesKing777 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I just recorded a track with my 2005 Gibson Dove - fully unplugged with the Neumann KM184 mic at an experimental head height like a drum overhead mic, in an effort to do a recording without the dread boom and whoosh. My version of RJ's "Malted Milk": BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 nice bk, i wouldn't mind a newmann mic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 BK, that's pretty astounding. I never would have thought of a Dove as a blues machine, but it's all in the hands of the player, and you are the Blues King. You tuned down a full step there? By the way, the top of that Dove looks a lot older than 2005 in the picture. Does it look that old in real life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Great job as usual thanks....Beautiful Dove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 Thanks for the replies! I am not really the king of anything, but thanks - king of the naughty dog trainers? King of the beach dog walkers? Yep, tuned down a step, tricked me the other week playing along with a friend in his open G! Distracted by all the red paint, it took a whole song of playing in the wrong key before I adjusted down....(the 2 women said it sounded really good. Huh?) The pawn shop had no history of the guitar to share with me, but there are a couple of possibles.......it has the full Anthem pickup and set up beautifully but very low but the frets are all good and the fretboard is good.....but the top is like a 60 year old instead of 15. So that leaves Detective BK thinking: professional girl playing hard a lot, lot, lot but, in Open D? And they wrote on it! BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Don't you wish you knew the backstory on that? Anyhow, it looks seriously cool. Did you get a good deal on it? Maybe "professional girl" means something else in southern AUS. Here it's sort of like being a "sidewalk hostess." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Hee I was thinking a pro touring muso, a hit song to flog, 365 dates a year to play and only knows a C chord? The top of the guitar is flogged and fretboard beautiful - neck has capo dings at the 5 and 7 and has a beautiful tone on a melody played up high, so....capo on 7 a lot and guitar top played in to the those same notes? Terrible guitar stand from the 80s? Yep, a mystery solved by taking it to my tech who will probably know it and say: "Yeah, I used to work on that beast for "Fat Bob, and it had a new board and frets in 2001......"😁 Good deal on it? Depends how you look at it. Yes, I am extremely happy to get a very worn top Gibson Dove that has a chunky neck with 1.725" nut but plays nice....a huge big D chord is really it's forte. Bang, run for it! I doubt a blues has ever been played on it!😎 But would I get my money back if I sold it at the same pawn shop/used instrument shop today? BluesKing777. Edited December 12, 2019 by BluesKing777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratherbwalkn Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Whoa, beautifully done, I was totally entertained! thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Thanks RatherB! Yes, I aimed to play it like I was 'live', clams and all....one spot the string went off the side of the board...oh, oh. BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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