Aymezic Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Hello, For percussive playing (on body principally), would you play a hummingbird, j-45, other ? Thanks for your advices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul14 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 You want to play percussion on the body? Not sure I understand your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 The drums or bongos if it were the 70's. I use my guitar for its intended purpose. Picking up chicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul14 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: The drums or bongos if it were the 70's. I use my guitar for its intended purpose. Picking up chicks. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 KT Tunstall bangs on her guitars quite a bit, (uses a looper often) and uses a dove. If it would make you sound like her, I'd get a dove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Any acoustic guitar will work for percussive playing on the body, given the correct pickup. Whilst I sometimes play a little percussively for looping purposes, I wouldn't really say that Gibsons are a guitar I would associate with the very percussive fingerstyle playing that Jon Gomm, Newton Faulkner and so on are proponents of. Gibsons are perhaps (depending on who you ask!) best suited to more traditional, rootsy styles of playing...of course, you can play anything you wish on any guitar you like, there are no rules! However, I would consider something like a Lowden, Benjamin, Taylor or PRS a more suited guitar for that kind of playing. If I had to pick one of my guitars as the best suited for that kind of style, it would be my Maple Advanced Jumbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 I think on Suite Judy Blue Eyes Stephen smacks his D-45 a few times in the middle of the song. Go with one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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QuestionMark Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, zombywoof said: Great stuff! Zombywoof, in my mind the video you posted should answer the question of what kind of guitar works for percussive playing! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, QuestionMark said: Great stuff! Zombywoof, in my mind the video you posted should answer the question of what kind of guitar works for percussive playing! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Ones made of wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Ones made of wood. I vote for that metal resonator guitar! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I guess you could whap any guitar and it's gonna make a sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabarone Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Pete Townshend "percussed" a wide range of makes/models... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) Percussive playing these days generally means in the Candyrat style..... And "Acoustic Uprising" full length movie: BluesKing777. Edited May 15, 2020 by BluesKing777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Cabarone said: Pete Townshend "percussed" a wide range of makes/models... If by percussed you mean broke. Yes he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 6 hours ago, BluesKing777 said: Percussive playing these days generally means in the Candyrat style..... And "Acoustic Uprising" full length movie: BluesKing777. When I first moved to Topeka, Andy was still living there teaching guitar at Steam Music. So I actually could have taken lessons with him. But for me he was one of those guys who while I bowed to his talent was not my cup of tea. . I thought of his style as an extreme form of tapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I will occasionally slap my right hand down to get a percussive effect when playing.. I use it, as example, on a certain progression in Hot Tuna's "Mann's Fate." But there are guitars which have a percussive vibe to them on their own. As best as I can describe it they have a touch of a resonator-like hollow sound which amplifies the percussive effect. But this is something you do not associate with a "good" guitar. You have to turn to a "not so good" guitar to find it. From my experience your best bet here is a mahogany of birch top Harmony, So, as this is a Gibson forum, I would try and get my hands on an LG-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I think its Andy Mckee who did the cover of Toto - Africa. I saw that my jaw hit the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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