ZOOM song cilcles on old Gibsons

[tpbiii]

I thought this might interest some of you.  During the pandemic, I have sometimes visited ZOOM song circles.  As many of you know, I have jamulus working for bluegrass and other jamming, but ZOOM circles are basically different.  First because of delay issues, you basically have to do solo pieces -- not generally my thing,  But hey -- it is a pandemic.

You can use any acoustic front end you want, but in this case I just  used the same "faithful reproduction" system I have used for more than a decade to demo my vintage guitars.  That only tells you the quality of the input but -- ZOOM can (and does) change the audio using their on rules, which vary according to the internet situation in which it finds itself.  When it is just me, my voice, and a strummed backup, I actually prefer my later less powerful guitars.  The two I used last night were my 1954 SJ and 1962 HB.

 

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This is just one example -- any other time, it might sound different.

Best,

-Tom

 

Edited May 2, 2021 by tpbiii

[duluthdan]

"The bluegrass prerogative to remove chords and make things simpler". Love it.  I love the old SJ.

[Jinder]

Loved this, Tom, thankyou for posting. That Hummingbird is just silky sweet for those strumming pieces. Gorgeous. Two songs that were new to me too.

[ratherbwalkn]

Thanks Tom wonderful playing interesting songs and very informative as always!!!