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Some more detail is available here - albeit a little bit controversial on who introduced the pipes to whom.
It's also debatable whether they should be thanked or not.
Is Glen just trying to be like Willy Nelson?
Geoaguiar, and my other beloved chordians.
I never tried ELIXIR strings, everyone tells, in their comments that Elixir strings ARE the best strings, and in particular NANOWEB strings
About the price: a package of Elixir strings = 27€ = 41$ YES 41$!!!
On EBAY you pay 55$ for SIX packages of 6 acoustic strings (0.10....) extralight
Here in Ireland, 21EUR, about 26USD at today's rate. 3 times the price of normal strings, I hope they are 3 times as good!
Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate (a slight variation on open E). For details see the book 'The Harp Styles of Bob Dylan'.
Anyone know a source of lyrics/chords/tabs for this amazing Malian musician? Seems hard to find them in the usual places.
Or any info on the guitars he played ? he seems to have had some interesting ones.
Or any for other players of 'African Blues' (though I think that term is less than satisfactory)
The chord book with photos is a great idea. Also watch other people playing e.g. buskers on the street, live gigs, TV, youtube etc.
......pull the tears out of your eyes......
Any instrument played badly can have that effect!
Seriously though, adding an istrument to play melody can really enhance the basic 'singer plus acoustic guitar' sound - if you can find someone to play with.
Re fiddles and amps, I saw a guy on TV holding/playing his fiddle like a guitar, using a heavily distorted valve amp - sounded great - effectively heavy metal fiddle. Think he was playing with Nick Cave. There must be great potential for playing fiddle with effects. It has one feature many guitarists love - unlimited sustain (when played with a bow).
Some versions of the 'Irish National Costume' and Irish Dancing uniforms include a kilt for males (not plaid but plain colour) but I think they (whoever decides what 'National Costume' is) just made that up. In any case, Ireland and Scotland seem to have been almost part of a greater 'Gaelic' nation rather than seperate nations historically.
Theres lots of info about pipes on Wikipedia. There I learned that the uileann pipes are a relatively recent development and previously the Irish played something like, if not identical to, what is now considered the 'Scottish' pipes . But bagpipes are found in many other nations outside the Scottish/Irish tradition.
hi, it's rod again. believe me there is and there has never been a sound hole pick up
that gives you a natural accoustic sound.the pick up for a good sound is an in body p/u.
it gives you the accoustic effect thatis natural,a sound hole p/u picks up the strings ,you
may as well play a solid body.good luck,rod.
Soundhole pickups are much better than they used, still not the same as your acoustic sound but a number of big names do use them. And you can wire a jack plug so you still just plug and play. Also SOME of the undersaddle pickups sound worse, way too 'tinny'.
I first learned with 1/2/3 but switched to 2/3/4 when I saw someone play it that way. It means strengthening the pinky but is worthwhile as it makes certain changes easier e.g. between C and G. And there is no 'wrong' when playing guitar!
All I can say is I'm jealous. 2 weeks justy to learn some new songs? You lucky lucky ******!
Can be harder on your fret hand due to the wider neck and greated tension of the 12 strings. This may not be noticeable until you've played a few songs but you get used to it. I find barre chords tricky on a 6 and impossible on a 12 but that's just me. Picking IS harder but can give some lovely effects if you can master it.
And the full sound of a 12 is addictive!
I found just adding a few extra chords around the basic 3-chord trick really adds something. Too many guitar chord books go for the minumum easy guitar accompaniment. Song books intended for piano often have some extra chords - maybe not with chord boxes but you can usually work them out (especially with a resource such as Chordie).
Hand wound pick-ups versus mass produced pick-ups accounts for the majority of tonal diffrence.
How could it possibly make a difference whether a coil of wire is wound by hand or not? I accept that the materials (e.g. the wire or the magnets) might make a difference. But the wire is just an electrical conductor, it does not 'know' how it has been wound into a coil.
That's correct. Solid tops sound better with age because it's all solid wood, it expands and contracts, the pores open up over time from the resonance of being played, as well as from the climate. .
and synthetic glue doesn't "age", it doesn't have any pores to open and close over time, it'll basically stay the same forever. .
A laminate top will never crack from humidity or climate
Laminate tops are made of wood as well, just several thin pieces of it. These pieces will also age. Assuming good quality woods are used, it should be possible to make laminated tops which would sound good and be structurally very stable.
Thanks for the discussion, everyone!
It's one of those things that's probably impossible to judge objectively. People don't tend to keep laminate guitars for 40 years because 'they don't age well'.
Great point by Guitarpix above "...the builder made the difference". If I made a guitar from the finest tonewoods it would almost certainly be rubbish.
I found it helpful to do excercises that strengthen your grip. Makes the bar chords a little easier to manage.... and of course... practice.
Any details of the sort of exercises that might help?
I agree with what you say. However I am questioning the belief that solid tops respond to 'conditioning' whereas laminates do not.
Is this really true? Normally solid top acoustics are more expensive than laminated tops and one fo the reasons is that the sound of a solid top will improve with age and with use whereas the laminated will not.
Is there any real evidence for this (i.e. blind tests where the testers do not know whether they are playing a solid or a laminate)?
Why would a GOOD QUALITY laminated top not improve with age and use? Could it not be better than a bad solid top?
Aren't discussion fora great? pb12mm's original question is one I've often thought about never thought to ask!
Steel string guitars are used not just because they are louder (debatable), they just have a different sound and feel to nylons and tend to be associated with different styles. You can get sounds from a nylon that you'd never get from a steel string and vice-versa. Yes, strumming is OFTEN associated with steel strings but it works for Willie Nelson and Leonard Cohen on nylons. It's all about diversity, I'd say.
Ok - this is freaky. My hair is longer now than it has been in years and I've recently learned at least a few new tunes. Hmmm.... now I'm afraid that if I get a haircut I'll forget those new tunes.
I think I'll have a bevy and think about it.
No, the effect stays, even when you cut it afterwards.
I knew a guy many years ago who claimed pot smoking made him play better. He came by my club stoned one evening and sat in with my group to show me how much better he sounded on whacky weed.
He wasn't a great guitarist to start with and he sounded like crap that night. We all delighted in telling him exactly that.
I heard one of the members of Jefferson Airplane comment on that myth. Basically he said that when high he could hardly see or hold his instrument, let alone play it.
Long hair definitely helped me reach the standard I reached. And it didn't wear off when I finally went respectable again.
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