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Hi Jayne, the photo was me telemark skiing on Senja Island north of the Artic Circle in Norway last year. I was back ski touring there with my wife two weeks ago. Such beautiful mountains to climb, and then you can ski back to the beach! I think that you have described the guitar perfectly! It's what I hear too.
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I'm learning to flatpick and fingerpick guitar to accompany songs. I've played and studied traditional noter/drone mountain dulcimer for many years. And I used to play dobro in a bluegrass band. |
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I play everything from open chord shapes and use a capo a lot for pitching the singing key. My playing style is very simple - sort of the way Maybelle Carter or Woodie Guthrie or John Prine would accompany themselves with guitar. Quote:
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I like that sound you're getting for the type of music you're playing. I've been humming and hawing a bit about getting an archtop. I don't really get into flat picking stuff, but I think that sound - woody with short sustain (like a giant mandolin ) suits that stuff just dandy, and makes me want to have a go. I've a self penned song that I'm looking to do something different on. Got a question for you, Robin. Is your Godin 5th just an acoustic? I've only seen one used (still for sale) without a P90 in it - a shallower body than I imagined - looks more like a semi acoustic body width. Seller says it was made in Canada. Would that be the type you have?
PS - anything I should look out for in a used 5th? Cheers
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Yes, I have the purely acoustic version. Steve DeRosa here on AGF is the font of all knowledge on these guitars as he has both he acoustic and pick-up fitted versions. He thinks that the acoustic version is better when played purely acoustically. When buying, there are two models of the acoustic version. The very early ones had a glued on neck - I have heard of these joints failing. But most have a bolt on neck. It is easy to see the heads of the two bolts through the F holes - they look like the bolts from Ikea furniture! Also, the factory fitted Tusq bridge works great with the pick-up versions but is disappointing on the acoustic version - it is quite brash acoustically. Steve pointed me towards buying an adjustable rosewood bridge. There are plenty quite cheap on Ebay. You will need to fit and shape one. Not difficult, as there are videos on YouTube showing how to fit an archtop guitar bridge, but it does take time - probably a whole afternoon. The guitar doesn't come alive until you put medium gauge strings on it. And monel 13-56s (Martin MM13) seem to work the best. Plus they last forever. They are quite thin bodied guitars but still seem to pack a punch. I get more than enough power to play mine just with a mic' at gigs. Here's a short clip of it in action at a one-off scratch band gig I did with a few friends just before Christmas:
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And then you are going to love it!
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I just hear unabashed honesty from both guitar and guitarist.
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David, that's very humbling feedback. Thank you.
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Lovely playing!
“Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.” I’ve always loved this clip of Herbert von Karajan and Yehudi Menuhin demonstrating the difference in tone when bowing a string "open" vs. "fingerboard" in a rehearsal. The tone played by the orchestra is haunting: https://www.instagram.com/before_reh...l/C3OP41LIX6X/ Of course, they’re playing the same instruments and not different ones, but the concept is similar. For certain styles of playing, one either wants a guitar with overtones, or one doesn’t. I can’t imagine a tune like this played on a Goodall: |