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Dave Rawlings showed some real class...
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Alan Land Mar 11.
Who uses capoes?
Replied Jan 28
Do you use a pick?
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i only use a pick when playing an electric ,with a band. acoustic, nylon or steel only fingers
Using a pick and fingertips is always going to make for a difference in sound between the two. That's one of the benefits of the pick modification it makes for a less "plunky" sound on the thumb pick. At least to my ears.
J.
I decided that explaining was too long to put in a thread post so I made a blog entry. You can find it here.
Modifying a thumb pick
In short no I don't glue them together I use the flat pick as a pattern to modify the point of the thumb pick.
J.
Interesting, Jason. Do you glue them together? Do you have a picture of your technique with the hybrid picks?
One thing I've done with a thumbpick is to put it on where I want it and then hold a flatpick (I use Dunlop Stubbies) and mark the outline of the flatpick on the thumbpick and then cut away the excess.
Props to Patrick at the Fretshop he's the one…
My experience with this situation is limited to bars, not concerts, but in those venues, I have learned that I often get better attention by varying my dynamics even more than normal. Go from pianissimo to fortissimo and back again. The crowd looks…
I move back and forth between flatpicking and fingerpicking fairly easily. I started out years ago doing both; learning not only the "Travis Picking" (as we called it back then) for folk songs like "Don't Think Twice" but flatpicking bluegrass and c…
Seems like when I use a flat pick, it slows me down. i've been trying to find a comfortable thumb pick, but the angles are all wrong for me. I know somebody makes them at different angles, but Im not sure where to find them, and what is the best ang…
Always use a thumbpick. Helps with carpal tunnel and brittle nails, to boot. Allows me to switch freely between picking and strumming. It's da bomb!
To suit my vocal range when I'm too lazy to ahem... slow to transpose.
Actually, I started using a capo when I broke many G strings (0.01 or 0.009) on my 1st 12 string guitar. I just got the idea of tuning it a half step or a whole down & back to st…
I use a capo--just the Dunlap stretchy one. Haven't found anything I like better.
I use a pick most of the time. I don't finger pick very well. When I need to be quiet I strum with my thumb.
The only community I ever heard that referred to Capo's as cheaters were classical purists. In the early (early 60's) days of folk music...many guitarists attempted classical instruction in order to develop their finger style playing. The Capo was w…
I've heard that before - should be able to transpose on the fly. While that's nice to do and I've done it, that is a close-minded statement. I say that because many times the use of a capo give the guitar a whole different tone. There are times, esp…
When I was taking lessons 25+ years ago, my teacher referred to the use of capos as cheating. His viewpoint was that you should be able to transpose the piece on the spot without the need for a capo. I understood what he was saying, but never agreed…
I'm sure both terms "cheater" and "hillbilly crutch" (hadn't heard that one before!) probably came from the guitar community and were tongue-in-cheek. Poking fun at ourselves! Because isn't it so handy!?! It's great mental gymnastics too, reading a…
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- Which one of the following describes your involvement in music? (Check all that apply)
- Amateur or recreational musician
- How many years have you been playing guitar?
- 20-30 years
- Which of these instruments do you own or play?
- Flattop steel-string acoustic guitar
- The make and model of your guitar(s) and/or other instruments and gear.
- vox country western acoustic, ymaha folk, dean acoustic
- What is your website address?
- http://wils720@aol.com
- What type of music do you like to play?
- folk, roots, old C&
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Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 1:02pm on July 4, 2009,
German Rosas said… - Hi Brust... I thiks mine is made with 2 different kind of wood... but I really don´t know, so i will post a couple of pics, maybe you can say what kind of wood it is, because the front is different from the back... yes. I grew up listening The Beatles, but in the 70´s I discovered Cat Stevens and the sound of the acoustic guitar really impressed me, especially with this fine guitarist Alun Davis. I enjoy a lot songwriters that plays guitar, like Paul Simon, and I adore blues, from Clapton to Steve Ray Vaughan, or rock David Gilmour... jazz, like Ralph Towner, who plays and incredible 12 strings guitar... I think Mark Knopfler is wonderful... my list es not that long, maybe another 5 or 6 guitarist... in 1983, I used to play with another american guy, we met in Paris, and we played in the streets like three months, we did a lot of Beatles stuff, or Simon and Garfunkel. His name is Gregg Sansoni, he actually plays in a pro level up in New York. Now, I play sometimes trying to do some blues, but you know, it´s hard to get the time for practicing... anyway, I play actually an electro-acoustic Takamine, that sounds great, it´s not so easy to play like the Vox, but sounds great. By the way, I love Guitar Center in L.A., I try to go at least once every two years. I have never bouhgt a guitar there, but maybe sometime I get myself a Martin.
- At 11:10am on July 4, 2009,
German Rosas said…
- Hi Bruce! yes. the guitar has "Vox" inlaid in mother of pearl... and yes too, the body is in mahogany... I like the sound, but it doesn not have a lot of resonance- a bit muffled-, I mean, is not very powerful. In studio for recording, sounds incredible well indeed. It weighs a ton... It has a thick coating of varnish, maybe that affects the sound. I will post a couple of pics more detailed... by the way, it´s great to write to you!!
- At 9:44pm on July 3, 2009,
German Rosas said…
- HI Bruce! I´ve just posted the pics of our VOX RIO GRANDE... if you click photos you will see them. I hope more people will share their pics of their Vox Rio Grande... !
- At 5:54pm on May 25, 2009,
Spot said… - I think I misinterpreted the intent of your post also. I was under the impression you were being a bully. My appy polly loggies to you sir.
Peace
- At 3:09pm on May 25, 2009,
Dan Gabel, Editor & Group Publisher said… - Ok, Bruce. My mistake there. However, we've received a few emails complaining about that Carpal thread, too, so I'm going to shut it down. Sorry about my misunderstanding.
- At 12:28pm on April 9, 2009,
rlv said… - Bruce, as for Vietnam, I was a navy diver and spent most of my time in the Delta. But I was sent on assignments all over the southern part of the country and also into Thailand. I was there in 1971. I first learned to play guitar when I was there.
- At 12:15pm on April 9, 2009,
rlv said…
- I am a homebrewer and that photo was passed around to my brewclub's email list. I decided it was a good one to put on the AG website. It represents the 4 stages of life.
- At 6:08pm on February 23, 2009,
Ship of fools said… - Yes I had, a very long time ago, was one of my first guitars that was given to me by a very old friend, during the very last year they were made in 69 was a heck of a brut and weighed a ton and the strings were pretty high off the fret board but sounded wonderful and was a ton of fun to learn on.Ship
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