Posted on 04/10/2024 12:19:45 PM PDT by kawhill
Well, best of luck in learning on that excellent guitar. The key, as you probably know, is just to keep at it and not give up. If you put in the effort you absolutely will get better.
Acoustic Alchemy, oh and anything from Tony Rice’s career. Pure tone of an old reworked refitted and made iconic, D-28. With a modified neck and sound hole.
For listening pleasure, meaning. The technique, tone and timing is flawless from a lifetime of playing.
Link Wray "Switchblade"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dhX0UV-Vos
Justin Johnson "Crankin' Up the 3-String Shovel Guitar"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g
Having fun and having a good attitude goes a long way in playing.
Since you mentioned Tony Rice I’ll toss this out there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0AryAE6Bw
Rice with Peter Rowan doing a beautifully melancholic reworking of “Cold Rain and Snow” by the Grateful Dead.
You’re just learning on a Martin D-28? You’re doing it wrong. Go get a beat up Kent or old Sears acoustic like a man. Then when you can play Stairway to Heaven pretty good go back to the Martin.
Just kidding. But a D-28 will leave you disappointed with just about ever other acoustic guitar you pick up. My first guitar was a Yamaha classical with nylon strings. Easy on the fingers and the wide neck strengthens your hands.
Good luck!
I have one of those. Sits in my safe most of the time.
Know it well. Find some of the live work he did with Grisman, and had learned from John Carlini. Like “Green Dolphin Street” a jazz classic. The tone and timing is unreal.
That guy is amazing. Definitely worth a look.
Been playing 45 years. Starting to get the hang of it. Been working on lap steel and bass recently in my retirement. Total blast. Get to play in church on Sundays. I love my job.
Standard tuning on a guitar: E,A,D,G,B,E. Maybe I’ll post something sometime about drop D tuning.
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