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  • blobbblobb Frets: 2600
    Just found this and thought it was nice.



    Feelin' Reelin' & Squeelin'
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  • blobbblobb Frets: 2600
    edited July 2019
    ...and another one

    Dave Curley



    Feelin' Reelin' & Squeelin'
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    not sure how this popped up in my youtube feed, but it's an interesting insight on how to arrange a tune for fingerstyle playing

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWfVznJpvIc

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    VimFuego said:
    not sure how this popped up in my youtube feed, but it's an interesting insight on how to arrange a tune for fingerstyle playing

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWfVznJpvIc
    he has a couple of courses on Truefire 
    "Congratulations on being officially the most right anyone has ever been about anything, ever." -- Noisepolluter knows the score
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Definitely want to find a course on YouTube/ DVD / online for this sort of thing proper. 
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  • stuartryanmusicstuartryanmusic Frets: 172
    I used to cover these styles a lot in my Guitar Techniques acoustic columns - there are quite a few idiosyncratic techniques to get to grips with when you start playing music that would have originally been played on fiddles, pipes etc. One of the main ones is an adapted 'tremolo' technique to mimic the bow strokes of the fiddle, try the following to get you started as you'll find it all over the place in Celtic guitar these days!


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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    edited July 2019
    Look forward to watching that at home!
    I saw you play once at an IGF, Stuart - amazing!
    And Clive Carroll, too!

    BTW Stephen Wake who did the vid in the first post plays a Larrivee OM-02!
    https://www.larrivee.com/artists/stephen-wake


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  • stuartryanmusicstuartryanmusic Frets: 172
    I used to love IGF, thanks for the kind words! Seems like such a long time ago now though! If that was the one I did with Clive it was 2004 or 2005...yikes!! Stephen Wake is a great player, I only came across him myself fairly recently 
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    I was there twice and yeah, it was some time ago - around about those dates. I was very impressed !
    I've got a new guitar incoming but the I will always love my OM-02. Listen to the sounds Stephen is getting out of that thing. I need to hear more artists like you guys!
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  • stuartryanmusicstuartryanmusic Frets: 172
    They are great guitars, always a mystery to me why more people aren't playing them but then branding/marketing is half the battle! 
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353

    Yep. Re-sale and bias. I got my OM-02 for £650 and it's a "belter."


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  • stuartryanmusicstuartryanmusic Frets: 172
    It's crazy isn't it, I've seen some insane used deals on those over the years, if people only knew!!!
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    I've actually just blond-ordered a cracker of a guitar which should suit this music really well - big gamble for me (who rarely buys anything and even then after physically trying out many!) so let's see.... Really looking forward to getting into this music more. 

    Prices have gone up a bit. I think a new OM-02 is closer to £1200 so I'm glad I bought when I did..! It sounds absolutely fantastic!! What guitars do you play?
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Check this guy out... the crackling fire in the background is mega ! 
    Wonder what guitar that is!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=polw2YaLOXE
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438
    Check this guy out... the crackling fire in the background is mega ! 
    Wonder what guitar that is!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=polw2YaLOXE
    Guitar built by Piotr Aleksander Nowak (https://www.facebook.com/PAN.instrumenty / http://www.paninstrumenty.weebly.com)

    I think the crackles were added later, I think he is using a pickup into reverb
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  • stuartryanmusicstuartryanmusic Frets: 172
    That's a great vid, I haven't come across that builder before either. These days I play a Ryan Gerber RL15+ or a 1959 Martin 00018. I also have an Eastman for some recording work - their J45 style (I can't remember what they call it) 
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  • AuldReekieAuldReekie Frets: 196
    Kittyfrisk said:
    Rocker said:
    Horslips did something similar way back in the 1970s.  Worth checking out...
    Bloody hell. Thought for a while I was the only other person to have heard of Horslips  :)
    The Tain was brilliant, I was always surprised at their lack of success.
    Saw them at Edinburgh University c1976/77 on the "Book of Invasions" tour.  Great band and Johnny Fean is a very distinctive guitarist
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  • AuldReekieAuldReekie Frets: 196
    Dont get much better than this


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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Loving the PAN guitars!!
    Great vids :) 
    I need to get some fire crackles..
    Just watched a vid of you playing the Gerbey, Ryan - amazing!
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24339
    Always loved this - a traditional song played in DADGAD by the half-Scottish John Martyn:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JM5K99Jos
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    Have listened to all these - great stuff :) 
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  • BigLicks67BigLicks67 Frets: 763
    AuldReekie said:
    Dont get much better than this


    Agreed, Intuite has got to be one the best solo steel strings records ever recorded.
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    @TimmyO I think it was you who mentioned the Tony McManus truefire series. Have you tried it? 
    I believe you can buy them without being a member... 
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    thomasross20 said:
    @TimmyO I think it was you who mentioned the Tony McManus truefire series. Have you tried it? 
    I believe you can buy them without being a member... 
    I'm a member so have nosed at it - it's not.somethijg unwanted to study so.not been through it all - there seems to be a fair bit of material and he has a nice teaching demeanour about him.

    You should be able to get free access to everything for a few days if you sign up a free account 
    "Congratulations on being officially the most right anyone has ever been about anything, ever." -- Noisepolluter knows the score
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    No worries and thanks :)
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  • GTCGTC Frets: 241
    Another one from Pierre Bensusan that has always been my favourite - Flamorgan Air. Brilliant technique and interpretation of a simple little tune which never fails to move me every time I hear it.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9BdNHSi53Y
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    So I spent all night trying to play a Stephen Wake tune in Orkney tuning (CGDGCD). 

    I swore, being a scalic electric guitarist, that I'd never do alternate tunings... But here I am. Sounds amazing but want to learn more. Immediately notice strings are flappy. But what do guitarists do who alternate between tunings at gigs.... choose optimum string sets (e.g. thicker selected strings) for multiple guitars tuned differently or just have the one and cope with the tension changes? 
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438
    thomasross20 said:
    So I spent all night trying to play a Stephen Wake tune in Orkney tuning (CGDGCD). 

    I swore, being a scalic electric guitarist, that I'd never do alternate tunings... But here I am. Sounds amazing but want to learn more. Immediately notice strings are flappy. But what do guitarists do who alternate between tunings at gigs.... choose optimum string sets (e.g. thicker selected strings) for multiple guitars tuned differently or just have the one and cope with the tension changes? 
    Well done for getting into it,
    options are:
    1. put up with it
    2. tune all the strings up a semitone or two
    3. use thicker strings
    4. dedicate a guitar to a tuning
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    @ToneControl ;I think I'm going to keep the AValon in Orkney tuning for now. But there are 11s on and I'm detuning so I'm worried there's not enough tension!! Might have to put 12s on.... 

    I think live I might have 2 acoustics, one for each tuning. 


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