#24

Been learning this old time fiddle tune on guitar - Whiskey Before Breakfast. Made this recording of it last night, at a pace slightly too fast for me to nail it.

https://vocaroo.com/i/s04X1kSPLqMs

I didn’t learn this from tab or owt so I guess you could say anything that sounds like a mistake is just because it’s my own arrangement :wink:

Incidentally this was all done on my iPhone voice recorder and laptop speakers. i.e. recorded the rhythm part on my phone, then played that back through the laptop speakers and played along with it, recording that on my phone. Pretty happy with the results, sounds very authentic old time recording :smiley:

#25

I would genuinely love to hear this. Love Swedish folk

#26

Haven’t had the time to go to my studio at all so far this year and iPhone recordings suck so my renditions of ‘Det gåtfulla folket’ and ’okända djur’ will have to wait a while

#27

:cry:

#28

I used to pretty much solely play on acoustic. Can’t recommend Faith guitars enough as a pre-amped, affordable, and gigging guitar.

Recorded the faith for something a long time ago (and it’s still going strong) and it sounded great - recorded it on two channels, one from the DI from the guitar inside, and another condenser mic in front of it.

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#29

I…umm

I mean it sucks for recording vocals

yes…that’s what I meant

yours sounds quite kitchen blues, which suits the piece

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#30

:smiley: :wink:

#31

here’s me mewling in a practice room with my knackered, rattle-y acoustic

wanna buy something nicer but don’t really use it enough to justify the expense, i’d probably only wreck it

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#33

Sounds pretty nice actually!

#34

Got ok with whatever that finger next to the pinky is called after playing my nylon string a bunch last year. Got rusty again now but I reckon a few weeks practice is all it would take really.

#36

Just sorta have to lock your hand/wrist in a position where you have minimal actual hand movement and its all in the fingers I guess. I have no formal training so probably haveterribke technique mind you

#38

Just easier and nicer to play in my opinion, feels very satisfying to get a good arpeggio going and none of that brittle high end

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#41

I just want to say: always put electric strings (with a wound G-string - wheeeeey) on my steel string acoustics and find they stay nicer longer and just tend to sound more even. Always found the bronze wound strings seemed to have too much buzz and oomph in the bottom range.

Here’s my throat-clearing video of how I swiftly and easily restring my guitars

#42

I don’t like standard acoustic strings, too zingy, I found the answer to be silk and steel strings, much nicer sound to my ears

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#43

Ah I never knew there was a special technique for stringing. I always wondered when you by a guitar how they get so many “winds” around the machine heads. Now I know. Thanks Theo :slight_smile:

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#44

I recently bought a string winder after years of being confused by them, regret not getting one at the beginning, makes it so much easier. Recently paid to have my main guitar set up for the first time ever, I always over or underestimate where to clip the strings so end up with too many or too few winds, when I change the strings I am going to cut them to the length that the current ones were, and keep the bits I cut off as a guide to use in future, hopefully be able to replicate its current state forever

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#46

Fucked up my last restring and the intonation and everything has gone out. Never fucked it up before and don’t actually know how I managed it but I was a bit pissed.

#47

i kow that’s the proper way but i never bother. even when i do i always make a hash of it.

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#50

Wow, never heard of this unless you went to a really heavy gauge and your neck was actually already a bit cracked or faulty?

#51

I can’t see anything obvious as the problem, and it’s never happened before in 15 years with this guitar so I’m just gonna bite the bullet and take it to someone. Same gauge strings as always!