12-string guitar rag in G #2
The first thing of the week is something I’ve been working on with my 12-string acoustic guitar. It’s the second of three recorded (so far) demo improvisations in a series I’ve done in an open G tuning. I plan to develop it as my technique improves:
After a half-lifetime of guitar, I only recently got decent at fingerpicking, after watching some free banjo lessons online and applying what I learned there to guitar as well as watching an instructional video by Doc Watson. Also, I’ve got a dusty old Takoma LP that I’ve listened to quite a bit in the past year with John Fahey, Leo Kotke and Peter Lang that connected with my endless background/fascination with old-time Appalachian music; other recent favorite listens are records by Sir Richard Bishop (“Polytheistic Fragments”) and Daniel Higgs, and as always Jack Rose and Pelt.
Tags: 12-string, acoustic, guitar, improvisation
February 1st, 2009 at 12:45
Great playing! I play guitar, too. I found this post searching for Daniel Higgs stuff. I’m a big fan of all the stuff you listed. I’ve been a longtime Lungfish fan.
Do you use fingerpicks and/or a thumbpick? What other stuff do you listen to? What kind of guitars do you have?
February 1st, 2009 at 13:50
ben, thanks for the kind words. i usually don’t play with fingerpicks when picking, but starting to more on the 12-string. this is a guild 12-string i found at gruhn’s guitars in nashville about 8 years ago. it’s a great sounding guitar, and very playable, but like all 12-strings a bit more work to keep in tune.
February 16th, 2009 at 00:29
[…] you will recognize this as a revisiting of (although re-recorded from scratch) and developing upon idea no. 1, “12-string open G rag #2.” […]