Which acoustic did you play today ?

mawmow said:

My officially highest grade guitars day, namely Collings OM1 and Huss & Dalton Crossroads, playing some Allen Alexander arrangements of Celtic tunes paying attention to the pressure exerted by my fretting fingers.

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Those Allan Alexander books are pretty good, and there're a lot of them.

Guild F-30…

Had a good day. Jesu on the cordoba is coming nicely, gaining a couple bars every day. Practicing time in a bottle and wicked game on the martin as I know sister loves those songs and has agreed to do a couple youtube vids with me just for posterity next time she visits, have the mahog tanglewood tuned for the rain song and may actually, Finally be able to play a somewhat respectful offering.
Dusted off the 12 string, flat picking even in the quietest moments looks Finally doable and with the boost from that started on Andy Gunn's misery blues. Put the youtube vid of him on half speed and have the first 3 or 4 bars of the intro sorted(not that I'll ever be able to play it, but, hey, gonna learn lot's by trying.

Martin OODB playing some Renaissance classical pieces…

brucew said:

(…) Practicing time in a bottle and wicked game (…)

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I also love those pieces : I have a fingerstyle tab of Time in a Bottle, but none for Wicked Game (I have chords and deciphered the riff).

mawmow said:

Martin OODB playing some Renaissance classical pieces…


I also love those pieces : I have a fingerstyle tab of Time in a Bottle, but none for Wicked Game (I have chords and deciphered the riff).

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I learned these versions, spoon fed note for note lessons that even I can play

All I played today was to run through even in the quietest moments on the 12 string and the rain song on the mahog tanglewood a few times.
I can't read music and while a niece told me about tabs, I looked at one and thought not for me, found it frustrating. I play mostly by ear from old recordings or if I can find a vid of someone playing a song I just watch what they do and copy it from the best of my ability.

Got the Taylor 510 dread out to play some other Allan Alexander’s Celtic arrangements.

@brucew : Thanks for the e-vidéos

Today, Seagull Performer and Alvarez AP66ESB parlor : they share only two specs, say nut width and color !

Same a yesterday, playing some Famous Classical Themes.

It was bagpipe jam day again so the Beneteau flattops got duty, 6 and 12 strings.

Godin day : 5th Avenue and Seagull Performer playing some Alexander’s arrangements again.

Mostly the 12 string today. Even dug out a g harmonica for cousin mary.

Collings OM1 still caught by Allan Alexander’s arragments of Celtic and Irish pieces…

Aria AC-80 (nylon) playing classical pieces from « Flingerpicking Classical » tab book, going through forward in standard tuning, then backward in drop D to play the other pieces as well : I was amazed years ago to find some arrangements of reknowned classical pieces in drop D.

Roots-Picker said:

Today I enjoyed some Sunday morning noodling on my Ted Thompson T3C. This guitar loves drop-D tuning and never disappoints; played “Take A Giant Step” (Taj Mahal style), such an enduring tune! Happy Super Bowl Sunday to my fellow pickers!…
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Very nice. I used to babysit a friend’s Ted Thompson for long periods while he was travelling around the world. Understated elegance and killer tone.

Lovely acoustic @Mooh , thanks for sharing. Is this one a T3 jumbo sized body or a T1 model with the Larrivee L body style?
I found my T3C totally by accident on Kijiji, from a local Calgary seller had just bought another Thompson, this one a spruce/maple dreadnaught. Personally, I much prefer the tone of my guitar and feel extremely fortunate to have acquired it. (These don’t turn up very often!…) 🙏🏻