Neal
Senior Member
Played my first Friday night gig in a local bar last night, accompanied by an old friend and good player on lead guitar and mandolin.
First set, I played a lot of songs in open-tuning on the D-212. Man, those 12 strings really ring out in open tuning, and combined with the 8 strings of his mandolin, there were 20 strings total involved in the tone, from the highest highs to the lowest lows. Very cool! I even played slide on the 12-string a bit, which is like gasoline on the fire!
Since my friend's '60's Martin D-18 has a broken pickup, he played my F-47R, and was so impressed with it that I loaned it to him for the next few weeks while I am on vacation.
For the rest of the show, I alternated between the big jumbo F-50, and a square-neck dobro. At one point, we were playing dobro and mandolin, which is an interesting tonal combination.
Lots of fun, and made $120 to split!
First set, I played a lot of songs in open-tuning on the D-212. Man, those 12 strings really ring out in open tuning, and combined with the 8 strings of his mandolin, there were 20 strings total involved in the tone, from the highest highs to the lowest lows. Very cool! I even played slide on the 12-string a bit, which is like gasoline on the fire!
Since my friend's '60's Martin D-18 has a broken pickup, he played my F-47R, and was so impressed with it that I loaned it to him for the next few weeks while I am on vacation.
For the rest of the show, I alternated between the big jumbo F-50, and a square-neck dobro. At one point, we were playing dobro and mandolin, which is an interesting tonal combination.
Lots of fun, and made $120 to split!
