Heard This Piece On The Radio Tonight
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She is using it with 11 strings. Never seen this before.
Markus :smile:
Markus :smile:
steve488
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I distinctly remember back in the spring of '73 finishing a music session at a youth rally in Denver with just 11 strings. We had 2 un-miked guitars and were having to play pretty hard to get the music to the 1000 or so kids in the room. In the middle of one song the high G string broke..... and kindly embedded the loose end in the back of my right hand! Very unpleasant when you are not in a position to stop & remove it.....
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fantastic, what a great approach. that is a F212 or F212XL?
cool
cool
wileypickett
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It is a Guild F312. I was also on this bill (playing my DV72) with Kaki King and played her guitar backstage just before she went on. Nice sounding instrument! She'd just bought the guitar a few days prior to the show.
All my 12-strings are 10-strings. I don't use double courses on the B and E strings.
All my 12-strings are 10-strings. I don't use double courses on the B and E strings.
idealassets
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No cracks at all in her guitar. She knows how to treat it right. Guitar is in perfect condition.
Also good at the primitive finger picking, you keep playing that celestial sounding vibe there girl.
Also good at the primitive finger picking, you keep playing that celestial sounding vibe there girl.
Quantum Strummer
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I know a guy who plays a Rickie 12 with the unison B & high E removed. I think he also uses a unison G rather than an octave.
Kaki King is a heckuva player for sure.
-Dave-
Kaki King is a heckuva player for sure.
-Dave-
jcwu
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I looked again carefully, and if you watch the video full-screen and look from 0:45 to 0:55, you'll see that she has all 12 strings.
I'm not well versed with 12-string guitars, but it looks like the high string on the low E is really thin, and the high string on the low A is actually thicker.
But that is a captivating-sounding guitar, and well-played at that!
jcwu, you are right! Thanks for pointing it out.
wileypickett
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The guitar played well and sounded good but it was not in "perfect condition" by any stretch.
But the condition had more to do with whoever was the original owner, as King acquired the guitar only a day or two before our show.
Her strings were a combination of electric and acoustic strings, with, as I recall, heavy gauge electric guitar strings for the low E and A.
But the condition had more to do with whoever was the original owner, as King acquired the guitar only a day or two before our show.
Her strings were a combination of electric and acoustic strings, with, as I recall, heavy gauge electric guitar strings for the low E and A.