"Behind Every Beautiful Thing" DADGAD original w/ Lowden f-23

[Dustinfurlow]

Hey all,

I've spent the last 2 1/2 years working this one out. I originally wrote a majority of this tune with a Lowden F-25 (cedar/rosewood) and have never been fully satisfied playing this tune on anything but cedar-topped Lowdens. It's a strange thing, just feels right. The Lowden in this video is a 1999 F-23 (cedar/walnut) and it's just a soulful instrument.

I'm beyond grateful for the world of fingerstyle guitar in that I don't always need to rely on my words - they'd fall short if I tried to explain this piece and where/when it originated. Hopefully it makes sense to someone, somewhere.

Thanks as always for listening!

https://youtu.be/6TjlIOAOuvQ

[rick-slo]

Good job and thanks for sharing. Cedar tops do have their own tonal thing going on.

[philjs]

Lovely, as usual, Dustin. A beautiful tune, some very interesting voicings there...

And ya know I gotta love cedar-top Lowdens!

Phil

[mvguitar]

You could play that on anything and it’d sound excellent! Just a perfect melody. Totally impressed by this one dude!

[MikeMcKee]

Nice. Inspiring as always. Thanks for sharing.

[Organic Sounds Select Guitars]

That was terrific, Dustin. Great stuff! Nice recording quality of that great sounding Lowden as well.

[MrEd]

"I've spent the last 2 1/2 years working this one out"
Time well spent Dustin.
Just amazing.

Mike

[Dustinfurlow]

Originally Posted by philjs

Lovely, as usual, Dustin. A beautiful tune, some very interesting voicings there...

And ya know I gotta love cedar-top Lowdens!

Phil

Absolutely man, thank you for listening. I love how responsive it is!

Originally Posted by mvguitar

You could play that on anything and it’d sound excellent! Just a perfect melody. Totally impressed by this one dude!

Thanks Matt! Admittedly it’s a lot easier to play on the Beneteau’s, because of their wider and slimmer necks. The Lowden’s voice for DADGAD is just so hard to beat!

Originally Posted by MikeMcKee

Nice. Inspiring as always. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks buddy

[Dustinfurlow]

Originally Posted by MrEd

"I've spent the last 2 1/2 years working this one out"
Time well spent Dustin.
Just amazing.

Mike

Thank you Mike! It’s really relaxing to play

Originally Posted by LWSog

That was terrific, Dustin. Great stuff! Nice recording quality of that great sounding Lowden as well.

Thanks man! Flat EQ through an Allen and Heath mixer, just added some reverb

Originally Posted by rick-slo

Good job and thanks for sharing. Cedar tops do have their own tonal thing going on.

Yeah man, very warm and sweet in the trebles.thanks for listening!

[Wrighty]

Really enjoyed that Dustin, thanks for sharing. It’s clear how much time and commitment has gone into it..

[Dustinfurlow]

Originally Posted by Wrighty

Really enjoyed that Dustin, thanks for sharing. It’s clear how much time and commitment has gone into it..

Thanks buddy! I’m excited to see where it goes from here. Thanks for listenin’

[Glennwillow]

Very, very nice, Dustin! I really enjoyed that! And I do agree with you that the piece sounds lovely on that Lowden with its cedar top!

That is a complex piece. I can see why you have spent so much time working on this! Well done!!

- Glenn

[Dustinfurlow]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Very, very nice, Dustin! I really enjoyed that! And I do agree with you that the piece sounds lovely on that Lowden with its cedar top!

That is a complex piece. I can see why you have spent so much time working on this! Well done!!

- Glenn

Thanks Glenn I hope you and yours are doing well!

[UKPhil]

That's a lovely piece of music

[islandguitar]

Hi Dustin!! I"m late to the party!! Congrats on another wonderful original piece. I realize that these can take time, as you have mentioned..........when it's done......so worth it and time to share! Glad this came together for you!
Fred