Guitar Heroes - Mentors of AGF

[AcousticDreams]

There are So many wonderful Mentors on AGF, who have freely offered up their lifetime of experience covering every aspect of the acoustic guitar. I have formed some great relations with many of the members.

This is a shout out to an exceptional AGF Mentor & Guitar Hero = Doug Young.

I had the extreme pleasure of spending an afternoon with Doug a couple of days ago. We experimented with various microphone placements & recording techniques.

There is nothing more revealing like first hand experimentation. I learned so much in just a short time.

And all the time Doug and I were just like little kids, smiling, laughing and excited to explore any and all dimensions involving the process of recording acoustic guitar.

A super guitarist - but more importantly; possibly the nicest, most helpful, friendliest Acoustic guitar person I have ever met, with not a drop of ego anywhere to be found.
For those of you not familiar with Doug, he has a great You tube channel displaying some of his music, guitar instruction and valuable recording techniques.
Thanks so much Doug! You are forever Young when you play your acoustic guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClo...sTuJV_lOhDGLBQ

[Glennwillow]

Doug Young has been a longtime asset to the AGF! I have always appreciated his contributions to the AGF. He is a classy guy and he is one classy guitar player, as well!

- Glenn

[jaymarsch]

Doug has been a friendly supporter of many of us. 15 years ago when I was considering ordering a custom Wingert, he graciously agreed to meet me and let me check out his Wingert. He is s wonderful player, composer, and arranger. And a fine teacher. A classy guy for sure.

Best,
Jayne

[Doug Young]

My ears are burning (and I'm blushing). Thanks all. Victor, it was great to meet you, always fun to hang out and mess around in the studio!

[UncleJesse]

That's awesome! I'm hoping to find some other players around me I could play and experiment with.

[pf400]

No "like" button to hit so I'm probably posting for LOTS of folks, to acknowledge Doug's contributions.

[Aura]

Just checked out Doug's channel and music. Lovely playing sir.

[Brushwood]

Originally Posted by Knives&Guitars

For those of you not familiar with Doug, he has a great You tube channel displaying some of his music, guitar instruction and valuable recording techniques.
Thanks so much Doug! You are forever Young when you play your acoustic guitar. [/INDENT]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClo...sTuJV_lOhDGLBQ

So glad I found this forum and community not so long ago. What a great way to wake up and have with my 1st cup of coffee...Doug Young's instruction and playing his Leo-Kottke-style Lesson...took my worries right away (though now I want to find a 12 string while I'm just starting to thin the heard. Thank you Knives&Guitars for starting this thread and introducing me to Doug Young, thank you Doug Young and thank you AGF.

[M19]

Player and composer extraordinaire. Catch this!

[gitarro]

I am fully in agreement with the praise for Doug Y Young - only yesterday he responded with further generous advice on my pickup question and he has done this for a great many other threads over the years.

[reeve21]

Thanks Doug, and all you other world class players and talented pros and hobbyists who gladly share your time and talents with the AGF!

[SprintBob]

A shout out to Doug and also to Eric Skye. I had some recording questions that I posted once and Doug took the time to send me several PM's and I was just blown away at how helpful he was. Eric is always posting great stuff here and once I asked him about how he preps his Alaska Piks and he took the time to make me a personal video showing me just that.

Two standup guys for sure that are so generous to our community.