Guitars in weird venues. . . sort of.

[mr. beaumont]

I'll play acoustic blues on any acoustic I pick up.

I've played church music on a cranked tele with a wah pedal, but it was Chicago gospel, not CCM.

[llew]

Originally Posted by mr. beaumont

I'll play acoustic blues on any acoustic I pick up.

I've played church music on a cranked tele with a wah pedal, but it was Chicago gospel, not CCM.

Hey Jeff...I gotta rockabilly version of "How Great Thou Art"...if it works?

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by Guitarplayer_PR

Have you played bluegrass with anything other than a Martin (or any other brand popular with the bluegrass community) dread?

Have you played acoustic blues with anything other than a Gibson L-00?

Have you played church music with anything other than a Taylor 814?

Have you played Celtic music with anything other than a Lowden?

Have you played acoustic metal with anything other than an Ovation?

Yes - in order:

1. Taylor 420, Ovation Custom Balladeer, Godin 5th Avenue acoustic archtop
2. Gibson postwar script-logo L-7, Godin 5th Avenue acoustic archtop, Martin D-15S
3. Harmony Broadway archtop, Guild F-212XL, Gibson B45-12, Martin D-45, Ovation Custom Balladeer, Guild JF30-12, Martin D-15S, Rainsong JM1000, Rainsong JM3000; '64 Gretsch 6117, Gibson LE Studio LP goldtop/P-90, Godin CW II
4. Rainsong JM1000, Martin D-15S, Avalon A-201, Taylor LE 420e baritone
5. No, but I had a a college bud with a killer Guild F-50R - used to do a solo version of "Purple Haze" and make that big rosewood body rumble and feed back, lost nothing in the translation to acoustic

Originally Posted by llew

...I gotta rockabilly version of "How Great Thou Art"...

On my last long-term church gig we did a "Nashville contemporary" version, as well as a reggae version of "Refiner's Fire" that raised a few eyebrows...

[Sadie-f]

If I ever play worship music it will be death metal on my rosewood strat style in Jaques basement venue.

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by Guitarplayer_PR

Have you played bluegrass with anything other than a Martin (or any other brand popular with the bluegrass community) dread?

Yes, since 1998 I played a 12 fret Collings dread in all my bands.

Have you played acoustic blues with anything other than a Gibson L-00?

Never owned an l-00 despite trying to find a good one. This is where my Waterloo WL12 and my National Estralita come in.

Have you played church music with anything other than a Taylor 814?

I don't frequent such places and where I live I'm told that the only music to be heard is an ancient organ played by an equally ancient old lady.

Have you played Celtic music with anything other than a Lowden?

Celtic ? please! I am a Sassenach!

Have you played acoustic metal with anything other than an Ovation?

What IS acoustic metal pray tell ? Ovation? -Oh dear no, best not.

Tell your stories

[casualmusic]

Originally Posted by Guitarplayer_PR

Have you played bluegrass with anything other than a Martin (or any other brand popular with the bluegrass community) dread?

Have you played Celtic music with anything other than a Lowden?

Tell your stories

Started playing guitars a few years ago. My priority is song circles indoors and outdoors. Have bought just three guitars; after playing and passing on dozens at $600, then $1000, and then more. I’m satisfied and not looking.

- Fender Concert Pro: Very good red spruce and mahogany voice. After a year or so the tone became bigger and fuller. Experimental model built in the Guild custom shop with the right stuff and electric guitar style maple neck with inline tuners.

- CA Cargo: Compact comfortable practice guitar. Not loud enough for song circles. Inexpensive entree to carbon fibre bought for the usual reasons.

- RainSong dreadnaught: Effortless big dreadnaught voice. Its carbon fibre tone is dry like mahogany and a bit piano-ish. Dark copper burst paint job.

- GoldTone AC-4 tenor banjo: Polycarbonate open back 4-string tuned as Irish tenor. Loud enough, compact, lightweight, durable like carbon fibre, inexpensive.


Bluegrass other than Martin:
- In our region participants bring a wide variety of brands and sizes; about 20% Martins split 50/50 dread and 000. People talk about songs and almost never comment on guitars. One newcomer (studio sound engineer) did bring a Martin LX (!!) for a couple months until persuaded it wasn’t loud enough.

- I brought the Fender and no one said a word except to say it sounded good. I think they meant the guitar not the player.
- Brought the Cargo, and after two rounds a quiet voice from the other side said “please play louder”. I passed for the rest of the evening and the Cargo never went back.
- Brought the RainSong and got a few nods. People don’t know it’s carbon fibre and I don’t mention it.
- I bring the GoldTone when carpooling space is scarce. It’s loud enough and gets no comments.

Celtic other than Lowden:
- The Fender adds a dry crisp voice to the mix. Great on fiddle tunes.
- Didn’t bother taking the Cargo. No, nope, never. No never no no.
- The RainSong fits in well. The burst finish gets a little side eye. People don’t know it’s carbon fibre.
- The GoldTone Irish tenor banjo? Hey, Irish is Celtic. A few notice the polycarbonate and ask.


Cheers.

[J Patrick]

…with regards to the title of the post… I once played a gig in a yarn shop…that was weird….sort of…

….with regards to genre bending instrumentation….everything I play on my Deering Solana6 nylon string banjo guitar sounds cool but quite different from what you would hear on most any other guitar…