12 String songs - Attn Pickers and strummers...
12-String Songs
Not sure what songs are 12 string songs but "Greenwich Time" sounds like a 12 to me. Sounds like a 12 string lead on "Medicine Hat"... very Byrds-y when that lead comes in, though it doesn't last long.
12 string
My son fixed the computer. There were bugs crawling in and out of the hard drive. I love the sound of the 12 string and all the ideas flouting about on how to get that sound. I bet if you dig into the mix of a lot of Jays material there's 12 string whichery going on. Any way it's good to be back after a month of work and just playing music..
From the chilly shores of Lake Superior...
From the chilly shores of Lake Superior...
I have been looking. I have a Takamine 6 string that I really like. I want a Martin, but ya know, don't want to sell my truck to get one. My brother has a Lys 12 string, made by Godin in Canada, it is a really nice one and very nice to play. He got a pretty good deal on eBay as well.
My electric is a '78 Gibson RD Custom, which is a great guitar, kind of rare, and I got it CHEAP.
Now if I could just play it better it would be worth having these.
Practice Practice Practice.
My electric is a '78 Gibson RD Custom, which is a great guitar, kind of rare, and I got it CHEAP.
Now if I could just play it better it would be worth having these.
Practice Practice Practice.
If we're talking about the same thing I've always reffered to it as high-strung. Where you use the octave set of strings from a twelve string on a regular guitar. It's generally more of a studio thing that people do instead of using a twelve string. Play the guitar parts on a regular guitar, then overdub the hich strung and you get a much bigger "Jangly" sound than if you used a 12 string alone. The other trick a lot of people do with it is to hang safety pins off the strings at the bridge end, that way you get a kind of eastern sitar sound.
Nashville Tuning
What would be an example of a Jay song in Nashville tuning?
I know he has one of his Bonzaniga (sp?) tuned that way. Isn't that using the high octive strings in a 12 string set, so that a 6 string sounds like a 12?
I play guitar, basic 6 acoustic and noisy electric. Want another acoustic to setup Nashiville, and want a 12 string.
I know he has one of his Bonzaniga (sp?) tuned that way. Isn't that using the high octive strings in a 12 string set, so that a 6 string sounds like a 12?
I play guitar, basic 6 acoustic and noisy electric. Want another acoustic to setup Nashiville, and want a 12 string.
12 String songs - Attn Pickers and strummers...
Does anybody know any other 12 string songs from JF other than Slate or Out on the Road (i think sounds a bit 12 stringish)
Based on this article
http://www.jayfarrar.net/press/uncut0104.htm
he must be a big fan of Byrds/McGuinn and the Rickenbacker 12 string sound. So I was thinking what songs he did with a 12 string.
(I also would like to find a few more Jay songs that would sound good with a 12 string) Or even though not made with a 12 string... What would have sounded good that way?
Based on this article
http://www.jayfarrar.net/press/uncut0104.htm
he must be a big fan of Byrds/McGuinn and the Rickenbacker 12 string sound. So I was thinking what songs he did with a 12 string.
(I also would like to find a few more Jay songs that would sound good with a 12 string) Or even though not made with a 12 string... What would have sounded good that way?