Some great slide guitar playing from Sonny Landreth
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skyydogg01
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Re: Some great slide guitar playing from Sonny Landreth
Sonny Landreth is awesome. I saw him at the NO Jazz Fest a few years back. I could have listened to him all day
Sonny Landreth is awesome. I saw him at the NO Jazz Fest a few years back. I could have listened to him all day
STRATDELUXER97
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Re: Some great slide guitar playing from Sonny Landreth
I Love him..I have the release that has EJ and EC on it..Great stuff!
I Love him..I have the release that has EJ and EC on it..Great stuff!
Lewguitar
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Re: Some great slide guitar playing from Sonny Landreth
We used to see him playing around Boulder regularly. Sonny used to live here.
I went ahead and subscribed to the lessons. I need to learn more of that stuff - especially the complimentary things like the behind the slide stuff where you play notes behind the slide and the string length behind the slide rings underneath the slide itself.
I need need pretty high action to do that but it opens up a lot of melodic and rhythmic possibilities.
We used to see him playing around Boulder regularly. Sonny used to live here.
I went ahead and subscribed to the lessons. I need to learn more of that stuff - especially the complimentary things like the behind the slide stuff where you play notes behind the slide and the string length behind the slide rings underneath the slide itself.
I need need pretty high action to do that but it opens up a lot of melodic and rhythmic possibilities.
Lewguitar
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Re: Some great slide guitar playing from Sonny Landreth
Here's my slide guitar. It's a 1980-something MIJ Fender Tele Custom. Alder body - not basswood or poplar.
I put a Joe Barden bridge on it with a cutaway on the treble side for palm muting.
Duncan Jerry Donahue pickup and Lindy Fralin Vintage Hot Strat neck pickup.
Heavy strings with a wound G string.
I keep it in open E or open A most of the time.
Here's my slide guitar. It's a 1980-something MIJ Fender Tele Custom. Alder body - not basswood or poplar.
I put a Joe Barden bridge on it with a cutaway on the treble side for palm muting.
Duncan Jerry Donahue pickup and Lindy Fralin Vintage Hot Strat neck pickup.
Heavy strings with a wound G string.
I keep it in open E or open A most of the time.
Re: Some great slide guitar playing from Sonny Landreth
I love his playing but its not really practical for me. I typically only play one guitar for a show and switch back and forth between slide and fretted all the time. its a great technique but it requires the action to be higher than I like for fretted playing and not using open tunings really limits you as well. ive seen him a bunch of times and its always impressive
I love his playing but its not really practical for me. I typically only play one guitar for a show and switch back and forth between slide and fretted all the time. its a great technique but it requires the action to be higher than I like for fretted playing and not using open tunings really limits you as well. ive seen him a bunch of times and its always impressive
Lewguitar
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Re: Some great slide guitar playing from Sonny Landreth
All true.
But I like the sound of open tunings and my acoustic guitars are usually in open tunings.
I learned to play slide on my acoustic guitars in open tunings and then applied that to my electric guitars. So it feels natural to me to use open tunings.
And I don't mind having a couple of guitars onstage.
It's kind of fun to show them off.
All true.
But I like the sound of open tunings and my acoustic guitars are usually in open tunings.
I learned to play slide on my acoustic guitars in open tunings and then applied that to my electric guitars. So it feels natural to me to use open tunings.
And I don't mind having a couple of guitars onstage.
It's kind of fun to show them off.
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