Geezer, What a great Ry Cooder story! It reminds me of Eric Clapton using a bunch of tiny Pignose amps on one of his albums for the sound he wanted. The difference is that I read the story and you actually hang out with guys like Ry Cooder!
I busked with my cigar box guitar yesterday and it was a huge hit. Because it is quieter it drew the people closer to my money box! I alternated using it and my Tricone. I never plug any of my guitars in directly, I use condenser mikes off the guitar in clubs. My CBG doesn't have a pickup which is what the guy in that video who built it was using. I will post a video of me playing this thing soon. It was so amazing to see a crowd form around this tiny primitive instrument without an amp. It was a scene from Vicksburg in the 20's. Here is a guy with the more delicate and, for me, more interesting sound of guitar without the pickup: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kA1FdvwWhm4 I got a real North Mississippi hill county voodoo rhythm going in open G# and played harp with it. I will definitely include one cut on my next CD with this guitar, the sound is hypnotic. Turq, your neighbor would love this thing. It is a roots man's wet dream! --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Hey Geezer, > > > > Check out this site for the guy who built my new cigar box guitar! > > The thing is so Delta and primitive I am loving life. Tuned to open G > > on 4 strings. This is the old, old school! > > http://homepage.mac.com/bjagitsch/PhotoAlbum63.html > > If you scroll down you can see a video of him playing one. > > > Whoa Curtis! Those things look and sound unholy as hell! That's not a sound you're gonna > find at any NAAM show. > > Some time back I worked on several sessions w/ Ry Cooder. I asked if there was anything > he needed...he said " 20 gallon galvanized trash can". I said, OK fine figuring he was > planning on generating a lot of trash. (With Ry you never know.) We got the trash can, he > shoved it up against his amp, taped down the handles, took the mics we had carefully > placed on the amp, and pointed them about 2 inches from the center of the (now lying on > its side) trash can and began to play. I'm here to tell you it was a ragged ass thing of > beauty, like a harmongus resonator. > > No digital effect can make that sound and none can match those cigar box jobbies either! >
