The 'Dave' guitar sound

[Locarius]

Good luck holding that pick without fingers


Anyway... just kidding.

[filmdude100cms]

Tone is in your fingers.

especially if they're holding a pick. or you're a bass player.

I'm confuzzled

how can your fingers and picks make different tone?

confused too...

okay children, gather round. what i meant was that i thought it was weird to say tone is in your fingers if your a guitar player because you normally use a pick, so its more your attack/technique/rythm that generates the tone. if you're finger picking, then the tone would come from your fingers.

"Tone is in your fingers" is much more applicable to bass players.

eh not really just for bass. i use mostly finger picking except on crazy tim songs, and songs with weird sycopated rythmes that sound too weird without a pick, rant does all finger picking, and macht does like 80% finger picking.

[Aardvark]

Hey, any way you look at it or hear it the Dave sound with an acoustic is just great. Thanks everyone for pitching in. Colorful conversation and obviously folks I'd like to hear more from.

[max]

If you want, check out the main page and see what guitars Dave has played in the past. I believe the Martin HD-28V is a little more expensive than that, but it's what Dave played before he got his signature guitar from Martin. But more than anything, go to a guitar store and mess around with all kinds of guitars, and try to find a sound that you like. So it all depends on what you are looking for. But good luck

It's strange that the "Dave" sound is usually associated with Martins since he plays so much else (including Taylors, which have a completely different sound).

It could be because he seems to favor Martin when playing solo and Taylor with full band, but I can think of enough exceptions that it doesn't seem true.

[GSR]

If you want, check out the main page and see what guitars Dave has played in the past. I believe the Martin HD-28V is a little more expensive than that, but it's what Dave played before he got his signature guitar from Martin. But more than anything, go to a guitar store and mess around with all kinds of guitars, and try to find a sound that you like. So it all depends on what you are looking for. But good luck

It's strange that the "Dave" sound is usually associated with Martins since he plays so much else (including Taylors, which have a completely different sound).

It could be because he seems to favor Martin when playing solo and Taylor with full band, but I can think of enough exceptions that it doesn't seem true.[/quote]

that's one tricky sentence.

but yeah he goes martin for d&t and d&f, and taylor for dmb.

[briguy945]

It's strange that the "Dave" sound is usually associated with Martins since he plays so much else (including Taylors, which have a completely different sound).

It could be because he seems to favor Martin when playing solo and Taylor with full band, but I can think of enough exceptions that it doesn't seem true

This is probably because the Taylors have a brighter sound which will effectively "cut" through the band's "thick" sound better. I believe this is the same reason he used to use the Chet.

[hmm69]

It's strange that the "Dave" sound is usually associated with Martins since he plays so much else (including Taylors, which have a completely different sound).

It could be because he seems to favor Martin when playing solo and Taylor with full band, but I can think of enough exceptions that it doesn't seem true

This is probably because the Taylors have a brighter sound which will effectively "cut" through the band's "thick" sound better. I believe this is the same reason he used to use the Chet.

[Senior Gomez]

so i have an alvarez acoustic electric, w/ a "system 600T" i dont know much about fishman pickups and feedback busters but i love daves sound. could someone help?