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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Wed Jul 23, 2003 8:55 am

how does he (and other acoustic blues artists) get such a steel-y sound outta his guitar? are all his strings like the B and e strings on a regular acoustic?
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Unread post by fatjack » Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:21 am

Dancing Ants wrote:how does he (and other acoustic blues artists) get such a steel-y sound outta his guitar? are all his strings like the B and e strings on a regular acoustic?
not so much, its all about the tone of the guitar, not the strings...
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Unread post by gcom007 » Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:41 am

Buddy Guy is more of an electric guy
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Unread post by dustin » Wed Jul 23, 2003 4:57 pm

he is playing more acoustic right now gcom. he just came out with a acoustic cd
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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Wed Jul 23, 2003 7:28 pm

anyone know what kind of Gibson that is he's playing? Looks alot like Dave's Taylor 12-string, size wise..
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:00 am

My mom saw this guy in Chicago a few months ago, she was amazed, if yall havent heard him go buy some of his stuff, or dl it.
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