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- Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:52 am
- Forum: Gordon's Music
- Topic: Just flying the flag...
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Yeah - I started off with one thumb and finger, but then found you could do bigger chords using another finger. Never got to more than that because I needed the last two to stop me hand falling off the scratchplate. I got that guitar off some bloke in Fulham. Then I noticed it had two of those stick...
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:38 pm
- Forum: Gordon's Music
- Topic: Just flying the flag...
- Replies: 5
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Nice to see somebody else on that thread flying another flag for Rev Gary Davis - the first acoustic guitarist I wanted to emulate. Poles apart from Gordon in style, but what technique, and what emotion! I was studying in Cambridge when he came to the Cambridge Folk Festival shortly before he died, ...
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:47 pm
- Forum: Guitar Anoraks Forum
- Topic: The short life of strings
- Replies: 6
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Talking of strings, like guitars we're spoiled for choice nowadays. I don't know if anyone remembers when bronze strings became available, but when I got my first steel-string in 1970 (Ariana acoustic, used, £15 - still gig with it and great for recording) Harry Anderton in Guildford just sold me Bl...
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:13 pm
- Forum: Guitar Anoraks Forum
- Topic: Article on the new GG signature guitar...
- Replies: 5
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I'm amazed how they can produce a signature model that cheap - assuming it lives up to prototype expectations, of course. I reckon that's about the equivalent price of a Yammy FG180 back in the 70s, and that was head and shoulders above the Ekos, Hofners and other acoustics in that price range. I ec...
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:57 am
- Forum: Gordon's Music
- Topic: When / where did you first see Gordon play?
- Replies: 116
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