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Post by gonzo500 on Sept 7, 2014 12:01:02 GMT
Hello, I'm in the market for a high end acoustic guitar and I love that warm Grateful dead acoustic sound. Any ideas?
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pegleghowell
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Post by pegleghowell on Sept 7, 2014 13:57:44 GMT
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Post by ocarolan on Sept 7, 2014 14:59:10 GMT
If you're talking about recorded sound, don't forget that every element in the recording and playback has an effect on the finished sound.
What is your experience of acoustic guitars so far/ What has come close to what your ears want to hear?
....and welcome to the Forum!
Keith
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Post by Trevor TAMCO on Sept 8, 2014 16:35:10 GMT
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Post by walkingdecay on Sept 11, 2014 9:35:45 GMT
Jerry favoured a Martin D18 around the time of American Beauty and Workingman's Dead, though seemed to favour a D28 later on. His concert workhorse, heard on many of those mid-period acoustic sets, was a Takamine EF360S.
That said, it should always be remembered that the warmth in Jerry's sound came from his particular right hand attack. He was very adept at controlling strings and accenting passages with grace notes, and he used the whole palette of the fretboard. For instance, he'd go for a fatter sound on some high notes by playing them on lower strings. David Grisman has pointed out that his sound was amazingly consistent across acoustic and electric instruments. Jerry always sounded like Jerry.
His timing is also interesting, skipping around the beat in a jazzy way and often suggesting a triplet feel even in four time. The American Beauty version of Friend Of the Devil happens to be a classic example of the latter.
Speaking of that version of Friend Of The Devil, I hear an echo of Jerry's bluegrass hero Clarence White in the semi-crosspicked approach and in the way the melody is suggested through the chords. Judging by the pace it seems to be more Robert Hunter's vision of the song than Jerry's, by the way. Hunter plays it at a fair lick even now, like a Marty Robbins gunfighter ballad, but in Jerry's latterday versions it was taken at mid- or even slow-pace and was far more reflective.
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