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Post by earthbalm on Mar 17, 2016 13:30:13 GMT
I've just been watching the videos on the Brook Guitars website and I particularly enjoyed the playing of Phil Taylor. Does anybody know anything about him? Thanks, Dale
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Post by Martin on Mar 17, 2016 13:35:49 GMT
Sure, Phil is a member on here Phil Taylor and a well-known Brook-fancier Lovely player and very nice fella (from his brief appearances at Halifax )
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Post by earthbalm on Mar 17, 2016 13:45:36 GMT
Thank you Martin. Now to ask him about a partial capo he uses on one of the tunes.
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Post by earthbalm on Mar 17, 2016 14:53:30 GMT
Have the information I sought from Phil's Youtube channel. It's in my favourite tuning - Csus2 / Cadd9 with a partial capo. Could listen to it all day on a loop!
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Post by Martin on Mar 17, 2016 15:21:41 GMT
Good stuff, Dale!
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Post by leoroberts on Mar 17, 2016 18:38:42 GMT
I'm sure Phil Taylor will be on here soon - but he's currently sunning himself in Spain
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Post by Phil Taylor on Mar 23, 2016 20:09:12 GMT
Hi Dale - just got back from Spain as leoroberts was right Well, thanks very much Dale for your kind comments and I'm glad you found out what you needed. I would like to add that I first learnt a tune written by Rob Jessep called 'A Sunday Morning In January' which uses this tuning with a partial capo so its thanks to @robbiej for getting me into it. Cheers Phil
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Post by earthbalm on Mar 23, 2016 20:32:00 GMT
Thanks Phil. You've inspired me to get a partial capo over the Easter break. Not sure whether to go with a "Drop D" partial capo or the "DADGAD" partial capo. I know they don't actually give you these tunings. I loved the way you were able to play behind the capo, if you follow me. Which would you recommend first? Thanks, Dale
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Post by Phil Taylor on Mar 23, 2016 21:06:11 GMT
Hi Dale.
Partial capos are great for coming up with your own tunes and all I can tell you is the order of things that I did it in and which tunes came out of them. I started with a capo across 5 strings in standard leaving the bottom E - 'Whiddon Down' and followed by a partial capo across 4 strings the other way in dropped D which give a DADGAD effect which produced a few tunes - 'After Clouds, Sunshine', 'New Beginnings' and a few more.
I followed that with 'Indigo' which was in DADGAD with a partial capo on the 3rd fret covering strings 2, 3 and 4 and this was the first time I played behind the capo which I had seen Robbie Jessep doing and this led on to 'From Covington Wood' in Csus2.
I just got in to it gradually so I suppose that's the best way to go. I must say that basically all I did was stick them on and play around until something happens.
I know I keep mentioning @robbiej (I suspect Rob gets fed up of it actually ) - you should check his stuff out. His latest tunes both use a partial capo. These are 'Sally In The Woods' and the sublime 'The Lady In The Woods' which he played it for me in his lounge sat in exactly the same spot in the video and I recall I got goose bumps at the time and still do. Robs been a big influence.
Hope this helps.
Phil
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Post by earthbalm on Mar 23, 2016 21:14:29 GMT
Hi Dale.
Partial capos are great for coming up with your own tunes and all I can tell you is the order of things that I did it in and which tunes came out of them. I started with a capo across 5 strings in standard leaving the bottom E - 'Whiddon Down' and followed by a partial capo across 4 strings the other way in dropped D which give a DADGAD effect which produced a few tunes - 'After Clouds, Sunshine', 'New Beginnings' and a few more.
I followed that with 'Indigo' which was in DADGAD with a partial capo on the 3rd fret covering strings 2, 3 and 4 and this was the first time I played behind the capo which I had seen Robbie Jessep doing and this led on to 'From Covington Wood' in Csus2.
I just got in to it gradually so I suppose that's the best way to go. I must say that basically all I did was stick them on and play around until something happens.
I know I keep mentioning @robbiej (I suspect Rob gets fed up of it actually ) - you should check his stuff out. His latest tunes both use a partial capo. These are 'Sally In The Woods' and the sublime 'The Lady In The Woods' which he played it for me in his lounge sat in exactly the same spot in the video and I recall I got goose bumps at the time and still do. Robs been a big influence.
Hope this helps.
Phil
Thanks Phil, I'll check out @robbiej as soon as possible. The Easter break is nearly here and I intend working on my guitar through most of it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2016 6:56:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2016 12:29:59 GMT
As an update to my thread on Partial capos, I have recently gone back to using a shubb partial 3 string capo, having been playing with the g7th newport for a couple of years now.
It was interesting looking back on my initial thoughts on the newport, and I still stand by them- it is a pretty looking thing, but lacking in some design elements that make it a practical long term piece of professional equipment. The ‘arm’ needs to be a little bit higher to allow sufficient clearing for the outer string, and it needs to be more secure, as it can be very easily knocked out of position.
And interestingly, as soon as I started to use the shubb again I noticed an improvement in tone on the capoed strings, and I note that this was my thought in the original review. Funny how a capo can affect tone, but it certainly does in the case.
The perfectly designed partial is not yet in existence, but the shut is as good as it gets at the moment.
Having said that I notice that Harvey Reid’s site is now selling their own design of capo called the Liberty Flip- right be worth a try?
Robbie
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