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Location: CA | Regarding Jerry Reed — if you type his name into YouTube.com you will get all sorts of old vids of him, a few even with Glen Campbell, although I don't know if it was on the GC show or not. FWIW, none of them show him playing an Ovation, but MANY of them show him playing some sort of unidentified acoustic that appears as though he made cutaway out of a full-bodied guitar — It looks as though he actually sawed the thing off and patched a few pieces of wood over the holes. Pretty crude. Here's a video that shows the guitar, as well as JR's odd picking technique where he doesn't use his index finger. The guy was a maestro tho! |
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Location: CA | Regarding Jerry Reed — if you type his name into YouTube.com you will get all sorts of old vids of him, a few even with Glen Campbell, although I don't know if it was on the GC show or not. FWIW, none of them show him playing an Ovation, but MANY of them show him playing some sort of unidentified acoustic that appears as though he made cutaway out of a full-bodied guitar — It looks as though he actually sawed the thing off and patched a few pieces of wood over the holes. Pretty crude. Here's a video that shows the guitar, as well as JR's odd picking technique where he doesn't use his index finger. The guy was a maestro tho! |
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Location: CA | Oops, forgot the link:
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | There must be something to playing without one of your fingers. Phil Keaggy did it quite well also.
Phil Keaggy on Youtube |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | OH MY ... Check this one out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwq0i6jP7dQ&feature=related |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Sorry ... I got off topic, but this guy is amazing! |
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Location: closely held secret | Yes, he is. You should see him do it live sometime. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I'm really sorry, but I've never seen ANYTHING like this ...
Phil ... Salvation Army Band |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Oddball:
..but MANY of them show him playing some sort of unidentified acoustic that appears as though he made cutaway out of a full-bodied guitar — It looks as though he actually sawed the thing off and patched a few pieces of wood over the holes. Pretty crude. Here's a video that shows the guitar, as well as JR's odd picking technique where he doesn't use his index finger. The guy was a maestro tho! That guitar is an old Baldwin that the Prismatone p/u in it. He did have it modified as a cutaway. He loved that guitar and played it a lot. He former guitar player, Paul Yandell has it now.
As to his picking, when he really got going, he'd tuck his 1st finger up and out of the way, using his thumbpick, middle, and ring finger.
It's sad to say this while he's still alive, but he WAS one helluva a great picker. A true original. A lot of today's great pickers took what he did and ran with it...... |
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| I remember seeing Jerry Reed play with Campbell at the Curtis Hixon convention center in Tampa, back when the Breadwinner was a new guitar. Reed played some blues medleys. That was quite a long time ago... |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Jim,
I too have a 1537 that I have owned since about 1995 or so. It was only my second "real" guitar with a very nice Korean Fender being my first. All others were $30, make your fingers bleed, specials. I thought the Fender was as good as it gets, until I tried the O. I was a full blown convert.
True story that in about 2002, I decided that since I could afford an expensive guitar, I should have one. So, the wife and I packed up the 1537 (too trade it off) went to a GC in the Seattle area, and sat in the "expensive room" for about two hours, sampling Taylors, Martins and anything else they three at me. Played them all in comparison to the 1537.
When we were done, my bride looked at me and said, "explain to me again, why you want one of these".
Well, I did buy a couple of Adamii since then, now owning a 2080. I am also a bass player first, rythym player second. When I want sheer overpowering wood tones and volume, I pull out the 1537 and send the Martin and Taylor boys running for their amplifiers.
Sweet instrument. If you don't have finish cracks yet (just got my first when I took it to Yellowstone a few years ago), make sure you humidify it, although where you live, it may not be as much of a problem. They are harmless, but pristine examples do seem to get a premium should you ever go to sell it. |
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