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What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)

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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2013-12-23 7:04 PM (#480771)
Subject: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		While looking at BigWaveDave's thread about his Long-Neck last week,
I spotted this Celebrity on d'Bay.
So I added my name to the low-ball bids not thinking that I would win...

So now that I have it, I need to figure-out how to play it.
Yeah, I can put a capo on it and play it like a regular scale guitar...
But where's the fun in that?

Anyway, this is a DSC 247S... So it has a Solid Top, Quintad Bracing, and an OP-24+.
Even when playing it with a capo this thing has a boom to to it.
Must be the bridge location.

The neck is a little bit longer.
But most of that length is in the bridge location, eh?
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stephent28
Posted 2013-12-23 7:55 PM (#480772 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		I play a longneck for 2 reasons.

1st, it makes it easier for me to sing certain songs....so I can use a capo if I want to stay in the original key or drop down a full note for easier vocals all with little effort.

2nd, It fills the room with a much fuller sound.
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MWoody
Posted 2013-12-23 8:22 PM (#480775 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Upper Left USA

Yup, primarily to allow capo and phrasing choices. Try placing the capo across the 1-5 strings second fret for a drop D. Partial/cut capo second fret to maintain chord phrasing and add some drone notes to a tune. Most recorded songs are pushed into higher keys so if you phrase the same you will be in a more manageable key.



Edited by MWoody 2013-12-23 8:24 PM
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elginacres
Posted 2013-12-23 10:13 PM (#480777 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)


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Location: Colorado		Try long Train Runnin, Long tall Sally, Long Cool Woman in black dress, Along came Jones....someelse keep it going
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Darkbar
Posted 2013-12-24 6:34 AM (#480781 - in reply to #480777)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Flahdaw		I'd drop it down an extra step or 2 and play a hundred songs that I currently play capo'd on about the 8th fret
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Slipkid
Posted 2013-12-24 7:31 AM (#480783 - in reply to #480781)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: south east Michigan

I'd use a long neck to handle what I call .... the McCartney note.

"Well the rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun....

and the first one said to the second one there I HOPE you having fun"

.

I've come across a small number of songs where a longneck would come in handy but not enough to buy a specific guitar for and lug it all around.

There is plenty of lower hanging fruit.

.

 



Edited by Slipkid 2013-12-24 7:54 AM
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FlySig
Posted 2013-12-24 9:14 AM (#480785 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Utah		Craig Carothers has a number of songs played one full step low. "That's How Easy Goes" is one example.
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elginacres
Posted 2013-12-24 10:06 AM (#480789 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)


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Location: Colorado		the long and winding road
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Slipkid
Posted 2013-12-24 11:13 AM (#480794 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: south east Michigan		a couple Badfinger tunes
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Damon67
Posted 2013-12-24 3:56 PM (#480798 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Jet City		There's lots of tunes done on a baritone. My longneck is usually tuned down to b.
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TAFKAR
Posted 2013-12-24 7:16 PM (#480804 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Sydney, Australia		'Most people I know (think that I'm crazy)' by Billy Thorpe was performed one semitone lower than standard tuning - longneck in D with capo 1 hits the spot. Buy heavy strings (14s) and it will rumble your belly
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bigwavedave
Posted 2013-12-25 2:13 AM (#480813 - in reply to #480771)
Subject: Re: What do I play on a Long-Neck? (or what do YOU play)



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Location: Central East Coast Florida		Congrats on the guitar! I've had mine just over a week now and I can't put it down! The rumble and overall sound is just amazing! I put D'Addario heavy's on it (which I have to admit felt like stringing it with piano wire) but were the right call. They handle the overall length nicely.

For me, song wise, anything floating around the E-F-G range. Breakdown, Redemption Song, Jack and Diane and Southern Cross to name a few. As mentioned, a lot of Beatles tunes. Eagles songs too. It also sounds really good finger picking.

Enjoy!

Edited by bigwavedave 2013-12-25 2:22 AM
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