Mysterious Guitar Fingerpicking

[mrscorp43]

you're sick

[wahmyboot]

Nice harmonics :)

[alucardisdumb]

i have an ovation knock off and i like even though it needs more work done.

very fluid heart filled picking by the player.

[Frescofan92]

teach me.

[jaknife1102]

@1lupus This is one of Ovation's more recent guitars. Also its not a very high end one... probably one of their "celebrity" series. I own a much older version, it has a standard sound hole, but the thing that sets it apart is its molded back. Not only does it have a really nice feel to it, but it has a very strong sound to it. Granted it is a little bit bright for some folk, but i really enjoy it.

[1lupus]

@jaknife1102 LOL I have since seen some of the higher end ovations and they don't sound too bad at all. This just happened to be the first time I had heard one and it was not a good introduction to the brand. But as I said some of their instruments that I have heard since are sweet. My ear likes the Paul Reed Smith Hollowbodies but my wallet doesn't.

[paranoid8tripper]

it would be better with less echo

[EastCoast515]

Dude, what are you talking about? Drop D and half a step down are not alternate tunings. They make hardly any difference. Anyway, playing an instrumental half a step down is pointless because people only tune down from standard to accomodate a singers comfortable singing range.

[fleaandstump]

I don't tune down for the singer, I tune to drop D because I can play chords faster and most songs I write are in D.

[hesham8]

You play guitar. The most comfortable keys for guitar, which are incidentally the keys that most music is written in for the instrument, are G and its relative minor, Em.

When you say you "play chords faster", you do not. If you mean you play the simplified mess called a "rock power chord", you're right. Though I hope you don't drop it to D to use the D as a pedal point.

[Hoopermazing]

That's not necessarily true. People play in lowered standard tunings because they want less tension on the strings... for bending or perhaps to more easily barre chords.

[pollipore]

very good, i like it

[gfdmb11]

mysterious?

[Pyroguy92]

I still do not understand why so many god damn people do not tune their frikken guitar before posting a video of them playing...soo annoying, i mean it takes like 3 minutes!!come on!!

[hayleycutie1312]

like 10 seconds if you know what a g.d. guitar is...

[bloozeman1969]

i thought it sounded

[joshizle]

you play as good as me and im a quadraplegic

[imasuperbeaver]

Ha!

[whatsupbadger]

sounds like me and i can't play the guitar. the indian bits are cool though

[daylightdisks]

100!!!! AAAA+++ Absolutelu awesome!!! Thanx 4 posting...inspiring.

[MeanMrKetchup]

what tuning are you in?

[ice9001]

G .reat playing mate

[TheWatchGoesTick]

what a sweet guitar

[shrivastavaankit]

shocked,,,,,

[chrisdunne]

very trippy dreamy music your playin nice one

[gl1200phil]

just incredible!!!!! you really get the "steel" sound out of those strings!!!!

thanks for sharing!

[maritamusicianship]

this is an ovation, correct? those are amazing :D

[MoYoisDope]

Love the guitar nice sound. Verhy peacful

[Guitar4lifeKBP]

WOW nice guitar

[mario15pens]

left handed ovation nicwe

[mario15pens]

whoops nvm its right

[maritamusicianship]

haha i was gonna sayy lol

[thedissownanceyouth]

i fucking love you so much you are right up there alongside leo kottke, and adrian legg

[zacharron]

Sounds very de-tuned and strange. Not unpleasant, but slightly odd. Like Leo Kottke playing Indian folk music.

[Blixzit]

Weird(possibly too much)reverb I think.

[fouramhq]

Sounds Indian. Shades of Ravi Shankar?

[fredrikolsson]

wtf only 3 stars?

[dainbramage777]

this is exactly what's needed; great melodies with greater flow than i've heard in years. thanks for sharing :D

[jdawgjordan]

is that a ovation??

[lukedesade]

Yes.

[philradz]

I like your style, it's pretty damn unique. Just a tip to somehow get better audio on your future videos if you have any.

[JohnnnyJism]

Man that was fantastic.

Very Jimmy Page-Black Mountain Side thing goin on.

[drdranem17]

some of you are idiots this is obviously his style and the audio isnt all that great to begine with but id like to see any one of you play what this guy just played bet you cant cause i sure in hell couldnt

[archangelnegative]

I like it a lot. It's unusual and not pretentious.

[fooruggler]

Gahd, OK Stupid people. Every guitar sounds different, and people like guitars for different reasons. Don't you remember how fun it was to bang pots as a kid? Your parents thought it was noise but you thought it was good soundin stuff.. same shit. I like bangin pans myself.

[dainbramage777]

lol spot on :D banging pans is my best time activity btw

[geobey]

even though it looks like the guitar is gonna collapse, this actually sounds good and amuses me.

[silentutot]

you should try this on banjo :D

[jakelic]

f*ck those ppl with bad comments, I like your style... you really have something there, interesting melody, and a different approach. It's really good. keep it up and post some more! what's your tuning, btw?

[Cogentesque]

I've got an ovation and its a lovely instrument, just obvisouly this guy hasnt it set up right is all. Some crazy direct-to-pc plug jazz going on. Ovations - not half bad if done right.

Far as your song is ma, i entirely see what your trying to do, and if produced in a recording studio with techies and boom mics etc it would sound lovely - but right now on youtube just a little bit messy is all, either way - good try man :)!

[jds2ams]

its an over rated guitar !!! Need to stick with the electric Dean guitars !! Dean, BC Rich, then Gibsons !!! Those are the cream of the crop !

[KoolJust4U]

most ugliest guitar i ever seen. u know hole are there for a reason it not for show or design u know. so dont go put them all over the places.

[Rexicano]

You got that right about Ovations; when I see someone playing one I know they don't care about tone quality.

[gurra9]

I do believe that ovations can sound good. I got one myself and I just love it for it's playability and it's tone but these guitars sound best when plugged in not trough some crappy computer mikrophone

[sliceyou6x]

Try an ADAMAS

[alliecat1941]

is this new age music or something.?.not my kind of music..

[willsolomon]

I thought that was really cool. I like things that are suprising. I liked the progression a lot

[DonsonDK]

that was ...........different

[fearceol]

doesnt sound good at all

[defakenmilkman]

thats the natural way of guitar. love it.

[drtbikegirl04]

love the style. to fully appreciate it, i think you might try a different room, or camera, or maybe plug in. i dunno, it sounds like its great, but it needs to be... more full?

[fantonio231]

I appriciate the difficulty of what you have played but i can not honestly say i enjoyed the song

[whitesummer4]

nice playin too

[whitesummer4]

yeah sounds like some kinda C tunin to me

[WaterMelonTown]

it's hard to get a good sound out of an ovation, eh?

[batholith5]

that is a cool guitar i like it

man your improv ability is insane and you really get a nice sound

[kiely415]

that is one of the uglier guitars i've come across but you can play it very well

[gragh]

its prettier from a a full view perspective :(

[Drbagu]

Thanks for that, will try this tuning!

[PicturelyYours]

very nice, and great guitar

[jasonguy13]

Very nice. If you get a minute, check Mathew Smith (Padre) and (Rodrigeus). Hope you like it. Thanks.

[Drbagu]

very cool, what tuning you in there?

[burtonschild]

From the sounds of it possibly open C? C#? Which is C, G, C, G, C, C or of course # if tuned up a half step. Probably wrong but it's a little guess.

[XpLdR]

Great :)

[mrkevinj]

Very nice. That's a nice Ovation.