Ralph Towner 3

[DieAusWinsen]

Man, this is cool! :)

[Terry1969ism]

Why ruin a beautiful instrument by doing this? Utter insanity, he doesn't deserve a guitar if that's the best he can do with it.

[BibiAudiofil]

@Terry1969ism Take it as a joke. Maybe Ralph wanted to sound like a berimbau or something. The instrument isn't ruined, he can pull out the matchbox anytime :)

I like it :) (and allways wondered how he does it - while listening his albums)

[Elcarmo]

Interessante o efeito exótico conseguido com este artifício. Parece um instrumento de bamvu ou outro material, dando-lhe um som semelhante a alguns instrumentos do oriente. Isto mostra o quanto é rico o violão

[cabbitsd]

I like this, but it's n ot the veldt tune I'm looking for.

[ishta]

Ingenious - The thing to note is that Ralph is the master of harmonics as well. 

[truthbetoldni]

He strings a strip of paper ( paper match folder) in and out the strings, just behind his hand. Martin Taylor explains it on his Down At Cocomo's video.

Not my cup of tea really. Much rather watch Tommy Emmanuel.

[deylite]

hows he getting that sound?

[earsoup]

really cool, sounds like Gnawas, moroccan traditional music !

[jolzton]

i didnt like this

[Dasto85]

zajbisty jest facet. niezle se pogrywa

[FENDIN10]

I'll bet he's been lookin' for that book of matches all over the place.

[photopicker]

This is one of my favorite Towner tunes. He has SO many really nice pieces.

[TomBandfield]

Petesingling, agreed. His most recent album, 'Time Line', is also brilliant

[petesingling]

buy his ecm record called 'solo concert'. The best record I ever heard.

[AlexeyGuitar]

I like his improvasitions!!! He have own way in guitar music!!!

[watarimono]

after all these years, he´s still my favorite acoustic guitar player

[andyzxc]

thanks g303 - great to see & hear some of ralph's wonderful work here. (by the way, the piece is not 'matchbook' but 'veldt' from the cd 'ana'.)

[levinethemachine]

I think what he is saying is he uses a book of matches stuffed under the strings near the bridge to change the sound of the instrument.