COVER: Half a Person - The Smiths - Rickenbacker 330 12 string

[Brotherbaylon]

6 long years on your trail

[bowmaker11]

you play that well my friend ! I'm buying one of those.

The 12 string takes me somewhere else.

[Hruundi]

Awesome. The capo's on the 2nd fret?

[Adamkoehler11]

@Hruundi good job. do you have any more stupid questions?

[Hruundi]

@Adamkoehler11 Why are you here?

[cubismArtis1]

Fake!

[cyborganisation]

Just simply perfection!!

[210210210210]

I play this and sing a long to it ever day after work and it makes me feel good.

[JtSocal76]

You are without a doubt one of the best contributors on Youtube. I'm glad that you have some great Smiths' songs posted. Please keep the excellent work!

[ar4216]

Sounds great. Very cool guitar.

[Latinbeatdrums]

niice, lovely tone

[GWBsux]

That is a SWEET sounding guitar...great playing, too!

[9graff9]

Real nice dude!

did marr use a 6 or 12 string Rickenbacker 330 ? thanx and nice playing! =)

[sergemontagne]

Does anybody know how I could download this ?

[HankLafayette]

@sergemontagne Google "YouTube Downloader." It's free. I think I got mine from Filehippo.

[xekt0r6]

Your playing actually made my eyes moist :) I am so happy you covered one of my favorite songs and with a Rickenbacker no less!

[sergemontagne]

The best guitar riff I've ever heard! Reminds me lots of wonderful moments.

[residentpessimist]

Cool guitar. Nice sound and tone.

[miraeja]

has johnny marr ever contacted you? just curious?

[Galahad3000]

Daniel, you play beautifully. Thanks for posting all these videos.

I noticed you hold the pick in an "unorthodox" fashion. Do you hold it with thumb, index, and middle finger?

[danielearwicker]

Yes, with most of the weight on the middle finger, and my thumb angled downward instead of aligned with the strings. It means I can keep the plectrum flat against the strings without having to bend my wrist up so I think it lets me play for longer without getting RSI (which so far I've luckily never had, despite typing on a keyboard all day).

By the way, the "orthodox" method is just what books for beginners say - the truth is you can play the guitar however you want to.

[Galahad3000]

Cool. Thank you!

[mrpentium]

Thanks so much. Please tell me one thing. Where did you learn this ? This song has no tabs whatsoever on the internet...only chords that don't quite work. Did you just figure it out on your own ?

[ezears]

@mrpentium The Smiths Complete Chord Songbook (Wise Publications - London, 2005)

[dan7546]

freaking amazing

[cerati88]

Great cover! What tuning did you use? Nashville (Marr claims to have used Nashville tuning on this song) or Standard.

[Murjoe16]

I absolutely love this.

[baduncadonk]

Hey, Daniel! Can you tell us a bit about what your setup is to get such perfect ringing sound? Thanks so much for considering :-)

[alexfatt]

yeah mannnnn whats the setup dude!

awesome cover!!!

[50Gut]

Sounds like a Roland JC 120 Amp.

[heduka009]

This is Johnny Marr if you didn't already knew..

[baduncadonk]

I love your Smiths playing so much! I just bought a Rickenbacker 370 because of your videos, and I am going to someday be able to play this--I hope!

[foodstamped]

Gorgeous.

[meliskittos]

Hey i want to ask if you can play this guitar with 6 strings on instead of 12, like a regular 6string guitar

[danielearwicker]

It's possible - see my cover of Spellbound by Siouxsie And The Banshees - same guitar with 6 strings on it.

[ariesram74]

AWESOME

This is my favorite Smiths song and you are true to Marr's sound - THANKS

[justinsvs]

Thanks for posting this! Seeing you play really helped me figure out a few spots that I couldn't get listening by ear. Cheers!

[iwokeuphalfundressed]

Oh, come on. You're obviously Johnny Marr. Stop trying to fool us, hero!

[boylemburner]

i love the sound in this video, its just lovely and simple...

please do more covers with the same recording set up, i just think the sound quality is just really natural...

ive subscribed anyway! but yeah more video's like this would be awsome!

[smerrigan]

what tuning is this in? not standard?

[danielearwicker]

Standard, and notice the capo - admittedly the guitar may have been not in "concert" tuning cos I used to do it by ear, before some people complained.

[smerrigan]

I see, b/c I was looking up the tab for this today and saw the chord progression could be played a few different ways..one started off with a Gsus7th [or something] to an E7,then basics like a D to A then F-sharp to G etc..then saw other tabs starting from Bm..what exact progression is correct if you dont mind me asking?

[smerrigan]

Sorry, I just noticed in your profile you're not a fan of tabs lol I'm actually a drummer who's really a novice guitarist trying to learn tunes I enjoy for my own pleasure..including this one :)

[IrishBog]

Hi...

Yeah the tuning is slight ly flat. Just tune your high E down maybe half a turn (excuse the pun) and play the bit on the high E to match the recording. Once you get it right tune the rest of the strings to the new "tuning"

[dermot51]

@danielearwicker what effects are you using very Marr..esque...beautiful rendition

[luci225]

love your guitar!

great job.

[theglimpse]

iam totally fan

great job .

[agudakos]

You play in fantastic way. Great tallent excellent song choises. The composer would be proud. Johnny Marr have to hear you play!

[RusholmeRuffian85]

Damn good. Damn good indeed. The greatest thing is the way you made the guitar settings sound exactly like the original. Nice.

[bloc47]

Stunning. Marr would be proud. =]

[smithsmozz]

muito bom !

[fatuesque]

i said i like it here can i stay , i like it here can i stay ...and do you have a vacancy for a backscrubber?

[chack1231]

submit your resume to morrisey. you're good

[VictorOGzz]

so many props for you man

[CoreyThough]

this is amazing my friend. such a beautiful song and such a beautiful guitar mix well together. you are excellent.

[foodcomatose]

you win man, good job.

[kazmolt]

sounds great

[wungabunga]

Every time I want to write that it's not quite right, then I realise that you're doing everything, not just rhythm, and I think: Wow!

[uckthat]

And if you have five seconds to spare

Then I'll tell you the story of my life

[KarenBerninger]

i love you :D

[djnross]

Are you perchance a descendant of Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker,the central character in Joyce's 'Finnegan's Wake'?

[jimmyx36]

I really enjoy your stuff, my friend. Its almost creepy how many of your videos are of my favorite songs. Keep up the great work!

[dannycrayons]

quite, quite perfect..

[Vitinho2100]

perfeito!!!

[pavementfiend]

You 2 guitars and it'll sound soooo much better. Craig Gannon perhaps. . .

[DYKEPALS]

nicely done

[lascivit]

perfect.

[empiresellscrack]

very very nice

[fauxeli]

cool

[marrzipan]

I like your version. It's interesting that you play it with capo on 2nd fret. I should try that too. I always wondered about the correct way of playing it. I play it in standard tuning without capo. However, it sounds to me like the original is in alternate tuning. Does anyone have an idea?

[danielearwicker]

The chords in the background are definitely being played on a 12-string, if that helps. It must be tricky to get it in the right key without a capo - could you post a video of how you do it?

[marrzipan]

I just posted a video response. You can see it's really not tricky at all to play it without capo. I admit yours sounds closer to the original, but I just love that ringing open E chord.

[garymurtagh]

what effect do u use on william

[drockny]

Nice job... really clean and full sound w/ great reverb. This is one of my favorite Smiths songs. I enjoyed the performance. Thanks!

[danielearwicker]

No, that's a good point. Well, I never liked that song anyway.

[danielearwicker]

The ric is plugged straight into a VS2480CD, which has onboard effects, so I put it through a guitar amp modelling called "clean twin" which supposedly sounds like an old tube amp, and a delay effect. Then the output goes straight into a MacBook's digital optical input.

I will try "Heaven knows I miserable" next...

[loobleasle]

bravo! next heaven knows im miserable now!

[ash029]

Nice playing, what amp/settings are you using to get that sound?