Rivera-Doyle Dykes plays T5 w/bigsby with Sedona 55

[vinnothelizard]

one word .. AMAZING!! and fuck tommy emmanuel... this guy is in a different league!! pure class!!! tommy knows this because he has said this to fellow players!! dykes is a genius player!!! frightening!!

[rockabye63]

It looks more like a T-3. I have a T-5. It's a love or hate guitar. Depends on the right voice you're lookin for. That's why it's good to have a few guitars hanging around so you're not limited.

[fuzzbuzzed]

haha that was cool.........like cool beans cool

[sacred300]

c'est énorme :-) rien a dire d'autre c'est du grand art yeaaaaaaaaa rock n roll :-)

[bobbeseymour]

I love this great guys playing, he keeps getting better. I've spent many years in the studios in Nashville and seems like none of our players here have this style mastered Like Doyle D. Bobbe Seymour

[daonfpe]

Man... awesome!

...there's Chet...and there's Doyle!

[johnsopro0]

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[Swouford]

What the first tune is identified?

[playon51]

The T 5 guitars I've played all lacked balls on the electric side... I think they kinda missed the boat on this one - the Taylor hybrid is a great idea, but make the pickups with a bit more fatness to them.

[GeetarBeast401]

perfect Clapton tone

[nancyl2]

1:03 made me almost have a heart stopping moment and the END notes most expertly and masterfully done. Yuummie to the soul. : -)))) "THE WHOLE VID a delight.Thank you for posting and my Angel for sharing. ;-)"

[trooter]

Who was the stupid that doesnt like this?? this is incredible XDDDDD

[meangreen4321]

@trooter

Could've been a mistake. We'll grant him the benefit of the doubt. lol

[Swouford]

Good!!!

[cosmogang]

Doyle is a great guy. I met him about 3 years ago and he was so humble and cool.

[TheReilly8]

now thats what i call a country guitar

[mattsingleterry]

its not a T5 its a prototype T3

[OMGOSHitsJoseph]

What song is he playing?

[pirouette62]

@OMGOSHitsJoseph

Tennessee Stomp / Avalon

[SANDBAG53]

doyle dykes, chet atkins, les paul trio....that would be amazing!

[GibsonHummingbird]

Doyle is fantastic , but i hate that 'lounge music' he sometimes lapses into.

More cutting edge please Doyle.

[Gonken88]

just curious, how much does a T-5 cost?

[metaluntiltheend]

Doyle Dykes, Jimi Hendrix,Randy Rhoads,Metallica are my heroes :)

[divrack]

I agree Im sending mine back !! dont know wether to lock my self in the house every day and keep practicing for 20 more years or quit lol That was very very nice Love that walking bass line

[TTexas2]

If you look at a regular T5, you will see by the pickups this is not a T5 guitar. I think the production guitar is called a T3 and with a Bigsby tailpiece it is called a T3-B. Anyway you play it, the T3 & T5 Taylors are absolutely tops of all guitars made today regardless of price. I own a Taylor DDSM (Original) & am ready to trade my mint 1963 Fender Jaguar for a T5 & a T3B.

Doyle Dykes is TOPS in my book and keeps getting better.

[sugarkang]

he would sound better with a gretsch 6120

[bluesatbirth]

I know it's not the Rivera--I tried one of those Taylor guitars---no matter what amp--it sounds thin and tinny. The playing--great--would like to hear it with a different guitar--something with a little more "snot."

[Riveraprod]

@bluesatbirth The problem is you're not really hearing the total tone of the guitar if running it unbalanced. If you ran the guitar with a TRS cable into a Balanced input, then you would gain 4db and overall bottom and tone. But guess what, there are no balanced input Tube amps out there!!! Except the Sedona with the ES option.

[bigdjindustriez]

@bluesatbirth I hear all kinds of low end on this recording (with headphones). It does have that telecaster sound which I'm not crazy about, but overall it sounds real nice.

[miserablerottensmurf]

@bluesatbirth Did you try playing it thru a Bass amp? It sounds amazing at least clean. It wasnt a tube amp though but I guess a bassman would be about right. The one I heard played was one with only 1 exposed pickup though The most basic t5 it was nothing less than amazing and the amp was only a small yorkeville 10" bass amp.

[dtbubba]

@bluesatbirth You will also notice that he has the bass turned down on the EQ (the middle of the three dials)

[djdan151]

i love how he loves what hes playing

[nineteen1984]

Rivera top clean amps - can't believe they got a T5 on a Bigsby (sic) - Doyle's technique is that good even if you don't like what he is playing - you just have to say that was awesome!!!!!!

[rclowers]

almost sounds like Fender Telecaster

[xXCountryBoyCodyXx]

i would just love to sit down and learn from that guy for a day! WOW

[justap19]

Piękne video.

Ale jakość nagrania kiepska.

Wzbudza się pogłos

[omkaratube]

just...yeahhhhhh!

[zutstrikeback]

That was amazing!

[zellerauer1]

great!

[Tweekerhead]

Shit yeah

[parmanmanman]

I have a T-5, but it must be defective. It sounds nothing like this!!!

[Ningirsutyr]

@parmanmanman This was the prototype. They changed the pickups on the production model if I'm not mistaken ;) Dykes' last harmonics run was just the icing on the cake. He really is one of the best fingerpickers as Atkins put before..

[SotR59]

Man this guy is crazy good. I have a T5. I only hope I can play about 3 or 4 of those notes some day LOL.

[bonzitoo76]

Excellent job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fr3derick]

Excellent!!!

Grandma Mary

[YorkeKin]

i love bigsby

but for hardrock

[LilGruffBikerDude]

That's one of the coolest things i have heard! made my day this!

[arden458]

Really enjoy your playing -

God Bless

[hodowncorexxx]

He's sooooooooooo goooood!!!

He use to come and play at my church sometimes, I miss that.

[philbrumley]

That looks more like a T3?????

[FrEricT]

That's what I thought, but this was recorded a while back and the prototype T3 he used was orange (naturally).

[Guitar2291]

hey man, what syle of picking would you call that, where in the video, your like usin your thumb to pick bass notes, and then ur fingers to pick other notes, and the thumb is like making a patern with the bass ntoes? sorry if the way i asked was confusing. haha

[motus]

chicken picking?

[Jer1400]

Thumbstyle? Chet-style? O.o

[way2waky]

Woodpecker Pick'n

[irritatedmushroom2]

Travis picking.

[Hvince808]

It's called " Fingerstyle " made popular by Chet Atkins which combines bass/rhythm/melody simultaneously. He was inspired by Merle Travis' "Travis Picking" and took Travis' style to another level. At 1:00 Mr. Dykes plays " Avalon " which is a popular fingerstyle tune also played by Chet Atkins.

[JoshuaRSM]

what song is that or is just some riff

[Earthwormvid]

God gifted him!!!

[daveschachne]

And then he spent the next 30 years working his ass off to realize his 'gift'. Chops are 2% inspiration & 98% perspiration.

[senescencia]

yeah, the ignorant people think that the good players are like a miracle. and it is lie, in part, because the player must be very patience and must have much perseverance!, but if you love something, the patience and the perseverance are natural, and you are right, this guy, and all the good players, dedicate the life to music, and this is beautiful and inspire me so much

[GabrielRO8]

T5 with Bigsby!?!... does anyone has any info on this?

[cowboykubota]

i e-mailed taylor about but they want you to call and discuss the matter in person

[7democracY7]

It was a "frankenstein" made at the Taylor factory but they may be considering production if there's enough interest. Taylor does make custom guitars if you contact them directly. I love my Taylor 30th Anniversary 514ce. Have it with me in Northern Iraq (Kurdistan)

[oneandoneeleven]

These guitars play like a dream. Muzikman75, odds are the place you tried it at didn't have the guitar set up or they don't pay attention to their inventory. The guitars can use either electric or acoustic strings and can sound like any guitar from acoustic, to hollowbodies and telecasters and can even be used to run with full on distortion. Check out some vids of Marc seal. He does some awesome demos, including the T5 jam. Needless to say, this is probably the easiest playing "acoustic".

[acountrygent]

Can't blame the guitar... Guys like Doyle have their tone pretty sewn up and they know how to get the best out of the instrument. And for many, a high action is part of the fire...

[muzikman74]

I tried a T5 out and thought it was not that great of a guitar. Action was high and sound was tinty. A way over priced guitar.

[daveschachne]

'Just adjustment issues. The T5 I played had too-low action for my preferences. The T5 is capable of creating shimmering tonal soundscapes unlike any other guitar; kind of like the synth-enhanced tones produced by Roland's VGA- amps. Delicious. "tinny" ? More like interesting and glass-like permutations of the high end. High-priced? yes, quality, design evolution & unique sound options cost.

RE: high action & this axes is that Taylors are totally adjustable, unlike many other "acoustics"

[12Alley]

awesoooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooome

i think im a gonna start practicing this kind of playing

was it called?

[gibsonalltheway]

the first song is more of a chicken pickin style but the last song, avalon, is fingerstyle travis picking

[TTexas2]

It is Doyle Dykes fingerstyle with 25 fingers. WOW

He is even better in person. also ther is something about attending a live concert of Doyle's.. He leaves you inspired to go out and play even better no matter what your music or style of playing. He is AMAZING

[99DannyMann99]

wow thats amazing. i wanna learn that style. i saw you in Puyallup doin a guitar clinic playin flaminco. AMAZING!!!!

[Jer1400]

Boy, the first tune is really growing on me! I'm diggin' that bit! :)

[fngrpckr]

Wow!!! Amazing performance!

[feelee15]

what kind/gauge strings are those?