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In Argentina... My version of Blackbird by the Beatles

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Uploaded by on May 16, 2007

Recorded in Buenos Aires, Argentina during my trip. I'm playing a Martin Backpacker Guitar.

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  • is it steel string or nylon?

  • Steel string, though I recommend using extra-light strings. Because the guitar has a unique "twang" to it, you don't need heavier gauge strings.

  • Thanks for all the great responses! The backpacker is great. It traveled with me (attached to my backpack) for 8 months and is still great!

  • I bought mine in store at guitar center for $150

  • Same for mine! I got a gig bag with it too.. Invaluable because that guitar got banged around quite a bit

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  • Great cover!! You should be on "IDOL!!"

  • oh wow you got a a good voice! I am thinking about buying a backpack guitar like this to play when i travel. I like them.

  • hmmm.

  • Nah, it sounds a lot more twangy. It has a thinner tone to it than a "real" classical guitar or a jumbo or whatever. The smaller the body the thinner the sound. I like the sound of it a lot. I actually bought mine because i wanted a different sound. It kind of crosses into banjo territory sound wise because of the thin twangy vibe it's got going.

    It also has a shorter scale.

  • love the cover...how did you find travelling with the backpacker thinking of getting one for my gap year however i dont know what airports would be like with one, did you have any trouble?

  • ok thanks!!

  • well no its just not as loud as a regular acoustic but its the same sound

  • does the backpacker sound different from normal classicals??

  • 9 months in another country with only my backpacker.  You work with what you have...

  • try it on a regular acoustic i understand u were trying to get it in the low melody but do it with a regular acoustic

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