Don't let the sun catch you crying (Ray Charles)

My arrangement of this Ray Charles tune done on an archtop guitar that I built this summer. I'm giving the guitar its maiden voyage on youtube however the chord solo is a bit sloppy. About the guitar: Most of the wood came from stew-mac. The top and back are maple that I picked up from the good folks at Gretsch. The mahogany neck is rather large so I have to stretch more than I'm used to to hit some chords. Plays well but since I did the frets myself, the action needs to be a bit higher than I like to keep the buzz out. For my first guitar, I happy with it, however I'm still saving for that Eastman and on a teacher's salary, It could be a while

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jazz
• guitar
• don't
• let
• the
• sun
• catch
• you
• crying
• archtop
• ray
• charles
• chord
• melody
• solo

[Stevepat1]

Nice job on that guitar Erik, I couldn't wait to get the strings on mine when I finished it. The next step is to break it in by playing it day and night, you'll notice it sounding better and better. Nice arrangement by the way!

[illdoitagain]

Thanks steve, I was rushing there at the end so i could put some strings on it, and damn if it didn't work! love your guitar by the way

[ktran11]

wow i didn't know you built this guitar erik. great job man! you should install some pickups and get warmer tones on your chords. :) love your videos tho

[illdoitagain]

Thanks my friend. I may just add a pickup in the future.

[77bluesock]

hey this is great! ...im trying to do a cover for this...not for anything but I just want to sing it and record it for personal accomplishment haha...would it be okay if I used this for the instrumental part? I will give all the credit to you! haha

[Eckyhade]

came to hear ray charles not some plunker

Keep your day job.

[Boudg]

Nice guitar ! What's the wood of the top ?

What do you think of your Ibanez Artcore ? I'm planning to buy a AF125 and your opinion would be interesting for me.

See you.

[pinchandtwist]

cool sound cool guitar, nice to see an Educator with skill!

[rhopen]

Man this is a great performance. My compliments on the guitar too. An archtop has a sound that no other instrument can match.

-Ron

[omobob]

Nice work on the guitar!