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The Beatles - Blackbird cover (Hummingbird)

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Uploaded by on Dec 18, 2006

A version of The Beatles "Blackbird" played on '75 Gibson Hummingbird. A few bum notes and sorry about the singin :)

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  • ver well done! great sounding guitar too!

  • @gus5985

    Thanks, it sounds better now, just had a re-fret, fingerboard skim and setup.

    Strings are now Elixir 11s

  • Very nice ...well done! Please forgive a couple suggestions. A tiny piece of foam tucked under the G string right up agains the nut will reducing the open string brightness and sustain just enough to make it blend with the rest of the pattern. Also, the notes you're playing when you sing the word "moment" (as in "moment to arise") are an open A and a C (1st fret of B string). Instead of the open A, the correct note is an open D. Again, no offense; you've obviously spent a lot of time on this.

  • @rmj5

    Can't be a**sed with bits of foam ;)

    Yep, I suppose I could play the D, sometimes I do :) , mostly I play the strummed G instead of the triplets nowadays.

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  • How weird. He is playing "blackbird" on a hummingbird.

  • Man....your fucking awesome man!!!

    I'm 17 by the way.....seriously this is the best cover

    on youtube of "Blackbird"

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  • Great guitar sound, with that G chord ringing all along, that's the song man!!

  • Blackbird on a hummingbird. Good one!

  • Nicely done. You and "the bird" match-up well. Good stuff.

  • guitar, vocals and rhythm is perfect

  • Nice guitar I'm actually gonna get an epiphone hummingbird soon just waitin on my paycheck :D

  • great cover!

  • Loving it! I'm learning this song on guitar, any tips to play better?

  • @cozzykim at first i thought elixir strings were too pricey but after playing them for awhile i realized they are worth there price and last a long timeee. and as you can see have a greattt sound:)

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