Alex Hunter Plays "Six-String Prance"

A song by the man who taught me how to play guitar. If you want to hear him play this better than me, go to

www.stevedevries.net/music

I'm playing a Taylor 414CE with a simple SM58 mic setup. This is a first attempt fingerstyle video.

Tell me what you think, and make sure you check out Steve DeVries. Great, great player and guy.

Alex

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[guitarproud]

Just a heads up: the video seems to be having playback problems!

[UFOIST]

Very good indeed but why use a mic when the guitar has it's own integral pick up?

[guitarproud]

@UFOIST Though the Taylor Expression system is great for live performance, I feel it is too dry sounding for recording purposes. (Though it can be blended with a condenser to give different sounds.) Even though I was using an SM58, I still feel the "room" was better captured using an external microphone.

Nowadays, I would have used my SM27, a GREAT condenser mic. Sounds MUCH better for recording vocals/guitar. Check out my version of "Ave Maria" to hear the difference.

[runninglikewind]

well now that is really quite something to behold, bravo that man, I like the Hendrix picture behind you as well, class. Not only fantastic guitar playing but fantastic sound as well

[guitarproud]

@runninglikewind

Thanks!!

[pippomazzocchio]

very ...very good cool.......

[guitarproud]

@pippomazzocchio

Thanks!!

Alex

[turionking]

@UFOIST Pick ups only pick up the vibration, whereas a microphone picks up a lot more. In real studios, you never use a pick up to record acoustic guitar. Love the playing man!

[NorskVic]

What tuning was this in? I'd really love to do something like this. I'm guessing this was drop D and you had a capo covering the second fret of every string but the E string. So, your tuning would technically EBEAC#E, right?

[ericnlisa4Christ]

Seriously who are the two people that didn't like this??? I am considering buying this guitar, thanks for showing it off. I wish I could find someone strumming it too so I could hear how it sounds strummed. Awesome job!

[tripfall224]

dude that's awesome!!!

[GIGLIO59]

EXCELLENT!!! great job!!!

[andremag74]

that was so cool