Slack Key - Grandfather's Clock

One of my favorite tunes, I based my version on one by Leonard Kwan. This performance was at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA, where I was opening for Ledward Kaapana on Sept. 10, 2007.

I'm playing a Martin OM-18GE with a K&K PWM pickup through a TC Electronics G Natural. The guitar is tuned to taropatch tuning, known on the mainland as open G (D G D G B D from low to high).

Sorry for the sound quality, this was recorded using the camera mic rather than a board feed.

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• fran guidry
• ki ho alu
• hawaii
• hawaiian guitar
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• kaleponi
• wingert
• acoustic guitar
• fingerstyle
• hawaiian music
• folk music
• ledward kaapana
• don quixote
• felton

[arak718]

やさしい気持ちになれますね

[franguidry]

@arak718 Thank you.

Fran

[LifesonFan4Life]

Beautifully executed .. great tone and melody .. question about the TCE G Natural pedal .. did you try the Fishman Aura Spectrum before purchasing the TC ? I'm in the market for a quality acoustic pedal and was wondering what your thoughts are between the 2 pedals ... I've listened to this upload several times and absolutely love it .. Cheers !!!

[franguidry]

@LifesonFan4Life Glad you enjoyed the clip. I didn't try the Spectrum. I have briefly used an Aura and a Mama Bear (another modeling tool) and found both of them simply annoying. The modeling feature may work well for strumming but it certainly didn't impress me as a fingerstyle player. The G Natural doesn't have modeling.

Fran

[LifesonFan4Life]

@franguidry .. wow .. thanks for the speed of light response Fran .. I have to say your guitar (of course it helps when you have a great instrument to begin with :) sounds amazing .. I've also subscribed to your channel ! .. thanks again .. p.s .. I recently bought a Taylor 514 CE and I'm looking at getting a quality pedal like yours .. the modeling thing doesn't really appeal to me either .. last question .. have you tried the LR Baggs Venue DI ?the price is a little more in my range :)

[franguidry]

@LifesonFan4Life Nope, no experience with the Venue DI either. My arsenal includes a Baggs PADI, TC G Natch, and recently a Zoom A2. I usually set these devices to a very neutral setting, no EQ, no compression, no reverb, no chorus, just a bit of delay. I could probably get the same result from a simple stompbox echo pedal.

Remember, the sound you're hearing is after it has been through the PA, which is being run by a better than average sound engineer.

Fran

[datdaigia123]

Tiết học cuối cùng :))

[arak718]

to franguidry

どういたしまして

あなたの曲、そして弾き方に

癒されます

今、気持ちが落ち込んでいて

聴いていて不意に涙がこぼれました

[LifesonFan4Life]

@franguidry ... Thanks again Fran .. a lot of people wouldn't reply in detail nor take the time to do so .. greatly appreciated :)

[hamsterheid]

THanks Fran. I know that tuning so will give it a try. Cheers.