Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young - Cover - Lesson?

Yeah, I know. Neil Young played it in double drop C tuning. I hate to do that because retuning my guitar all the time just breaks strings. Even in C, I can't sing it in the higher octave that he does. I prefer to play it in standard tuning in the key of D. I could even capo it up a few frets, but I like the sound of an acoustic guitar played with as many open chords as possible. Anyway, it's a great song and I love to play it.

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[PAULFC93]

Great job.

[azcharlie2009]

@PAULFC93 Thank you so much!

Rick

[SleepyBridgeTroll]

That guitar sounds amazing! Great playing. What guitar is it?

[azcharlie2009]

@SleepyBridgeTroll Thank you! The guitar is a 1978 Alvarez Yairi DY85. Yairi guitars are very fine guitars and not that well known. 

Rick

[SleepyBridgeTroll]

@azcharlie2009 Yeah, ive never heard of them. Ill have to check them out and maybe get one!

[azcharlie2009]

@SleepyBridgeTroll Check out the Yahoo Group, Yairi Guitars. There is a lot of useful information about Yairi guitars and sometimes ones for sale. There are some good ones that pop up on ebay every now and then, but be careful. I have three Yairis. One I bought way back when I was in my 20's and I love them all. I also have a Martin HD28 and I like the Yairis just as well. Good hunting.....

Rick

[Loud0glbc]

thanks a lot, that's fun to play

[azcharlie2009]

@eemukwada You're welcome! Thanks for stopping by.

Rick

[eemukwada]

THANK YOU. I hate re-tuning my guitar for one or two songs. This does it for me.

[azcharlie2009]

@ShelsleySpecial Thank you. I too have gotten tired of retuning and strings breaking. This was a simple way to avoid that.

Rick