[Deeply Scalloped Guitar]"Locust's Hop" by Yuichi Onoue

"Locust's Hop"
composed & performed by Yuichi Onoue

In this video, I am playing original song with the Vietnamese guitar which has extremely scalloped fretboard. The strong vibrato and pitch bend can be obtained. My friend had bought this guitar as souvenir. It seems that this kind of guitar usually used by the kinda folk music of Vietnam. I am Japanese and I'm playing it in my own style that inspired from Vietnamese guitarists who play the such kind of guitar.
Studio Live in Nov 2009.

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• vietnamese
• guitar
• yuichi
• onoue
• japan
• locust's
• hop
• scallop
• 尾上祐一
• ベトナム
• ギター
• blues
• ブルース
• finger
• picking
• フィンガーピッキング
• ストラトキャスター

[SasaYamaoka]

And ... can you tell me whats the ups and downs of having an scalloped guitar neck? I would really be gratefull !!!

I love what you do musically ... great instruments that sound great and interesting ... great scales ...

[TorigoyaSound]

At first for bending, my fingers get a little bit pain. And it needs knack.

But the strong vibrato and pitch bend can be obtained by using this. They can be hardly obtained by usual neck, I think.

[SasaYamaoka]

What an great looking guitar ... but why is there so many pick up position switchers on it, what are they used for?

Awesome, i like how the fret dots were put on the top of the neck instead of the middle.

[TorigoyaSound]

Three switches that exist under pickup are basically decorations. It can do nothing but function only of cutting the sound.

Other three switches that exist under volumes are for selecting pickups. I think this is significant.

[prann2003]

Deep scallop can make variable pitch but  it's hard to control, isn't it?

I don't think I can play it, you're the great musician in various instruments & styles.

Great job !!

[TorigoyaSound]

Yes, it's hard to controll.

There are a lot of tunes that cannot be played with this guitar even if I can play it in a usual guitar. But I can do another expressions by playing this guitar. So I compose songs which fit to play this guitar.

Thanks for kindness comment as always.

[Nevigo]

Almost koto like sounds.

[DevaXfish]

unreal guitar

[alberzeta]

Wonderful vietnamese FENDER guitar, you're an awesome man.

[thedeem0N]

HOLY SH!T, LOOK AT ALL THOSE EXTRA KNOBS & SWITCHES!!!! I Haven't Seen a Guitar with that many extra controls since my dad's 1971 Les Paul Recording Model (Low Impedance Pickups)...Look that guitar up, the Les Paul Recording Model...You'll see what I mean...But That Axe is long gone from my dad's collection, he sold it in 1992 & bought one of the first five Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature "Number 1" Stratocasters that Fender Manufactured & Distributed...he's playing it right now...

[ryko26]

@RCstrats twat

[cast390]

This sounds horrible

[SasaYamaoka]

Thaks for reply, once again, i am trilled by your music ... i hadnt felt so refreshed by a originality of the sound of music by a looooong time

:D