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salmonella
Lokahi
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 Posted - 04/13/2010 : 12:31:58 PM
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I recently saw Hapa here in Santa Barbara (alas no Andy playing 12 string) and have a couple questions that someone here can help with.
1) anyone know what kind of guitar Barry plays? It is so worn out that the name is gone and is almost unrecognizable to me. There is a silver dollar size hole below the sound hole. You would think he could afford a new one by now. 
2) if any of you attended a show of Hapa on this recent tour, please email me through taropatch. I am interested in a discussion about my show with someone or someones who also saw them recently but I do not want an open discussion here on the forum.
thanks
Dave
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 04/13/2010 : 5:49:32 PM
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| On the Hapa Maui DVD he describes his guitar as having a super strong neck built by Steve Grimes. Don't know if that completely answers your question |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2010 : 5:57:31 PM
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And from a google search I found this earlier post here on TP
cmdrpiffle
Lokahi
USA
468 Posts
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 09:55:46 AM Show Profile Visit cmdrpiffle's Homepage
Yep, Admin has it nailed on this one.
Barry uses a Washburn Monterey guitar, with a rebuilt neck
courtesy of Steve Grimes. The guitar is well suited to bending.
You can do it with any guitar, but some just work better than
others. Strike a harmonic on say the 12th fret, and while it
is ringing put your palm on the upper bout and use your fretting
hand to bent the neck up. Just enough to loosen the tension.
You can like Andy said increase the pitch of a tone by pushing
down on the string just behind the nut, effectivly tightening
the string.
Experiment with it. It's really an easy and safe effect to do.
I've done it thousands of times, with no ill effects to the
guitar. I have the guitar you hear on the recording, so
maybe it's just easier with that particular model.
Now, if I could just sound like Barry. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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Admin
Pupule
USA
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Posted - 04/14/2010 : 03:59:28 AM
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Here's a photo from Devin Delano.
As the old post indicated, I believe that Barry plays an old Washburn. |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 04/14/2010 : 04:53:53 AM
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| It's probably his way of making sure his guitar doesn't get stolen. What dumb @ $$ thief would steal that one. If only they knew. Have you seen Makana's lately, I think it's even more "broken in". |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
Edited by - markwitz on 04/14/2010 04:55:36 AM |
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Allen M Cary
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 04/14/2010 : 08:31:57 AM
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Jes like Willy (Nelson, not K)!
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ArtSap
Lokahi
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 09:13:41 AM
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| It's not what you got - it's what you do with what you got! |
Art
SF Bay Area, CA / Mililani, HI
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Darin
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 04/19/2010 : 1:32:06 PM
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| That guitar is extremely tempermental, but it does have an easily recognizable tone, especially the way Barry plays it. It has an original Barcus Berry pickup in it, probably about thirty years old or so. |
Darin
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Hapa Tour - two questions
