Feynman Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Since I am still as of yet electric-less, another sample for you. < caution: noticeable volume jump around 20 seconds when I realized my recorder had turned sideways before starting >This is my favorite classical that I have ever owned (pics).BWV 995-mitch
gerry Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 very nice played. my wife is spanish and her brother is a professional flamenco guitar player. i always loved classic nylon string guitar. your guitar looks great. gerry
BubbaVO Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 sweet. absolutely lovely guitar and tones. I learned to play on the nylon string acoustic my mom had lying around. Eventually, an aunt came across a very old guitar that had multiple severe looking repairs. The top looked like it had been smashed over someone's head. The tuners were all corroded. But toss the cosmetics and the sound that came out that thing was amazing. Good stuff.
atquinn Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Where's the bow-down smiley? That was awesome! -Austin
Steve Haynie Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Beautiful! Man, you put in a lot of work to play as well as you do!
Hamerhack Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 If that's "mediocre-ly", someday I hope to play mediocre-ly!Muy bien!
Citrus Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 hey, that's great!What is the piece, and who's version is the ispiration for that??I too wish I played as mediocre!!
Feynman Posted June 4, 2007 Author Posted June 4, 2007 Thanks for all the nice comments. The family just left to Japan for a month or so, so I was bored.The piece is a lute suite by Bach, BWV 995 in G Major (I think, I'm at work and don't have it in front of me). The transcription is from Frank Koonce's collection of solo lute works by Bach, an absolutely fantastic book (even includes scans of many of the original compositions). Frank is the head of the guitar department at ASU, and is a famed pedagogue. If you like Bach and want to learn some nice solo pieces, I highly recommend the book.Gerry, I took a break from classical guitar to try flamenco for a year or so. The right hand techniques are incredible, and very difficult. I never got more than barely adequate at some of the basic rasqueado and alzapua stuff, but missed the types of classical pieces I love, so I gave up. I still see live flamenco whenever possible, as I find it all mesmerizing. What could be better than virtuoso guitar work, dancing girls and sangria?
Michael_ Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 very nice indeed. need more info on the guitar, certainly.
Feynman Posted June 5, 2007 Author Posted June 5, 2007 The guitar is by Simon Ambridge, an English luthier. This is the only one I've had direct experience with, but I know he is respected in general. His newer designs have changed some of the internal bracing for a different overall sound. When I lived in L.A. I had the opportunity to try out so many wonderful guitars (Trilogy Guitars, GSI, Dan Zeff, etc), but this one won me over completely. I have owned a few great classicals, including a '77 Hauser II. If you are familiar with Hauser, this guitar was no slouch, and quite a bit more expensive than the Ambridge, but for me the Ambridge is the best I've had. I've only played one classical guitar I liked better, but it was so far out reach that I wouldn't even think of buying it. With the prices of Hausers nowadays, I probably should have held onto it, but even when I sold it several years ago it went for a ridiculous (IMO) amount of money.This particular one is called a model 40, and is built from Spruce & Brazilian. The Rodgers tuners are incredible too. The man makes a very nice guitar, and the attention to detail is impressive. More about him on his website: http://www.ambridgeguitars.co.uk/If this guitar I have is a good representative of his work and sound, you couldn't go wrong buying from him.I see that Dan Zeff (link ) currently has two in stock, which is impressive considering that he only makes 10-12 a year.The Ambridge is the first classical I've owned that made me completely stop looking for another guitar. -mitch
FunkyE9th Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 Nice playiing! The quality of the recording is very good too. How did you record it? How far was the mic?-FunkyE9th
Feynman Posted June 7, 2007 Author Posted June 7, 2007 Very amateurish recording technique. I use an Edirol R1 portable recorder on its internal mics. I put it between one and two feet from the guitar and point it toward the 12th fret. It sounded a little dry, so in Audacity I added a little reverb and a small amount of compression and that's it. Picture a little gray box on a folding chair in front of a guy playing and you've got it.I am impressed with the quality of this thing, though, and it fits in my guitar case. For recording my own practicing it has been very useful.
Brooks Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 nice! that was better than mediocre imho.i played some classical in 6th grade, then again in college;we were required to learn all the villa lobos etudes in a class, and then pass a jury to get into private lessons. i can barely play one or two of the easiest villa lobos things today, i totally suck on the few bach pieces we did in lessons. it really is a completely different animal than rock/jazz guitar, technique wise. use it or lose it!
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