It is a real treat to hear a great-sounding acoustic that has been well recorded. If you don't mind me asking - what guitar, strings and microphone did you use?
@@pppilote The guitar I’m using in this video is my 1966 Martin D-18. The strings are D’Addario XS Phosphor Bronze 12-53 light gauge. To record my videos I use my Apple iPhone 8. To record the audio I use a Shure PG42 USB microphone plugged into an Apple Lighting adapter and then plugged into the iPhone. (You have to use a second lighting power cord plugged into the adapter since the iPhone itself doesn’t have enough power to activate the mike. ) The audio is just the pure sweet sound of the acoustic guitars I play - no effects at all. For editing, I Airdrop the raw video clips into my iMac and use Apple iMovie to trim the clips and do titles and credits. On a couple of occasions I have used the overall volume level adjustment in iMovie if the audio was too hot or too low. I am an old school analog/acoustic guy and try to keep it that way as music as possible. Hope that helps.
@@ThomasEarlMusic I, too, use D'Addario Phosphor Bronze (Custom Light Gauge) on my 1966 Gibson Heritage custom. I get a sound that is somewhat less bright as I usually don't use picks. Listening to your video - even on my computer's tiny speakers - makes me think I might want to persevere in learning to be comfortable with fingerpicks. I truly admire the strong acoustic tone you get. I also very much liked the arrangement of "If You Could Read My Mind" using an open G. It strangely put me in mind of another Canadian songwriter, Stan Rogers, and his quite besutiful "Tiny Fish for Japan" song. Please check it out and let me know what you think. As for being an old school analog acoustic guy... you're preaching to the choir.
@@pppilote Thanks for the recommendation - "Tiny Fish for Japan" is a beautiful ballad...and the guitar intro is incredibly similar to "if You Could Read My Mind." :) I have been playing with picks since I got my first guitar at age 15.They just really bring out the brightness and clarity of the strings, where if I just use my fingers...it is pretty...but comparatively dull and muted. You should try a bunch of different picks to see what work for you. As far as a thumb pick goes, after using Nationals for year I finally found the Fred Kelly Slic Picks. They are amazing , small and compact and stick to your thumb like glue. Plus the edge has just the right rounding to it it clear and doesn't sound scratchy. I use the the "Kelly D2B-M-8 Delrin Slick Large Thumb Medium Guitar Pick " You can buy an eight pack of them at Amazon for about $8.00. I still use my "National" fingerpicks. (Have also used Dunlops in the past.) There are several new types - including "Pro-pics" the offer a two say bracing. Haven't tried those yet. I would say the best thing to do would be to try a bunch of different fingerpicks and see what works best for you. Here is an article I found comparing the best fingerpicks now available. guitarpickreviews.com/top-10-fingerpicks/ It will feel a little weird at first, but you will get used to it. Takes a while to get them positioned just right on the ends of your fingers so they stay on thing and hit at the right point of the strings. You play with the metal bands until the fingerpick fits snugly on the end of your finger, without slipping and so the and on the end kind of matches the end of your finger. I personally don't like them, but some people have used plastic fingerpicks. They aren't quite as clean sounding as metal, but are better than your bare fingers. Hope this helps! Good Luck! thomas
Bravo Thomas. I've been waiting to see this ever since we exchanged thoughts a few months back about it being a potentially great song for Open G (although I was having a go in Open D). This performance is inspirational to me and, just getting over a dose of Covid, will be one of the first things I try when I'm fit. I particularly love the way you have handled the closing 'riff' which is so effective, more so than in standard tuning. Great. (P.S. Wish I could find a way of getting your recordings onto my computer as audio tracks so I could play them in my car).
Thanks so much for the kind words. And I hope you are feeling better soon! This one was a real challenge. Between having to pick on just the bottom five strings and trying to duplicate his three finger picking with my two finger style. :) Plus the turn around took me a long time - totally different picking pattern and timing usually played by a separate lead guitar. I have been getting more requests for audio versions on the videos. thanks for the idea - I'm now thinking about releasing them as live audio recordings. If you haven't yet, please sign up for my mailing list on my website. I'll be making any announcement there about new audio releases - including some new original stuff. :) www.ThomasEarl.com
Fantastic!
Excellent. Tablature in an ancient WB book called Tops in Tablature 1. Available in the used market.
Love it! ❤😎🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Like that open ‘G’ playing
great interpretation. perfect for the morning.
Excellent job on this Thomas. Sounds beautiful and thanks for opening up my mind on a new way to play a great favorite.
Lovely
Sweet!!
The arrangement works really well, and you played great but the guitar sound just kills. As strong, round, clean and pure as i've heard in many a day.
Thanks for the kind words!
It is a real treat to hear a great-sounding acoustic that has been well recorded. If you don't mind me asking - what guitar, strings and microphone did you use?
@@pppilote The guitar I’m using in this video is my 1966 Martin D-18. The strings are D’Addario XS Phosphor Bronze 12-53 light gauge. To record my videos I use my Apple iPhone 8. To record the audio I use a Shure PG42 USB microphone plugged into an Apple Lighting adapter and then plugged into the iPhone. (You have to use a second lighting power cord plugged into the adapter since the iPhone itself doesn’t have enough power to activate the mike. ) The audio is just the pure sweet sound of the acoustic guitars I play - no effects at all. For editing, I Airdrop the raw video clips into my iMac and use Apple iMovie to trim the clips and do titles and credits. On a couple of occasions I have used the overall volume level adjustment in iMovie if the audio was too hot or too low. I am an old school analog/acoustic guy and try to keep it that way as music as possible. Hope that helps.
@@ThomasEarlMusic I, too, use D'Addario Phosphor Bronze (Custom Light Gauge) on my 1966 Gibson Heritage custom. I get a sound that is somewhat less bright as I usually don't use picks. Listening to your video - even on my computer's tiny speakers - makes me think I might want to persevere in learning to be comfortable with fingerpicks. I truly admire the strong acoustic tone you get. I also very much liked the arrangement of "If You Could Read My Mind" using an open G. It strangely put me in mind of another Canadian songwriter, Stan Rogers, and his quite besutiful "Tiny Fish for Japan" song. Please check it out and let me know what you think. As for being an old school analog acoustic guy... you're preaching to the choir.
@@pppilote Thanks for the recommendation - "Tiny Fish for Japan" is a beautiful ballad...and the guitar intro is incredibly similar to "if You Could Read My Mind." :) I have been playing with picks since I got my first guitar at age 15.They just really bring out the brightness and clarity of the strings, where if I just use my fingers...it is pretty...but comparatively dull and muted. You should try a bunch of different picks to see what work for you. As far as a thumb pick goes, after using Nationals for year I finally found the Fred Kelly Slic Picks. They are amazing , small and compact and stick to your thumb like glue. Plus the edge has just the right rounding to it it clear and doesn't sound scratchy. I use the the "Kelly D2B-M-8 Delrin Slick Large Thumb Medium Guitar Pick " You can buy an eight pack of them at Amazon for about $8.00. I still use my "National" fingerpicks. (Have also used Dunlops in the past.) There are several new types - including "Pro-pics" the offer a two say bracing. Haven't tried those yet. I would say the best thing to do would be to try a bunch of different fingerpicks and see what works best for you. Here is an article I found comparing the best fingerpicks now available. guitarpickreviews.com/top-10-fingerpicks/
It will feel a little weird at first, but you will get used to it. Takes a while to get them positioned just right on the ends of your fingers so they stay on thing and hit at the right point of the strings. You play with the metal bands until the fingerpick fits snugly on the end of your finger, without slipping and so the and on the end kind of matches the end of your finger. I personally don't like them, but some people have used plastic fingerpicks. They aren't quite as clean sounding as metal, but are better than your bare fingers. Hope this helps! Good Luck! thomas
Wonderful! You are an inspiration!
Congratulations, Thomas, for this awesome vocal and guitar cover !
Bravo Thomas. I've been waiting to see this ever since we exchanged thoughts a few months back about it being a potentially great song for Open G (although I was having a go in Open D). This performance is inspirational to me and, just getting over a dose of Covid, will be one of the first things I try when I'm fit. I particularly love the way you have handled the closing 'riff' which is so effective, more so than in standard tuning. Great. (P.S. Wish I could find a way of getting your recordings onto my computer as audio tracks so I could play them in my car).
Thanks so much for the kind words. And I hope you are feeling better soon! This one was a real challenge. Between having to pick on just the bottom five strings and trying to duplicate his three finger picking with my two finger style. :) Plus the turn around took me a long time - totally different picking pattern and timing usually played by a separate lead guitar. I have been getting more requests for audio versions on the videos. thanks for the idea - I'm now thinking about releasing them as live audio recordings. If you haven't yet, please sign up for my mailing list on my website. I'll be making any announcement there about new audio releases - including some new original stuff. :) www.ThomasEarl.com