Hey Tim, so colter played this song acoustic on his instagram page. I’m no expert but I’m pretty he played this without the capo on 1. This is probably different on the studio recording but his acoustic version is also beautiful. Would love to see you make a video on that version because it’s quite a bit different than this version besides the main chords.
I've not seen the instagram post, but his guitar could have been in a different tuning on the instagram post, or maybe he simply played and sang it in a different key... I'd have been basing this lesson off of what makes the most sense based on what I can hear happening on the album recording
I’ve got harmonica tabs for this and some other Colter Wall songs up on channel one if anyone is interested! This video is definitely the best guitar tutorial for this song I’ve seen so far.
You need to do the whole Little songs album Tim!! And he has alot of other great stuff you know it i bet, such as wild dogs and rocky mountain rangers, would be really happy!!!
Guitar question: I'm looking at getting my first high end guitar - I've narrowed down to OM-21 -- 000-18 - Larivee OM40 (sounds just like OM-21) -- but I am loving the sound of this WL-14 (but no one nearby to play) - Play a lot of Colter Wall, Sturgill, and finger style arrangements. Current guitar are 000-15sm and Taylor 322 12 fret (super comfortable but tone not quite country enough). Main goal is to have something super playable with solid country tone. Any thoughts on Martins vs this WL-14?
I would go for a Martin over the Waterloo as a "primary" guitar... especially if it's your first high end guitar. I love this Waterloo, and it does what it does really really well... but I don't consider it to be super versatile. Handles the Colter Wall sound really well (Western-y waltzes and such) but it doesn't have the same roundness of tone that I'd want in playing a broader spectrum of songs
Was rewatching this video and realized I had commented on it - I ended up with a used CEO-7 which I absolutely love. I think I like the tone of the 000-18 a slightly better, but the very wide string spacing on the CEO-7 is super comfortable - it's like 2 5/16 which I have discovered is my preferred spacing. Felt way less cramped than the standard 18 series. It also helped that Waterloos are pretty hard to find these days. Any, thanks again for responding and the input.
