Ok... It's been nearly nine years. This rhythm is impossible for me to get. I know practice makes perfect and only quitters quit and all that but damn it man... nine years! My fingers hurt
Your comment is 2 years old so that would make it 11 years. Hopefully you got it down by now :) I recently went through the same thing with the song "Cake and Eggs" by Deer Tick. I struggled to learn it and got nowhere for about 5 years and then I just gave up on it and didn't attempt it for years after that. However, one night about 3 months ago I sat down with a 6 pack of beer and forced myself to play it until I figured out the damn thing. Well, I didn't quite figure it out that night, but I kept on practicing the song as often as I could after that. About 2 weeks ago I was practicing the song and it finally clicked! Needless to say I was overwhelmed with joy because it had been such a huge personal goal of mine to learn that song. I'm so happy I stuck with it. Moral of this story is don't give up! 😁
Scott, Correct me if I'm wrong but this was a 70's harmony H165(judging by the white truss rod cover I don't think the '60s had them) that you restored for Justin correct? Did you rebrace the guitar maybe x bracing or did it have the original ladder bracing? I assume you did the typical neck reset on these guitars that are needed because of the age and the poplar necks, anything else you want to add that was done to this guitar? I love h165's and am constantly looking for ones that have had a neck reset or are cheap enough for me to buy and get one done properly, No idea how you make guitars from scratch you have my respect for that one! I just found Justin's music about 3 weeks ago and was learning to play a couple songs like "I don't care" and "Harlem river blues" when he passed truly an amazing artist, I'm sure you guys had a friendship considering the guitars you restored and built from scratch for him...
Lurk Our full remanufacturing process includes a neck reset, straightening the neck and re-radiusing the fingerboard, new frets, new internal scalloped tuned X bracing, new rosewood bridge, new vintage style gears, side dots, strap button, and a full setup. The one we did for Justin was a late 60’s early 70’s model with the thinner maple neck and decal rosette. We can either rebuild your guitar for you which is a flat rate of $995 for the parts and labor, or we have them for sale which are $1575 with a new hard case and warranty. I also built Justin a custom guitar from scratch with his name inlaid in the neck.
@sheriffofnottingham i think the inside of the soundhole simply has an ivory binding round it. the rest of what you can see is the soundboard bracing which sits just to the rear of the soundhole. just happens to be the same colour so it all looks like one thing! :-)
Apparently he has that crossed sledgehammer tattoo on his right hand because Guy Clark said to him once that he plays guitar like his fingers are sledgehammers.
@lmlm11 Independent finger picking takes awhile. Took me a year of learning rolls and practicing different styles to play like this. start with travis picking
That's the idea. Eventually in advanced finger style you want your thumb acting like the left hand on a piano playing independent bass patterns while your other fingers play melodies. Very hard to do, something I hope to attain one day. Here is another great finger picker Mark Knopfler offering some great insights into the style "watch?v=G_8dDaPsSmg".
I believe he was playing on his Harmony h165 here fairly old guitar even though it was redone by Baxendale guitars might have been a little frail due to age. Justin also loved to slam that d string....
