Btw it’s usually the strings. When they are brand new, it tends to leave some oxidation on your moist fingers. As the strings turn from bright and shiny to darker and duller, you’ll usually see much less tarnish left in your fingers because once the metal is evenly tarnished, there will be little to no oxidation reaction with your skin. This absolutely happens with coated strings, as well as a variety of metals. I also use D’addario XT or XS. The same thing happens with a coated string, although it deteriorates much slower and than an uncoated string. As the coating wears towards the end of its playing life before they need changing, you may see more black junk coming off again. I just slapped on a new set of acoustic Phosphor Bronze XT’s. After 1-1.5 weeks, it stopped leaving the marks. Usually, I use them for 2-3 months (they last up to 3 months in drier NYC seasons, summer humidity reduced it to about two months) and tend to see some light marks on my fingers again around 1-2 weeks before they sound totally dead and get too hard to play. It can happen from the fret wire too, but the marks always are right where the strings marks are in your skin after playing. If it was the fret wire, it would leave a horizontal smears. We rarely actually touch the fret wire while playing anyway. If it happens, it’s usually while cleaning the garnish off during a string change. If a fretboard is poorly stained, it is possible for dark marks to come off on your fingers. I’ve personally never seen that happen to me or anyone I know. It would also look more like dirt smears than perfectly dark in your finger string grooves lol. Natural wood that isn’t not stained won’t do that. Maybe you need to test this age old debate! Do a search online and you’ll see all kinds of theories about the black marks lol.
I absolutely LOVE my Breedlove 12! Easy to play, great sounding and the string thru bridge simplifies string changes. They also do a truss system for the bridge that minimizes the adverse effects of string tension on the guitar top.
@@vrcimino1250 I've never seen a Chinese made one...my son and daughter in law have two of them and they were made in Bend. No doubt they farm out some ..my in laws live in Bend and I've tried the guitars they make there. I'm interested in their nylon string guitar
Beautiful guitar and nice song you’ve got started there. I usually decide what I’m going to play by which string I accidentally hit when I pick up my guitar. No joke. Or, I just pluck a string and my direction is set. And as I progress through each episode of dabbling, I’m reminded of the fact that all is right with the world and I still suck. But I’m having fun!
I’ve never played a Breedlove personally, but I’ve never heard one that didn’t sound stellar. I hope you’ll keep working on that song - it should be about a dude who got a Breedlove while playing the very Breedlove that inspired the song! 😂😂😂 P.S. You actually prepare for these videos?! I’ll be damned.
8:26 - 8:36 is a good riff i would keep that maybe use it for the chorus or a bridge for your chord progression song you shared and explained in this video
I've got a Tonewood tree is my garden that I planted last year. In 200 years it will be big enough to cut down and I mark off each day in my calendar. We'll see if Tonewood is real or if I just imagined the tree. I'll keep you updated!
Landon, another episode of fruitloopery - our week would be poorer without it. Now, about the voice! I don’t want to appear sycophantic but… You have a gift. It’s like nectar for the ears.
Breedlove Guitars was established In 1990 by California luthiers Larry Breedlove and Steve Henderson, who left their jobs at Taylor Guitars to create what would become Breedlove Guitars.
I had a Breedlove but I had to sell it to pay bills after my company closed down.. thanks to biden and the democrats for a crap economy... Maybe one day I will get another when / if things improve. I miss it. It was my main accoustic and the other accoustic isn't worth much.
