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duende

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RE: "Can't do it on steel strin... (in reply to britguy

If i were going to do "IT" on a steel string the guitar would break.........

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Ron.M

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RE: "Can't do it on steel strin... (in reply to britguy

A long time ago I was sitting in a pub where there was a resident electric player/singer doing cover numbers.
He sat down beside me at the interval and said "Hey why don't you do a bit of that Flamenco stuff....come on man"

I said "Man, you really can't do it on that kinda guitar", but he insisted.

I was pretty well on after about 4 pints so said "Ach OK..why not..."

So I get on stage with his electric, which had Ultra Light Gauge strings fitted and start doing Tarantas. (safe option when drunk )

I got about a minute into it and started a pretty strong, dramatic rasgueado in F#minor.

One by one I heard the first, then second, then third strings go "poing" as they snapped.

Finished off by playing and singing a Delta Blues number on the three remaining bass strings.

The guy never lent me his guitar again.

cheers,

Ron
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El Kiko

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RE: "Can't do it on steel strin... (in reply to Adam

Just have a look on Youtube
I put in .........flamenco on electric guitar ......and you'll see what awful crap comes up and waste some time .//
I was thinking of posting the worst one here but Im sure you can find them yourselves ....
So now we know .......

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jun. 8 2012 21:54:11
 
Munin

 

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RE: "Can't do it on steel strin... (in reply to duende

Well there's Jaco Abel, who plays flamenco on a electric guitar...he has a genuine jazz and flamenco background but to be honest I think it sounds like crap because he just transfers flamenco 1:1 to the electric guitar. It just sounds like an inferior version of the same thing. I think he could have been an amazing player on a nylon guitar.

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