RE: "Can't do it on steel strings?"

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duende

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Joined: Dec. 15 2003
From: Sweden

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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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 8 2012 19:20:47

Ron.M

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

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

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 8 2012 19:41:22

El Kiko

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Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland

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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Joined: Sep. 30 2008
From: Hong Kong

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.