Topic: Blues In My Fingers - Lonnie Johnson instrumental on a 10-string guitar

[daddystovepipe]

Hi all,

Ari's Lonnie Johnson's dvd's made me dust off my old LJ repertoire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vJw-B41tXA

enjoy,
Carl

[Mr.OMuck]

Beautiful Carl!

[Pan]

Great Job again, Carl!

[Johnm]

Your tone and touch are just spot on, Carl--really nice playing!
All best,
Johnm

[Parlor Picker]

Stovepipe strikes yet again!

[harry klook]

sweet, fabulous playing

[daddystovepipe]

Thanks for the kind comments, guys.
 

[Richard]

Very nice. 10 strings? So how is it tuned?

[daddystovepipe]

Thanks Richard,
I'm using Lonnie's "fetish" tuning DGDGBE, low to high (but I'm tuned 1/2 step lower)
normal 12-string setup but a B-string and the thin G-string were removed.
Lonnie's typical bends 2nd string fret 5 are much easier this way; the thin G-string causes a too jingly jangly sound when attacked from above with the thumb, hence the removal.
If you double click on the image of the video here, you'll open the Youtube page where you can click for the description (I always try to give some interesting info there)
cheers,
Carl

[Richard]

Thanks, interesting and I'll go visit YouTube.

[Toby Walker]

That was nice playing Carl. I liked the idea of taking off a couple of strings there. I'll have to try that on one of my 12 strings.