Members babablowfish Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 I was just on YouTube and watched Paul Brady playing Arthur McBride The discussion below the video said that he is playing a Yamaha FG-180 (which is a laminate top git) I went to another site to verify and sure enough http://www.acguitar.com/issues/ag93/gear93.shtml
Members Samilyn Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 there you go! right as rain. +1I don't doubt the power of a lam. My Martie has lam back and sides and it simply shreds many other 12-ers - big, boomy iconic Martin dread sound.
Members ChiyoDad Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 Marvelous! I've embedded it for your convenience. [YOUTUBE]cBGkhPx529g[/YOUTUBE] More proof that the quality of the build and the skill of the musician can outshine the pedigree of the wood. Time to get back to practice!
Members daklander Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 He's playing that FG180 on the Lakes of the Ponchartrain video as well.Ad8RVexRUoQ&feature=related
Members LiveMusic Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 I was just on YouTube and watched Paul Brady playing Arthur McBride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGkhPx529g&feature=relatedThe discussion below the video said that he is playing a Yamaha FG-180 (which is a laminate top git) I went to another site to verify and sure enoughhttp://www.acguitar.com/issues/ag93/gear93.shtml Never heard of him. Wow, that's really good! Guitar sounds great, I like his voice. Anyone know what tuning he is playing in?
Members babablowfish Posted January 11, 2008 Author Members Posted January 11, 2008 Marvelous! I've embedded it for your convenience.More proof that the quality of the build and the skill of the musician can outshine the pedigree of the wood. Time to get back to practice! Thanks! I haven't figured out how to do that yet.
Members daklander Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 I never heard of him either until a couple of weeks ago when someone posted the link to The Lakes of Ponchartrain here at HCAGF. I am so blown away by the power of the performances. He seems way too young to be that good. Thanks! I haven't figured out how to do that yet. Heh, he's not young. Those were recorded in 1977. Of course he was pretty young then..... This is more recent. VAYsEb06StQ&feature=related The embed process is simple. Copy everything after the v= sign in the url between braketed youtube and un bracketed youtube or use the youtube embed button. It will look like this but with the brackets in lieu of the shown parentheses. (youtube)VAYsEb06StQ&feature=related(/youtube)
Members Stackabones Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 Thanks! I haven't figured out how to do that yet.Take the url ... see the part after "v=" ... in this case "cBGkhPx529g"Copy that part after the "v=" and paste into the window that pops ups when you hit the "YouTube" button.Hope it helps. Give it a shot in here. We won't mind.
Members babablowfish Posted January 11, 2008 Author Members Posted January 11, 2008 [YOUTUBE]Ad8RVexRUoQ[/YOUTUBE] Let's see if it works. Hey, it did! Thanks Stack! Thanks Dak also - I am a technophobe so I blanked out about halfway through your explanation but that is my failing, not yours. Also, since this was recorded in 1977 he must have been in his 20s then, no?
Members melandy Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 Thanks Dak also - I am a technophobe so I blanked out about halfway through your explanation but that is my failing, not yours. Technophobe? I thought you were on a Mac. -A
Members spokenward Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 Boy, that's wonderful. thanks!
Members babablowfish Posted January 11, 2008 Author Members Posted January 11, 2008 Technophobe?I thought you were on a Mac. -A Macs are ideal for Technophobes because they are so user-friendly and the icons and tools are so intuitive that everything just makes sense. When I try to read technical directions or listen to them my thoughts just scramble - kind of like sticking your fingers in your ears and going, "La,la,la, la ...."
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted January 11, 2008 Members Posted January 11, 2008 I know someone who has an FG-180...it's about a 1970 model I think. He uses it in open D tuning. It's a very loud guitar.
Members Broadus Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 Thanks for posting this, Baba. That's a great sound. On a side note, sometimes, with all the talk about guitars, I think it's easy to forget that it's really about the playing, not as much the particular nuanced sound that one guitar has compared to another. This FG-180 is a good-sounding guitar, to be sure, and represents what a lam can do. If Brady were playing an all-solid, $2000 guitar, I suspect we would enjoy the performance no better. I'm not saying the sound of the guitar wouldn't be better, but I think the performance is what really gets our attention. Just my opinion, and you know what it's worth. Bill
Members babablowfish Posted January 12, 2008 Author Members Posted January 12, 2008 Thanks for posting this, Baba. That's a great sound. On a side note, sometimes, with all the talk about guitars, I think it's easy to forget that it's really about the playing, not as much the particular nuanced sound that one guitar has compared to another. This FG-180 is a good-sounding guitar, to be sure, and represents what a lam can do. If Brady were playing an all-solid, $2000 guitar, I suspect we would enjoy the performance no better. I'm not saying the sound of the guitar wouldn't be better, but I think the performance is what really gets our attention. Just my opinion, and you know what it's worth. Bill I couldn't agree with you more. And with that voice and playing ability I suspect that Paul Brady would still sound great on an Esteban.
Members Minitruth Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 I couldn't agree with you more. And with that voice and playing ability I suspect that Paul Brady would still sound great on an Esteban.You know, that's exactly it. David Gilmour could play one of my cheapo Chinese electrics through a cheap SS amp and still sound like DG.I could play his blackstrat through his Hi-watt stack and refrigerator-sizeFX rack and I'd still sound like me.
Members simplygoodmusic Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 Erm...Heres another video of him playing what looks like the same guitar, playing the same song.Is it me or does it sound a little worse here? [YOUTUBE]DDu0zxHcsjc&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Members MattSkibaIsGOD Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 Great discovery Baba. I think of the videos from that show, his guitar sounds the best on The lakes of Pontchartrain. I am amazed by the thundering low-end that guitar has. I reckon if I ever look for another guitar, it'll be one of those. And for whoever asked, he's playing in open G.
Members daklander Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 Erm...Heres another video of him playing what looks like the same guitar, playing the same song. Is it me or does it sound a little worse here? YouTube Link Removed Not that it matters but that's not the same song. If it is the same guitar it is lacking the upper clear guard that's on the other video. Anyway, the difference in the tone of the guitar is more than likely due to, different time span, different venue and different microphone. All will affect the guitar's tone so it will sound different than the others. It still sounds very good, without the strong low end and I believe that's due to the microphone differences.
Members MattSkibaIsGOD Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 ^ +1. It sounds a bit distant. That is them same song though; just an earlier arrangement of it.
Members kwakatak Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 Yes, even with a cheap acoustic guitar often times tone is in the fingers. By that I mean dynamics, vibrato, and other techniques - some just take a little more work on a cheaper guitar, that's all.
Members daklander Posted January 12, 2008 Members Posted January 12, 2008 ^ +1. It sounds a bit distant. That is them same song though; just an earlier arrangement of it. DOH! I was of a mind the "same song" remark was pointed to the previous post about "Lakes...".
Members Andrewrg Posted January 13, 2008 Members Posted January 13, 2008 I was just on YouTube and watched Paul Brady playing Arthur McBride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGkhPx529g&feature=relatedThe discussion below the video said that he is playing a Yamaha FG-180 (which is a laminate top git) I went to another site to verify and sure enoughhttp://www.acguitar.com/issues/ag93/gear93.shtml Boy but that brought back some memories! I bought my FG180 in 1969 in Ivor Mairants Musicentre on Rathbone Place in London; I traded my Aria 'John Pearse' model dread(ful) for it. I got
Members babablowfish Posted January 13, 2008 Author Members Posted January 13, 2008 A couple of years ago I came across another red label FG180 which I pleaded with the guy to sell me-it was being used as a wall ornament but had a sentimental attachment and he wouldn't let me have it...he didn't even play.A rare and beautiful bird sits in a cage.
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