Members jazzbo Posted August 20, 2005 Members Share Posted August 20, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strummilo Posted August 20, 2005 Members Share Posted August 20, 2005 Looks like a vagabond. Made in Albany, NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzbo Posted August 20, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 20, 2005 Looks like you are right!Thank you. A local TV channel shows this Jill Sobule concert every so often and she plays it and it sounds pretty good. For those that have been asking about a good guitar for girls, maybe this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knockwood Posted August 20, 2005 Members Share Posted August 20, 2005 That frickin' thing looks like a lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted August 20, 2005 Members Share Posted August 20, 2005 I saw one of these up close at a local club a few months back. It's a travel guitar with solid spruce top/laminated birch back & sides and a pickup installed. It was used by a local singer/songwriter in a full-band setting and still came through the mix pretty good. Here are the specs: http://www.stringsmith.com/Vagabond/Orders/CCOrderFrm.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strummilo Posted August 20, 2005 Members Share Posted August 20, 2005 It also appears that she may be doing something amazing; Playing a travel guitar without a strap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted August 20, 2005 Members Share Posted August 20, 2005 I bet it's as light as a ukelele. I doubt they even bother with straps on those things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strummilo Posted August 21, 2005 Members Share Posted August 21, 2005 It's usually less about the weight and more about the positioning. Travel guitars can't be tucked under your arm as easily as a full. I wouldn't want to play more than one song on any guitar (standing) without a strap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzbo Posted August 21, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 21, 2005 It's not that hard if you are playing fingerstyle because your hand stays in the same position, but if you are strumming with a pick it's a little harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strummilo Posted August 21, 2005 Members Share Posted August 21, 2005 Now if my name were "pickilo" I would have known that. Thanx Jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzbo Posted August 21, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 21, 2005 Originally posted by strummilo Now if my name were "pickilo" I would have known that. Thanx Jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tralfaz Posted August 22, 2005 Members Share Posted August 22, 2005 Originally posted by strummilo It also appears that she may be doing something amazing; Playing a travel guitar without a strap! There's a strap on it. If you look closely, you can see it one end of it running up under her right arm, and the other end going to the headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strummilo Posted August 22, 2005 Members Share Posted August 22, 2005 Once again, I stand corrected. Must have been distracted by a cutie with a guitar. Cutie...hmmm? Politically incorrect, chauvanistic, sexist? Yep! That's me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greg Bogoshian Posted August 22, 2005 Members Share Posted August 22, 2005 What's the story with the curb? She seems to be pointing to it. Twice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fantasticsound Posted August 22, 2005 Members Share Posted August 22, 2005 Originally posted by jazzbo It's not that hard if you are playing fingerstyle because your hand stays in the same position, but if you are strumming with a pick it's a little harder. I don't know how you play fingerstyle, but my right hand changes position quite frequently, as do the hands of most fingerstyle players. We employ a host of techniques that require movement of the entire hand, from switching between strumming and plucking, to artificial harmonics and taps, to percussive effects and more. In fact, I find flatpicking (when necessary, I don't deliberately go out to play standing up with no strap) a lot easier because my hand and arm do tend to stay in one position.It's a lot harder to flex your arm to hold an instrument and then move your fingers individually then to do the same but only swing your wrist. Just my $.02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzbo Posted August 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 22, 2005 Originally posted by fantasticsound I don't know how you play fingerstyle, but my right hand changes position quite frequently, as do the hands of most fingerstyle players. I just don't have a problem with it.Plucking or strumming, my hand stays in postion.I'm not tapping harmonics on the neck a la Kaki King.Somtimes I tap the soundboard, but it's not a problem.My hand stays fixed mostly - I have my pinky touching the soundboard and 1 finger each for the top three strings, thumb for the bottom three.Strum with thumb or back of my fingers.I actually prefer playing my acoustic without a strap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fantasticsound Posted August 23, 2005 Members Share Posted August 23, 2005 To each his/her own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeGreatOne Posted August 30, 2005 Members Share Posted August 30, 2005 Perhaps she's using a belt strap. A belt worn 'round the waste, fed through two loops on the back of the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tony Burns Posted August 30, 2005 Members Share Posted August 30, 2005 Martin made a guitar alot like that one some years ago- not as nice looking- think they called it the stick or something like that- see them on Ebay all the time for around 100-150 bucks- always wondered if they were any good or not- are they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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