Which acoustic did Michael Hedges play?

[Ryan07]

Anyone know what his guitars of choice were?

His tone is incredible, and his playing even more so...

I just finally found his masterpiece (imo), Aerial Boundries, in a discount bin at some corner record store in Portland! Wow.. it sounds unbelievable. One of the biggest, and most rewarding, differences I have heard from Cd to Vinyl.

Thanks guys!

[digiTED]

Congrats on the record store score! I'm with you man.

He's associated with Martins, much of Aerial was probably a D-28. I believe he was playing something else live when I caught him in the mid 90's.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hedges

Huge loss. I still find Aerial and Breakfast very inspirational.

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[Ryan07]

Haha.. I sure didn't look to hard, huh?! :P I still haven't fully accepted Wiki as a legit source..its great though!

Breakfast: Great album! I think I'll drop the needle on that one now, thanks :)

Just realized..I got both of these records for 99c. Ha, I told the lady in Portland she could have gotten a lot mote outta me for that Mint gem!

[strumnhum]

I have an interesting story for you. At one time I lived around Baltimore and had a friend who, for a while, was a bar owner and fellow guitar player. He told me "you've got to come down to my bar to hear this guitar player. It was Michael Hedges and he was playing a Martin at that time. He was studying at Peabody Institute in Baltimore, and somehow my friend met him and offered a job playing in his bar. Of course the rest is history. Shame that he passed away much too young.

[OOG]

People were throwing guitars at him later but his early stuff was mostly on his beat up D-28 he called Barbara "because she has played so many bars"

iirc it was a 70's

[royd]

yes, his primary guitar was a D28 from very early '70's. He played a Lowden L25C (the same as a current O25C) for some lower tunings and had a Tak or two that he used sometimes. His harp guitar was a Dyer. His pickup system was a Sunrise magnetic with FRAP soundboard transducers although it is possible that the Taks used their UTS in combination with the Sunrise. I heard him a few months before he died and the Taks just didn't sound nearly as good as his other guitars. He was evidently very particular about the PA systems he used too.

[riffmeister]

I saw him play at a small venue in Philly in November of 1997. I had seen him several times before, always blown away, but that night he was particularly inspired. At one point between songs he just strummed his guitar, letting a chord ring out, and admiring the acoustics he said "I love this place, it makes me want to compose". It was a particularly beautiful concert and his genius really sunk in for me. Two weeks later, he was dead. I will cherish the memory of that concert for the rest of my days.

[gregc]

I miss Mike. Awesome, creative force.

[Scott M.]

I think Breakfast in the Field was played on a Somogyi, at least according to the liner notes. Going from memory. . .