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Yr Blues
09-13-2007, 02:48 PM
What was the guitar used to record this Eric Johnson song? Was it an OM or a D?
re-animator
09-13-2007, 05:48 PM
i'm 80% sure it was a d.... I know a song for life was done on a D and it sounds great.
Yr Blues
09-13-2007, 06:26 PM
Oh thanks. I think it's a great song, and that goes for A Song For Life, too. His live acoustic tone was too trebly and brittle. Song For George sounds really human and folksy, not overproduced.
re-animator
09-13-2007, 07:18 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mV5dMDId7uY

good performance there.... just a little bit too much compression I think, but he's great on that cut, and he's clearly using a D. To this day I can't pick up an acoustic guitar without playing licks from a song for life to get a feel for it.

I really only have 2 tests for an acoustic guitar:

the g chord
a song for life
Yr Blues
09-13-2007, 07:29 PM
I think the guitar may sound more folksy because of the tuning, and may slack some of the strings so they buzz more. A 12-fret neck would also have less string tension.