Somewhere Over The Rainbow, played on four string cigar box guitar. This is the first thing I have put here using fingering rather than just slide. I really wasn't getting fingering, which I don't really understand, but for some reason something clicked and so here is my first attempt at doing something with fingering and some slide.

Funnily enough learning this coincided with that arrival of a really super gift. Keni Lee's CD 6 which uses the same tuning intervals on three strings as the upper three on the four sting that I am using. I am only just starting to go through the lessons, but it makes a lot of sense.

The guitar is tuned GDGB. The guitar has both humbucker and two piezos in the bridge. He amp is a Kustom Arrow 16DFX, set to the clean channel with the three EQ knobs level and some reverb/chorus.

By the way, if you want to hear/see how it should be done go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ubVGiyAhkY
and find the extraordinary Tommy Emmanuel playing what I think is the best version I have heard.

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Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 6, 2011 at 1:00am

Hi Ellwood.

Many thanks for your comment.

All the best.

John

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 5, 2011 at 1:34pm

Hi Mike.

Thank you for listening and for your comments. I'm very pleased you enjoyed it.

All the best.

John

Comment by Mike Bingham on December 5, 2011 at 12:10pm

Very, very nice. Number one on top content again! That's quite an accomplishment.

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 5, 2011 at 8:37am

Hi Lana.

Thank you for the very nice comments. Very much appreciated.

All the best.

John

Comment by Mama Mojo on December 5, 2011 at 4:38am

Lovely, John!  And I love that build you played it on!  All around very nice playing, the guitar is beautiful and the video is great!  Thanks for posting!!

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 4, 2011 at 10:17am

Hi Shane.

Thanks you very much for the comment. My spill chucker also sometimes throws a wobbly from time to time.

All the best.

John

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 4, 2011 at 7:50am

Hi there Kidd.

Thanks for the comments and for taking time to listen.

All the best.

John

Comment by Kidd Filby on December 4, 2011 at 5:28am

Roadkill;

Very nice.  That's a tune I have had in my mind for a long time, thinking it would sound very good on a CBG.  Thanks for proving me right!!!  Keep'm coming.

Kidd

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 4, 2011 at 1:01am

I promised c storz that I would put up a shot of the inside of the box to show how the strings were fixed. I have now posted the pic is here.

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 3, 2011 at 2:09pm

Hi there NightOwl, Juha, Kevin and Tony.

Thanks to all of you for the comments. I really appreciate that.

Kevin. Yes. Tommy E is a real inspriation. He makes those harp harmonics at the beginning sound so effortless. I think that above all it is the fact that he is so technically good but doesn't sacrifice the musicality in the process.

Thanks again and all the best.

John

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