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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on February 1, 2017 at 10:32pm

The tone is in the drone...

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on February 2, 2017 at 7:23am

Here you go with a few different styles (and some very dodgy playing..but maybe you get the idea...

West African High Life...

Jazz...

Glam rock...

Ska...

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on February 3, 2017 at 12:45am

nice work John... ahh SKA loved it back in the day, know any Madness??? ha ha ha

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on February 3, 2017 at 3:57am

Lots of good comments here.   CBGs can play all kinds of music and I wish more folks would rock them because that might bring us more young players and builders.   If you want to rock, one person to check out is Mike Snowden on youtube.     He has some good lessons too.

I love blues and old timey, so that is why I play that kind of music. 

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Permalink Reply by Derek Rose on February 4, 2017 at 5:55pm

I mostly play original songs for the videos I post, but also a few covers, which tend to be more folk, pop, acoustic rock than blues, though I love blues.

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Permalink Reply by Primitive Acoustics on February 6, 2017 at 6:05am

I enjoy playing Blues, folk, experimental, ambient....this is a short video of an ambient piece played on my three stringer with a Dan Sleep Thinbucker pickup through my effects board.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BL-gaoYDnNo/?taken-by=primitiveacoustics

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Permalink Reply by Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman on February 7, 2017 at 3:21am

I posted this earlier, but there is a problem with the link. :) Ambient soundscapes!

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/a-breeze-through-empty-branches

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Permalink Reply by jose garcia paredes on February 12, 2017 at 12:38pm

Is it true that four strings are better for other different styles?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on February 12, 2017 at 1:34pm

Yes. Just like 6-strings can go beyond what can be done on a 4-string, and just like you can play stuff on a 7- and 8-string guitar that you can't play on a 6. 3-strings do have their limitations, just like any other instrument.

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Permalink Reply by jose garcia paredes on February 12, 2017 at 9:19pm

thanks ;)

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Permalink Reply by Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman on February 13, 2017 at 4:47am

I would respctfully disagree with my esteemed colleague. One is only limited by one's imagination and skills, no matter how many strings. A good example would be Mark Sandman of MORPHINE. I play a 3 string balalaika in a Russian and Eastern European folk orchestra. Trust me when I say that there are no limits! :)

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Permalink Reply by jose garcia paredes on February 13, 2017 at 5:08am

True, but maybe with four strings everything is more comfortable, right?

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