Demo of 2 String CBG and 2 String CBG Bass

The first one is made by Marshall Stapleton http://www.wix.com/marshallstapleton/guitars#!
It has A and D strings on it, which at the moment are tuned down to E,B

The second one is made by Jay from tinyguitars
http://www.tinyguitars.tk/
It's tuned Bb, F
I'm having great fun with them both!!

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Comment by Careless John on January 8, 2013 at 11:19am

lmao .... ok enough said ...!!!

 

Comment by bemuzic on January 8, 2013 at 10:09am

thanks Martyn!

John, ah but I don't want to tell you where to put your fingers..I think you should play what feels right to YOU : -)

Comment by Careless John on January 8, 2013 at 8:29am

lol .... see Be, you inspired more than me, so pat on the back time me thinks. Rather than lesson I had been thinking more on the lines of ... "Put your fingers on this fret and pluck this" type stuff, your right about Shane and Keni's stuff, but for someone who has never played I think simple demonstartions work best ...!

Comment by Martyn Hartley on January 8, 2013 at 8:19am

Ohh I like those Be.

I was a player in the dim and distant past, and was thinking of building a CBG bass for my next project

If it sounds as good as yours, will be well delighted

Thanks for the inspiration!

Comment by bemuzic on January 8, 2013 at 7:58am

ah thanks John, glad it's sparked off you getting one!

Lessons, no hadn't thought of it..my musical knowledge is a bit sketchy and comes from a mixture of recorder lessons as a child, teaching myself a very small amount of piano, a few guitar lessons decades ago, then what I've learned on here with CBG's. Shane's lessons got me started, and I think with his and Keni Lee's lessons there's probably enough out there? Also I think it's important to find your own thing.  Try different guitars, different strings, different tunings, and noodle around not worrying about what it sounds like....basically experiment and have fun, and good things will happen : -)

Comment by Careless John on January 8, 2013 at 5:50am

Iv'e just had a 2 stringer made by Shane Wagstaff for me Be, purely on the strength of this video...!  love your playing ... did you ever think about doing a few video lessons .... some of us mortals need all the help we can get.

Comment by eK on January 18, 2012 at 7:23am

Sounds quite good! I especially liked that little slapback delay thing you did. I use that technique quite a bit in my other musical life where I'm a regular bass player. However, it never occurred to me to combine it with a *slide.* Which is funny, because I've used everything else (from fingernails to an EBow) on an electric bass at one time or another. So "thankee for spottin' me blindspot m'dear" as an old song goes. Gonna have to go out and pick up a couple of different slides this weekend and see how upset I can get my neighbors (and cat) before I get it halfway sorted out. ;-)

Comment by bemuzic on October 8, 2011 at 9:45pm
thanks John
Comment by bemuzic on October 8, 2011 at 11:50am
thanks Willard
Comment by Willardj on October 8, 2011 at 10:39am
SUPER....thanks for posting

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