Скачать или смотреть Manuela Boy - Slack Key from Mighty Fine Guitars

The next town over from Walnut Creek is lovely Lafayette. The one commercial street that runs through town takes us to our favorite burrito shop, our favorite Thai restaurant, a fine Italian deli, a terrific fish house, well, you get the idea.

But now there's a new reason to visit Lafayette, and it doesn't involve eating. Renowned acoustic guitar ace Stevie Coyle has opened a specialty guitar shop, Mighty Fine Guitars, and brings an assortment of top shelf instruments to town. I brought Ledward Kaapana over for a little visit when he was in town and we wound up jamming the afternoon away.

Today I stopped by Mighty Fine Guitars with a couple of cameras and a recorder and wound up with a bit of video to share. The guitar that captured my attention was a CF Martin 000 custom, a 12 fret slot headed beauty with abalone inlay, a shaded top, and koa back and sides. The fancy appointments caught my eye, but the big neck, wide bridge spacing, and powerful voice kept me playing. I slacked some keys until we were in taropatch and ran through the rascally old "Manuela Boy." This is a piece I learned from the Ozzie Kotani instructional book, "Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style" and one of the first songs I extended with my own variations. Ozzie's arrangement is a classic, and a great springboard for improvisation.

The guitar is tuned to taropatch open G, spelled D G D G B D from low to high. The audio is recorded on a Sony PCM-D50 and you're hearing it without EQ, reverb, or any other processing. The video was captured on a Panasonic Lumix GH2 for the face shot and a GH3 for the side shot. Editing was done in Edius Neo.