Welcome to this week’s episode of Acoustic Tuesday where I share my guitar geek list of gear, artists, and resources to keep you inspired to live your absolute BEST acoustic life!
As always, you can catch the show at 10am every Tuesday in these four places:
- Acoustic Life YouTube channel
- We Play Every Day Facebook Community
- Get show notes emailed directly to your inbox.
- Listen to audio only below or in iTunes
Featured in This Episode…
#4 Furch Orange OMc-SR Review
Learn More About The Furch Orange OMc-SR
Take A Walk Through The Furch Workshop
#3 Who’s On The Turn Table This Week?
Will McNicol is just the perfect acoustic finger-style virtuoso! His attack, articulation and accuracy is astounding! His melodies are soothing, and yet technically complex as he intensively uses staccatos and syncopation. He has ~ 6 albums out, and I highly recommend his “Dragonflies, Frogs and Bumblebees” album as a perfect companion to this beautiful spring we have coming! 🙂
Btw, as a plus, he also does many sample videos for high-end bespoke acoustic guitars for The North American Guitar in London, UK.
#2 What to do when you feel behind
Do you ever feel behind in your progress as a guitar player? I know I do… and I get it. Life can get busy. Other priorities take center stage and before you know it, days, even weeks have gone by and you haven’t touched your guitar.
#1 The Personal Guitar Workshop
Learn More About The GIG Personal Guitar Workshop
Hi Tony and Noah,
John here from Colorado Springs. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the show. I love it.
john
See and hearing George Harrison play
My first acoustic tuesdAY, though I’ve been a student of Tony’s Acoustic Challenge for a month. The show was great! Totally enjoyed the show. Greta fun and great info. Thanks
Tony, I have a StonebridgeG23LR electric acoustic that is made by Furch. Stonebridge was the name of the company before actually going with the Furch name and dropping the Stonebridge monicker. My guitar is designed in the very same fashion as the one you experimented with in your video, other than mine is not a cutaway style.
The G23 has a Swiss Alpine spruce top is aged through an accelerated process called ‘torrefaction’, giving it a sound that resembles a vintage guitar that has aged over the years. The back and sides are East Indian Rosewood that has a gloss finish with a tortoise shell binding to tie them together.The neck is solid mahogany. The fretboard and bridge are made of ebony and the inlay on the fingerboards are exactly the same as the one you have demonstrated on. The headstock looks to be made of a glossy ebony, I would guess. The machine tuner buttons are also made of a tortoise shell acrylic. And last, but not least is, there is a MiSi pickup in it that when you insert an AC adapter into the end plug on the bout and allow it to charge the system for two minutes, it will allow you to play through your amp for up to twelve hours without a recharge. It’s amazing!
This guitar does not take a back seat to the Martin or the Taylor I had. In fact, I got rid of them and kept this one. That’s how much I love it. Sadly, though, I have been forced to liquidate my collection of guitars due to economic reasons and other endeavours, and this one is unfortunately is a casualty, as well.
Would Tony be willing on one of the episodes explaining the different guitar shapes..ie. OM…etc.
Excellent Show as always, i watch it as soon as i get back from my guitar lessons. My inspiration was Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. You motivational part of the show was my favorite part and can’t wait for more.
Good work. Each Acoustic Tuesday is like having hand out to help move forward.
Put the pig in the basement in the winter. In the freezer.
The pig’s name is Frank.
(of course)
#Small win…thanks for turning me on to Molly Tuttle…..WOW!
Love the show! Good information and inspiration. Today, you gave me the perspective shift that I needed and that is to be inspired by others but don’t compare myself to others. The journey is mine.
.. James Taylor was my inspiration many years ago….. finally trying to learn
Dave Sommerfield – clever product. No more accidents changing strings or doing a setup. 5*
My inspiration you asked. In 1961 Aboard a US Naval vessel there was a shipmate that played songs that I wore him out asking to play over and over again. When he tired of my face in his he let me fus around with his guitar. I had never held one, ever, and saved some of my $44 dollars every 2 weeks to buy a cheapie that filled my few off hours. Life. Live and enjoy your friends,.
Musical Inspiration- the first time- 1964 Beatles Concert at Red Rocks
Great show. I’m definitely checking out Will McNicol. My guitar playing inspiration was James Taylor.
I guess I’m a guitar geek because no matter where I go in Pennsylvania, I wind up going past the Martin guitar factory. I live in New York.
What an awesome show you guys put on each tuesday. I just love the show
1964, sitting on a bed in some motel (shades of Jimmy Buffet), by myself (unfortunately), when I picked up a friends guitar, an old mel bay instruction book, and a partially empty bottle of {gasp} whiskey and set about to learn a few chords. Fast forward several months and I am again picking up a guitar (still in a motel room, by myself) when I thought “OMG, a year ago I couldn’t even spell gittar pikker and now I are one!” NOT! But it sure was a moment of revelation that has lasted many years and made me a somewhat better pikker as well as an eager learner into the future.
#smallwin
Hi Tony and Noah,
Tony – You’re comment on how the Furch guitar “shines” in open tunings is such a good reminder that not all guitars are the same. I’ve had my Alvarez Yairi dreadnought guitar for almost 10 years and just started tuning it to open D recently after listening to some Nick Drake. The whole guitar just blooms and comes alive in my hands now in a way it hasn’t before and it’s almost sad to go back to standard tuning. A simple experiment like an alternate tuning can really change how you play and interact with your guitar.
You guys are the best.
Andrew from Fitchburg, WI.
John Denver as inspiration
#smallwins Just purchased another guitar. This time a Teton STSA130SMCENT Maple (any opinions on Tetons?). I now have four guitars (Yamaha Classical (from my Dad in ’72), Washburn D12S, Washburn, HB30 electric) and can barely play. However, I have managed to rock it with another online program and killed five songs at a slow speed using only A, D, and E chords.
My inspiration to learn how to play acoustic guitar is John Lee Hooker. Tupelo with the foot tap and the humming, C’mon now that’s some passion I have to play. Bucket list 101. Peace brothers
My guitar playing was inspired on Christmas 1963 when for a Christmas presents my brother got a Silvertone acoustic guitar and i got a transistor radio. That night i heard this band play a song called “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and my 12 year old brain went wow, soon after i was playing my brother’s Silvertone a lot more than he did. i enjoy your show keep up that good work.
Please pardon my mistakes in grammar and typos
I watch the show every week from Switzerland.I’ve been a TAC member for a couple of months, and I’m digging it. Tony often talks about music documentaries, and I’ve been watching them for years. There’s a new documentary on Netflix about Robert L. Johnson called, “Devil at the Crossroads.” The documentary claims that he invented the 12 bar blues, and you can here it in almost every song he has recorded. It’s only an hour long and well worth the time investment.
Go Sharks! We have to get Joe Thornton a Cup!
Furch is pronounced kinda neither what you said, Ch is single letter in Czech abc. The best way is what i found on wiki: pronounce it the way you pronounce “ch” in “loch”.
Greetings from Czechia!