"5 AM" - a demo of three acoustics.....

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 24 Nov 2006 10:16 pm

Here's a little two-chord vamp I recorded early this morning,- it's not to be considered "a tune", just something I did to test a new microphone I got plus how these three new guitars of mine behaves in the studio.

It's a '50s small bodied archtop of unknown origin, Lazy River Teardrop Weiss and GoldTone/Paul Beard Signature dobro (the solid Mahogany model).

I haven't EQ'ed any of the guitars, just added a little compression on the two sliders, plus some reverb.. So this is pretty much how they sound in real life, three lovely guitars with strong individual personalities..

5 AM

Steinar

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[This message was edited by Steinar Gregertsen on 24 November 2006 at 10:19 PM.]

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 24 Nov 2006 10:49 pm

Steinar, they sound beautiful, I love the tone.

Gary Boyett · Post by **Gary Boyett** » 25 Nov 2006 3:43 am

Whatever you did with the mic it worked.
Great tone across the board. That is a great sounding guitar. Sometimes those unknown ones are the best.
WEhat mic are you using?

Oh, and keep em coming.

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 25 Nov 2006 5:39 am

Very nice playing, Steinar! By the way, your "unidentified" guitar looks very much like a late '50s Harmony "Monterey" model.

Fred Kinbom · Post by **Fred Kinbom** » 25 Nov 2006 8:03 am

Very beautiful, Steinar! Both the playing and the tone of the guitars (especially the teardrop!).

Fred

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Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 25 Nov 2006 8:31 am

They all sound so good in their own way.

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 25 Nov 2006 9:08 am

Thanks guys!

Gary, the mic is a cheap (almost "toy mic" price) condenser mic that's just been introduced here. It's made in China and cost approx $130 here (that is ridiculously cheap for a condenser mic here), I think I'll order one more of these so I have a stereo pair.
It's called TSM MT87S and looks like this:

Donny, I bought the archtop from a guy in England for about $150 on eBay, he said he believed it was from Germany, but who knows..
It's a small, almost parlor sized body, and it has a great crisp sound. I love this guitar, it's the one I pick up when I sit and play on the couch..
It needed to have some work done to the bridge, but besides that it's in very good condition. Has a huge fat baseball bat neck with no truss rod.

Steinar

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Tim Tweedale · Post by **Tim Tweedale** » 25 Nov 2006 9:11 am

Steinar, this is beautiful. It's going on my iPod whether it "should" be considered a tune or not! It doesn't need much more to be developed into a tune or an interlude. The Imin to bVIMaj is such an enchanting harmonic motion too, I could listen to that for at least another ten minutes.

-Tim

Fred Kinbom · Post by **Fred Kinbom** » 25 Nov 2006 12:55 pm

Steinar, I handed the headphones to my wife and she just said: "Can you play it again?". (Edit: Now she's listening to it for the third time and says "It's really great!").

Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece of music!

Fred

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[This message was edited by Fred Kinbom on 25 November 2006 at 12:58 PM.]

Arthur Herrmann · Post by **Arthur Herrmann** » 26 Nov 2006 7:42 am

Beuatiful tune, Steinar. I saw on the Lazy River web site that Rance was building a tear drop model. Have to put that on my guitar wish list!

Matt Johnson · Post by **Matt Johnson** » 26 Nov 2006 8:42 am

I must have played this 4 or 5 times with headphones on, while staring out into a foggy morning. Very nice! Thanks for posting it.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 26 Nov 2006 9:05 am

Steinar, that's absolutely gorgeous!

David Siegler · Post by **David Siegler** » 26 Nov 2006 2:07 pm

Lovely Steinar! It fits perfectly with our Sunday afternoon of heavy rain and the warmth inside our home. How about some more demos from 3 AM, 4 AM, 6AM... keep 'em comin'!

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 26 Nov 2006 3:53 pm

How about some more demos from 3 AM, 4 AM, 6AM...

Yeah, and I could call my next CD "Around the Clock in a Day"......

Thanks for all your positive comments guys!
I think I'll start working on that next CD of mine now...

Steinar

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Chuck Wilson · Post by **Chuck Wilson** » 26 Nov 2006 4:36 pm

Steiner,

Very expressive. Yay for music that comes from our heart and sends an emotional and evocative signal to our bodies and brains!

next CD time indeed!

Keith DeLong · Post by **Keith DeLong** » 26 Nov 2006 6:26 pm

Nice, sweet-sounding, uncluttered pickup--I had a Harmony Monterey in the '50's with a pickup on it, it was a good guitar for the money.