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Topic: New Oahu acoustic - Come On In My Kitchen |
Ben Sims
From:
New Mexico
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 9:47 am |
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I just received an Oahu acoustic that I bought on ebay, spurred by watching Fred Kinbom's video on these guitars. This is a cool little guitar! A lot of sound for the money, and perfect for blues. So I sat down this morning and did this instrumental recording of "Come On In My Kitchen" by Robert Johnson.
Come On In My Kitchen
Thanks, Fred! |
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 1:50 pm
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| Great job. I play my Ohau everyday and enjoy it's simple mellow tones. Keep up the good work. |
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 2:04 pm
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| Sounds great but that's 'Things Bout Comin' My Way' isn't it? |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 3:00 pm
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| Ben, sounds real Delta Bluesy, what tuning are you usin? |
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 3:26 pm
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Great playing Ben! And the recording and the guitar both sound great too!
What type of Oahu is it? Have you got a photo you could post?
(It's nice that the little Oahu film is making people check these value-for-money guitars out. I recently got a message from a guy who wrote "You saved me $600 - thanks!"  )
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www.fredrikkinbom.com - New lap steel album out now - listen here: fredrikkinbom.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-lap-steel-and-harmonium |
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Ben Sims
From:
New Mexico
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 4:53 pm
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The guitar is one of those basic Oahu ones, brown with a metal bridge, painted white around the soundhole. I'll see about getting some pics of it. I had it tuned in open D.
The song is not exactly how Robert Johnson plays Come On In My Kitchen, and there are several blues songs that share that basic melody, including Things 'Bout Comin' My Way and Sittin' On Top of the World - so you're welcome to associate it with any of those titles!
Thanks for your replies! |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 9:50 pm
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| Ben----You knocked it DOWN!!! The Oahu, the open "D" tuning---they helped, but you SLAYED the piece. Great job! |
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 8:19 am
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| NIFTY playin' Ben. Makes me want to go out and find one. Great stuff. Geo |
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