The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51889 Message #796313
Posted By: Mark Ross
03-Oct-02 - 03:10 PM
Thread Name: where did the blues 12-string go?
Subject: RE: where did the blues 12-string go?
Check out Lonnie Johnson's work, he does things on the 12(and on the 6-string too)that cannot be believed! It's almost as if he has 2 hands plucking the strings. I don't think that there is anybody out there these days who plays with that kind of tone, taste & speed. I've only heard 2 guitar players even try his stuff, Mike Bloomfield and Jon Sholles. They get the tone and the notes but they don't quite have the right hand action, as in playing both lead & rhythym. Any idesas on how he did it, was he double jointed?