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29 Dec 04 - 02:32 AM (#1366550) Subject: What guitar was that? From: GUEST,DaveA I was channel surfing thru Cable TV last night & caught a five year old tribute to Brian Wilson. Like most things, some of it was good, some mediocre & a couple of performances were brilliant. But the question I have is about Paul Simon. He did an early slot doing a mainly acoustic version of "Surfer Girl" & I was struck by the lovely tone from the 6 string he was playing. No brand name visible & I was wondering if anyone knows what brand (or hand made) guitar he usually plays? One thing that is for sure. When he wants to, he plays a mean finger pick style. DaveA |
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29 Dec 04 - 05:32 AM (#1366600) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: GUEST,Mel Pitts Paul Simon always used to play a Black Gibson Jumbo. Do you have a photo of the Headstock? |
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29 Dec 04 - 06:16 AM (#1366615) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: eleanor c He also had a Gurian. Tried one once, from the 70s, the best sounding guitar I ever played, even tho the bridge area of the soundboard had warped upwards. It was for sale, used to be Eric Bibb(?)'s and was superb, but I shied away from it in case that warp got worse.... |
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29 Dec 04 - 01:21 PM (#1366842) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: Cluin There's this page. If that is the same guitar, it looks like a black Gibson J-200, similar to the Everley Brothers model they put out. Hard to see any detail on the headstock, but it could also be a Guild I suppose. But my money is on it being a Gibson. And, yes, the good Gibson guitars always had a unique sound especially preferred by the singer/songwriter types of Simon's day. Paul Simon also often played a Martin (especially with Garfunkel), not one of the big dreadnoughts, but a smaller deep-waisted OM style. |
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29 Dec 04 - 02:02 PM (#1366874) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: GUEST,Bernie I think Simon,in addition to the Martin OM he plays,has for a long time used a custom Yamaha;jumbo-sized,black with rectangular pickguards on both sides of the soundhole.......in Canada,Murray McLaughlin and Sylvia Tyson also play them,theirs have white pickguards.......only three I've ever seen;I've heard McLaughlin's and it's very impressive.......I think they were only a special-order item some years ago.......... |
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29 Dec 04 - 02:28 PM (#1366895) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: GUEST,MCP Here's an article that lists Martin guitars that Paul Simon has played: Martin Guitars and Paul Simon Mick |
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29 Dec 04 - 03:02 PM (#1366924) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: DonMeixner Paul Played a Ditson Guiyar at one time. |
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26 Jan 05 - 09:13 PM (#1389793) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: GUEST Simon played "surfer girl" on his gurian, reported to be one of his favorites. |
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26 Jan 05 - 10:10 PM (#1389846) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: Once Famous Cluin The Gibson Everly Bros. model is equivelant to the J-185 which is a bit smaller in the lower bout. |
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27 Jan 05 - 01:27 AM (#1389982) Subject: RE: What guitar was that? From: Cluin Yeah, that's right, MG. I'd forgotten that the Everley Bros. model were 185s. And I can see now that the picture I linked to above shows Paul Simon playing a Yamaha. My buddy has the same guitar, but in a natural blonde finish with only the lower pickguard. I was jamming on it tonight at his place (practice for a gig with him Saturday night); nice guitar. |
