Great picker
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Love the sound of his guitar in this
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Merle Travis
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poserboy71
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Re: Merle Travis
ONLY 3 MADE.
I saw one of them when I went to Rick's Picks (museum exhibit featuring choice pieces of Rick Nielsen's guitar collection) in Rockford, Illinois last month.
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Re: Merle Travis
i am not too much a fan of the look of the Guild even though they were great guitars in the 60s but I believe it was a really great sounding guitar
In 1967 Guild's Carlo Greco built the most ornate custom guitar ever designed by Travis (see Great Acoustics, page 130). An unusual feature of the guitar's construction was a solid top that was carved on the outside but left flat inside to give the guitar more mass and reduce feedback. Travis also bought the first Standel amplifier when they were introduced in 1953, and it was apparently the only guitar amp he endorsed during his career. He also used a Music Man electric guitar amp built for him by Leo Fender in later years.
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Re: Merle Travis
Genius stuff. Makes sweep picking seem so passe!!!
I could never do anything like that! My thumb is way too short!
I could never do anything like that! My thumb is way too short!
Promises made, crying in vain, all empty. Never accepting the blame and not letting go of the shame. A river of tears, as months turn to years, all wasted. On someone not willing to change.Now only a shadow remains! 