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Originally posted by talbot10:
quote:Originally posted by Bill:
leokottke.com His sight isn't as dynamic as it first was...he use to write droll stories for it, but has stopped. Leo is 60 yrs. old. He took solo acoustic guitar to new heights. A Gibson B45 was his main axe starting out, and along the way he's used Bozo guitars, a Lundberg modified Martin, and various 6 string instruments (notably a Gibson slope shoulderd J45). His signature 6 & 12 strings from Taylor are very easy to play, unlike the Gibson. He's always preferred mahogany guitars. Other famous artists I have seen pictured with B45s (but I doubt they really used them much): Johnny Cash, Cat Stevens, Jim Croce.
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HI Guys,
Leo has mostly Taylors in the last 16 years (He has a model named after him and a six string a mentioned by Bill, Leo liked Mahagony. He used really nice Olsen small bodied string for a few years. I ran into him after a show in Mamaroneck, NY about 7 years ago and he told me that the concave neck on the Olsen bothered him so he gave it up (still had it). He also gave up using a plastic Thumb pick and metal fingerpicks in the early eightees after he almost lost his carreer to to Carporal tunnel syndrome. I think that is one of the reasons he really needs low action. He still plays 12 string like no other! I remember your great B-45's Ron! you played them great!
Bill [/QUOTE]Thanks so much for this Bill and you are very kind. The news about Leo is quite fascinating and I just love to hear all that stuff. Please keep it coming. Twelve string guitars were used from what I've noticed, by many successful bands. They've been running some shows by "Abba" on the public networks and I've noticed they have one there as did Fairport Convention, The Byrds, The Beatles, I think, and in the big past, we have The New Christy Minstrels, just to name a few. There's something about the total compliment of sound that those guitars produce. I see it a lot in the reaction of audiences. The human ear picks up on sound and I think musicians realize that the connection between them and their audience is that all important link on just how they're going to get there and the 12 string guitar with it's host of qualities going into the hands of right player can deliver the goods. It wasn't until I met folks like you, Kenyon, and a host of other talented wonderful Lightfoot enthusiasists that I realized I had landed into a field of Bitter Greens that would ripen into a Blackberry Wine sweetness by the end of the week last year in Toronto. There was a host of talented folks at that gig and hopefully at the next one more will come on board. Cheers, Ron Jones.