Guitar question

[Janus]

At the "basey" beginning of this Chris Rea video, the guitar he is playing seems to have 6 strings (base guitar)? Near the end of the vid at 3min 48 secs he still seems to be playing the same guitar, now playing the thinner strings and with fingers of the left hand further hand along the neck towards the body for the desired notes. The guitar emits a blues type vibe-all very nice, (and reminds me of the music in the Robert Denero film Heat).

 

Is it feasible that it is the same guitar producing such a variation of notes?

 

If so, I thought these notes could only be produced from guitars that were not base guitars.

 

[foxy lady]

At the "basey" beginning of this Chris Rea video, the guitar he is playing seems to have 6 strings (base guitar)? Near the end of the vid at 3min 48 secs he still seems to be playing the same guitar, now playing the thinner strings and with fingers of the left hand further hand along the neck towards the body for the desired notes. The guitar emits a blues type vibe-all very nice, (and reminds me of the music in the Robert Denero film Heat).

 

Is it feasible that it is the same guitar producing such a variation of notes?

 

If so, I thought these notes could only be produced from guitars that were not base guitars.

 

 

Chris is playing bottleneck guitar on the same 1958 Fender Stratocaster that he has been playing for several decades. It isn't a bass guitar.

[Gazza58]

At the "basey" beginning of this Chris Rea video, the guitar he is playing seems to have 6 strings (base guitar)? Near the end of the vid at 3min 48 secs he still seems to be playing the same guitar, now playing the thinner strings and with fingers of the left hand further hand along the neck towards the body for the desired notes. The guitar emits a blues type vibe-all very nice, (and reminds me of the music in the Robert Denero film Heat).

 

Is it feasible that it is the same guitar producing such a variation of notes?

 

If so, I thought these notes could only be produced from guitars that were not base guitars.

 

 

Im certainly no expert,so apologies if wrong.But i thought the bass guitar had four strings.

[foxy lady]

Im certainly no expert,so apologies if wrong.But i thought the bass guitar had four strings.

 

Or 5 or 6.

 

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[Ousetunes]

It's a standard Fender Stratocaster, six string, probably set-up for slide (hence the bottle neck in his left hand). It will be set to an open chord, (E major?).

 

Chances are, listening to the track, one guitar will have been recorded in standard tuning for the finger-picking parts and the other set to an open chord for the bottle-neck slide parts. There are probably half a dozen guitar tracks on this song.

 

No bass guitar here (in the video, I mean) and I don't think Rea plays bass on his songs (but I could be wrong).

[Gazza58]

Or 5 or 6.

 

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But is four the most common.

[foxy lady]

But is four the most common.

 

I prefer 4. The rest just complicate the issue.

[Gazza58]

I prefer 4. The rest just complicate the issue.

 

:hihi:Thats the reason i chose the ukulele:)

[foxy lady]

It's a standard Fender Stratocaster, six string, probably set-up for slide (hence the bottle neck in his left hand). It will be set to an open chord, (E major?).

 

Chances are, listening to the track, one guitar will have been recorded in standard tuning for the finger-picking parts and the other set to an open chord for the bottle-neck slide parts. There are probably half a dozen guitar tracks on this song.

 

No bass guitar here (in the video, I mean) and I don't think Rea plays bass on his songs (but I could be wrong).

 

A decent guitarist like Chris Rea can do finger licks on an open tuned guitar just as easily as one set for a standard tuning. Rea is a specialist slide player and has to perform these things live so will be very proficient at picking with any tuning he cares to use.

 

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:hihi:Thats the reason i chose the ukulele:)

 

Cool. You should join The Everley Pregnant Brothers.

[Gazza58]

A decent guitarist like Chris Rea can do finger licks on an open tuned guitar just as easily as one set for a standard tuning. Rea is a specialist slide player and has to perform these things live so will be very proficient at picking with any tuning he cares to use.

 

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Cool. You should join The Everley Pregnant Brothers.

 

Yeah,ive seen them a few times.:)Always a good laugh.[no oven,no pie]