Mr west it’s Bouba again hi 👋🏻

Happy New Year. I am a big fan of Gordon Lightfoot. I noticed you have been tuning down your ovation 12 string a full step meanwhile how are the other 12 string guitars doing?

Sounding great Mr. West! ... ♬‧*˚✧♬‧*˚✧. Best wishes for the New Year.

Would like to hear your wisdom on the effects, pros and cons of scale length. I’ve read that a longer scale length requires more tension to bring a string up to pitch. But that sounds strange to me. What are the practical considerations. Thanks

Love it thanks

That was really nice. It’s a great song.

Great info, thanks

I have the D'Addario Guitar Capo regular (not Pro Plus). Visually, they look almost identical. The regular is $20, while the Pro Plus is $30. I'm very happy with mine. In fact I bought two more, silver and black. I use them on 12 string acoustic and electric, and on a 6 string vintage Yamaha FG 350D, 1982. These are definitely superior to the heavy spring action capos. Question: What is the difference between the regular and the Pro Plus, aside from the price? Visually they look almost identical. I am happy with the regular, so I see no reason to spend the extra $10 for the Pro Plus.

I have converted my Gibson B-45- 12 to a Cittern; 10 strings in unison pairs tuned to CCGGDDAAEE, in 5ths like mandolin. To handle the extra tension (I also have a pin bridge instead of the original trapeze) I tune it another whole step down on all strings, and then capo up to the C-E (cello)range. It works well. string gauges I use are, from low to high, in thousandths of an inch (though I prefer mm): .070, .047, .034, .020, .012, all wound PB except the high pair which are the ones I have had the greatest problem with. The lightest PB wound strings, which are what I would prefer, just break, and heavier plain steel are hard to play, too stiff. But as i prefer bass, obviously, I don't mind too much. It makes for a very interesting alternative instrument which I love. However I am seeking a designed Cittern now since the old Gib is so heavy and the neck wide. I'm used to it and love the sound especially with the L R Baggs Anthem pick up. By the way, no structural changes were required, just regrooving the nut and saddle.

I kept switching left and right while he was turning his head between both cameras :) Thanks for the great info

What type of capo do you use for the banjitar because when I use a normal guitar capo it doesn’t sound right, also can you post more videos of banjitar music tutorials, great video thanks 👍

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Jumbo, the largest guitar, is a size above Dreadnought.

Lead Belly (it is NOT Leadbelly just as it is NOT Meatloaf)

Takeemeenay is the way to sway Takimine.

It does sound 'glacial' .. sort of tinkly, icy, snowy. Beautiful composItion! ♫•*¨*•♫♪ ❄ I love the sound of a 12-string.. this gives me some ideas.

I have a king 6 string resonator, and brother it is actually great quality. I wanna so happy with it. Thank you for this review.

Excellent take!

Beautiful

Fantastic video

Very cool! Sounds kinda like something Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page would play. :-)

Good lawd can you make this any more confusing?

Wow sounds good

0.001 is thousandths.

What type of thumb pick are you using.? Never saw one with that shape.

What numbers are you using with the Amazon strings above? 10, 12, 18 or 10, 14, 18 ? Thanks

LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED!!! 😢 W-H-Y, WHY HAVE I LIVED THIS LONG WITHOUT THIS?!!! ❤

Thanks for the video, but dude, just play. You talk to much about stuff every body knows. JUST PLAY

cracker. well done. thanks.

Gonna give it a try. Gonna use your link.

GuitarStudio Thomastik Acoustic Bass Strings would work great, they're Nylon wound in Metal.

Great Christmas music. I did create my own Christmas song using three different 12 string guitars.

Gorgeous

Nice video. Would you know the difference between the D'Addario NS Capo and the D'Addario Pro Plus model? Is there any difference as they look the same? Thanks in advance. Phil

Easy listening 😊

Beautifull 🎸🎶

fantastic and impressive. It sounds great and you are playing that guitar so effortlessly. I genuinely enjoyed this.

Nicely done. I like your less complicated arrangements. Working up the neck is great but for me. it gets confusing. Merry Christmas!

Excellent guitars I bought 4 so far...with 2 808 left handed very happy with them I have several ways if tunning that is why i bought 4 ....purs my accoustic fender to shame ..but can not beat my maton lefty 808

What make is your banjitar? I'm looking into getting one of these for a fresh different sound. Been playing the acoustic guitar for 5 yrs completely self taught. These things look like fun and I love my fingerpicking.

Great video! Thank you very much!

Brilliant! If only I had an Ovation guitar to use that on… Don’t know where to start and there are so many different ones, and my budget is $1000…

Thanks for doing a review on this guitar. Thinking of getting one for my dad.

This is really well explained. Every part of set-up is covered. Thank you

I think i found a nice Guild Westerly, 2512E. I believe it has Fishman and an arched back. I spend a lot of time making my 6 string sound like a jangly 12 string, and so many of my favorite songs from the 80s/90s have that sound, so its just time. I believe its spruce top, back and sides, Pao Ferro board. Its slightly used so the price is very good. I just hope its not warped or otherwise not straight. How can i tell? I have a metal straightedge ruler, will that help, if laid against the frets? If it is, and it has two truss rods, it can be straightened? Thanks

Love that 1615 Pacemaker! I have one just like it.

My dad has a 70's Peavey 400 series bass head and 2x15 cab, and he plays his telecaster through it. I tried playing through it using an Ibanez GiO and a Zoom 505II as a kid, even an RG with a DigiTech Death Metal when I was a teenager. It definitely does the job! Josh Homme plays through bass amps and crappy solid state practice amps almost exclusively, so I figure if it's good enough for him, and good enough for my dad to play Day Tripper and The Monkees Theme Song... it ought to be good enough for anyone.