Thank you Gary 🫶🏻☺️

@@EdSmith-g1l thank you so much 😊 🙏🏼

Vielen lieben Dank!

Danke sehr! 🥰

@@Lillywright501 It‘s not a koa plus - just regular koa 😉

@@DannyHelms-q6v thank you so much 🙏🏼☺️

@@ReinerEngelkes danke vielmals Reiner, freut mich! 😊 Nein Keyboard ist tatsächlich keins drauf. Aber dafür eine Menge Geigen und „Chor“ stimmen. Auf ein paar anderen Songs des Albums wird es eventuell ein Klavier/Orgel zu hören geben 😉

@@BJJandBS i don’t generally prefer one over the other. They have different qualities. I prefer the martin acoustically, for studio recordings for example. I prefer the GS mini when playing live with my loop pedals because the GS Mini pick up handels percussive sounds way better than the LR Baggs. When playing live without my looper I kind of decide day by day which one I wanna play :)

@ which would you say sounds better without the pickup? Like sounds more like a full sized guitar and well balance? Full sound

@ definitely the Martin!

Vielen lieben Dank Raphael! Ja genau, da liegst du richtig, wir haben das Video am Cliff Walk in Howth, Irland gedreht 😊

@easykrohn super! Sieht echt fantastisch aus ❤️

„pleasantly shook“ is exactly what I was hoping for with that instrumental bridge 😁

Vielen Dank für das liebe Feedback! Freut mich sehr ☺

Thank you so much for your kind words Scott! Glad to hear you enjoyed this song and especially the making of, too. I'm always so happy to hear when people are interested in the process. I spent so much time in the studio writing, recording, mixing and I want people to experience what I experienced during that process. Thank you for watching my stuff and listening to my music, I really appreciate your support!

moltes gràcies 😊🙏

Thanks so much Rick! 🫶 It was a good amount of work, yes, but very joyful work :) We filmed this at the cliff walk in Howth, Ireland. I spent a few days in Dublin a couple weeks ago and thought it'd be remiss not to film some kind of video over there. I had help filming this by a friend of a friend and she brought her drone out for this. I never shot with a drone before and it was super cool to see! Very thankful for her to film this with me. Glad you like it, too :)

@@easykrohn Easy, you know that I always watch your stuff because you keep pushing me to get better, but I can't possibly compete with the cool sports car convertible or a camera drone flying overhead ideas!!! LOL. But seriously, this video is wonderful and really well done. Your friend did a super job and your song is great. I would have been so worried about losing control of the drone over the water somewhere! Hmmm, maybe I should get a drone.....I really liked that! LOL

vielen Dank!☺

@@cadwalladee01 I think you’re gonna like this one :)

thanks so much! I definitely heard fiddle in the back of my mind too when I first listened to the a capella version :) This is in the key of C sharp major (played with capo 1 on guitar). I tuned both violin and mandolin down a half step because C sharp is not a great key for those instruments to play 😅

thanks so much! I definitely heard fiddle in the back of my mind too when I first listened to the a capella version :) This is in the key of C sharp major (played with capo 1 on guitar). I tuned both violin and mandolin down a half step because C sharp is not a great key for those instruments to play 😅

@easykrohn C sharp major? Oh dear hahah I also play violin and can attest that is one of my least favorite keys to play in... If you played the guitar with capo 1, would that make it D sharp major? I've played with a couple of guitars and I always have to adjust the notes when they use capos. Thanks for answering!

@@Stringbean421 thanks so much for your feedback! Is this the first time you‘ll be playing with LR Baggs Systems in your guitars?

@ Yes it is.🙂

Couldn't agree more!

Congrats on getting a new guitar! Great choice :) Oh interesting, you're the first other Shawn Mendes Jr owner that I hear from who also doesn't have the lyrics... I don't know, they might be hidden but I feel like more likely it's just a production error. Why would you hide them in a place where they can't be seen at all. It's supposed to be an easter egg that you're supposed to see when looking into your guitar... I absolutely get the Dreadnought problem, my hands wouldn't be able to get a good sounding barre chord out of them either. I love that the "junior"/smaller guitar market is growing and there are more and more options for us small handed people to choose from now. Wow, having access to a vintage 000-28 for sure is a blessing! And yes, I would agree with the guitar store guy to reserve this one for recordings. Totally understandable that you don't want to take that one out for each gig. Hope you're having lots of fun with you Shawn Mendes Junior :)

@@easykrohn thanks, I’m thoroughly enjoying it so far!! And yeah, so weird right??! I’m thinking of calling the store and asking them 🙈 I don’t want to be that person, and it’s not the end of the world but still 😩 and yes it doesn’t make sense to put it someplace you can’t see! 🥲 Yeah the 000-28 is so cool!! 🥹💛Especially since I grew up with this guitar, listening to it, to the little clasps on the case clanging against it as my mom opened it up, the sounds of her tuning it, are all sounds from my childhood. And now it’s in my possession, so surreal!!! My mom still has a D-35 which I’m certain my tiny hands would also fail to play 🥲 I assume she purchased this one in either the 70s or 80s as well! But the 000-JR is already proving to be a valuable addition to the family, being even smaller than my 000-28 means that it’s even easier to play too! Love the travel friendly size :) I would’ve bought the Baby Taylor (Swift edition) because I’ve been such a Taylor Swift mega fan since I was ten years old, but being the daughter of a Martin player has its influences 😂 I think I made the right choice but we all know I’ll get the Baby Taylor when I’m rich enough 🙈 It was really interesting and informative watching you compare the two, you’re absolutely right that it just comes down to personal preference and I do prefer the sound from the Martin (thankfully, since that’s the guitar I chose!). 💕 I’m surprised at how well and clear the sound rings from the smaller size. Hopefully my dreadnought will soon find a good new owner too, someone who is able to play it properly haha!

I wish I could answer this but sadly I have no idea… a friend of mine put this on my mandolin and I never bothered to ask what exactly it is. All I can say is that it is some sort of piezo and the little passive pre amp module says „shadow“.

That’s very interesting that a cable caused humming and the wireless system doesn‘t. Usually it’s the other way around 😅 but really nice that works for you. I find the wireless on the fiddle very liberating, too! Just way nicer than the cable dragging the otherwise pretty light instrument down all the time.

Thanks so much! Yes I did write that song and it's probably my favorite of all the songs I wrote. I will be releasing an official version of this song alongside my debut album in January :)

I agree with you, the most "sound" is coming from the piezo. The mic alone sounds super thin and "tinny" but I do think when you blend it together, the mic adds some nice brilliance to the highs and the piezo still gives it the fullness in the lows. I feel like at the time I recorded this video I was a little over excited about the pick up. There are more pickups out there that are just as good or even better than this one. But also there really is no "better". It's just all preference. I'm still happy with this pickup in this guitar but I am excited to try out new things as well :)

Oh and as for that bluesy tune - I think I learned this tune from another video on KZbin myself probably like 10 years ago and I actually just found it again! It's called "Rockin all over the world Acoustic Version Guitar Lesson by Siggi Mertens". If you type this into the search bar that video should pop right up :)

@@TheSadjoes Thanks again so much for your kind words! I had the most wonderful night ❤️🙏🏼

@@Bullfrog13 Danke für das liebe Feedback! 😊 ja das stimmt, mich hat das auch total überfordert aber die pedals (oder mich damit zu beschäftigen) haben mich auf die ein oder andere weise auch total weitergebracht

Thank you so much for your kind feedback! 🙏🏼 Yes, I have heard a lot of good things about der K&K mini by now. I‘d love to give that one a try someday. Will definitely let you know, I‘d be an absolute dream to play shows in the US but it seems to be quite hard for Europeans to make that possible. Still, I definitely wanna try to make that happen 😊

@@bbalestier oh thank you so much! That means a lot, original music obviously is a huge passion project so it totally makes my day whenever somebody new finds my songs on Spotify :)

@@easykrohn Keep up the great work!

Muito obrigado 😅

Thank you so much Scott 🙂