Marc Ribot playing Fat Man Blues -solo acoustic- at The Falcon in Marlboro, NY

[@dumena]

I guess that insanely high action of that old Gibson gave Marc Ribot the inspiration for his cowbell-perscussion-trick. I've never before seen anything like it.

[@tintamar]

This has to be one of the best blues ever played.

[@matteomosolo]

This playing is absolutely stunning and a great inspiration. One of the best guitarist ever!

[@moschops6558]

Awesome stuff. I love how the hammer-on's sound like a cowbell

[@lost_boy]

The master at work ❤

[@juliussw9153]

Wow. This performance is out of this world. Soulful, sophisticated playing on a groovy and innovative composition. Marc Ribot sure knows what he's doing right here, and it is a pleasure to experience it. Perfection!

[@maysboy11]

This freaking rules, never seen this exact style and is so damn nice. True master

[@peplins1]

YES

[@Learco]

Rythm, melody and head scratch

[@JC-zw9vs]

Yeah but shame about his time

[@frankierodriguez8661]

I discover Marc because of my all time hero John Zorn, well, you don´t play with Zorn if you are not very special and here we see this guy practically reinventing how a guitar can be played in really interesting ways.

[@RocketKirchner]

John Fahey mindset . Love it

[@MarkDoerrier]

It really is fun.

[@everettbutler4300]

outstanding!

[@impossiblewhopper539]

Master class

[@TheodorusRex]

Brilliant

[@ronkopald]

Fuckin' RIbot. LOVE HIM.

[@Nuerorythm]

The action must be high to get that percussive sound. Super original and talented.

[@rhinomechanics8423]

Holly CRAP !! .. both of you. !!

[@jeanevangel8865]

A genius player with a very nice guitar , play the blues ! ! !What a way of playing guitar ! What a way playing guitar ! What a player ! What a Gibson ! PERFECT ..........

[@endsprings]

This is so good!

[@BernieHollandMusic]

nice old Gibson guitar - great sound

[@mrbungle83]

Incredible

[@野菜-b6e]

fantastic! The height of the 6th string is high！

[@MarkDoerrier]

Very cool

[@lungflogger9]

the old fat man blues.....amazing

[@MarkDoerrier]

Yes it is

[@KarlHainer]

Inspiring.

[@pedroa.cantero9449]

Tempo sin fin, ritmo incansable de la vida misma

[@MarkDoerrier]

¿La vida se trata de encontrar el ritmo correcto en cada momento?

[@luisnowak7881]

Hey im coming from Electric Guitar and really got into acoustic guitars because of him. Could anybody tell me how these body shapes are called is it a parlor ?

[@GoGeR030]

NICE!!!!!!!

[@loontil]

he knows what to do

[@matthewshanley1549]

Marc Ribot always offers great playing with great sound quality. Yeah, old, beaten up guitars help too...sometimes. It works for this guy, obviously.

[@richardnish6469]

Only great guitars get to be old and beat up.

[@christopherbako]

@@richardnish6469 I like that.😃

[@knoxrembrandt]

GENIAL

[@ferry6497]

Yeah!

[@mimimamalion]

What independence!

[@svetlanaselezneva1090]

love

[@andresugue3463]

Does his guitar tuned down to D? Very soulful version' s this one...I'd like very much those licks in the solo

[@tomokra]

would this guitar have a truss rod?

[@lpfanman33]

Yes

[@lungflogger9]

his action is set pretty high on the acoustic gibson probably because of a strong right hand (the picking hand) that is pretty aggressive and digs in for the sound.

[@Andrea_Manconi]

how can one finger with an action like that

[@lungflogger9]

see my comment, I wrote before I saw your comment...yeah high action.

[@eskoriakiebraqeyo7942]

light gauge strings i guess, i tend to use either 9s or hybrid 8s to have enough high action to slide and still be able to "shred" and use freely the pinky

[@davidscher4303]

like old typewriter

[@cleve2323]

The tone he is getting with hammer-on is solely because the action is ungodly high and has all that air for the string to ring.

[@syaoranoni54326]

Strings are tuned down to d standard which will help

[@sonsuzadekmokoko3539]

So, I'm not the only crazy guitar player ;o)

[@kipponi]

What Gibson is this ? I think L-00 from 1930th looks very old.

[@sebbityseb]

Hi Kipponi, the guitar is an HG-00, converted from Hawaiian to "Spanish" (that is, it has had the bridge and nut lowered for regular playing, as the HG-00 was intended originally from playing on one's lap with a slide or bar). Heh, this particular HG is very well used. I have seen it up close in real life, and as you can see from the video here, the neck has bowed forward from years of use, and the action is well and truly higher than 1/8" over the 12th fret (probably something like 1/6"). Factor that in and Marc's playing here is even cooler, no?

[@kipponi]

Ok. Thanks and so hig action it must be hefty to play...but of course the sound and attack is then better suited for Marc's style, I think.

[@robertjenkins5999]

plus no truss rod on that one. gibson started truss rodding the hg in '38 or '39 (not remembering right now). so the bow stays put.

[@robertjenkins5999]

oh, and it's tuned down a full step.

[@kipponi]

Robert Jenkins Thank God it helps a little bit to play it.

[@katherinefriedli2848]

plectrolexilogos-smoky rubber FINITUDE stars-Key foam boards some bitcoin of the cool.

[@oldskool2044]

intens....

[@filnad9564]

Without a loop pedal !

[@mistergloomy]

how can a human being do that?

[@kipponi]

Dedication, practise, concentration, and born-gifted and don't make mistakes when one plays ;).

[@nunomartins4265]

nah, marc plays it sloppy and makes mistakes all the time, that's his style, it's not supposed to be perfect

[@lorenzo6mm]

This man must have a terrible neck ache every night from hanging his head like he does over his guitar. Like his playing just can't work out his Feng Shui.

[@BlindTom61]

Wonderful playing horrible camera work.

[@MarkDoerrier]

Sorry to disappoint with the camera work

[@Fredwitrave]

I like his work with Tom Waits but this sounds like a joke to me.

[@Fredwitrave]

@@jackharvey7824 ok

[@koho]

I never understand why people bother making comments like this.

[@Fredwitrave]

@@koho well, since I am a big fan of his work with Tom Waits, I was a kind of dissapointed with this performance. And I feld the need to share that. So I did in the comment section of KZbin. Greetings!

[@koho]

@@Fredwitrave It is amazing how different people's response can be. Certainly not like his work with Mr. Waits, but this is one of the most technically demanding arrangements I've ever seen on guitar, and simply some of the best blues.

[@frankvaleron]

​@@koho exactly

[@attimiespazi]

fantastic!..

[@oldskool2044]

intens....