Meg's Guide To Folk, Country & Bluegrass Instruments - Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins & More!

Meg dives into her favourite musical genres as she explains the differences between some of the most common instruments used in folk, country and bluegrass music!
Find out more about any of the instruments featured at PMT Online...
Gretsch G9500 Jim Dandy Parlour Guitar: bit.ly/3pkmpLH
Yamaha LL-TA Transacoustic Dreadnought: bit.ly/3pl3Abq
Epiphone Electar 1939 Lapsteel: bit.ly/3DPspAe
Gretsch G9200 Resonator: bit.ly/3jDRxT1
Epiphone MM-30S Mandolin: bit.ly/3DZrmxK
Tanglewood TW-18MS 5-String Banjo: bit.ly/3jf0rGf
00:00 Intro Song "Leaving Town" Featuring Megan Linford & Matt Harrison
01:06 What Are Folk, Country & Bluegrass Instruments?
01:59 Parlour Acoustic Guitars (Gretsch Jim Dandy Demo)
03:03 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitars (Yamaha LL-TA Demo)
04:17 Lapsteels (Epiphone Electar 1939 Demo)
06:00 Resonator/Dobro Guitars (Gretsch G9200 Demo)
08:26 Mandolins (Epiphone MM-30S Demo)
10:36 Banjos (Tanglewood TW-18MS Demo)
13:07 Outro Song Featuring Megan Linford & Matt Harrison
14:15 Where To Buy Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins & Lapsteels For Folk/Country Music
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Check out more of Matt Harrison's music on Spotify under the names "Hometown Show" & "Somewhere In The Wildwood"
Hometown Show: / hometownshow
Somewhere In The Wildwood: / somewhereinthewildwood
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Meg's speaking voice was recorded using a Rode LavGo lavalier microphone: bit.ly/3ndKW2m
Meg & Matt's vocals were recorded using SE VR-2 Ribbon microphones: bit.ly/3aSm9LJ
All instruments were recorded using Lewitt-Audio mics...
Lewitt-Audio LCT-440 Pure Condenser Microphone: bit.ly/3aVlLfk
Lewitt-Audio LCT-140 Air Pencil Microphones: bit.ly/3G0EvZ8
The Lapsteel guitar was plugged into a Fender Tonemaster Super Reverb amplifier: bit.ly/3pf2AWe
Our resident acoustic expert, Megan Linford, is a bit of rising star in the UK folk music scene, writing, recording and playing around venues and festivals up and down country when she's not making videos for PMTVUK. In this guitar to folk, country and bluegrass, she takes a closer look at some of most commonly used instrument in the genres.
Through this video, we offer our top recommendations for best folk acoustic guitars, explain the differences between parlour and dreadnought acoustics, we look at some of the best mandolins, banjos and lapsteels and offer some advice on how to tune a banjo, as well as the best tunings for folk and bluegrass fingerpicking.
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[@TheSirpatrick33]

Great vid, even better performance! Keep up the great work 🎶

[@user-sx4zh2dk8t]

Very nice and informative vid. Also nice song and voice. Thanks Meg.

[@petergoddard1960]

Nice one Meg, all great choices. I've had GAS for the Jim Dandy for a while now. I really ought to jump in. Lovely singing too by the way. Matt did a great job, I'll be checking his music out.

[@squidwardjtentacles]

Make sure you play one before you take the plunge. I didn't and sold it after a few weeks. It is cheap feeling like a child's toy.

[@grahamhole4989]

Thanks Meg , Is your thumb pick comfortable that way up ????

[@zakklee2556]

3 blind mice , if I ever catch yah looking at my kitchen fixens. I'll be sending you sweepin, while my gui-tar gently weeps, more like three dead mice. Guitar solo .... * pluck, pluck, pluck*