OPEN D SLIDE BLUES on a 1944 Levin Parlor Guitar

[@AndreasBrink]

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[@ralphmurre8708]

I am a 1944 model myself, but not holding up as well or sounding near so good. Nice playing, thanks for this.

[@croman5931]

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[@theace7952]

The '44 models have the best tone and the best stories, merry christmas and keep playing!

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

@@croman5931 he’s using colorful language to say he was born in 1944

[@AngelAngel-lg3dq]

After hearing this I woke up in armadillo

[@Bruno96279627]

Like from red dead?

[@infamousgamer767]

@@Bruno96279627 yeah like from red dead.

[@ricardocarrasco4903]

Your finger pick looks a liiiittle tight there bud lol.

[@andrewsheridan612]

His technique is TIGHT!

[@elephantsmemory3142]

I must be going blind I can only see his thumbpick

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

That thumb is turning red and purple😂😂😂

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

This makes me like the blues again.

[@greg981]

@@cuauhtemocmorisco3493 a whole new meaning to the blues

[@rogerkarlsson8526]

Those old guitars are world class. Crispy tone and god midrange sound. Simplicity is king! Fantastisk ton o snyggt spelat. Enkelhet är kung!

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks, and I agree that old Levin guitars can be really good.

[@katsaras1]

I think with his way of playing he would make a rusted bucket with some wire for stings sing like a bird

[@andrewsheridan612]

New guitars sound the same, ffs...

[@bassesatta9235]

Andrew Sheridan not really, old guitars have wood that has aged and changed since the time theyre created. watch Martin guitar comparisons from the 50s to now, the old guitar sounds wider, the difference is huge. they have the same wood and all but its because the wood has aged and gives a sound u cant get from new wood

[@MrWakeupalready]

Yopu can buy levin guitars in sweden they are everywhere in auktions 500 for 30year old levin

[@angusseletto1511]

Careful you'll have an eye out with those strings,beautiful playing.Sitting on a veranda on a hot summer evening drinking whiskey and playing your heart out,couldn't be better

[@bigkm1974]

The intro of this song belongs in a movie somewhere its beautiful man , i wish my slide sounded like yours, its full of pure soul!!!

[@AndreasBrink]

Thank you!

[@HRVATSKA-re9pj]

This sounds amazing, the old guitar gives it charmm !!!

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks!

[@tailgatetails]

Open D is the best tuning ever, change my mind, please...no please, I love finding new tunings ;P

[@williw.5815]

I kinda like drop d flat(drop d but down half a step on all strings; C#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#) I had it on my acoustic for a while and it was pretty fun. I now have it in open E. I suppose you could go down another half step so that your lowest note is c but that might be a little overkill.

[@tailgatetails]

@@williw.5815 I've been on a drop d binge the last month and its astounding what can be done. I'll check out drop d flat. I like drop d for that bluesy sound so maybe flat can bring a little life to that

[@williw.5815]

@@tailgatetails Hell yeah my man

[@WeepingWillow6497]

Nick Drake (an under appreciated but amazing guitarist) used a CGCFCE and BEBEBE quite frequently. Also DADGAD has an awesomely Celtic feeling.

[@Christian-my4dp]

@@williw.5815 I have a Rhoads V, currently stringed with 13s and tuned to Drop Bb, rock on

[@JCridford]

Really feeling this man, it sounds wounded and melancholy beyond belief!

[@cennedystv8098]

Almost 4 years and not a single dislike. Respect man!

[@AndreasBrink]

You're right, I haven't thought about that. Thanks!

[@friendlybanjoatheist5464]

I love your right hand string blocking.

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks! Good muting technique is crucial in slide playing.

[@patryks9048]

A lot of years later it still sounds nice

[@DMIsREAL]

It will sound better than new after years of playing

[@FlatlandMando]

Nice clean musical piece on a guitar I never heard of before...that is why I subscribed

[@nachopagani]

Beautiful guitar! I fell in love. Also your playing was wonderful!

[@TMthe33rd]

Uncut guitar strings on acoustic will always be badass

[@NOWILDWOLF]

Tiny guitar ,big sound , great performer !

[@Flatted357]

Awesome sound, and I knew it was birch, . . why? sounds like the old STELLAs, . . which we know Charly Patton used, and many other bluesmen. I am convinced Robert Johnson used a Stella Birch on many of his recordings based on the 'ear test' after accidentally acquiring one, (e.g., Rambling Man, Hellhounds,) and after owning or trying Nationals, vintage Gibsons, etc, . . because these STELLAS (like this Levin) hit bottom at 12, and bc RJ had to use a Cappo, and based on the flatter , duller sound, for example on songs like Crossroads, (open A,K2) I believe he used a 14 fret guitar like a Kalamazoo at times. Not sure about the other guitars, yet. Working on it.

[@AndreasBrink]

Birch is an underrated tonewood, I don't know why it isn't used more these days. Thanks for watching!

[@Patrick_B687-3]

Liked subbed, and love all these. Gold man, Gold.

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks Patrick!

[@godwaynesongalia]

You really deserve more subscribers tbh

[@vertigofall]

Very nice playing Sir 👌 Bravo!

[@AndreasBrink]

Thank you!

[@jesussanchezjimenez1897]

I've seen several videos from your channel. This is by far the most beautiful tune. Please just tell me the name, wanna play it

[@AndreasBrink]

Thank you! This tune does not have a name, it's something I made up for the video.

[@joshnooby3664]

Someday I'll get a guitar slide for my acoustic...

[@carloseduardogonzalezsalga7947]

Same.

[@cia9315]

Smash a bottle and get its neck😂😂

[@laurelcello]

actually if you have a narrow enough pvc pipe you can cut it to fit the length of your finger. that's what i did, it cost absolutely nothing, i found it in my basement and it fit my pinky so i sawed through it with a pocket knife until i got the length i wanted. probably better ways to go about doing that, but whatever works, man 😂

[@goodknight37]

That’s it man. That’s the sound🥹

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks!

[@sonicbudha9420]

I generally play this on an old washboard,but a levin will do just as well...;)

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Like listening while on a hammock and holding a bottle of whiskey

[@irishdixie77]

Keep em coming bud!!

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks, I am!

[@jtoddbrown]

Sounds great, but trim those strings before you put somebody's eye out!

[@IvyWood]

you sound so good man. clean playing yet gritty with soul. I struggle a lot with getting the thinnest lowest string to sound clean like this. I somehow always get the other strings in the way and it makes this tin can sound with no sustain.. anyway thanks for this!

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks!

[@samhelton2513]

Beautiful

[@AndreasBrink]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Landscape_Guitar]

Hypnotic!👍👍👍

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks!

[@gastonbalbuena6683]

wonderful!!! nice performance

[@renshimarek]

Super ! :)

[@1viva]

I love it! Thank you! ♥ :-) It really has a great ring and sustain to it!!!...and you are a really good guitar player.

[@scottconger1266]

Sounds great, thanks.

[@hulkhuggett]

Totally awesome. All the right notes at all the right times. You should trade that shower curtain for some wire cutters, tho. 😁

[@Matt.Mahalo]

I LOVE these videos (both your playing and these Levins are awesome). I saw in a comment that you use 10s, but can I ask exactly what type of strings you use?

[@gregorymanov274]

great sound

[@edwardburner2721]

that sounds wonderful, looks like a mudslide ceramic slide you are using. Best slide in my opinion, all I use

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks. It's actually a glass slide.

[@edwardburner2721]

@@AndreasBrink really? it looks black which is why I asked. I love all your Levin guitars

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks! It's dark green, I use this shorter glass slide in most of my blues videos.

[@oldrudeandnervousboy]

Looks like "Ze Ramalho - Avohai" from Brazil (:

[@atiladavi8589]

Ei cara

[@atiladavi8589]

Tu sabe qual o nome dessa música ai

[@atiladavi8589]

Tipo o original dela

[@Gato...]

@@atiladavi8589 ai é só improvisos cara !

[@AlexArcady]

Such a beautiful sound! What string gauge is it? My Hagström Rosita looks and plays pretty much the same.

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks! I use 010 strings.

[@josuacierni]

Gracias por tocar la guitarra así 🙌

[@7hecu77er]

Lovin' the Levin

[@2009framat]

Great playing

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks!

[@simuresquiner3633]

this is like RT3 soundtrack

[@BaddMuzic]

This is a beautiful guitar and wonderful playing. If ever you feel like posting a how to in open d tuning, I for one would be very interested. Thank you

[@AndreasBrink]

Paul Smith Thank you! Maybe someday I'll have the time to post a lesson.

[@edwardburner2721]

best way to learn open D is just playing it, There are sites that can assist you on chord formations. Songs Ive adapted to open D are Bojangles, What a wonderful World, I cant Help Falling in Love with You, How Long Blues, Grantchester Meadows (open E, capo 2nd) Delia, Lucky Man.

[@Flatted357]

PS-- WHY do people get so EXCITED about Martins?? some asking over 15K for "vintage Martins" vintage as in what? Who back then or back whenever made distinctive music with a "Martin"? Eric Clapton unplugged? Is that it? I would rather have this birch Levin any day... am I missing something, or is Martin just good at marketing??

[@f2detaboada]

Martins only got famous when they created the fire myth of one of their guitar stockpiles, making them "rare guitars". Funny thing is that Gibson and Taylor also used the exact same story to cover up the fact that they were running out of rosewood.

[@TOMPDUDE]

@@f2detaboada Please site your sources. Where did you get your information?

[@strawsparky33]

@@f2detaboada you haven't played a good Gibson, Martin, or Taylor yet. Not every guitar has it, but when its the right one they feel magical when you play them. Gibson, Taylor, and Martin are great guitar makers. they most definitely overprice their instruments. I have a JC-16GTE that was custom ordered with walnut sides and an ebony fret board and left at the shop it was ordered at. Every time i pick it up, its like playing it for the first time and falling in love with it all over again. Ive played plenty of terrible Gibson's (especially acoustic Gibson's, they do not hold up to standards very well unless you're paying above 1500 for one which is ridiculous). Taylor's are generally great sounding guitars, but if they don't have the "feel" that puts it on that magical level, they all sound the same. Martins are hit and miss i feel these days, their older guitars are definitely worth a good buck or two. And setup comes to mind too. Unless you learn how to properly set up a guitar on your own, and continue to practice the repair/maintenance that comes with owning a guitar, you wont ever really get close to that feeling. Guitar is an extension of you, so how can you expect that feeling from something you pick up out of a box that is set up exactly like the other thousands of guitars made just like it? Even all the luxury Gibson electric guitars leave the factory with the same strings and set up. its up to you to make it how you like

[@mattwilliams3104]

I personally have never been a huge fan of Martin guitars, but I believe it is all player preference. I've come to enjoy playing Taylor acoustics more than most brands, Breedloves are also up there. My favorite guitar to play is actually the Taylor GS Mini with Koa, I just wish they would make them 100% real wood, not just the tops.

[@pechpech4085]

You just never played on a Martin. At least listen to Neil Young

[@carloseduardogonzalezsalga7947]

Is like a good day c:

[@hgostos]

I started playing slide with a modded Danelectro in open D. Sadly, I had to sell my guitar and now I play a Tele in open G and I actually prefer it. Which tuning do you favour and why? Thanks.

[@AndreasBrink]

For blues I prefer open G. Lately I've been enjoying open minor tunings though, like open D minor.

[@AndrewHossack1972]

Hi Andreas, great playing. I've just picked up one of these but its a bit of an anomaly. The label says model 55 but its a natural finish with a slotted headstock. According to the serial number it was made in 1965 - years after the model was discontinued ! i was wondering what action you set them up for to play slide. Mine has an action of around 4mm at the 12th. Not sure whether to have a neck reset to lower a couple of mm or leave it as it is. it is still playable at the lower frets for fretting

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks! To quote on of the old Levin employees I interviewed for my documentary film, "anything can happen in a guitar factory". I've seen many Levin guitars that doesn't have the right specs, especially from the 1940s when many types of wood were hard to import to Sweden due to the war. I like the action to be a tad higher than for normal fretting, but not a whole lot. 4mm make slide comfortable but fretting difficult and intonation of fretted notes will not be great. Neck resets are expensive and if you don't do them yourself maybe it's better to just use the guitar as it is and play within it's limits.

[@AndrewHossack1972]

@@AndreasBrink i didnt realise that was your documentary ! i'll watch it again ! i got the guitar really cheap - so the reset may be an option ! but fretted notes on frets 1 to 7 are pretty much ok - so i'm in 2 minds atm !thanks for your advice. I'd really like a sunburst model they look great ! Which is your favourite levin model for blues and slide ?

[@AndreasBrink]

@@AndrewHossack1972 I like the really old ones, up to 1930 or so. They have a certain something. But there are good guitars from all Levin eras.

[@enzoclassic]

brilliant! Do you have the scores or tablatures for these pieces?

[@AndreasBrink]

Thank you! I don't have any tabs, but you can figure this out buy watching and listening.

[@SergeantBeanz]

This video gave me lumbago

[@AndreasBrink]

It sure beats getting corona.

[@bolu8939]

Great swidish guutar

[@roisinbrophy1515]

This is amazing! Trying to get back into slide! Are there tabs available?

[@AndreasBrink]

Sorry, no!

[@dediarieswan4099]

fckin damn cool 🙌🙌

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks!

[@SenfMustard]

I love this but concerned over your thumb getting choked out by the pick 😅

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks, it was a close call for my thumb but it survived and is still playing guitar to this day.

[@SenfMustard]

@@AndreasBrink phew. Thanks for putting my mind at ease. Were there pins and needles after taking the pick off?

[@AndreasBrink]

@@SenfMustard Yes, the doctors told me the next time could be the last twelve bars I'll ever play. So I had to get a bigger size thumb pick.

[@SenfMustard]

@@AndreasBrink damn. Bet that gave you the blues

[@AndreasBrink]

@@SenfMustard Yes, that the upside of this whole ordeal.

[@GSCreat0r]

song at 1:50, sounds so familiar

[@docilelaw-abidingdronex1997]

AyeFadeAway - Strange creatures by Jake bugg?

[@luisangelperezchan3972]

♥♡♥

[@kjjmusic]

Sounds absolutely amazing. Im thinking of buying one of these, is there any model you could recomment? Is this model 55 a parlor, it looks bigger. Great playing btw.

[@AndreasBrink]

Thank you! This is a model 55, which is a little bit bigger than most parlors. I like the older Levins best, from 1900 up till around 1940, but I guess they are harder to find outside Sweden.

[@t.corleone7427]

😍😍😍😍

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks!

[@jonnykelly556]

I feel like I recognize the first tune you played. Was it, by any chance, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?"

[@AndreasBrink]

I think I just made that up for the video, but you're right, it's not unlike Circle.

[@geofox6430]

I can't be the only one who hears the Grinch

[@reptilianjesus5337]

Yngwie Malmsteen slide guitar coming soon.

[@iuryalmeida6135]

Put in Spotify!!! Please!!!!

[@viejodecrepitorock]

Country

[@NiekkieNick]

Very nice blues slide composition, but watch out for those uncut strings! You might poke out your eye with it!

[@kiirionIII]

could i ask what gauge strings youre using? i have a 1944 model 62 levin that i love to death but been wondering if people enjoy the heavier strings on these lil guys im using really light strings currently. also great playing man!

[@AndreasBrink]

Thanks! I use .010 strings on old Levins. Since they are built using ladder bracing they can't take a lot of string tension.

[@JandritoBlues]

Holy smokes! That's a lot of tone for .010s -- especially in open D. Do these have a long scale length?

[@AndreasBrink]

No, the scale length on this one is 630mm.

[@thisisme4858]

how do you get so much thickness from 10 strings. I play slide on 12s and get a less prenounced slide tone. it might be because I'm using a jumbo. I'm considering getting a parlor for this reason. whats your opinion?

[@bidhanmukherjee6853]

Hi big fan...can I cover these songs? On KZbin.?

[@putusetya101]

Now im a sherrif with magnum on my hand.

[@crypticnova5677]

what kind of strings were you using

[@beastz1lla903]

Tabs pls someone :(??

[@andreasflate9676]

Whick crossroad did you go to?

[@AndreasBrink]

Korsningen Furuvägen och Klippgatan.

[@andreasflate9676]

@@AndreasBrink Visste alltid at satan holdt til i Sverige eller Bergen, nå fikk jeg svaret

[@inmemoryofgstringbender]

Nice, but y r the strings so far out

[@AndreasBrink]

I'm pretty far out myself.

[@bogdangrund3913]

Where can i download the tabs?

[@AndreasBrink]

Nowhere as far as I now. But you can learn it from the video right here.

[@bogdangrund3913]

@@AndreasBrink It's a bit hard, but I will try XD. I don't know why but it reminds me of Texas. In open D

[@AndreasBrink]

@@bogdangrund3913 If you play the video at half speed it will at least make it a lot easier.

[@bogdangrund3913]

@@AndreasBrink Okay. Thank you

[@agusmulyana4296]

Ok

[@koilzimbabwe]

Should’ve been the red dead 2 end credits

[@jonathanivan2333]

Which one is the model of the camera?

[@Starman2099]

What the name this song?

[@jarrodderose7475]

comment

[@floydlawsonmayberrybarber5580]

Where do you obtain all these guitars?

[@AndreasBrink]

Flea market, thrift stores and the likes. There is no shortage of Levin guitars in Sweden.

[@rafmaciejewski7477]

Left for Dead???!?

[@lunaticcowgirl]

Is the nut on this guitar raised?

[@AndreasBrink]

No, its not.

[@aggabus]

Careful that stray e string scratch you 75 y.o.gitbox

[@igarazon1494]

Збс

[@23446514]

E um louvor da igreja kkkkkkkk

[@kyledueckmusic7276]

What tuning are you in?

[@AndreasBrink]

The title of the video will give you a hint!

[@kyledueckmusic7276]

@@AndreasBrink Damnit. Im blind!

[@AndreasBrink]

@@kyledueckmusic7276 It happens to the best of us!

[@Flyingwithoutmings]

Tuning?

[@brendanswords4659]

Is that a joke?

[@Flyingwithoutmings]

Brendan Swords I’m asking what tuning the guitars in ya sausage

[@fakemint934]

Sorry, do you not know how to trim your strings?

[@Poopindaily2233]

Ur fingerpick is too tight