Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2019 8:00:12 GMT -5
Last week, Denise and I went to see Dave and Trish play, a local husband/wife duo — we've brought Trish up to sing a few songs in our band when they've come to see us play, and Dave subbed in for our lead guitar player (who was dealing with cancer and chemo at the time) for a couple months a few years back. Anyway, on walking into the venue, I immediately noticed a six-foot high "Christmas tree" of guitars: six guitars on one stand, three on each level. It was definitely impressive and took up a heck of a lot less real estate on stage than six individual guitar stands.
It also got me to thinking: on my solo gigs, I've been taking along a six-string and a twelve-string guitar, but recently I've also been playing around a lot with DADGAD tuning, and have added three or four DADGAD songs to my playlist. But that means retuning my six string from standard to DADGAD and playing all the DADGAD songs at once (because I don't want to have to keep retuning throughout the sets), which is less than optimal. I'd already decided that I need to start bringing along a second six-string already in DADGAD tuning -- which means another stand on stage.
You probably see where this is going. Dave and Trish had a six-guitar stand from Hercules; I've just picked up a triple guitar stand by the same company, which I'll be using on solo gigs henceforth. Here it is:
Moving from left to right, you have my Eastman E10D (standard six-string tuning), the back of my Seagull Artist Studio (in DADGAD tuning); my Guild F212 12-string guitar (tuned down a full step in D-standard tuning, since I think standard tuning is too much strain on the neck and bridge of a 12-string)
It isn't quite a "Christmas Tree", but it works...
It also got me to thinking: on my solo gigs, I've been taking along a six-string and a twelve-string guitar, but recently I've also been playing around a lot with DADGAD tuning, and have added three or four DADGAD songs to my playlist. But that means retuning my six string from standard to DADGAD and playing all the DADGAD songs at once (because I don't want to have to keep retuning throughout the sets), which is less than optimal. I'd already decided that I need to start bringing along a second six-string already in DADGAD tuning -- which means another stand on stage.
You probably see where this is going. Dave and Trish had a six-guitar stand from Hercules; I've just picked up a triple guitar stand by the same company, which I'll be using on solo gigs henceforth. Here it is:
Moving from left to right, you have my Eastman E10D (standard six-string tuning), the back of my Seagull Artist Studio (in DADGAD tuning); my Guild F212 12-string guitar (tuned down a full step in D-standard tuning, since I think standard tuning is too much strain on the neck and bridge of a 12-string)
It isn't quite a "Christmas Tree", but it works...