I know this video has been here awhile, and most of the comments are from years ago, but I can't help but say something. Roger didn't get the idea from someone else. And maybe not everybody who has seen this realizes that Roger McGuinn is a founder of The Byrds and is known for his "jingle-jangle" sound, which he played on his 12 string. When he toured abroad, taking two guitars was just one more complication. He wanted a guitar that he could use for all his songs; those played on a 6, and those that required the 12 string jingle jangle sound. He went with the doubled G string only, because it turned out that it was the only one that was really mandatory to get that sound. It was a brilliant idea, which Roger explained in discussions with Dick Boak at Martin. Here's a quote from Dick Boak: "He had always felt that the most powerful element of his 12-string guitar was the highly tensioned pair of G strings. His songwriting and guitar technique had long taken advantage of these G strings for special "jingle-jangle" lead runs. His idea was to add the double G strings to a conventional 6-string guitar. We sketched out some headstock and bridge diagrams on a napkin and after his departure, I proceeded to hash out the finer details for a special Custom HD-28V 7-string." Dick Boak, (then) Artist Relations, Limited Editions, C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
@muopos
2 жыл бұрын
He may have arrived at this concept independently, but there are multiple folk instruments and guitar precursors that did the same thing. Almost every member of the tamburitza family is going to have one doubled course to allow for the same flexibility he’s advocating here. I’d like to see someone do this with an electric guitar.
@normatible9795
Жыл бұрын
Ah ok thank you for the info. All i know is when , mamas and the papas, immortalized roger in their song Creek Alley ( creque alley ) , about " mcguinn and macguire in LA getting hot, everybody getting fat except mama cass" ....i know then that Roger McGuinn is the man, talented singer ,musician, byrds founder, musical visionary, genius
@michaeld.mcclish5 жыл бұрын
I just found an HD7 on Ebay last week and snatched it up ASAP. What a beautiful instrument and piece of art. It filled a hole in me from high school, when I was in bands 65-71. I remember seeing the Byrds in 1968 in Pasadena. They sounded different than what I imagined, and they had this guitarist playing a Tele and he bent his strings to sound like a pedal steel, and moved his guitar all around. I couln't figure out how he did it. Of course it was Clarence White, and they had just released Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and were starting to shop it around. I kept looking for that guitar. Now of course Marty Stuart has it. Just some sweet memories of Roger McGuinn, and now I have a piece of my past in a beautiful guitar, and I'm getting back to who I was.
@howard76067 жыл бұрын
Roger is the 12-string master. The 7 string is perfect for him.
@PHJimY11 жыл бұрын
Spider John Koerner played one of these on the Blues, Rags and Hollers albums in the sixties. His wasn't a Martin, but it did have the octave G string. Probably where Roger got the idea.
@wmperry2790
5 жыл бұрын
yer right - just found pic of him playin it in B+W and a Dobie Gillis haircut. 7th string right up the middle of the headstock to extra peg
@wmperry2790
5 жыл бұрын
thanks for the introduction to Koerner, Ray & Glover. Quite a find.
@AnthonyMonaghan4 жыл бұрын
Now that is cool!
@kvalois14 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@buddyollie1807 жыл бұрын
he took to KZread well!
@bobbymcloughlin34522 жыл бұрын
Yet you are the Master of the Double-String Guitar You Play a 6-Dbl String Tuned to Standard Regular/Nashville (High-Strung) Combo
@bobbymcloughlin34523 жыл бұрын
Roger, I tell you, this is not 7 String Guitar Because it does not have a Low B but instead having the Third String of a Guitar Doubled in Octave, that is not a 7 Stringer Because it has only 6 Courses so the number of Strings in that Guitar of yours is this : 6 String Regular/Ármonico Western (Not 7), that Signature Guitar of yours is a Martin HD-40RM-6R/Á Combo You Need a Martin HD-40RM-7 (B E A D G B E)
@sidneyadnopoz3427
9 ай бұрын
It has seven strings. The fact that one pair is in courses doesn't mean there are only 6 strings lol. He even talks about the other kinds of 7 string guitars in the begining. 12 strings are still called 12 strings even though it's 6 courses, because there are 12 strings....
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I know this video has been here awhile, and most of the comments are from years ago, but I can't help but say something. Roger didn't get the idea from someone else. And maybe not everybody who has seen this realizes that Roger McGuinn is a founder of The Byrds and is known for his "jingle-jangle" sound, which he played on his 12 string. When he toured abroad, taking two guitars was just one more complication. He wanted a guitar that he could use for all his songs; those played on a 6, and those that required the 12 string jingle jangle sound. He went with the doubled G string only, because it turned out that it was the only one that was really mandatory to get that sound. It was a brilliant idea, which Roger explained in discussions with Dick Boak at Martin. Here's a quote from Dick Boak: "He had always felt that the most powerful element of his 12-string guitar was the highly tensioned pair of G strings. His songwriting and guitar technique had long taken advantage of these G strings for special "jingle-jangle" lead runs. His idea was to add the double G strings to a conventional 6-string guitar. We sketched out some headstock and bridge diagrams on a napkin and after his departure, I proceeded to hash out the finer details for a special Custom HD-28V 7-string." Dick Boak, (then) Artist Relations, Limited Editions, C. F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company)
@muopos
2 жыл бұрын
He may have arrived at this concept independently, but there are multiple folk instruments and guitar precursors that did the same thing. Almost every member of the tamburitza family is going to have one doubled course to allow for the same flexibility he’s advocating here. I’d like to see someone do this with an electric guitar.
@normatible9795
Жыл бұрын
Ah ok thank you for the info. All i know is when , mamas and the papas, immortalized roger in their song Creek Alley ( creque alley ) , about " mcguinn and macguire in LA getting hot, everybody getting fat except mama cass" ....i know then that Roger McGuinn is the man, talented singer ,musician, byrds founder, musical visionary, genius
I just found an HD7 on Ebay last week and snatched it up ASAP. What a beautiful instrument and piece of art. It filled a hole in me from high school, when I was in bands 65-71. I remember seeing the Byrds in 1968 in Pasadena. They sounded different than what I imagined, and they had this guitarist playing a Tele and he bent his strings to sound like a pedal steel, and moved his guitar all around. I couln't figure out how he did it. Of course it was Clarence White, and they had just released Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and were starting to shop it around. I kept looking for that guitar. Now of course Marty Stuart has it. Just some sweet memories of Roger McGuinn, and now I have a piece of my past in a beautiful guitar, and I'm getting back to who I was.
Roger is the 12-string master. The 7 string is perfect for him.
Spider John Koerner played one of these on the Blues, Rags and Hollers albums in the sixties. His wasn't a Martin, but it did have the octave G string. Probably where Roger got the idea.
@wmperry2790
5 жыл бұрын
yer right - just found pic of him playin it in B+W and a Dobie Gillis haircut. 7th string right up the middle of the headstock to extra peg
@wmperry2790
5 жыл бұрын
thanks for the introduction to Koerner, Ray & Glover. Quite a find.
Now that is cool!
Thanks
he took to KZread well!
Yet you are the Master of the Double-String Guitar You Play a 6-Dbl String Tuned to Standard Regular/Nashville (High-Strung) Combo
Roger, I tell you, this is not 7 String Guitar Because it does not have a Low B but instead having the Third String of a Guitar Doubled in Octave, that is not a 7 Stringer Because it has only 6 Courses so the number of Strings in that Guitar of yours is this : 6 String Regular/Ármonico Western (Not 7), that Signature Guitar of yours is a Martin HD-40RM-6R/Á Combo You Need a Martin HD-40RM-7 (B E A D G B E)
@sidneyadnopoz3427
9 ай бұрын
It has seven strings. The fact that one pair is in courses doesn't mean there are only 6 strings lol. He even talks about the other kinds of 7 string guitars in the begining. 12 strings are still called 12 strings even though it's 6 courses, because there are 12 strings....