Guitar stuff

I taught myself a long time ago, but in retrospect I wish I had learned a little more formally.
You should look into taking some lessons for a while, just to get some fundamental techniques.
AcousticGuitar.com is a great resource you should check out.

 

By the way, here's another clip of Justin King, the same kid linked by KG, different song:

 

The music the kid in August Rush plays reminds me of the way King plays.

 

It's 16 inches across.

 

I think it's an L5 then.
L5 was 16 inches then. The L7 went to 17 inches in 1935.
Very sweet. Does it have cracks? Do you live in a very dry climate?
You might want to think about a humidifier for it.
I would love to have guitar like that. I've been pining for an archtop for a long time.

 

I played all the time in my teens, less in my 20s and stopped entirely in my 30s. This thread just might get me to consider starting again if I can ever afford to buy a guitar.

 

If I were to play like anyone - and I'm more interested in other facets like percussion, synths in certain cases and enjoy more traditional instrumentation when done well - I would want to emulate Steve Hackett. Brilliant technical player, not worried about flash and understands that guitar - even electric for a band - is a LOT more than flash.

He's also continued to grow and evolve in the 30 years since he left a serious group. That group, while it continued to do great things, never replaced what Hackett brought to the table.

 

I had a similar experience, KG.

I visited Nashville in 1998 and took my guitar along just for fun. I stayed at the Hall of Fame Motor Inn and went to the karaoke in the hotel bar, where I fell in with a bunch of people. We were sitting around as the karaoke petered out, and someone said it would be great if there was a guitar so we could still sing. So I went upstairs and grabbed mine and brought it back down. It got passed around by a bunch of people and I had never heard it sound like they made it sound. It was amazing.

One guy who was quite a good player actually said, after his turn, how much he enjoyed playing it because it sounded so rich. I agreed with him and thanked him. I should have told him it was playing like his that made it sound so wonderful in the first place.

 

Just for some fun.

 

Mine's a lefty, so it's rare for me to find someone I can hand it to and let them play.

On a side note, how many of you have named your guitar?

 

I have never named any inanimate object or body part.

 

Speaking of archtops, I just played a couple of Eastman's today. They were beautiful.
Sounded a little thin to me.
I wouldn't be buying one this year anyway, but I'll have to play another.