I nee a help, I am going to play a show on the roads ( Without a stage) next sunday.
I have to back fiddles whistles and pipes with my guitar, but the problem is that in that place there is no electricity so I guess I need A Mini Battery amp to plug in my Acoustic DADGAD...What can i do?
Does anyone know a good fingerpicking Method for DADGAD Guitar?
If you have a mains amp and access to a car, can you get one of those 12v inverters and then run an extension lead from that to your amp? Not ideal safety-wise but might save you buying a new amp!
Re DADGAD fingerpicking there is the Sarah Mcquaid book which has some nice and fairly easy fingerstyle tunes in. You can also download for free a number of great fingerstyle tunes in standard and alternative tunings including DADGAD from here http://guitarvideos.com/dvd/pdf.htm they are the tunes from the wonderful CD's Ramble to Cashel and the Blarney Pilgrim. Martin Simpson also has a DVD tutor with book from this site http://www.homespuntapes.com/shop/productsearch.aspx
also in various including DADGDA tunings. Good luck
I have three battery powered amps that all work reasonably well for smallish venues.
Roland Microcube about £75, MIcrocube RX about the same. Both have an number of electric guitar settings but also an Acoustic Guitar setting, and a microphone. The RX has more on it and it louder, but goes through the batteries quicker. Roland also do an mini battery amps called a Street Cube and Mobile Cube, but I have not tried either. I would recommend the Microcube RX as the Microcube sometimes struggles with the low D.
I also have a VOX DA5 which is similar to the Microcube but has some better guitar sounds in my opinion. About £80 I seem to remember - has v good battery life.
I've used a Crate Taxi for a wedding gig, it sounded quite good. There was a real boom in battery-powered busking amps a few years ago, and I would imagine you can find a lot to choose from now.
"Does anyone know a good fingerpicking Method for DADGAD Guitar?"
I'm sure someone does. You want to learn it for next Sunday?
I cannot learn fingerpicking for next Sunday, I was searching a good method to practice by the time.
I could play Without Mini amp, The other instruments plays without amps or mic. but the problem is the Bagpipe which sounds very strong so probably I will need an amp for my guitar to Back its notes..Anyway I will try...
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Hello Friends!
I nee a help, I am going to play a show on the roads ( Without a stage) next sunday.
I have to back fiddles whistles and pipes with my guitar, but the problem is that in that place there is no electricity so I guess I need A Mini Battery amp to plug in my Acoustic DADGAD...What can i do?
Does anyone know a good fingerpicking Method for DADGAD Guitar?
Thanks a lot
Angelo
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by CORK
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If there is no electricity for the gigs then I presume the fiddles, etc will not be plugged in either. In which case can't you also play unplugged?
Having said that you can get small amps that run on battery power. I don't know how good they are though or what they would cost.
I don't fingerpick as much as I probably should so I will leave that question to be answered by someone else.
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
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If you have a mains amp and access to a car, can you get one of those 12v inverters and then run an extension lead from that to your amp? Not ideal safety-wise but might save you buying a new amp!
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by Mark Harmer
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Re DADGAD fingerpicking there is the Sarah Mcquaid book which has some nice and fairly easy fingerstyle tunes in. You can also download for free a number of great fingerstyle tunes in standard and alternative tunings including DADGAD from here http://guitarvideos.com/dvd/pdf.htm they are the tunes from the wonderful CD's Ramble to Cashel and the Blarney Pilgrim. Martin Simpson also has a DVD tutor with book from this site http://www.homespuntapes.com/shop/productsearch.aspx
also in various including DADGDA tunings. Good luck
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by nobbley
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I have three battery powered amps that all work reasonably well for smallish venues.
Roland Microcube about £75, MIcrocube RX about the same. Both have an number of electric guitar settings but also an Acoustic Guitar setting, and a microphone. The RX has more on it and it louder, but goes through the batteries quicker. Roland also do an mini battery amps called a Street Cube and Mobile Cube, but I have not tried either. I would recommend the Microcube RX as the Microcube sometimes struggles with the low D.
http://www.roland.com/products/en/goPrd.cfm
I also have a VOX DA5 which is similar to the Microcube but has some better guitar sounds in my opinion. About £80 I seem to remember - has v good battery life.
http://www.voxamps.com/uk/da-series/da5/
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by David Gray
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I've used a Crate Taxi for a wedding gig, it sounded quite good. There was a real boom in battery-powered busking amps a few years ago, and I would imagine you can find a lot to choose from now.
"Does anyone know a good fingerpicking Method for DADGAD Guitar?"
I'm sure someone does. You want to learn it for next Sunday?
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by Jon Kiparsky
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Assuming you don't manage to learn finger-picking before Sunday, just get a nice heavy plectrum, and you won't need an amp.
# Posted on July 27th 2009 by skreech
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If the other instruments are playing with no amplification, you should do the same, unless you want to spoil their efforts completely.
# Posted on July 28th 2009 by DaveL35
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It should all balance well enough, if you use a heavy plectrum, fingerpicking is too quiet against those instruments.
# Posted on July 28th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
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Thanks Guys!
I cannot learn fingerpicking for next Sunday, I was searching a good method to practice by the time.
I could play Without Mini amp, The other instruments plays without amps or mic. but the problem is the Bagpipe which sounds very strong so probably I will need an amp for my guitar to Back its notes..Anyway I will try...
Slàn
Angelo
# Posted on July 29th 2009 by CORK
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how did you get on?
# Posted on August 4th 2009 by David Gray
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Hello,
Great...I played without amp... everything was good thanks..
# Posted on August 13th 2009 by CORK