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Title: What kind of guitar is this?
Post by: David Houck on March 14, 2016, 10:12:29 AM

I was just curious as I can't recall seeing it before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buffy_Sainte-Marie_Langesund_Norway_2012.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buffy_Sainte-Marie_Langesund_Norway_2012.jpg)

Title: What kind of guitar is this?
Post by: elwoodblue on March 14, 2016, 10:22:26 AM

Bingo! er...I mean, Yamaha!
 
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha/SLG110S-Steel-String-Silent-Guitar.gc (http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha/SLG110S-Steel-String-Silent-Guitar.gc)

Title: What kind of guitar is this?
Post by: David Houck on March 14, 2016, 10:59:12 AM

Thanks!

Title: What kind of guitar is this?
Post by: hydrargyrum on March 16, 2016, 12:01:32 PM

Our current lead singer (we're in the midst of a friendly transition) plays one.  It's not terrible, but I was a bluegrass picker who lived for the old bass cannons, and new Larivees once upon a time. It's not quite on of those, but easier on the wallet.

Title: What kind of guitar is this?
Post by: ed_zeppelin on March 18, 2016, 07:07:49 PM

I've borrowed a friend's Yamaha Silent Bass for gigs a few times. It sounds amazing, and is probably the most comfortable upright I've ever played.  
 
I just watched Slowhand At 70: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowhand_at_70_%E2%80%93_Live_at_the_Royal_Albert_Hall) on the local PBS station and Nathan East plays one on most of the ballads.  
 
Here he is playing a particular excruciating note:
 

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