Sledd Ridin' (tab)
This is a banjo tune I've liked for a long time but
haven't heard on guitar. It's a fun tune with a nice feel and it makes
a good jam tune.
Equipment:
Merrill C-28, Martin D-18VM, Clayton Gold .1.20mm picks, EXP-17 strings,
Korg D12 recorder, MXL 2001 microphone, Ensoniq SQ-32 synthesizer
(for "acoustic" bass). Recording Notes: I first recorded a click track
from a metronome to use
while
recording the rhythm guitars - rhythm for breaks 1 and 3 on one track
and rhythm for breaks 2 and 4 on another track. Next I recorded the
guitar breaks - break 1 and 3 on one track and break 2 and 4 on another.
The bass track came last. Finally, I mixed all 5 tracks down to stereo.
The Martin appears on the left channel and the Merrill on the right
channel. Whichever guitar wasn't being used as the lead instrument
was used for rhythm.
Bio:
I've been a musician for many years and I took up guitar almost three
years ago. I usually play about one or two hours a day. I'm 45 years
old; my home is in Coconut Creek, FL and I work in Fort Lauderdale
as an Electronics Engineer. My wife is very supportive of my guitar
addiction (as long as I don't play while watching TV when she's in
the room). For the past year and a half, I've been playing lead guitar
with Crossroads - a long-standing south Florida bluegrass band.