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Nic du Toit
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Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 11:21 am |
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Hi Guys,
The tune is called 'Royal Hawaiian Hula'.
Click on this link to hear the song.
http://tinyurl.com/mystery-player
I'm looking forward to your comments.
Regards.
Nic
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1970 P/P Emmons D10 flatback 8x5, BJS Bar, J F picks, Peavey Session 500, Telonics pedal. Boss GX700 effects.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 1:38 pm
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| Wish I knew, and hope we find out. |
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Nic du Toit
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Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 1:51 pm
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Hi Ron,
I hope so too. I like the playing and thought the guys on the forum would be able to give some more info.
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1970 P/P Emmons D10 flatback 8x5, BJS Bar, J F picks, Peavey Session 500, Telonics pedal. Boss GX700 effects.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 3:12 pm
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Sorta sounds like George DeFretes style. Or maybe some other Indonesian player.
Very nice version of that tune, for sure...... |
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Nic du Toit
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Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 11 Jan 2012 10:28 am
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Hi Ron W.
As you can see I've had no positive feedback yet, but did you like the playing? I'm quite impressed, although I'm not a lap player.
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 11 Jan 2012 11:10 am
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| I can't shake the feeling that this is a trick question. I keep waiting for you to reveal the answer. Where did you get this from? |
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Mike Anderson
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 11 Jan 2012 11:37 am
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| Production values sound very recent to me. And yep, very nice playing! |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 12 Jan 2012 3:45 am
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OK guys!
Shall I put you out of your misery?
I recorded this tune last Sunday.
The song is called Royal Hawaiian Hula.
It is a song recorded by George de Fretes as well as Rudy Wairata about 50 years ago.
There are many other versions as well from way before that time.
As it is a vocal song, with little guitar, I had to add a bit of my own stuff.
Notice that in one verse I tried to add the Hawaiian "yodel-like" sound that Hawaiian singers used.
Another interesting point is that the song verses are 10 bars, not 8 bars as expected.
That really foxed me, because I could not always play out (or complete) the typical hawaiian "vamps" in certain parts.
The guitar I used is a Harbor Lite 8-string (wooden frypan) with 2 Vintage Vibe Stringmaster pickups.
It is Harry Sheppard's prototype and I managed to buy it from him about year ago. Great guitar! Pics here.
I recorded with the bridge pickup with a small amount of the neck pickup added.
I recorded it straight from the PODxt into Sonar X1. The backing was done in BIAB which was edited in Sonar.
The guitar was originally tuned to standard A6, but the song did not lay nicely on it.
I wanted to use a lot of open strings, to get a certain type of resonance from the guitar.
So I tuned the A's up a half step, making it a F#7, I think.
The original songs were probably also recorded in F# to accomodate the singers.
I wanted the middle part a bit more "jazzed up" so the 7th tuning did also help a bit.
This middle part was recorded with a different setting on the PODxt.
Thanks everybody for the kind words! Much appreciated.
And thanks, Nic for putting it on the Forum.
Peter
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1977 Sho~Bud D10 ProIII Custom; Sho~Bud SD10 The Professional ; ETS S10 5x5;
Fender 1000; 1993 Remington U12; 1978 Emmons S10 P/P; GeorgeB Weissenborn;
Fluger Cat-Can; Asher Electro Hawaiian; Gibson BR4; Fender FS52; Guyatone 8str;
Fender Resonator ; Epiphone Coronet 1937; Rickenbacher Ace; Rickenbacher NS;
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Nic du Toit
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Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 12 Jan 2012 4:05 am
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Well, there you have it!  
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2012 6:13 am
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I had a feeling it was Peter 
Very nice playing ... I love that style and you have it down !!! |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 12 Jan 2012 6:19 am
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I like that, too--nice yodeling. Very good playing, Peter.
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Peter den Hartogh
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 12 Jan 2012 9:00 am
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You guys are a hoot! 
But thanks anyway.
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1977 Sho~Bud D10 ProIII Custom; Sho~Bud SD10 The Professional ; ETS S10 5x5;
Fender 1000; 1993 Remington U12; 1978 Emmons S10 P/P; GeorgeB Weissenborn;
Fluger Cat-Can; Asher Electro Hawaiian; Gibson BR4; Fender FS52; Guyatone 8str;
Fender Resonator ; Epiphone Coronet 1937; Rickenbacher Ace; Rickenbacher NS;
Dynalap 8string; Harbor Lights 8string; Aiersi Tri-Cone; Fender Stringmaster |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 13 Jan 2012 1:51 pm
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I'm already lifting some of those extra licks, thanks 
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2012 6:19 pm
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| Hi Ron W., did you like the playing? |
Sorry for missing your reply, Nick. I must say, while I've never been a fan of the Dutch/Indonesian sound/tone/style, George, and now Peter are exceptions. And with a continued focus on the tech issues of cleaner pick/bar aps, ie the occassional audible kisses, Peter's playing and our listening future is real nice. |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 14 Jan 2012 8:55 am
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Thank you so much for your nice response, Ron.
That means a lot to me.
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1977 Sho~Bud D10 ProIII Custom; Sho~Bud SD10 The Professional ; ETS S10 5x5;
Fender 1000; 1993 Remington U12; 1978 Emmons S10 P/P; GeorgeB Weissenborn;
Fluger Cat-Can; Asher Electro Hawaiian; Gibson BR4; Fender FS52; Guyatone 8str;
Fender Resonator ; Epiphone Coronet 1937; Rickenbacher Ace; Rickenbacher NS;
Dynalap 8string; Harbor Lights 8string; Aiersi Tri-Cone; Fender Stringmaster |
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