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I have no idea what key he's playing in...]]> Guitar Players Discussion ShadyHarrison https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343048 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343044 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:26:29 +0000
Take a look at Eric Roche

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-tO6IFwBXI]]> Guitar Players Discussion Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343044 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343043 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:03:30 +0000
Not quite sure how I'd do it yet, until I get the opportunity to try it out.

Guitar looks like this:

]]> Guitar Players Discussion ShadyHarrison https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343043 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343042 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:57:04 +0000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDdpGcgHwU

It seems vitally important to differentiate between verse and chorus in this particular track.]]> Guitar Players Discussion ShadyHarrison https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343042 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343041 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:38 +0000
especially vulnerable areas and electronics on a flattop:
* top and bracing in any area away from the rims
* under-the-top, surface-mounted pups (prime example is Taylor Expression type)

less vulnerable:
* rims are usually very strong, esp the upper (smaller) bout . just avoid any controls, which often are located on the bass side of the upper bout
* fretboard area over the dovetail -- usually a point for striking or slapping the strings
* if one must pound on the top, the upper bouts, both bass and treble between the rim and and fingerboard are relatively strong and braced with short sections. the other place is right over the end block (near the end pin).
* under-bridge piezo pups are not usually a problem.]]> Guitar Players Discussion gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343041 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343039 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:31:46 +0000 O wouldn't worry. how percussive do you need to be? finger and palm heel or palm slap seem reasonable.
drum sticks...worry.]]> Guitar Players Discussion dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-343039 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-37792 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:10:41 +0000
This is a strange question, but am I at risk of dislodging the electrics of my electro-acoustic if I hit it too hard when playing a percussive bit on the body? (I'm trying to learn "Nightshift" by the Commodores at present, and I can't quite pull it together- who writes a song in the key of G#?) Anyway, there are some very important percussive bits which differentiate between verses and choruses (played by a drummer on the record) which I would like to add into any version that I did eventually work up...would I hurt the guitar if I did so? (I'm not intending to hit it hard, but I sometimes don't know my own strength.)

Thanks,

Shady]]> Guitar Players Discussion ShadyHarrison https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/percussion-on-the-body-of-an-electro-acoustic/#post-37792