I don't know how the hell you are channeling this stuff but you are maybe one of the top two guys from Great Britain that can actually sing and play this stuff. You got the grease and the flavor man.
wow just found this, and yes, this is how is should be played, A great guitar work and an awesome voice too, and its hard to find that most times. This is he best version of this song ever.
A poly triolian with rolled f holes----rare fer shur. Looks like maybe newer fretboard? Nice performance, I always enjoy your playing/singing. I can relate to your passion for the old Nationals. Play on Bro.
Yes, the guitar recently had a neck reset and new fretboard. I've replaced the tuners too for the new Stew-Mac Golden Restoration Fleur-de-Lis tuner reproductions.
Wow, I love this version better than any other version. I've watched 100 people do this song, but this is the best with such great pushing vocals I love it, this is the best Never take this down,.
Hi there ! There are some Elmore lessons, if you look back at my other videos. I think I play a bit RJ in the video called 1931 National Duolian Walnut sunburst, or something.
Thanks for that. It happened to be my least favourite National I have owned, in terms to of playability and tone. Even in this video, it has a weird nasal tone that my other Nationals don’t have (check out my other videos). I sold that guitar within a few years.
@@snakehips81 I have checked out the other videos and other people's too been a fan of the national steel for 50+ years, and I wouldn't trade that one for all the others I've ever heard
Many thanks ! I’m playing in Open D (classic Elmore James slide guitar tuning). Slide/bottleneck is from the English company Diamond Bottlenecks. They easily make the best glass bottlenecks in the WORLD !!! I can HIGHLY recommend their hand-blown lead-crystal “Ultimate” slides, that come in a range of colours & mixes of VERY cool colours. The very high quality, polished playing-surface, feels like liquid glass. They are the very best slides you will ever own. Check out my more recent videos, where I use some of my most recent Diamond Bottleneck “Ultimate” slides.
Hello, would consider allowing me to use the audio of this masterful performance in an ultra low budget but professionally produced video about a friend who crossed America on a 1931 motorcycle?
I have used two different luthiers in the UK (England, actually, as I don't know anyone good enough closer to me, in Scotland), over the last 16 or 17 years of owning vintage Nationals - Dave King, and then (since he has moved back to England) Steve Evans (of Beltona Resonator guitars & other instruments). Both are very good but I prefer Steve Evans now
To further clarify what I said already, I have had about 9 vintage Nationals restored by Dave King over the years, plus recommended quite a few friends of mine - and seen the resultant restorations - and we all received excellent guitars back from him. To be fair, any vintage National can have built up various issues over the years and the results can be a bit variable, even with the same luthier - which is largely down to how good the guitar was from new, what it's been through in the circa 80yrs since, and what is feasible and/or desired to do to the guitar to get it working again. Of the 6 vintage Nationals I still own restored by Dave King, they are all excellent - and some were restored as much as 15yrs ago by him ! Steve Evans makes resonator instruments on a daily basis as the main thing he does and thus probably has much more experience making restoring resonator guitars, than even the wealth of experience that Dave King has. You can't go wrong with either really. THEY are the two I would recommend, in the UK. To be fair, I haven't tried anyone else but I have seen a few Nationals restored by other UK luthiers, and been less impressed despite having seen their amazing work on non-resonator instruments. I hope that makes sense ? !!! I have also owned a few Nationals restored by well known luthiers in the US - and NOT been as impressed by their work, compared to my fairly decent numbers of examples restored by UK luthiers - so I think my experience of restoring vintage Nationals and comparing different luthiers is fairly decent.
snakehips81 Thanks for taking the time to elaborate on your previous answer. Still trying to figure out who would be best to refret my 36 Duolian. I am in the States and hate to ship overseas. My first National so have much to learn. Your videos are a great learning tool. Thanks so much for sharing with us all. Your one cool cat.
Technically, there should be plenty luthier/repair guys who can do a good refret job. However, are you sure that is all it needs ? I think you will be best sending it to someone who regularly works on Nationals. Depending where you are in the US, you could try Marc Schoenberger (search for : nationalguitarrepair), or you can't go wrong with National Resophonic (nationalguitar.com)
Man can figure out if your trying or letting it out hahaha... Awesome, you made that Guitar your bitch. Where in Scotland are you from I'm in Perth at the moment would love to hear you live, do you perform or just wrecking it for fun? GG. Also where did you get your half slide... I asked them Crystal Slides (who I hear are awesome) to custom make me one, 3 years and 20 phone-calls and I'm still waiting hahaha.
+Dick Love - Hi there ! Do you mean Diamond Bottlenecks ? Yes, they are the best, and I have a few myself - although I dropped and bust my favourite one a few years back. I do gig - AND in fact, the TWO bands I am in are playing TOMORROW night in Cupar, as part of the Fife Jazz Festival. I play in a duo called Mud In Your Ear (I play guitars and piano in this set-up, with a guitarists, who is on TH-cam - search for Prof Scratchy). I also play piano and Hammond organ in a 5-piece blues band called the Jensen Intercepters. Both bands are playing tomorrow night : www.fifejazzfestival.com/programme/artists/cupar-blues.html The gig is at Watts Bar, starting at 8pm sharp. If you can't make that, I will hopefully be playing at this year's Dundee "Almost Blue" festival (June 1-3), and the Edin J&B fest. Come and say hello !
Seriously neighbor, I don't give a flying fuck what anyone else says about you're version or your lack of or not, of talent blah blah blah. I can pretty much guarantee that if you keep it up, no one will give a fuck any how.
Did this guy play guitar at a crossroads at midnight? Damn!
Great!!!
You can the passion in this man's face as he plays its making him euphoric I can imagine
Outstanding. It's inspiring to watch you play.
Dave Holston
Good to see the blues is alive and well keep it up mate
I don't know how the hell you are channeling this stuff but you are maybe one of the top two guys from Great Britain that can actually sing and play this stuff. You got the grease and the flavor man.
Fantastic playing and singing mate! From a fellow scot too, this makes me happy :) Keep up the good work.
just as good as the duolin video bro nice one
wow just found this, and yes, this is how is should be played, A great guitar work and an awesome voice too, and its hard to find that most times. This is he best version of this song ever.
Can't help but pick up my guitar after hearing your play
feel the same today haha
I couldn’t find any other person that can play it like you do !!! I swear I’ve seen covers after covers and nothing you just got the blues in you
That was awesome!! You have such a great voice, and you play so well. A super nice guitar! Looking forward to more soon :)
Nothing Short of wicked!
A poly triolian with rolled f holes----rare fer shur. Looks like maybe newer fretboard? Nice performance, I always enjoy
your playing/singing. I can relate to your passion for the old Nationals. Play on Bro.
your finger picking is insane! good stuff man
Killed it!
When I get up in the mornin I believe I'll dust my broom PRPRPRPPRPRPRPRPRPRP PRRRT
this is the shit . 👍he does the best version of this on here great vocals too
Yes, the guitar recently had a neck reset and new fretboard. I've replaced the tuners too for the new Stew-Mac Golden Restoration Fleur-de-Lis tuner reproductions.
Update - i took off those Stewmac Fleur-de-Lis tuners - I didn't like them. They did not work well, compared to the plain-plate Stewmac tuners
U played threw the fudging an u pulled it off.im from Kentucky an I no blues music well.great voice ...for a brit
Wow, I love this version better than any other version. I've watched 100 people do this song, but this is the best with such great pushing vocals I love it, this is the best Never take this down,.
Very kind of you. My favourite version of me doing this tune in a National guitar is this one :
th-cam.com/video/8wMRbXOI0lc/w-d-xo.html
Great twangy sound......railroad rhythm too. Fab.
That put a smile on my face!!
Brilliant version.
Great man! Could you do some other Robert Johnson songs and or Elmore James and maybe a lesson with them when you do? . Thanks a lot man!
Hi there ! There are some Elmore lessons, if you look back at my other videos. I think I play a bit RJ in the video called 1931 National Duolian Walnut sunburst, or something.
Beachbum Shipwreck Silve
Very inspiring. This is real rock and roll.
That is the best sounding guitar I have ever heard!!!and he dam well knows how to play it
Thanks for that. It happened to be my least favourite National I have owned, in terms to of playability and tone. Even in this video, it has a weird nasal tone that my other Nationals don’t have (check out my other videos). I sold that guitar within a few years.
@@snakehips81 I have checked out the other videos and other people's too been a fan of the national steel for 50+ years, and I wouldn't trade that one for all the others I've ever heard
Sounds awesome
SO so happy Bukka White brought me here..
You play and sing real good, man.
Sou seu fã cara, viva o blues.
Great playing! What tuning do you use? And where did you get that slide?
Thanks again for a wonderful performance
Many thanks !
I’m playing in Open D (classic Elmore James slide guitar tuning).
Slide/bottleneck is from the English company Diamond Bottlenecks.
They easily make the best glass bottlenecks in the WORLD !!!
I can HIGHLY recommend their hand-blown lead-crystal “Ultimate” slides, that come in a range of colours & mixes of VERY cool colours. The very high quality, polished playing-surface, feels like liquid glass. They are the very best slides you will ever own.
Check out my more recent videos, where I use some of my most recent Diamond Bottleneck “Ultimate” slides.
@@snakehips81 Cool. I use Diamond slides too. Thanks for the info. Keep those videos coming please!
Lovin your music in the USA
This is a proper way of playing this tune, you're such a great guitar player, fucking loco! hahaha
Best wishes from Spain!
Excelente blues, saludos bro
Eres genial
es muy bueno,que ritmo tiene😎👂👍👍👍
great playing ! thanks for sharing.
Fantastic! - more please
Love ya dude!
like this dammmmmm . great . Thanks from Germany !
Hello, would consider allowing me to use the audio of this masterful performance in an ultra low budget but professionally produced video about a friend who crossed America on a 1931 motorcycle?
How it is ?
excellent
You are amazing!
cool performance
fuck this is the best sound in the world :)
I believe this is F**KING mint
so good!
fantastic
*EPIC* 🤘😎
Amazing!!!!
Love it.
Snakehips, who works on your Nationals? You are an Inspiration, love all your videos. World Class singing and playing!
I have used two different luthiers in the UK (England, actually, as I don't know anyone good enough closer to me, in Scotland), over the last 16 or 17 years of owning vintage Nationals - Dave King, and then (since he has moved back to England) Steve Evans (of Beltona Resonator guitars & other instruments). Both are very good but I prefer Steve Evans now
snakehips81 Thank You Sir.
To further clarify what I said already, I have had about 9 vintage Nationals restored by Dave King over the years, plus recommended quite a few friends of mine - and seen the resultant restorations - and we all received excellent guitars back from him. To be fair, any vintage National can have built up various issues over the years and the results can be a bit variable, even with the same luthier - which is largely down to how good the guitar was from new, what it's been through in the circa 80yrs since, and what is feasible and/or desired to do to the guitar to get it working again. Of the 6 vintage Nationals I still own restored by Dave King, they are all excellent - and some were restored as much as 15yrs ago by him !
Steve Evans makes resonator instruments on a daily basis as the main thing he does and thus probably has much more experience making restoring resonator guitars, than even the wealth of experience that Dave King has. You can't go wrong with either really. THEY are the two I would recommend, in the UK. To be fair, I haven't tried anyone else but I have seen a few Nationals restored by other UK luthiers, and been less impressed despite having seen their amazing work on non-resonator instruments. I hope that makes sense ? !!!
I have also owned a few Nationals restored by well known luthiers in the US - and NOT been as impressed by their work, compared to my fairly decent numbers of examples restored by UK luthiers - so I think my experience of restoring vintage Nationals and comparing different luthiers is fairly decent.
snakehips81 Thanks for taking the time to elaborate on your previous answer. Still trying to figure out who would be best to refret my 36 Duolian. I am in the States and hate to ship overseas. My first National so have much to learn. Your videos are a great learning tool. Thanks so much for sharing with us all. Your one cool cat.
Technically, there should be plenty luthier/repair guys who can do a good refret job.
However, are you sure that is all it needs ? I think you will be best sending it to someone who regularly works on Nationals. Depending where you are in the US, you could try Marc Schoenberger (search for : nationalguitarrepair),
or you can't go wrong with National Resophonic (nationalguitar.com)
This song really belongs to you :-), and that triolian seems to be really, really loud... Has it got the original cone? Congrats on your playing!
very good!
Oh ya !!!!!
What is his name? This guy is amazing
Enter the Bluesman...
Great!
Just a silly question, what tuning did u use for this dust my broom? Tx
Open D tuning, key of D.
From 6th string to 1st string : D A D F# A D
tx!
yeah!!!!
You should make more videos l like them 👍
I have lots of TH-cam videos already. Is that nit enough yet ??
The Brits know how it's done. Just look how the Stones do it. Well done sir.
play 'Im a steady rollin man'
Omg, Auronplay!!!
I don't understand your word Auronplay, What does it mean ?
This is 2014, you need a better camera. Great playing tho'.
Im impressed...but im still gonna delete my browsing history. U son have a white skin but a black persons soul indeed.... Great playing.
Man can figure out if your trying or letting it out hahaha... Awesome, you made that Guitar your bitch.
Where in Scotland are you from I'm in Perth at the moment would love to hear you live, do you perform or just wrecking it for fun? GG.
Also where did you get your half slide... I asked them Crystal Slides (who I hear are awesome) to custom make me one, 3 years and 20 phone-calls and I'm still waiting hahaha.
+Dick Love - Hi there ! Do you mean Diamond Bottlenecks ? Yes, they are the best, and I have a few myself - although I dropped and bust my favourite one a few years back.
I do gig - AND in fact, the TWO bands I am in are playing TOMORROW night in Cupar, as part of the Fife Jazz Festival. I play in a duo called Mud In Your Ear (I play guitars and piano in this set-up, with a guitarists, who is on TH-cam - search for Prof Scratchy). I also play piano and Hammond organ in a 5-piece blues band called the Jensen Intercepters. Both bands are playing tomorrow night :
www.fifejazzfestival.com/programme/artists/cupar-blues.html
The gig is at Watts Bar, starting at 8pm sharp. If you can't make that, I will hopefully be playing at this year's Dundee "Almost Blue" festival (June 1-3), and the Edin J&B fest.
Come and say hello !
Seriously neighbor, I don't give a flying fuck what anyone else says about you're version or your lack of or not, of talent blah blah blah. I can pretty much guarantee that if you keep it up, no one will give a fuck any how.
pretty good for a white kid.
I'm sure a condescending, racist, age-ist person could come up with a better comment than that.
Great twangy sound......railroad rhythm too. Fab.