A wonderful pair of hills and top class noodling as well.

Magical sounds, Hank. It reminded me of an old unmarked cassette I have of some Alain Stivell celtic harp tunes (I really must dig it out and burn it onto CD - it's years since I've listened to it). Thanks for the plug as well. :)

Definately a new favorite of your works, I knew in like the first 5 seconds of this actually

you made your guitar sound like an old honky tonk piano.  my phone is very insistent that I wanted to say honky tank.  I think it was right... quite fun to say honky tank.

@ttuttle: You're right, Todd.  The piezo does emphasize the upper-midrange tones.  Also, part of what you're hearing is the sound of the third bridge--I used a piece of oak (one half of a set of "rhythm bones", actually) which is curved in such a way as to impart a sitar-like buzz.  I have made several promises to photograph and share this setup online, so I'd better take care of that this weekend!  Stay tuned.

Love that hopping rhythm, Hank! Nice set ::))

This is inspiring work Hank. I am going to make a moveable bridge today for my 11 string and see where that gets me...

I am liking the evolution of this sound Hank. Wonderfully acoustic!  I do envision the upcoming animated film version of this with the young maestro and his homemade orchestral gadgetry somehow saving the world.

Excellent Hank - I'm so glad you've expanded this idea to a full set.

More ramblings with the third-bridge guitar, as in the previous piece.  This time, the extra bridge and piezo pickup are under the 13th fret--which means one division of the strings is a major 2nd lower than the other.

Though I'm certainly no http://soundcloud.com/steam-abacus (check out his excellent "Guitar Diaries" if you're not following him already), I am having fun playing over a looped rhythm.

Photo: After some time roaming through the Artificial Mountains, a man's imagination can begin to run wild....

In the Artificial Mountains 2 (Seeing Things)

Cheap beer and dark bars and banjos that ring...these are a few of my favorite things.

Thanks for listening, and thanks for creating!

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