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Re: Hitchiker guitars.

Postby MOSDAN » Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:54 pm

Wow, What a great video...I like the videos inserts of the picking hand. What a true artisan Nokie is. Thanks for posting this!!!!
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Postby GattonFan » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:31 am

Great sound out of that guitar. Anyone know if Nokie was a finger-picker back in the Venture days - or a later convert?

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Postby Dennisthe Menace » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:50 am

He used that style on 'Caravan,' not to mention a few others....... ;) .
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Postby Sarah93003 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:15 pm

Very nice clip! Did you notice the acrylic nails on his picking hand? Paul Pigat uses them as well.
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Re: Hitchiker guitars.

Postby jtr654 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:18 pm

Who made that guitar in that clip Aria?
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Postby Veenture » Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:36 pm

GattonFan wrote:Great sound out of that guitar. Anyone know if Nokie was a finger-picker back in the Venture days - or a later convert?

Dennis
I didn't know it then ( my teen years) but that attracted me to his style and sound since I never conciously registered hearing finger picking before in Rock 'n' Roll music. Nokie loved Country music (and to play it) from the early beginnings I believe. No surprise the Ventures did a "Country Classics" album (aka "I Walk The Line").
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Postby Veenture » Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:39 pm

jtr654 wrote:Who made that guitar in that clip Aria?
Vincent [Desert surfer] will know...maybe he will chime in.
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Re: Hitchiker guitars.

Postby Chemo » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:03 am

Veenture wrote:Hey Roger and others -who perhaps haven't yet heard Nokie's HitchHiker guitar...


The clip is from this dvd, right? Image

I have it & highly enjoy it. I think its sold out, but if you can find a copy, I can only recommend this.
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Postby rog43win » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:54 am

thanks Paul....yes, I've heard Nokie play his Hitchhiker on many Ventures clips on youtube....he plays with quite a mellow sound from it, but he demonstrated it on a clip when he was interviewed for a TV show....he gets 15 different combinations of tones from the switches...
He can stretch strings for effect, but I would be so tempted to put a tremelo on it, ;) ....he can play, no doubt!

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Re: Hitchiker guitars.

Postby Veenture » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:55 am

rog43win wrote:He [edit: Nokie] can stretch strings for effect, but I would be so tempted to put a tremelo on it, ;) ....he can play, no doubt!
He's amazing, I always like the way he makes dive bombs ...without a trem unit for goodness sakes; he does it simply by detuning one of the tuning keys for the duration and then gets back in tune within the blink of an eye ;)

Chemo, you're right; it is from that superb DVD
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