Country-Tele: In The Style of Johnny Hiland

Hi Twangers and telemaniacs.

4 months has gone since last project together with Kevin.

This time I went for some Hiland stuff - cause I wanted to raise the bar
on my speed and picking technique. And damn I almost crashed on that project. Hiland is INSANE fast and INSANE precise in his playing....and I'm not :shock:

Anyhow - hope you'll enjoy it.

Keep pickin' and uploadin'

PS: you can download backingtrack and TABS if you jump to Youtube.

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sounds great

Stunningly wonderful. This is one of the toughest pieces there is, and nobody has covered it yet - and it is not likely anybody will! You will see my other comments on the YouTube page itself - but suffice to say the playing is superb and the tone - damn, the tone is just insane. Sounds like something cut in a big Nashville studio. You built an amazing backing track too. Technically this is about a 9+ difficulty level - but you got through those fast passages at the same speed Johnny recorded them. Pretty amazing.
Great, great work - I know it took a ton of work to get this one down.
Kevin.

Most excellent!!!

I am speechless! Lars you make that look all too easy....that is AWESOME!!!

great job lars

man what tone ..please share your setup

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

man what tone ..please share your setup

Would also like know. Awesome playing!

Man, that's exactly what a tele is supposed to sound like!!! Great finger work!

Amazing!!

Awesome man!! Great technique and tone.

I'm working on Hiland's "Chicken Pickin Heroes" right now. It's tough stuff to figure out but feels so good once it's under the fingers and in muscle memory.

man what tone ..please share your setup

Yes Lars, Please Please,Please. :grin:

Lars did put up a 7 minute video of his hand/finger technique and how he recorded it - - but I do not see it now. Maybe he will post a link when he checks back in here.

Hi Guys.
Thanks for your feedback. This forum is such a pleasure to be in.
Kevin is right - I've got a video to be uploaded on how-to but I'm struggling with a problem on youtube - the sound is distorted and out of sync....weird - cause I use the same M.O as always...will drop a post here when its up.

You should throw it up on VIMEO to see if you have the same problem.....

I have made a sound setup video showing what I used and how I recorded the soundtrack. Hope it's worth watching - I need a cameraman :roll:

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I enclose link:

Thumbpick tips for Hiland Chicken Pickers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSwBvPABwgg

Chicken Pickers Hiland Fake Nails tips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zeq-zLuYRc

Lars,

That was so darn good. Thank you so much for the tutorial on the tone as well. What a nice thing to put up for all to see. I am now getting a book of matches to burn all my gear! :)

Best to you. Great playing. - Jon

Awesome Lars!! Keep it coming! You're the next Doug Seven. Hmm..Maybe we'll call you Lars Six or something. :-)

Just now caught the extra video's in this thread - maybe you should have also posted in the recording section of this site too....

That really really good!!

HOLY SHAMOLY!!!!!!

Tone to the Bone and real slickin' pickin'!!

Thanks for posting Lars! You're a true inspiration!

KC

Wow! Very inspiring!

I really loved the playing and the tone!

Pro level stuff! I bet it took forever to learn it. Inspiring.

Come on Lars, we're all waiting for the next big posting! :-)

haha...thanks for dropping by ADinNYC and giving me "the kick". It will take some months before I've got something to post again. Steep learning curves never been my strong side :-)

That's some fine pickin Lars...send some more that's my kind of music!

Lettin' ya know I checked out your backing track that you have made available to everyone - - the solo is great, but you should get some credit for putting that tough thing together too!

Thanks Kevin. I never reached to the point of what I intended with the backingtrack. I was planning on getting a real drummer with e-drums into studio...but too much hustle. Can't wait to see your new release...yeehoow!!

Waiting ever so patiently Lars! :-)

I'm glad this got bumped - I missed it back in October. Very cool stuff Lars.

Clap clap clap!
Nicely done!
Excellent tone.