Chords for Allan Holdsworth talks about his Signature Carvin Guitar and Plays

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_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
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But basically it's a solid body guitar _ where the body is hollowed out and then it has a
top on it. _ _
And this guitar, _ _ there's a top and a back, so if there was no back or top I could put
my hand right through it.
_ And the bracing of the guitar goes like two little I-beams that run down the center of the guitar.
_ _ And no part of the top, except from behind the bridge, touches the wood that's on the
inside on the front or the back.
So it's pretty [Abm] flexible _ _ and [B] it has _ [Eb]
that kind of more hollow [C] characteristic to the sound
which I like.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [G] _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ [Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] When you've got a hollow guitar it actually slows down, [Gbm] it _ [B] kind of [Gbm] slows down [F] some of
the attack, it doesn't slow down the initial attack, it slows down everything else so it
becomes _ more dynamic, [Ab] you can play a note softer and [C] even with a distorted sound _ and
still get that kind of [F] dynamic _ [A] _
quality to it.
_ And that's how I first became aware of Karvin and I was always _ _ convinced of the quality
of their stuff and most people think, well if it's less expensive it's not as good, but
in actual fact, _ if by the time you've bought a guitar from a factory that's got a name
on it, by the time it's gone from the manufacturer to the wholesaler to the retail to the store,
that guitar's like going to cost a fraction of what it takes to make one of these say,
and yet this will come in, _ you know, a lot better quality for a lot less money.
_ _ And they're really great people, really great products, proud to be associated with them.
It's definitely _ _ been a wonderful experience for me.
_ Thank you guys! _ _
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