Chords for Heiden Guitars: Guy Clark Fills Us In On The Appeal Of Heiden Instruments
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[Gb] Rather than write about the Haydn [D] guitars, since I have this [E] aimed at you, why don't
Haydn at all.
builder.
10 or 15 years.
[Em]
And he's now, he's pretty much quit building guitars.
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[Gb] Rather than write about the Haydn [D] guitars, since I have this [E] aimed at you, why don't
Haydn at all.
builder.
10 or 15 years.
[Em]
And he's now, he's pretty much quit building guitars.
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ Rather than write about the Haydn [D] guitars, since I have this [E] aimed at you, why don't
we talk about this?
Because I'm not [D] familiar with Michael Haydn at all.
Well, Michael is a wonderful builder.
_ I don't know how long he's been building.
I've known him for 10 or 15 years.
I bought two of his guitars. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
And he's now, _ _ _ he's pretty much quit building guitars. _ _ _ _
_ He's building Mandolins because the market is so much _ easier to make a living.
Because Mandolins, I mean they started like 50 out. _
For _ _ _ a Mandolin, _ a hundred if it's an old [C] Gibson.
_ Right, I [C] saw one of the old F5's from the 20's.
And I think he said it was [D] worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Oh yeah, I mean, and what I think, or I'm told, I don't know, but the market was given
up by the Japanese.
_ Collectors in Japan are just _ absolutely nuts for this kind of stuff.
You know, old fenders, _ like a _ _ 50's _ Stratocaster is [G] _ a hundred grand or something.
I mean it's just like.
_ _ And anyway, so _ George can always sell those Mandolins at that price.
_ _ And for some reason, really good handmade Mandolins _ _ _ _ sell like hotcakes.
And he said most of his clientele is like doctors and [C] lawyers.
Real musicians can't afford them.
Right, yeah, who can [B] buy a $20,000 Mandolin?
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I mean.
[E]
I mentioned to a friend of mine yesterday about the Santa Cruz guitar saying,
that's doable.
_ _ [D] I can _ crunch together over time the money to buy one of their guitars.
When you start talking _ $15,000, [Abm] $20,000, I mean, _ [D] most people, be they musicians or not,
_ _ can't afford them.
Yeah, it's a strange little business, [G] little niche of America.
[D] _
Can I look at the Michael Hyden real quick with this, with the video here?
Sure. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] I love playing this guitar.
_ The neck is so slinky, _ _
[Abm] but it's a wide neck like the _ _ _
_ [Gb] others.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] It's got a shallow, _ a shallower body.
_ It's very comfortable to play.
Takes all the boom out of it.
Why do you want the boom out of it, for [E] you personally?
Because I don't like it.
It just is a dull roar down the low end.
[D] And it's _ _ [Abm] very hard to control on [Em] stage.
You find out that if you get feedback and you get problems,
and so [D] when you have the shallower body, it's not a worry.
Well, it's always a worry, but [G] not with the Richard McClush pickups,
[Gm] for some reason, _ _ _ it's some kind of _ _ electronic,
there's six pickups and they're wired out of phase,
and _ all _ this voodoo that I don't know anything about,
but that guitar just won't feed back, _ period.
I mean, it doesn't.
And it's dead quiet, there's no [F] hiss or noise.
You can [Eb] use it to record in a studio.
_ [Gb] What are the, what are those, Ron?
The [E] system of pre- and before you install it.
Well, _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ it's hard to find somebody to know how to install it,
_ [G] because it's not just [A] like putting a saddle [E] on it and [Eb] _ _
adjusting [C] it,
because it's [G] like six different _ _ pickups,
_ [Gb] _
and they're sitting on little legs,
but you don't just _ _ _ raise and lower the action _ casually,
like you can on a regular guitar. Right.
This is pretty involved.
[D] So once you do that, you better be prepared to have somebody who can set it up.
Well, yeah, _ and [E] somebody who can install it.
I had to [Gb] make this bridge purposely for these pickups [G] wide enough to _ just fit right.
_ _ And then this [E] is _ _ _ _ _ Richard [Abm] _
McLeish's EQ system in it.
It's just a little small thing.
Now this, it actually comes as well as plastic things.
It's monstrosity.
But Paul [E] McGill and I figured out, _ why don't we just do that,
because I really didn't want that in there.
_ _ So anyway, we just made that up.
[Em] _ _ _ _
But, I mean, it's _ the best pickup guitar I've ever played. _ _ _
[Eb] For being consistent, _ anytime you just walk up there and you know it's going to be right. _ _ _
So, unlike that cheap one you get in my [A] guitar.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ Rather than write about the Haydn [D] guitars, since I have this [E] aimed at you, why don't
we talk about this?
Because I'm not [D] familiar with Michael Haydn at all.
Well, Michael is a wonderful builder.
_ I don't know how long he's been building.
I've known him for 10 or 15 years.
I bought two of his guitars. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
And he's now, _ _ _ he's pretty much quit building guitars. _ _ _ _
_ He's building Mandolins because the market is so much _ easier to make a living.
Because Mandolins, I mean they started like 50 out. _
For _ _ _ a Mandolin, _ a hundred if it's an old [C] Gibson.
_ Right, I [C] saw one of the old F5's from the 20's.
And I think he said it was [D] worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Oh yeah, I mean, and what I think, or I'm told, I don't know, but the market was given
up by the Japanese.
_ Collectors in Japan are just _ absolutely nuts for this kind of stuff.
You know, old fenders, _ like a _ _ 50's _ Stratocaster is [G] _ a hundred grand or something.
I mean it's just like.
_ _ And anyway, so _ George can always sell those Mandolins at that price.
_ _ And for some reason, really good handmade Mandolins _ _ _ _ sell like hotcakes.
And he said most of his clientele is like doctors and [C] lawyers.
Real musicians can't afford them.
Right, yeah, who can [B] buy a $20,000 Mandolin?
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I mean.
[E]
I mentioned to a friend of mine yesterday about the Santa Cruz guitar saying,
that's doable.
_ _ [D] I can _ crunch together over time the money to buy one of their guitars.
When you start talking _ $15,000, [Abm] $20,000, I mean, _ [D] most people, be they musicians or not,
_ _ can't afford them.
Yeah, it's a strange little business, [G] little niche of America.
[D] _
Can I look at the Michael Hyden real quick with this, with the video here?
Sure. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] I love playing this guitar.
_ The neck is so slinky, _ _
[Abm] but it's a wide neck like the _ _ _
_ [Gb] others.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] It's got a shallow, _ a shallower body.
_ It's very comfortable to play.
Takes all the boom out of it.
Why do you want the boom out of it, for [E] you personally?
Because I don't like it.
It just is a dull roar down the low end.
[D] And it's _ _ [Abm] very hard to control on [Em] stage.
You find out that if you get feedback and you get problems,
and so [D] when you have the shallower body, it's not a worry.
Well, it's always a worry, but [G] not with the Richard McClush pickups,
[Gm] for some reason, _ _ _ it's some kind of _ _ electronic,
there's six pickups and they're wired out of phase,
and _ all _ this voodoo that I don't know anything about,
but that guitar just won't feed back, _ period.
I mean, it doesn't.
And it's dead quiet, there's no [F] hiss or noise.
You can [Eb] use it to record in a studio.
_ [Gb] What are the, what are those, Ron?
The [E] system of pre- and before you install it.
Well, _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ it's hard to find somebody to know how to install it,
_ [G] because it's not just [A] like putting a saddle [E] on it and [Eb] _ _
adjusting [C] it,
because it's [G] like six different _ _ pickups,
_ [Gb] _
and they're sitting on little legs,
but you don't just _ _ _ raise and lower the action _ casually,
like you can on a regular guitar. Right.
This is pretty involved.
[D] So once you do that, you better be prepared to have somebody who can set it up.
Well, yeah, _ and [E] somebody who can install it.
I had to [Gb] make this bridge purposely for these pickups [G] wide enough to _ just fit right.
_ _ And then this [E] is _ _ _ _ _ Richard [Abm] _
McLeish's EQ system in it.
It's just a little small thing.
Now this, it actually comes as well as plastic things.
It's monstrosity.
But Paul [E] McGill and I figured out, _ why don't we just do that,
because I really didn't want that in there.
_ _ So anyway, we just made that up.
[Em] _ _ _ _
But, I mean, it's _ the best pickup guitar I've ever played. _ _ _
[Eb] For being consistent, _ anytime you just walk up there and you know it's going to be right. _ _ _
So, unlike that cheap one you get in my [A] guitar.
