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== Recordings | == Recordings == | ||
A simple 12-bar blues by Aaron Wolf: | A simple 12-bar blues by Aaron Wolf: | ||
* https://soundcloud.com/mbirakite/aaron-wolf-12-bar-blues-on-kite-guitar | * https://soundcloud.com/mbirakite/aaron-wolf-12-bar-blues-on-kite-guitar | ||
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Possible method for implementing the half-fret capo trick: An extra fret slot is cut to allow insertion of a temporary fret in between the 1st and 2nd (permanent) frets. The slot stops short of the treble side of the fretboard. So gravity holds it in place, plus of course the capo. The temporary fret has the barbs on the side of the tang filed off. The extra slot is a bit wider, so the fret can be pulled out easily. It goes in from the side, under the strings, so the strings don't need to be loosened. Should be able to insert it and remove it on stage between songs. The fret is a bit longer, sticks out about 1/2 inch, so that you can pull it out easily. There is a hole or something in the sticking-out part, to attach a wire or something, so that the fret can be attached to the capo. Keeps one from losing it. | Possible method for implementing the half-fret capo trick: An extra fret slot is cut to allow insertion of a temporary fret in between the 1st and 2nd (permanent) frets. The slot stops short of the treble side of the fretboard. So gravity holds it in place, plus of course the capo. The temporary fret has the barbs on the side of the tang filed off. The extra slot is a bit wider, so the fret can be pulled out easily. It goes in from the side, under the strings, so the strings don't need to be loosened. Should be able to insert it and remove it on stage between songs. The fret is a bit longer, sticks out about 1/2 inch, so that you can pull it out easily. There is a hole or something in the sticking-out part, to attach a wire or something, so that the fret can be attached to the capo. Keeps one from losing it. | ||
== Videos and Podcasts == | |||
'''<u>Now and Xen podcast</u>:''' http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/29268-cents-kite-giedraitis-aaron-wolf-spencer-hargraves-jacob-collier | |||
Kite Giedraitis and Aaron Wolf were hanging out one afternoon playing guitar, when Spencer Hargraves (Terry Maple, Jock Tears, Redrick Sultan) texted that he had a gig that night in Portland. They invited him over, and excitedly filled him in on the Kite guitar. | |||
'''<u>Short cell phone videos with Jacob Collier</u>:''' | |||
http://tallkite.com/videos/JacobCollier1.mp4 (29 sec) | |||
http://tallkite.com/videos/JacobCollier2.mp4 (34 sec) | |||
http://tallkite.com/videos/JacobCollier3.mp4 (1 min 29 sec) | |||
[[File:Jacob Collier with a Kite Guitar 6-26-19.jpg|none|thumb]] | |||
Kite, Aaron and Caleb Ramsey spoke to Jacob after his June 2019 show in Portland, on the sidewalk outside the venue. | |||
== For Luthiers == | == For Luthiers == | ||