For this session, guitarist and singer Todd Albright played three songs on his massive 12-string guitars, while swinging down the West Coast on a tour supporting his album Detroit Twelve String Blues & Rags. For his session, Albright played three tunes, Blind Willie McTell’s “Kill It, Kid” and “Savannah Mama” followed by Lead Belly’s “Sweet Mary Blues Albright tours with two guitars, one tuned in standard and one tuned to Vestapol, or open D. Like many of 12-string players that he summons with his playing, Albright tunes his guitar down considerably lower than standard tuning. Both guitars are tuned down a fifth to A, with one in standard tuning (aA dD gG cC ee aa) and the other in Vestapol, which is open D, but down to A (aA eE aA c#C# ee aa). Albright uses a custom set of phosphor-bronze strings from John Pearse that “are on the heavy side,” according to Albright. Albright plays two guitars made by Wisconsin builder Todd Cambio under the Fraulini Guitar Company name. Both guitars are ladder-braced and very light for being large 26-1/2-inch scale-length 12-string guitars. The guitar with the elaborate purfling and binding is a Fraulini Francesca, modeled on a Tonk Brothers 12-string owned by...from News Page https://ift.tt/2KU4pQN https://youbrandinc.com
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