Interesting Guitar he's playing

Mark Hanson In the Mood

Just your basic hog C10- just goes to show we (I) don't need exotic wood choices and the bling thing to get a guitar to die for. And the playing is really mighty fine- one of my bands does this (in Eb, so I'll have to transpose some of that fancy comping he's doing) and it's a very cool, swinging song from the big band era (my mom sang with Dorsey, Gleason, huge national radio broadcasts, fancy hotel gigs coast to coast, USO shows (we have 78's of ten thousand lonely GI's cheering three hot Swedish chicks from Minnesota who could sing as well, or better, than the Andrews Sisters- ah, mom, the one that passed the music jones gene along to me. she's 88 and going strong.) Sorry. Digression is my middle name. Tough to get stationery. tom

tom, i think that's his SJ, the one that Collings uses in his "ad".

Oh, yes...that's his Mahogany SJ...have seen Mark many times and he really makes his Collings sing...a wonderful fingerstylist...if he's ever in your area, it is well worth it to see him...and he's a nice guy to boot...

So that is what a SJ hog sounds like when played by a really good finger stylist.That is a great clip thanks for posting it !

Thanks for posting this! Mark's version of Tom Petty's "Breakdown" is my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...InSA&feature=related

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Originally posted by jaslu81:
Thanks for posting this! Mark's version of Tom Petty's "Breakdown" is my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...InSA&feature=related

Awesome punch and rhythm in his fingerstyle technique here - I really liked this.

Damn! That's hot fingerpicking. And I have new respect for those funny-looking SJ's.

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Damn! That's hot fingerpicking. And I have new respect for those funny-looking SJ's.

I've listened to a lot of Pete Huttlinger (OM) and Mark Hanson (SJ) recordings and the guitars sound very similar other than the bigger bass from the SJ. Some have called it the OM's big brother and that sounds about right to me.