Spanish Solo on Acoustic Guitar
Spanish Music on Acoustic Guitar
Today I had a ton of fun recording this Spanish Solo on my acoustic guitar.
A lot of guitar players associate Spanish music with Classical guitar, and I agree with that. The Classical guitar is still the best option if you want to play some Spanish solo and Spanish chords and Dances.
The problem is, I don’t have a Classical guitar at the moment, but I am really into Spanish-sounding stuff, so I have to adjust.
Apart from that, I really enjoyed recording this awesome video.
Let’s get into details.
The Video
The Gear I am Using
The Guitar – Eko Massimo Varini Signature
I have been using the same guitar for the past 3 years, and I am super happy.
The guitar you see in this video and all the other videos I usually record, is the Eko Massimo Varini Signature.
This guitar sounds amazing, both acoustic and electrified.
Here the specifics
The main features requested by the Artist include the High Grade Selected Cedar Solid Top combined with selected Rosewood solid back and sides, nut width of 45 mm, the short scale of 630 mm, special Artist Logo at the XI and XII fret, reduced body thickness of 82 mm to 102 mm, Fishman Rare Earth Blend soundhole magnetic pickup with condenser microphone (optional).
| BODY SHAPE | EKO 018 Special |
| BODY WOOD (Top) | Selected Solid premium AAA Cedar |
| BODY WOOD (B&S) | Selected Solid Rosewood |
| NECK WOOD | Hand Selected Mahogany |
| NECK SHAPE | Low C profile |
| FINGERBOARD | Selected Rosewood |
| WIDTH AT NUT | 45 mm |
| NUT | Bone |
| TUNERS | Grover |
| HEADPLATE | Rosewood |
| SCALE | 630 mm |
| BODY DEPTH | Special thin body 82 to 102 mm |
| ROSETTE | EVO wood Rosette |
| BRIDGE | Rosewood |
| SADDLE | Bone with compensated Tuning |
| COLOR/FINISH | Natural / Open-pore |
| EQ | Fishman Rare Earth Blend (Opt.) |
| Special |
This guitar uses two different mics: the pickup that you see outside and the inside mic.
Inside the guitar, there is the blend knob that will allow you to mix blend pickup and mic.
I usually use only the mic inside the guitar, which sounds amazing.
Effects
I record all my audio with the Boss BR-80, which is one of the coolest, small recorded for guitar.
I am also using GT10 for reverb and delays.
Nothing too expensive or complicated.
Strings
I love light strings, so I usually use 010 Elixir.
Chords
The entire solo is played over a simple chord progression of Am – G – F and E major.
I love this chord progression because all the bass notes can be played as open strings. The only exception is the F major, which can be changed with the D minor chord.
Few times I changed the chord progression into Am – G – Em – F – Dm – E – Edim to add more options for the solos.