{"id":321,"date":"2007-02-27T22:30:46","date_gmt":"2007-02-28T03:30:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-21T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T22:11:12","slug":"128-string-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/128-string-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"128-String Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/loE1PXgf_vk?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nAn amalgamation of the 12-string guitar, the <a href=\"http:\/\/emusician.com\/libraries\/emusic_nemesys_music_technology_3\/\" title=\"http:\/\/emusician.com\/libraries\/emusic_nemesys_music_technology_3\/\">high-strung guitar<\/a>, improvements in acoustic guitar circuitry, and burgeoning &#8217;80s cult worship of The Byrds and <strong>Big Star<\/strong>. In short, the <strong>128-string guitar<\/strong> represented every Southern jangle-pop fan&#8217;s wet dream. <\/p>\n<p>The style probably has its roots in <strong>George Harrison&#8217;s <em>All Things Must Pass<\/em><\/strong> album. Think of songs like &#8220;My Sweet Lord&#8221;, with producer <strong>Phil Spector<\/strong> layering lord knows how many guitars to push along that simple progression.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/listen.ram?show=16287&amp;starttime=0:16:01\" title=\"http:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/listen.ram?show=16287&amp;starttime=0:16:01\">Peter Holsapple &amp; Chris Stamey, &#8220;Geometry&#8221; (from <em>Mavericks<\/em>, as broadcast on WFMU)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a device, the 128-string guitar came to prominence in the early &#8217;90s, spanning mainstream country-pop through alternative jangle-pop artists. The 128-string guitar dominated the sound of the highly anticipated, among rock nerds, Chris Stamey-Peter Holsapple reunion, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stage.rollingstone.com\/artists\/peterholsapple\/albums\/album\/171882\/review\/5946572\/mavericks?source=peterholsapple_rssfeed\" title=\"http:\/\/www.stage.rollingstone.com\/artists\/peterholsapple\/albums\/album\/171882\/review\/5946572\/mavericks?source=peterholsapple_rssfeed\">Mavericks<\/a><\/em>. For some, this album was a godsend, with every possible jangly guitar tone encompassed in each deliberately strummed chord. For others, this album was a major letdown, with the 128-string guitar negating any overtones and interesting rhythms that might interfere with the listener&#8217;s appreciation of each and every lush chord.<\/p>\n<p>The 128-string guitar would also make its appearance on gentle songs by the likes of Matthew Sweet, <strong>Bill Lloyd<\/strong>, Tommy Keene, and <strong>Teenage Fanclub<\/strong> as well as infiltrate the huge radio hits of <strong>Tom Petty<\/strong>. Although the 128-string guitar has proven itself a useful and effective tool, the watchdog organization Rock Town Hall cautions against its abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An amalgamation of the 12-string guitar, the high-strung guitar, improvements in acoustic guitar circuitry, and burgeoning &#8217;80s cult worship of The Byrds and Big Star. In short, the 128-string guitar represented every Southern jangle-pop fan&#8217;s wet dream. The style probably has its roots in George Harrison&#8217;s All Things Must Pass album. Think of songs like <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/128-string-guitar\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}