How David Jacobs-Strain found his sound
The left coast poet pulls and wrecks those guitar strings like the blues players of old, but brings a modern touch to lyrics, making him one of the most electric players ever to hold an acoustic. The thinking man’s blues player knows his history, too—down to the subtle differences between Taj Mahal and Son House. But he never aspired to play any of the greats note-for-note. It’s always been about finding his own sound.
Guitar.com: Did you study these peoples playing in a note-for-note fashion?
Jacobs-Strain: No, I never did. I’ve never been a note-for-note player. I’ve always gone for trying to create the texture or the feeling that evokes the music, rather than trying to learn note-for-note what somebody is doing. That just seemed kind of wasteful and indulgent or something. I’m not really into copying other players. Certainly I’ve imitated a lot of the sounds and tried to connect with those emotions they put out, but I’ve never had an interest, the way a musicologist would, in being able to reproduce a particular sound exactly.
Read more of Jacobs-Strain’s guitar.com interview.
David Jacobs-Strain
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