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Jim Bates
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From: Alvin, Texas, USA

posted 06 January 2005 07:48 PM     profile     
I got my first Keb Mo CD for Christmas and have fallen head over heels for that great slide / bottleneck guitar work he does. I assume he uses National's but what type? Anyone know?
Brad Bechtel
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From: San Francisco, CA

posted 07 January 2005 09:11 AM     profile     
Moved to Music from No Peddlers.
In 1997 Acoustic Guitar magazine interviewed him.
quote:

Keb' Mo' (Kevin Moore)
relies on two main acoustic guitars: a Gibson J-60 and a Martin D-1E, a version of the D-1 with a Fishman pickup and preamp installed at the factory. For his slide work, he generally uses a model N National steel guitar. The National and Gibson have been equipped with Highlander acoustic pickups. On stage, he uses a microphone-based guitar sound supplemented with the pickup output. In the studio, he uses microphones almost exclusively, except for a bit of pickup signal on his National.
For a time, Moore used glass slides, but he found they broke too often. Now he relies on a glazed clay slide called a Mudslide. At home and in the studio, he fingerpicks with bare fingers, but when he's looking for more punch and volume in live shows, he dons fingerpicks.

pix1
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From: WESCOSVILLE,PA,U.S.A.

posted 07 January 2005 10:20 AM     profile     
Jim.. Check Out Taj Mahl if you haven't yet.

Robbie Bossert

Jim Bates
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From: Alvin, Texas, USA

posted 07 January 2005 07:27 PM     profile     
Many thanks Brad and Robbie. I can always count on quick response from the Forum.

Jim

David L. Donald
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From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

posted 08 January 2005 01:03 PM     profile     
I 1st heard Keb Mo in one of Paris largest studios in the control room.
That was enough for me to go buys some, great music.
Drew Howard
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From: Mason, MI, U.S.A.

posted 08 January 2005 05:33 PM     profile     
Back in 95 I was touring Europe as a six-stringer with a blues band, sometimes my band and Keb Mo would play the same festivals, so we'd hang out in his hotel room and thumbpick. He was playing a custom built acoustic guitar at that time, can't remember who built it.

Drew

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