I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top of it with the main rhythm part.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing.
I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.
My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.
The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back. It's an extremely dynamic instrument.
I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo.
More recently, I used guitar synthesizer extensively on the two albums I did with Robert Fripp.
I have one custom guitar which I play almost exclusively. I have others - sometimes you want a little texture, kind of a different sound or something.
I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal.
I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players, another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.
I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.