No amp? No problem! Jef Mertens just plays his
12-string Danelectro into the void and hopes to heck somebody picks up the
sound. Well, that’s not entirely true – he recorded this “prepared guitar tape”
at a place called Hum Palace, so the recording equipment all but guaranteed that
somebody was going to hear it. But still, it’s certainly not going to be heard
very loudly – not with No Amp.
The pieces are all quite meditative, and you can sit
listening to them quietly on headphones (my recommendation). You’ll be able to
discern each pick hit and string crack, and sometimes the guitar oscillates or
sounds effected – which means you’d need an amp for that, right? Wait a second …
Everything is an expansive landscape. FFO processed
friggin’ guitar, man! What else do you want?
--Ryan
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