Chords for Acoustic Guitar Review - Lowden Pierre Bensusan Signature Model Review
Tempo:
131.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Dm
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] [Am]
[G]
[C] [G] [Am] [D]
[G]
[Bb] [Dm] [Am] [G] [Dm]
[G]
[N] Hello, I'm Doug Young, a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar, and today I'm here with
a Loudon Pierre Ben Sousan signature model guitar.
Many guitarists have been closely associated with a particular guitar, but few of these
relationships have lasted as long as the pairing between the French fingerstyle guitar virtuoso
Pierre Ben Sousan and Northern Irish luthier George Loudon.
Although there have been a few brief diversions, Ben Sousan's primary instrument for nearly
30 years was a jumbo-sized Loudon built in 1978 and later modified with a cutaway.
After recently restructuring his company, George Loudon began making plans to build
a new guitar for Ben Sousan, which ultimately led to this signature model.
The guitar was introduced in 2010 and it has a list price of $8 ,425.
Rather than copying Ben Sousan's old instrument, Loudon set out to design a guitar that reflects
his own growth as a luthier as well as Ben Sousan's evolution as a player.
The guitar is based on Loudon's mid-sized F model body and it's built with an Adirod
X brus-top, Honduras rosewood back and sides.
Like all Loudons, the guitar has a neck that's laminated from five pieces of wood, which
makes it extremely stiff.
The guitar's fingerboard is made out of ebony and it's completely free of inlay, with the
only position markers located on the side of the fingerboard.
The instrument has a Madagascar rosewood bridge and features Loudon's typical two-piece saddle.
One of the main differences between the Ben Sousan model and other Loudon F models is
that this guitar has a unique neck and string spacing geometry.
Although the neck width at the nut is only a tiny bit wider than a standard 1 3⁄4 inch
found on many guitars, the strings flare out to a wide 2 23⁄64 inches at the saddle.
And furthermore, the guitar's neck taper is designed so that the fingerboard is slightly
wider than standard as it moves up the neck, giving the player more room for fretting strings
without slipping off the edge of a fret.
As you can see, the guitar is very elegant in its design, with the only real decorative
elements being a simple abalone rosette and the wood binding used throughout.
Loudon is one of the first production companies to offer an armrest bevel on their guitars,
and this feature is included on the Ben Sousan model.
Okay, so let's listen to how this guitar sounds.
Pierre Ben Sousan is known for playing in dead-gab tuning virtually exclusively, so
I'll start out by demonstrating the guitar in that tuning and playing [Dm] fingerstyle.
[F] [Bb] [Gm]
[D] [F]
[A] [Dm]
[E] [G] [Bb] [Dm]
[C] [D] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [D]
Tonally, this guitar produces a shimmering, ringing sustain that's just terrific for alternate
tunings, cross-string runs, and that kind of thing.
For example, let's just listen to a cross-string D major scale.
[A] [E]
[Dm]
[G] I also find that this guitar is very expressive, very responsive, and you can play with a heavy
touch or with a light touch.
Let's check out something I'll play as lightly as I can, really.
Very light touch on this.
[C] [D]
[C] [D]
Still lots of sound.
At the same time, I can really dig in and get a much beefier, punchier, completely different sound.
[G] [D] [Dm]
[C]
[G]
But of course, the guitar is not limited to playing Ben Sousan style in alternate tunings.
Its rich tone and great dynamic range make it fun to play in many styles, many tunings.
So let's check out the guitar in [E] standard tuning.
[Em] [Am]
[D] [Em]
[Dm] [Em]
[F] [E] [Am]
[G] [B] Regardless [Am]
[D] [Em] [Dm]
[Em] [F] [G]
[F] [E] [Am] [E]
[Em] [Am]
of the tuning, you can find a variety of sounds in this guitar.
The bass is big and powerful, and yet there's a lot of clarity to it.
[Gm]
[Em] But there's also a vibrant, [Bb] ringing high [Em] end.
And the guitar has a warm midrange, which combined with excellent string separation
and clarity creates a really nice [Bb] jazz sound.
[G] [Am] [Ab] [Gm] [C]
[F]
So that's the Laven Pierre Ben Sousan Signature model.
The guitar is beautiful.
It feels great in your hands.
It sounds terrific, and it's fun to play.
You can read my full review at AcousticGuitar.com or in the January 2011 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
For Acoustic Guitar, I'm Doug Young.
[G]
[C] [G] [Am] [D]
[G]
[Bb] [Dm] [Am] [G] [Dm]
[G]
[N] Hello, I'm Doug Young, a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar, and today I'm here with
a Loudon Pierre Ben Sousan signature model guitar.
Many guitarists have been closely associated with a particular guitar, but few of these
relationships have lasted as long as the pairing between the French fingerstyle guitar virtuoso
Pierre Ben Sousan and Northern Irish luthier George Loudon.
Although there have been a few brief diversions, Ben Sousan's primary instrument for nearly
30 years was a jumbo-sized Loudon built in 1978 and later modified with a cutaway.
After recently restructuring his company, George Loudon began making plans to build
a new guitar for Ben Sousan, which ultimately led to this signature model.
The guitar was introduced in 2010 and it has a list price of $8 ,425.
Rather than copying Ben Sousan's old instrument, Loudon set out to design a guitar that reflects
his own growth as a luthier as well as Ben Sousan's evolution as a player.
The guitar is based on Loudon's mid-sized F model body and it's built with an Adirod
X brus-top, Honduras rosewood back and sides.
Like all Loudons, the guitar has a neck that's laminated from five pieces of wood, which
makes it extremely stiff.
The guitar's fingerboard is made out of ebony and it's completely free of inlay, with the
only position markers located on the side of the fingerboard.
The instrument has a Madagascar rosewood bridge and features Loudon's typical two-piece saddle.
One of the main differences between the Ben Sousan model and other Loudon F models is
that this guitar has a unique neck and string spacing geometry.
Although the neck width at the nut is only a tiny bit wider than a standard 1 3⁄4 inch
found on many guitars, the strings flare out to a wide 2 23⁄64 inches at the saddle.
And furthermore, the guitar's neck taper is designed so that the fingerboard is slightly
wider than standard as it moves up the neck, giving the player more room for fretting strings
without slipping off the edge of a fret.
As you can see, the guitar is very elegant in its design, with the only real decorative
elements being a simple abalone rosette and the wood binding used throughout.
Loudon is one of the first production companies to offer an armrest bevel on their guitars,
and this feature is included on the Ben Sousan model.
Okay, so let's listen to how this guitar sounds.
Pierre Ben Sousan is known for playing in dead-gab tuning virtually exclusively, so
I'll start out by demonstrating the guitar in that tuning and playing [Dm] fingerstyle.
[F] [Bb] [Gm]
[D] [F]
[A] [Dm]
[E] [G] [Bb] [Dm]
[C] [D] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [D]
Tonally, this guitar produces a shimmering, ringing sustain that's just terrific for alternate
tunings, cross-string runs, and that kind of thing.
For example, let's just listen to a cross-string D major scale.
[A] [E]
[Dm]
[G] I also find that this guitar is very expressive, very responsive, and you can play with a heavy
touch or with a light touch.
Let's check out something I'll play as lightly as I can, really.
Very light touch on this.
[C] [D]
[C] [D]
Still lots of sound.
At the same time, I can really dig in and get a much beefier, punchier, completely different sound.
[G] [D] [Dm]
[C]
[G]
But of course, the guitar is not limited to playing Ben Sousan style in alternate tunings.
Its rich tone and great dynamic range make it fun to play in many styles, many tunings.
So let's check out the guitar in [E] standard tuning.
[Em] [Am]
[D] [Em]
[Dm] [Em]
[F] [E] [Am]
[G] [B] Regardless [Am]
[D] [Em] [Dm]
[Em] [F] [G]
[F] [E] [Am] [E]
[Em] [Am]
of the tuning, you can find a variety of sounds in this guitar.
The bass is big and powerful, and yet there's a lot of clarity to it.
[Gm]
[Em] But there's also a vibrant, [Bb] ringing high [Em] end.
And the guitar has a warm midrange, which combined with excellent string separation
and clarity creates a really nice [Bb] jazz sound.
[G] [Am] [Ab] [Gm] [C]
[F]
So that's the Laven Pierre Ben Sousan Signature model.
The guitar is beautiful.
It feels great in your hands.
It sounds terrific, and it's fun to play.
You can read my full review at AcousticGuitar.com or in the January 2011 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
For Acoustic Guitar, I'm Doug Young.
Key:
G
D
Dm
Am
Em
G
D
Dm
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] Hello, I'm Doug Young, a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar, and today I'm here with
a Loudon Pierre Ben Sousan signature model guitar.
Many guitarists have been closely associated with a particular guitar, but few of these
relationships have lasted as long as the pairing between the French fingerstyle guitar virtuoso
Pierre Ben Sousan and Northern Irish luthier George Loudon.
Although there have been a few brief diversions, Ben Sousan's primary instrument for nearly
30 years was a jumbo-sized Loudon built in 1978 and later modified with a cutaway.
_ After recently restructuring his company, George Loudon began making plans to build
a new guitar for Ben Sousan, which ultimately led to this signature model.
The guitar was introduced in 2010 and it has a list price of $8 _ ,425.
_ _ Rather than copying Ben Sousan's old instrument, Loudon set out to design a guitar that reflects
his own growth as a luthier as well as Ben Sousan's evolution as a player.
The guitar is based on Loudon's mid-sized F model body and it's built with an Adirod
X brus-top, _ Honduras rosewood back and sides.
_ _ _ Like all Loudons, the guitar has a neck that's laminated from five pieces of wood, which
makes it extremely stiff.
The guitar's fingerboard is made out of ebony and it's completely free of inlay, with the
only position markers located on the side of the fingerboard.
_ The instrument has a Madagascar rosewood bridge and features Loudon's typical two-piece saddle.
_ _ One of the main differences between the Ben Sousan model and other Loudon F models is
that this guitar has a unique neck and string spacing geometry.
Although the neck width at the nut is only a tiny bit wider than a standard 1 3⁄4 inch
found on many guitars, the strings flare out to a wide 2 _ 23⁄64 inches at the saddle. _
And furthermore, the guitar's neck taper is designed so that the fingerboard is slightly
wider than standard as it moves up the neck, giving the player more room for fretting strings
without slipping off the edge of a fret.
As you can see, the guitar is very elegant in its design, with the only real decorative
elements being a simple abalone rosette and the wood binding used throughout.
_ Loudon is one of the first production companies to offer an armrest bevel on their guitars,
and this feature is included on the Ben Sousan model.
Okay, so let's listen to how this guitar sounds.
Pierre Ben Sousan is known for playing in dead-gab tuning virtually exclusively, so
I'll start out by demonstrating the guitar in that tuning and playing [Dm] fingerstyle. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tonally, this guitar produces a shimmering, ringing sustain that's just terrific for alternate
tunings, cross-string runs, and that kind of thing.
For example, let's just listen to a cross-string D major scale.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] I also find that this guitar is very expressive, very responsive, and you can play with a heavy
touch or with a light touch.
_ Let's check out something I'll play as lightly as I can, really.
Very light touch on this.
[C] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Still lots of sound.
At the same time, I can really dig in and get a much beefier, punchier, completely different sound. _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
But of course, the guitar is not limited to playing Ben Sousan style in alternate tunings.
Its rich tone and great dynamic range make it fun to play in many styles, many tunings.
So let's check out the guitar in [E] standard tuning.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] Regardless [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ of the tuning, you can find a variety of sounds in this guitar.
_ The bass is big and powerful, and yet there's a lot of clarity to it.
[Gm] _
_ _ [Em] But _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ there's also a vibrant, [Bb] ringing high [Em] end. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the guitar has a warm midrange, which combined with excellent string separation
and clarity _ creates a really nice [Bb] jazz sound.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So that's the Laven Pierre Ben Sousan Signature model.
The guitar is beautiful.
It feels great in your hands.
It sounds terrific, and it's fun to play.
You can read my full review at AcousticGuitar.com or in the January 2011 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
For Acoustic Guitar, I'm Doug Young. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] Hello, I'm Doug Young, a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar, and today I'm here with
a Loudon Pierre Ben Sousan signature model guitar.
Many guitarists have been closely associated with a particular guitar, but few of these
relationships have lasted as long as the pairing between the French fingerstyle guitar virtuoso
Pierre Ben Sousan and Northern Irish luthier George Loudon.
Although there have been a few brief diversions, Ben Sousan's primary instrument for nearly
30 years was a jumbo-sized Loudon built in 1978 and later modified with a cutaway.
_ After recently restructuring his company, George Loudon began making plans to build
a new guitar for Ben Sousan, which ultimately led to this signature model.
The guitar was introduced in 2010 and it has a list price of $8 _ ,425.
_ _ Rather than copying Ben Sousan's old instrument, Loudon set out to design a guitar that reflects
his own growth as a luthier as well as Ben Sousan's evolution as a player.
The guitar is based on Loudon's mid-sized F model body and it's built with an Adirod
X brus-top, _ Honduras rosewood back and sides.
_ _ _ Like all Loudons, the guitar has a neck that's laminated from five pieces of wood, which
makes it extremely stiff.
The guitar's fingerboard is made out of ebony and it's completely free of inlay, with the
only position markers located on the side of the fingerboard.
_ The instrument has a Madagascar rosewood bridge and features Loudon's typical two-piece saddle.
_ _ One of the main differences between the Ben Sousan model and other Loudon F models is
that this guitar has a unique neck and string spacing geometry.
Although the neck width at the nut is only a tiny bit wider than a standard 1 3⁄4 inch
found on many guitars, the strings flare out to a wide 2 _ 23⁄64 inches at the saddle. _
And furthermore, the guitar's neck taper is designed so that the fingerboard is slightly
wider than standard as it moves up the neck, giving the player more room for fretting strings
without slipping off the edge of a fret.
As you can see, the guitar is very elegant in its design, with the only real decorative
elements being a simple abalone rosette and the wood binding used throughout.
_ Loudon is one of the first production companies to offer an armrest bevel on their guitars,
and this feature is included on the Ben Sousan model.
Okay, so let's listen to how this guitar sounds.
Pierre Ben Sousan is known for playing in dead-gab tuning virtually exclusively, so
I'll start out by demonstrating the guitar in that tuning and playing [Dm] fingerstyle. _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tonally, this guitar produces a shimmering, ringing sustain that's just terrific for alternate
tunings, cross-string runs, and that kind of thing.
For example, let's just listen to a cross-string D major scale.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] I also find that this guitar is very expressive, very responsive, and you can play with a heavy
touch or with a light touch.
_ Let's check out something I'll play as lightly as I can, really.
Very light touch on this.
[C] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Still lots of sound.
At the same time, I can really dig in and get a much beefier, punchier, completely different sound. _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
But of course, the guitar is not limited to playing Ben Sousan style in alternate tunings.
Its rich tone and great dynamic range make it fun to play in many styles, many tunings.
So let's check out the guitar in [E] standard tuning.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] Regardless [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ of the tuning, you can find a variety of sounds in this guitar.
_ The bass is big and powerful, and yet there's a lot of clarity to it.
[Gm] _
_ _ [Em] But _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ there's also a vibrant, [Bb] ringing high [Em] end. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the guitar has a warm midrange, which combined with excellent string separation
and clarity _ creates a really nice [Bb] jazz sound.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So that's the Laven Pierre Ben Sousan Signature model.
The guitar is beautiful.
It feels great in your hands.
It sounds terrific, and it's fun to play.
You can read my full review at AcousticGuitar.com or in the January 2011 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
For Acoustic Guitar, I'm Doug Young. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _