Guitar Tricks Insider February/March Digital Edition | Page 22

SOUND ADVICE

So it happened first by accident and it
seemed to work?
Then you become accustomed to it. I remember
starting to write on an acoustic that only had
five tuning pegs on it. Wherever the G was that
week, I had to tune the guitar to it. That was
okay. It kept your attitude. I still write on an
acoustic. As you can see I’ve got an acoustic
sitting here in my room. In fact, I was on
vacation recently and sat down with a Tom Petty
album and figured out the whole thing in ten
minutes. I went, “good old Tom.” He only knows
three chords still. The songs were great.
Can your songs always be reduced to an
acoustic guitar?
Absolutely. That was another thing I learned
about songwriting. The greatest songs ever
written can all be sung on an acoustic guitar. ■

Bon Jovi (acoustic) Living on a Prayer/Wanted: Dead or Alive

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