The Whisky-Tasting - Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar

The Whisky-Tasting: Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar

Ian Melrose: composition & arrangement © 2015
published by Acoustic Music Records (used by permission)

This piece is on my album “Swirling Sands” (Acoustic Music Records) with additional musical help (check it out), but this video is a pure solo fingerstyle-guitar version, and I’m very grateful to Marcus Weber of “Finest Whisky” for looking after us - even on his day off (a fine gentleman) - and of course the proprietor Uwe Wagmüller for the generous use of the premises.

Thanks to Gil Murray for the photo of Greenan Castle (beginning of video)

Recorded and mixed at Due Leone Studios, Berlin by Ian Melrose.
Mastered by Jörg Surrey at Surrealissounds Berlin

Ian Melrose plays an Avalon L325C guitar, uses G7th capos and Rheingold cables & pre-amps.

[coinquadro]

you and your beautiful Avalon are a match made in heaven for us to watch and listen to

[kpG]

Very nice Ian. Next time I'll try to have some whisky for us.

[tinamcloughlin]

Lovely Ian, love listening to your guitar playing

[Bernd_Boeckmann]

Wonderful tune, Ian! I’m not so familiar with Whisky. I tried some but I think it’s not my favorite drink! ;-) But your music is!

[jenskommnick]

So wonderful, even I (!) feel inspired to try my first whiskey ... Thanks Ian!

[nikolajhansen]

Hi Ian, I have jumbo Avalon guitar as well - do you also find that its big body can sometimes cut off circulation to the right hand a bit? If yes, how do you work around that?