The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2026: Take a Walk on the mild side

[Christian Miller]

And here's a bit on a Sel-mac style guitar. Happy with the live sound on this one. Tonedexter through an AER alpha, and the PA.

I generally aim for more of 30's rhythm guitar sound than a more modern Manouche one.

[Christian Miller]

And to give you a break from me, here is one of the modern masters, Julien Cattiaux from Paris with the amazing Adrien Moingard on lead (my mate Marcus Penrose on bass.)

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[GuyBoden]

And here's a bit on a Sel-mac style guitar. Happy with the live sound on this one. Tonedexter through an AER alpha, and the PA.

I generally aim for more of 30's rhythm guitar sound than a more modern Manouche one.

Excellent, looks like another fun gig, and now that's what I call proper 'Rhythm Guitar'.

[brent.h]

looks like so much fun honestly!

[joe2758]

Charlie, you are very good at rhythm guitar. May I call you Charlie?

[mr. beaumont]

This is how I'm playing these days. Quite old school. Notice that I'm using only grips from the Jonathan Stout hand out lol.


I was enjoying this gig honest. playing with Sousa is fun.

If you get a chance I'd like to hear a bit about how you approach playing like this on an electric guitar.

[joe2758]

And here's a bit on a Sel-mac styl

I generally aim for more of 30's rhythm guitar sound than a more modern Manouche one.

so the alternative being sort of dryer..more staccato?

[brent.h]

If you get a chance I'd like to hear a bit about how you approach playing like this on an electric guitar.

This is the reason I started this thread

Making the solid body guitar sound acoustic with palm-muting.

I wanted to know if people have done this kinda thing.

[Christian Miller]

If you get a chance I'd like to hear a bit about how you approach playing like this on an electric guitar.

In general, roll off the volume. You can see me turn up slightly at the start of my solo

You need a percussive attack. And you also need to not have too much bass.

The secret of rhythm guitar is to develop a percussive touch without necessarily being loud

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[Christian Miller]

so the alternative being sort of dryer..more staccato?

In general, simpler chords. Moving bassline type figures. Not many II-7 chords. I think maybe less staccato as well. I like to have plenty of chord on the 1 and 3.


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[Christian Miller]

Charlie, you are very good at rhythm guitar. May I call you Charlie?

Thanks. It’s probably one of my main saleable musical skills. Maybe my only one lol.

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[djg]

This is the reason I started this thread

Making the solid body guitar sound acoustic with palm-muting.

I wanted to know if people have done this kinda thing.

hono winterstein does palm muting:

[Christian Miller]

hono winterstein does palm muting:

Yeah, I saw Bireli a few years back and came out a bigger Hono fan.

His demonstration of the ‘pompe Manouche’ at the start is similar to my default right hand approach FWIW, what I mean by 30s style.

I should give the palm muting thing a go. Good for quieter instruments.

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[joe2758]

What exactly did you change on your actual guitar, for example, when you switched from rhythm to rippin solo on the sousa vid

[Christian Miller]

What exactly did you change on your actual guitar, for example, when you switched from rhythm to rippin solo on the sousa vid

Just turned up a bit - you can see it after the first couple of phrases

I have worked quite hard at balancing my rhythm and single string playing - but I still usually need a solo boost.


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[joe2758]

Ok I'm stealing some moves.

public domain man, nothing I invented haha

Coolest move in here is playing a 4-5 turnaround to a jazz audience

iykyk

[brent.h]

yes public domain is awesome...I know i said before that im more into melody than lines now, but im trying to learn that shreddy ascending lick in Christian's video... Very entertaining!

[joe2758]

actually i think he copyrighted that one

[Christian Miller]

yes public domain is awesome...I know i said before that im more into melody than lines now, but im trying to learn that shreddy ascending lick in Christian's video... Very entertaining!

That’s my only lick. I won’t even know who I am if you nick that


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[brent.h]

napster will work in this case right?

[brent.h]

That’s my only lick. I won’t even know who I am if you nick that


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stealing my way to jazz fluency sorry

[Mick-7]

I've heard that regularly playing this style of music will cause hair loss.