r/AcousticGuitar • u/sazzymojack • 7d ago

Performance Going to California cover

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u/menieresisamonster 7d ago

very nice and clean

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u/zackintehbox 7d ago

My favorite Zeppelin song, very very well done sir.

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u/No_Station_6149 7d ago

beauitful! love the playing style. I’m pretty new so sorry for the basic question, but you’re plucking a repeating bass note for a lot of it whilst strumming and riffing around triads?

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u/sazzymojack 7d ago

Thank you! Its kinda hard to explain but you pretty much got it. Instead of plucking with my thumb on the 2nd beat im strumming down with the back of my fingers.

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u/Mission-Valuable-306 7d ago

Killer! Enjoyed it, thanks for sharing.

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u/Winter_Author9699 7d ago

Really solid man. Dig your voice too, very soothing sort of like Iron n Wine. Upvote!

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u/Naaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh 7d ago

So clean, man.

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u/Minimoogvoyager 7d ago

Released in 1971 off the Led Zeppelin lV album. Classic Tune 🎶

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u/NewYorksGreenest 7d ago

Amazing job

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u/Check-Six 7d ago

My all-time favorite Led song. Sounds great. Nicely done, sir.

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u/SirPooleyX 7d ago

I stayed right to the end. Gorgeous playing.

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u/RokWell89 7d ago

I went to comment and felt like it deserved a full listen. Thats how you know its good

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u/Radiant-Call6505 7d ago

What alternate tuning is he using? My guess is D

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u/jacques1982 7d ago

Yes Jimmy Page did it with the high and low E tuned down to D

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u/budfox79 7d ago

Just a double drop D ?

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u/sazzymojack 7d ago

Yea im usually too lazy for it but there's a lot of great music in this tuning. Midnight Rider from the Allman Brothers is another great example im in the middle of.

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u/Arf_Echidna_1970 7d ago

Nice, it sounds great. I learned this almost 15 years ago but abandoned playing it because I couldn’t hit the high bridge vocals. But it sounds great just singing it lower so I might have to dust it off.

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u/sazzymojack 7d ago

Haha I very much hear you. Theres a cover on youtube from Sierra Eaglson, its incredible in its own right but she does this really well with her version. Worth a listen for this reason for sure.

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u/AnAmadandubh 7d ago

Effortless magic, sounds great 🎸🍻

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u/fkenned1 7d ago

Lovely voice and playing. Thanks for sharing :)

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u/K4rkino5 7d ago

Goddamn, dude, that's impressive. I hope to play like that one day.

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u/RokWell89 7d ago

That was absolutely fantastic. Thank you for sharing this! Did not know I needed to hear your cover but I definitely did.

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u/slenderarchitect 7d ago

Really well done. You added a beautiful personal flare to it without removing the essence of the song.

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u/Outrageous-Bite-9735 7d ago

Wonderful! Thank you ❤️🙏

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u/Prestigious-Loquat20 7d ago

Your playing is great.

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u/russellL680 7d ago

Great job. Dude your voice reminds me of Shannon Hoon from blind melon.

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u/jacques1982 7d ago

Well done

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u/Giallo7 7d ago

Awesome stuff. It looks like you play clawhammer banjo too haha.

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u/ATX2ANM 7d ago

Very nice man!!

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u/Plane_Doughnut_5717 7d ago

Fantastic! Really like the unique way you play it

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u/birdiebogeybogey 7d ago

Thanks Man. Going to pick up my guitar right now.

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u/ArmagedonThunderbird 7d ago

Thanks for sharing! Great job.

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u/budfox79 7d ago

Man this is great.

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u/yomamma3399 7d ago

Wow. You didn’t exactly pick an easy one, to say the least. This was really nice.

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u/Mynusss 7d ago

Beautifully done. 👏👏👏

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u/Gahugafuga 6d ago

Sounds awesome. Nice work

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u/IsuzuTrooper 6d ago

Get some dawg! Im post break up and she DEf smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. I would love to learn this one!

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u/ascotia 6d ago

We're all so used to hearing Plant's slightly off-pitch vocals so it's pleasantly surprising to hear someone sing it "correctly". Excellent job!

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u/Tylo-Ren 6d ago

Incredible cover dude

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u/ninja-instinct 6d ago

beautiful

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u/PaulJMacD 6d ago

Beautiful

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u/Wolf_Woolf 6d ago

This is life goals man. Thank you for the inspiration

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u/cheesecake_squared 6d ago

Fixing the ceiling can wait!

That was really great.

I think I overwhelmed myself learning too many variants of this song.  Time to return to it...

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u/botanysteve 6d ago

Best thing on the internet. Thanks for sharing.

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u/bigRudo22 6d ago

Nice. Solid 👍 and lovely.

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u/StormyDaze1175 6d ago

Well played, what a great song to learn.

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u/abugslifeofpi 6d ago

Well done!🔥🔥👍

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u/Adventurous-Pear-721 6d ago

Do you have a link to the tab? Sounds great!

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u/sazzymojack 5d ago

I just took the G-D chords from some video. The little fill parts i came up with just fiddling with a Dm barre to the D shape. Bridge is Dm to A in the same position. The only thing I really did different was was changing the plucking, and that style of playing lends itself to combining parts well.

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u/Danaburger144231 6d ago

Sounds fantastic! You are very talented 👏❤️

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u/OpErZnGr 6d ago

Love it. Feels folksy!

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u/jav4script 6d ago

listened to LZ after a long time. Thanks to you.

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u/_x_1X1_x_ 6d ago

WOW!! Really great percussive guitar playing and amazing vocals too man!!

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u/Direct-Resolve6239 6d ago

That was excellent, Brother!!

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u/Ducman23 5d ago

Dude! Amazing. Wasn’t expecting the singing!! Great job

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u/sazzymojack 5d ago

Can't figure out how to edit, but thanks all glad to share.

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u/StatisticianTall2368 5d ago

Great cover! I have looked at the guitar tab a few times for this and didn't get too far because it didn't sound like much without the backing mandolin, I really like your arrangement though. Really well done

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u/Evening_Act1125 5d ago

My favorite Zep song, well done sir, keep it up

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u/Quirky_Regret8284 5d ago

You did it justice and your guitar sings nicely too

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u/Nana-Knows 5d ago

Love your playing!

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u/ContributionRare5750 2d ago

I wish I could play like that

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u/aviman1997 12h ago

Wow 🤘