NKIT and "guitarone"

[chaim]

The liner notes say that Randy plays a "guitarone" in New Kid In Town. I've always wondered what a guitarone is. In a HC music book that has all the instruments transcribed - not very accurately always - it says "guitarone" beside the acoustic guitar part. However, I remember doing some digging years ago and finding out that a guitarone is a bass guitar of some kind. I saw the instrument mentioned in another thread a few minutes ago and this mystery came back to haunt me. I googled it and all I got was "guitar one" and a "did you mean guitar one?". I googled "guitarone instrument", and the only result that had anything to do with what I wanted to find was this: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_guitarone

So is guitarone the same as guitarron? I searched for "guitarron" on YouTube and got 17 200 results. So, is this the instrument Randy plays in the original NKIT???

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVrqZU7_Y5U[/ame]

[chaim]

I should have googled more before I started this thread. I just found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarr%C3%B3n_mexicano

That article mentions Randy and NKIT.
I got an answer to my question - it is the instrument Randy played - so this thread is kind of pointless now...

[Glennsallnighter]

Thanks for posting this Chaim. I'm always interested in the instruments our boys play.

[thelastresort]

In a similar sense, what other instruments are there (however bizarre) that have only been used once or twice on an Eagles song? I can think of the likes of organ (WT / ICTYW) and harmonica (D-D) but that's about it.

(Sorry, this isn't meant as a hijack! Is this was the der-der-der-der towards the end of NKIT would have been played on (between ''til someone new comes along' and 'where you been lately?'?)

[sad-cafe]

isn't Timothy B playing one in the How Long Video from the HOTE?

[WalshFan88]

No idea unless it's a rock n' roll guitar, amp, or effect. Otherwise I'm lucky if I can tell a flute from a banjo. I know Les Pauls like the back of my hand though!

[shunlvswx]

isn't Timothy B playing one in the How Long Video from the HOTE?

I was thinking about that SC. I think he is. I always thought it was an acoustic bass, but it could be that instrument. I remembered seeing Timothy playing very big guitar in How Long.

[chaim]

isn't Timothy B playing one in the How Long Video from the HOTE?

Could be. The neck in Timothy's instrument looks like a normal bass guitar neck. Otherwise it looks like that guitarron. Maybe there are different guitarrons? The one Randy played could be very different from the one in the YouTube link I posted.
There are musicians here. Where are you now??

[chaim]

In a similar sense, what other instruments are there (however bizarre) that have only been used once or twice on an Eagles song? I can think of the likes of organ (WT / ICTYW) and harmonica (D-D) but that's about it.

(Sorry, this isn't meant as a hijack! Is this was the der-der-der-der towards the end of NKIT would have been played on (between ''til someone new comes along' and 'where you been lately?'?)

I think the whole bass part could be a guitarron. When you listen to it closely before Glenn's voice comes in, it doesn't necessarily sound like a "normal" bass.

[Shadowland07]

The guitarron is played throughout NKIT, i'm pretty sure there's no other bass. In the How Long video Tim is playing an acoustic bass. I can clearly hear the guitarron when I listen to NKIT, but that could just be because I come from a mexican family and unfortunately grew up listening to mariachi music like Ronstadt did lol. I think they put a mic close to the sound hole like they did with the acoustics that weren't semi electric.