Fast easy and secure j.mp Product Description Taylor Model Bundle includes Taylor LKSM-12 Leo Kottke Signature Model 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Leather Strap, Strings, String Winder, Pick Card, and Polishing Cloth.One of the most celebrated and popular 12-strings ever made, the Leo Kottke Signature Model combines tropical American mahogany back and sides, Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood binding, and special bracing to produce that unmistakable Kottke sound.As much as any other artist, Leo Kottke has defined the role of the contemporary acoustic guitarist as self-styled virtuoso, amassing a huge worldwide following in the process. Ever since his 1969 debut, 6- and 12-String Guitar, on John Fahey's indie Takoma label, Kottke has blazed a singular stylistic path that continues to diverge from mainstream guitar music. Classical precision, pop melodicism, jazz fluency, bluesy fundamentalism, rubbery, syncopated rhythms, and quasi-literary motifs all vie for supremacy in his tur! bo-folk compositions.Add to Kottke's finger-orchestra virtuosity a droll perspective on life that puts a tilt on his material, and you get both an inspiring and entertaining performer who keeps concert audiences highly amused. He continues to be a prolific touring performer, and has also collaborated on recording projects with fellow musical adventurer, bassist Mike Gordon (Phish). The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music thought enough of Kottke's body of work to include it in the school's guitar studies
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