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<p><img class="story_image" src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/060313-Extreme-600.jpg" /></p> It was a challenge to squeeze into the <i>Positive Feedback</i> Hospitality Suite, where visitors competed for space with liquor bottles. Not even co-host Carol Clark could reach the liquor table when I said “yes” to her offer to a touch of red wine. But somehow I was able to make it far enough into the room to discover, in the midst of the positive spirits, the Extreme Guitar Duo.
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Hearing this duo unamplified, even in a small room, came as a shock. In comparison to the over-amplified, over-hyped, and overly colored sound encountered in far too many exhibit rooms, the sound of two guitars in a small hotel room seemed very small indeed. It was as though I had briefly exited an alternate universe, only to discover that reality was less seductive.
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Which is not to put down in any way the beauty of these two men’s playing. Especially fascinating was when Keith Knights put down his guitar for a moment, allowing his partner, David Robinson, to demonstrate the harp guitar, an instrument with added bass strings.
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<img src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/060213-GuitarDuo-600.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></p><p>The Extreme Guitar Duo in action poolside at the Atrium Hotel. (Photo: John Atkinson)</p>
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/positive-feedback-extreme-guitar]
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Hearing this duo unamplified, even in a small room, came as a shock. In comparison to the over-amplified, over-hyped, and overly colored sound encountered in far too many exhibit rooms, the sound of two guitars in a small hotel room seemed very small indeed. It was as though I had briefly exited an alternate universe, only to discover that reality was less seductive.
</p><p>
Which is not to put down in any way the beauty of these two men’s playing. Especially fascinating was when Keith Knights put down his guitar for a moment, allowing his partner, David Robinson, to demonstrate the harp guitar, an instrument with added bass strings.
</p><p>
<img src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/060213-GuitarDuo-600.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></p><p>The Extreme Guitar Duo in action poolside at the Atrium Hotel. (Photo: John Atkinson)</p>
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/positive-feedback-extreme-guitar]