Steve Miller plays a beautiful acoustic version of "The Joker" (video)

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Here’s an awesome demo of “Take the Money & Run” which contained the beginnings of “The Joker” within:

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What is that guitar he is playing must know now do want :heart_eyes:

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Looks like a 12-string mandolin with a differently shaped body, but IANAL (I am not a luthier).

@pesco - thanks for this wonderful thing. Loved it!

I can hardly believe Steve Miller is 80 next month (and I’ve been listening to him for 45+ years, so I should believe it).

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It’s a short scale 12-string guitar. His left-hand fingering is standard guitar chording, not mandolin chords.

I’ve never seen one of those either, short scale guitars are pretty common but I’ve never seen a 12-string version.

I’ve heard he’s a workaholic, and spends hours doing vocal drills to keep his range as he ages, this video seems to prove it.

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I believe he is playing a version of this. You can see the name Veillette on the headstock.

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… ooh “punchy” :thinking:

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Confirmation that that’s what Miller is playing from the luthier himself.

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Pompatus!

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Had to find that original song you referenced. I think this is it.

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thank you! that was my takeaway as well: i need to hear that song! lol

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