John Nagle Guitar Player

John's style has developed over many years and through many different stages. He started playing music very early on via the very well worn path of being sent to piano lessons.

His parents owned a bar and music venue. Their house was right next door, and John would keep his bedroom window open at night and listen to the bands when he was supposed to be sleeping. It was there that he first became hooked on the sound of guitar.

After a few lessons, John began to develop his playing on his own. The understanding of music theory he had from the piano, helped him as he spent hours figuring out how to play the riffs from his favorite records.

Soon after, and while playing in cover bands, John began to take an interest in alternate playing techniques and tunings. Again, the background in piano came into play as it gave him the idea to approach the guitar from a different perspective. That of being an instrument on which simultaneous counterpoint parts could be played rather than the traditional approach.

The idea of using actual bass sounds on the lower strings came later as the technology became available to make such things possible.

John has always had a strong interest in acoustic guitar as well. While he employs many of the same  playing techniques on acoustic as he does on electric, he does not use the bass sound technology with acoustic. This has allowed his style on the the different instruments to develop along similar lines but with subtle differences.

The sum of the parts is a unique playing style incorporating traditional as well as innovative techniques on both acoustic and electric guitar (and he sometimes still plays piano as well!).