Yep. He's barring an open-tuned guit. Didn't watch the vid, so don't know what key they're in. I've seen a few players barre open tunings this way.
EDIT: just watched the vid. He seems to be in either open G or open Em tuning. From what these old eyes can make out, he's barring the 7th fret when Joe's playing a D chord, which means open G tuning...I seem to recall that Mick Jagger plays thumb-barred open tuning on some songs live...
Last edited by bigG; October 9th, 2009 at 09:17 PM.
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Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
Pedals: Cry Baby 535q wah, Bad Monkey OD, Boss DS-1, Sabine FuzzStortion, HardWire RV-7 Reverb