Killick Hinds (born 1972) of

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is a composer and performer of a wide range of music. He plays

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electric guitar, as well as Big Red

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and the h'arpeggione, an 18-stringed upright acoustic instrument with

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. Both instruments were built by Fred Carlson. Equally influenced by

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al music and "composed" sounds, Killick's style blends primitive folk, heavy metal, and sacred music from around the world. Killick has played with improvisers including Susan Alcorn, Liz Allbee, Susie Allen, Brent Bagwell, Colin Bragg, Jeff Crouch,

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, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Lisle Ellis, Tony Evans, Drew Gardner, the Georgia Guitar Quartet,

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, Frank Gratkowski,

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, Blake Helton, Carl Ludwig Huebsch,

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, Ben Kennedy, Harald Kimmig,

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, Craig Lieske, Marshall Marrotte, Jeff McLeod, Tatsuya Nakatani, Larry Ochs, Brian Osborne, Ravi Padmanabha,

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, Matthew Welch, and Eric Zinman. Killick started Sol Ponticello Records in 2001, and he released a solo H'arpeggione cover version of

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's '' Reign in Blood'' in 2005. Killick married Delene Porter in Key West, Florida, on August 9, 2003.

H'arpeggione

The H'arpeggione is an instrument built by Fred Carlson for Killick Hinds. It is an electric upright

-fretted, six-string instrument tuned from a contrabass A♭ up to E♭ (half-step below the high E on the guitar). The H'arpeggione also has 12 resonating

which run through the neck and emerge over the body and run to a separate buzzing bridge. The body is larger than an acoustic guitar, with an arched fingerboard and a bridge for bowing or plucking, a spike for upright playing position, and a top made of (recycled) redwood.

References

External links

KillickSpotlight Killick Hinds
Guitar Moderne, March 2017.
Extreme Guitar
Guitar Player, October 2010.
Free Radical
Athens Banner-Herald, September 2009.

''Sweet Pea'', 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinds, Killick 1972 births Living people Musicians from Athens, Georgia Songwriters from Athens, Georgia Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century American guitarists