By: Guided By Voices
Appears on: Universal Truths And Cycles
For several of the songs on Universal Truths And Cycles, including “Love 1,” Robert Pollard uses a chord shape that is very common in his arsenal of guitar tricks. It’s the basic “power chord” shape that we typically play on either the sixth and fifth strings or on the fifth and fourth strings. He tends to bring this shape to the fourth and third strings, the third and second strings, and even the second and first strings—usually with a droning open string played with it.
