, 18 July 2006 Legg plays
fingerstyle guitar, mixing an
alternating-bass style with
harmonics, banjo-peg retuning and single or double-string bending. Often he will play a piece entirely in
arpeggios similar to a classical guitar style. He makes extensive use of altered tunings and
capos. He also uses banjo tuning pegs on many of his guitars, allowing him to change tunings mid song, as well as producing
glissandos Legg has said that his true home is onstage. "Playing live is the whole point... Everyone makes a journey, an effort; we all come together – me, the audience, the people who run the venue – to share this wonderful, universal, human emotional interaction. This is where music lives." A significant part of a performance by Legg is the wryly funny storytelling patter he uses between songs, some of these stories included on
Adrian Legg Live (2017). Legg included the use of modeling technology and
MIDI for fingerstyle guitar on his 2004 album
Inheritance, which features extensive use of
guitar synthesisers and modeled guitar sounds. This stands in contrast to the more acoustic sound of
Guitar Bones. In an interview with Frets, a Guitar Player publication, Adrian listed some of the signal processors and effects that he utilizes to shape his acoustic tone. This included several notable effects boxes such as the
Effectrode PC-2A compressor, a
Wampler Pedals Black '65 Overdrive, and an
Effeectrode Helios fuzz. Adrian also endorses Neunaber Audio and is currently using a Neunaber Audio Immerse Reverberator for his reverb needs. ==Discography==