E2 · Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Pearl white, gold leaf

The door guitar

A super jumbo in pearl white, bound in 24-karat gold leaf, with an engraved gold moustache bridge and a rosette of gold-leaf sun rays. It is the brightest instrument in the room and the only one the key light does not have to hunt for.

The inlay

The song climbs, so the board climbs. Cloud after cloud up the neck to a door at the 12th fret — the octave, where every note you started on comes back.

• Fret 3a pearl cloud
• Fret 5a pearl cloud, higher
• Fret 7a pearl cloud, higher still
• Fret 9the last cloud
• Fret 12an arched golden door, with rays coming through it

What the episode teaches

One swap — ii for IV — changes the whole feel of the line, and IV back to I is the “Amen”.

The instrument

Body

Super jumbo

Woods

Pearl-white lacquer, gold-leaf sun-ray rosette, ebony board

Hardware

24-karat gold-leaf binding, engraved gold moustache bridge

Song

Knockin' on Heaven's Door · Bob Dylan, 1973

Key

G

Chords

G D Am / G D C

Numbers

I V ii / I V IV

Where to watch

This episode is not posted yet. When it is, it goes up on YouTube @NumbersNotTabs