Marcel Mokbel - Solo Acoustic Guitar
Marcel Mokbel is a solo acoustic guitarist from Germany.
Born in 1991, he started playing the acoustic guitar at the age of 14, learning all by himself.
After a period of learing basics, he came across fingerstyle music and started writing his own stuff.
First videos were uploaded on YouTube in late 2008, followed by videos (with more than 500.000 views in sum), live concerts and his first solo CD "Close Your Eyes", published in May 2012.
Marcel is the first german musician to be featured on the YouTube channel of the canadian label Candyrat Records with his tune "How It Hurts".
Don't know which music to play because your friends/family have different personal taste? Marcel's music suits all ages. His tunes are guided by catchy melodies and groovy rhythms. The combination of fingerstyle, slapping, percussions and emotion leads to a new sound, stirring the audience.
Enjoy a symbiosis of pop, rock, funk, and soul with elements of lounge music and the sounds of movie soundtracks.
1991
Birth
2005
first notes on Gitarre
2008
first YouTube video
2009
first live gigs
2012
Album release "Close Your Eyes"
Close Your Eyes
EG#BF#BD#
Open Emaj9
Herbststraße
DGDGAD
Open Tuning
In The Streets
DADF#AE
Open Tuning
Wide Awake
EG#BEBD#
Open Tuning
Like A Dream
EABF#AC#
capo 5th (strings 3-6)
All Things New
EG#BF#BD#
Open Emaj9
Drop Of The Night
EADGBE
Standard Tuning
How It Hurts
DF#AEAC#
like Close Your Eyes, but 1 whole step lower
Lost In The Moment
CGCFA#D
C9sus4
Geh Nicht
EG#BEBD#
Open Tuning
Farewell
DADF#AE
Open Tuning
Striving After Wind
F#AC#G#BE
Open Tuning
Spring Rain
DADF#AD
Open D
Without A Feeling
EADGBE
Standard Tuning
Zeitlos
C#G#CFBD
capo 6 (strings 3-6)
Beneath The Surface
DADFAD
Open D-Minor
Timpetu
DADFAD
Open D-Minor
Spongebob Theme
EADGBE
Standard
Guitars
Furch G25-CC
Marcel's guitar is a custom Furch G25-CC. It has a cedar top and cocobolo back and sides. An additional signature was added to the 12th fret inlay. more information at furch.cz.
Stötzel Guitar "Belle"
A guitar from luthier Wilm Stötzel is currently in production. He really is a master of his craft. Please visit his homepage: www.stoetzel-gitarren.de
Strings
Elixir Strings
Marcel currently uses Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze Medium Strings. Normally, his guitars are tuned one whole step lower, which makes it necessary to use higher gauges.
Pickups
Pickups
Pickups are a complex topic. Currently, Marcel uses the K&K Trinity System consisting of a 3-kontakt transducer and a condenser microphone.
Electronics
Amps
The Schertler Jam 100.
