Ty Ford )
in article news.com
wrote:

I heard Hedges live, outside in baltimore shortly before he died.

I caught him that tour at the Birchmere in VA. So glad I did. First
time was Blues Alley in DC. So glad I did.

He had at
least one full rack of stuff to create the guitar sound. I couldn't get close
enough to the rack to see what was in it, but that was no "simple" guitar
sound.

Nomadland.com probably still has his rig specs and rider.

No acoustic guitar on the planet had notes as low as those coming out of the
stacks. I'm guess ing he had some octave splitters.

I don't think so. Heavy gauge strings, and serious intent:

"By design, acoustic guitars just aren't built to speak below a certain
pitch... So if you use non-standard tuning and tune down to deepen the
guitar's voice, what you hear coming out of the box can be kind of
disappointing..."

"I get around the problem of wimpy low end by using a [Sunrise] magnet
pickup. Magnetic pickups detect the vibration of strings even when its
inaudible to the naked ear. If you put that signal through a good
equalizer, boosting some sounds and softening others, you can effectively
change the response of the guitar." - M. Hedges
ref: Rhythm Sonority Silence
by: Michael Hedges and John Stropes
pg: 31


I think he's incomparable, and what he achieved in terms of acoustic
guitar composition and performance is beyond words. I really like him.
I'm grateful.

Regards,
-Brian