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Bill Jensen
- 68, Male
- Victoria, British Columbia
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1958 Martin d-21
Replied Sep. 22, 2008
Gibson Songmaker series Dred
Replied Aug. 28, 2008
Custom D-18 Question
Replied Aug. 19, 2008
Bill Jensen
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Everyone . . . I am in awe of anyone who has put in the time and effort necessary to learn to play well. However, I am particularly fond of John Moore.
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- I like most everything.
- Favorite Guitars
- Martin D-42, a Gretsch White Falcon, and a Stelling Mandolin
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- I am a recently retired College Professor. Although I have been involved in music all of my life, I have never been able to give it the time that I wanted. Now, I am finally able to devote all of my time to playing and learning.
I put my way through College in the 60's in San Francisco playing in a rock band. I recently played mandolin with a local Bluegrass Band, 'The Foggy Memory Boys'. Right now, I am not playing with anyone. I am studying music theory and trying to improve my playing skills.
One of my ongoing interests is finding ways to improve the teaching of music . . . particularly as applied to learning the guitar. I think pedagogy has been overlooked in favour of the teacher's playing skills. They don't necessarily go hand in hand.
I will try and put some MP3's of my playing on my website. There is currently only one example and it is an old recording. I will try and find something newer as soon as possible.
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Steve, my office is across the street from Dusty Strings in Seattle and it turns out they have a D18GE in stock. I had not even noticed it but picked it up. The neck takes some getting used to (or probably for me the bigger adjustment is tied to a 1…
Extremely Tasteful!! Nicely played. Thanks for posting it..
Sorry to get a little off topic :-( I realized it once I clicked the Add Reply button..
I like what you said about being able to afford a 20 Dollar Hygrometer... if you can spend 4 grand on a box.. and you can't spend the little bit of money on the…
Great stuff !... Very atmospheric the way you play this tune...love it !!
Dedicated to those of us who are just getting started.
So what you are talking about here Jon, is not what I started the thread for( but it IS a nice aside!) You NEED to know what your humidity is at in your house were your axe lives. That is what the Hygrometer is for. There are all kinds of threads ev…
I've never had a gauge that I've used for any of my guitars, but what I have done which only costs a few dollars is to get a travel soap box and a sponge to use as a small humidifier that I keep in my case.
It's works really well and fits perfectly…
Really nice. Great to see someone slowing down and being tasty.
I have to admit I do like D'addarios, once I get my callouses back I may move up to ej17's
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