Larry Sparks, Bill Napier, Kenny Smith, Clay Jones, Ricky Lee, Hank Snow, Clarence White, James Allen Shelton, George Shuffler, Ralph Schut.
In general: not too many unnecessary fancy notes but hearing the melody lines is what I like most
Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
Bill Cheatam, Studebaker and many more
Favorite Guitars
Martin D-35, Yamaha FG 2500, Kalamazoo KG-21and a handmade copy of Red Smiley's pre-war Martin D-45 with Brazilian Rosewood made by luthier Roman Zajicek of the Czech Republic (RoZawood guitars)
Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
Love Bluegrass, play guitar and some mandolin, lead singer in Spruce Pine (NL) and Country Cocktail (Czech Republic), lead guitar in Blue Roses (Czech Republic). Toured, played recorded with Charlie Moore, toured with Jim Eanes, played with Bill Clifton. Organised Bluegrass concerts & festivals in the Netherlands sinds 1977 and in the Czech Republic since 2004, initiated and organised (later co-organised) the EWOB, European World Of Bluegrass Festival & Tradeshow since 1998. Proud father of 4 sons and daughter. The 3 oldest are all fantastic musicians, the oldest one Ralph being a top Bluegrass flatpicker (banjo and mandolin player, singer & songwriter).
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…
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…
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…
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