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Gibson LG1
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jim Yates May 6, 2010.

High-strung "Nashville" tuning
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Jim Yates replied to Sam Payne's discussion 1958 Martin d-21
"It has been a long time since I was on this site, so I started reading over some old threads.  I notice Bob Minner says,"I would also add that a D21 doesn't gain much long term value," then goes on to say,"A good D-18 or…"
Feb 1
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My new 1950 Gibson LG1

After three days, I'm loving this small bodied , ladder braced guitar; not a bluegrass guitar, but great for blues, finger-style or old time playing. It is also great for playing swing/sock style.
May 7, 2010
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May 6, 2010
Jim Yates replied to Jim Yates's discussion Gibson LG1
"A bit of googling answered my questions. Here are the answers to my questions in case anyone else is interested: 1.-When did the pick-guard change from teardrop to large style? A-Larger pick-guard in 1955. The pick-guard became thicker in…"
May 6, 2010
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Gibson LG1

I've asked this question on the Flatpick Hangout and on Mudcat Cafe.  Sorry to those who hang out there too for the redundancy.Gibson LG1sThese little ladder braced guitars are certainly not good bluegrass guitars, but I love them for finger-style playing and old timey tunes.Could someone give me some info on dating these guitars?1.-When did the pick-guard change from teardrop to large style?2.-What years did these guitars have plastic bridges?3.-Did they ever have the adjustable…See More
May 6, 2010
Jim Yates replied to YooperMichigan's discussion Four Potatoes
"Four potatoes is a common term for fiddle tunes. It's 1 2& 3 4&, 1 2& 3 4& on the key note with a third added most of the time. Some of our local fiddlers also call it "a little bit for nothing," which makes about as…"
May 24, 2009

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Favorite Flatpickers
Norman Blake, John Herald, Dan Crary, Doc Watson, Clarence White...
Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
Red Haired Boy, Old Molly Hare, Bully Of The Town, Coloured Arstocracy, Weave And Way...
Favorite Guitars
1962 Martin D-21, 1958 Goya M-26, 1950 Gibson LG1
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http://www.myspace.com/kirbyyatesmazurek

About Jim Yates

JIM YATES comes from a musical family. His father was a singer, he is married to a musician, his four siblings all play music, his two sons and most of his nephews and nieces are involved in music.
He started playing music on a ukulele that a cousin forgot at his home and bought his first guitar circa 1960. Over the years he has added banjo, mandolin, Autoharp, accordion, concertina, bouzouki, mountain dulcimer and mouth harp to his arsenal. He also owns a fiddle, but plays it only in the privacy of his own home when his wife is at work and the cats are both outside.
After moving to the Port Hope/Cobourg area in the early seventies, he played in several folk, bluegrass and Celtic groups and became involved with promoting acoustic music through Folk At The Forum and the Waterfront Festival. Jim teaches guitar, banjo and mandolin and has had articles and arrangements published in the Banjo Newsletter and the Autoharpoholic Magazine. His tune Robbie Burns' Day has been recorded by the Peterborough folk group Freshwater Trade and by Fiddlin' Zeke Mazurek.
Jim plays eclectic acoustic music with Al Kirby as part of the duo Kirby & Yates and with Zeke Mazurek and Al Kirby as The North Shore Ramblers.
Jim also sometimes sits in with The Otonabee River Boys, his son Clayton's bluegrass group and plays with his wife, Maggie - voclas, guitar, hammered dulcimer and bodhran - and Graham Taylor -fiddle, mandolin and guitar - in a group billed as Graham Taylor & Friends.
He has played Ontario venues such as Toronto's Glen Gould Studio, Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre, Belleville's Empire Theatre, Shelter Valley Folk Festival, Peterborough Folk Festival, Fred Eaglesmith Picnic, The Mariposa Folk Festival, Palmer Rapids Bluegrass Festival, River Valley Bluegrass Festival, Cobourg Harvest Festival, Cobourg Waterfront Festival, Wellington Waterfront Festival, Carrying Place Portage Festival and more beer joints and concert halls than you want to hear about.

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At 4:21pm on September 14, 2008, Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin" said…
Thanks Jim!
This is a great site! Thanks for the kind words. BTW, you have excellent taste in favorite tunes!

Best,
Marcy

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