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To My ear, it makes it ring.......sweetly but I have the V for vintage,,,they forward shifted the bracing as well.
Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha.........can't...Ha Ha Ha....stop.....love it......Ha..Ha...
Check out Brad's web site for some pdf's etc of the exercise. 15 minutes a day, builds muscle memory. If a workshop is near you,,I drove 3 hours to get to one...go
Cause Martins are soooo much better. Do an A B and you can hear it....and I don't want to hear about cost, cancel cable, eat at home, cancel the fancy cell phone contract and you can buy two.......tongue firmly planted in cheek......love ya Cleveland
Not sure where we disagree, by ear, or reading music, I believe you need a teacher, tutor, mentor to get started, and you really want to play. I have known folks who give up cause their fingers hurt! Just buying videos or books etc, will not get y...
I tried some of those pills, .. it raised the level of my playin.......
Harden my resolve...
Thrust my abilities forward...
OK,,,,I'll stop.....jejeje
Yes, for heaven sake, and for yours, BUY A MARTIN.....no one will ever convince me that the tone of a Taylor or the Takamine...not youen butmine comes close to a Martin. and for 3-4 grand my goodness the field is wide open......And if your flatpic...
A little late John, but thanks, and I did manage to get it back in May, now if I could just get a speed pill to be able to get up to speed on the SLOW ver.
I am torn between a new Taylor (3-4 grand) or sticking with Takamine (2 grand, which I currently play and like). I like both brands (taylor + tak) very much..
But it's not about the brands, it's about the tone, I love Martins, not because of the ...
Not sure what you mean by: but it will last you a long time. ?
I would not want a course that lasted a long time, I want one that I can complete and move on.
I have tried a few and my props go to Dan Miller....(cheering crowd) Flatpicking Essent...
Batteries, Batteries, Batteries. The clip-ons use Batteries up and when the E turns into a B time to change the batteries.. it's a royal pain, but the other ones don't work well in a noisy environment. That been my experience.
Oh you traitor you, post'n here...only kidding.
1. Get more jamming in at the Nazfest and the comfey.
2. See number one.
3. Get a job at Martin (the impossible dream, and I known folks too.) fat chance
4. Stop reading tabs and music and start lis...
Problem is, the half steps! Wouldn't capo on the 2nd fret give me a D in C fingering and not an E? Wouldn't the E be at the 4the fret? with the C fingering.
Is there a CD for this issue, If there is where is it to order, not finding it?
OK, Thanks so much.
Take the shape move it up the scale, First shape or I should say chord progression denotes the key. Just have to remember or know where the half steps are.
7th Fret would get me into D using G shape. Probably sound like a banjo...
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Clay Hess, Jack Lawrence, Ron Peterson, L.Juber ( ok maybe not a flat picker all the time but he can if he needs to.) Ed Bruce, and all the rest of them White, Blake, Rice, Doc, and of course Django Rinehart.
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- That's why I'm here I am trying to learn some.
- Favorite Guitars
- Martins, Martins and did I mention Martins HD-28, LXM, DM
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Retired LEO.
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- At 3:09pm on April 3, 2009,
Nanessence said… - Hi Making Sawdust,
There's one in Stroudsburg, PA, that is a real BG jam.
Pocono BG & Folk Society
Elks Lodge, 260 Washington St., East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
570- 421-9140
Neil 570.424.2937 or John 570.992.2259, jcuuu@ptd.net
http://www.poconobluegrass.org/index.htm
Shindigs: 1st Sundays Oct. thru May, Doors open 11 am
The above is one that I haven't attended yet but have heard that everyone must take a "break" in turn. That gives you a chance to do your individual thing. In old time music everyone plays together through the whole song. You don't have to sign up for the P'burg old time jam; just show up. The Pocono BG jam, which meets this Sunday, may cost some money. I'm going to stay home and play with my jam recordings until the sun comes out. Have fun!
- At 5:35pm on March 29, 2009,
Nanessence said…
- Hi Making Sawdust....Yes there is an old time jam every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at the Center for the Arts at 68 S. Main St. in Phillipsburg, NJ, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. I missed the first one, but got to the second one last Tuesday. Old time is mostly fiddlers, of course, but there were other guitars besides mine, as well as some dulcimers, banjos, and mandolins. There are some other jams I've heard about that are more bluegrass oriented in Hellertown and Stroudsburg and there is a Celtic jam on certain Wednesdays at Hammerhead in Northampton, PA. Some of these I located by Googling. Others I found by joining Meetup.com. Good luck with getting linked up. Maybe I'll see you in one of these jams!
- At 4:13pm on March 22, 2009,
Dan Miller said…
- Thanks for joining the Flatpicking Essentials Group!
Dan
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In my humble abilities I have been fortunate enough to use some great picks on guitars that I do not deserve. I have several tortoise shells that dear friends gave me long ago. They are like playing with a fingernail and even shape to your fingers...
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