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I'm not as much of a collector as many of the folks here on the forum, having only owned 6 or 8 guitars over 30 years of playing, so other opinions may differ. But FWIW, I'd go for something more distinctly different instead of something only margin…
Hey, cool! Count me in!
I just received two new Tuff-Tone picks (E style, medium guage, speed bevel) in the mail yesterday. I've not had a whole lot of time to pick with them yet, but in the hour or so I've used them I'm sold. I love how they feel in my hand, smooth but no…
I'm not sure I could say in all certainty that I have more trouble with one hand or the other, but in practice I definitely do focus more on right hand technique. As others have already pointed out, that's where you control the bulk of your musical…
Couldn't possibly agree more! Dave is easily one of my favorite players. He always plays just enough, never too much, and always in just the right places. Very, very tasteful player.
I can't offer any help, but I feel your pain. Several years ago in some fit of delirium that I can't explain, I actually threw away about three years worth of issues from the early days of the publication. Then, if that wasn't enough, during a move…
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Doc Watson
Jack Lawrence
Steve Kaufman
Tony Rice
John Carlini
David Rawlings
so many others
- Favorite Guitars
- I most often play a 1981 Martin D-28.
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- Born & raised in NC. Played in a bluegrass band with my father for ~10 years. Moved to Pennsylvania for work in '90. Started writing a few songs here and there. Played in a friend's pop/rock group for a couple years. Moved for work again in '03; now living in NJ, working in NY.
- Do you have a website?
- http://brickpig.com
Monty Smith's Blog
About My Blog
For several months now I have been keeping a blog at another web location, a chronicle of my relatively recent re-dedication of attention to my music in general and the guitar in particular. Please visit blog.brickpig.com if you're interested to read about it.
By the way, you can find songs I've written and recorded, some cover tunes, and other assorted goodies at my main website, BrickPig.Com. Stop by for visit any time.… Continue
By the way, you can find songs I've written and recorded, some cover tunes, and other assorted goodies at my main website, BrickPig.Com. Stop by for visit any time.… Continue
Posted on January 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment
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- At 12:13pm on March 29, 2009,
Andrew said…
- Any interest in following up?
- At 11:32am on December 1, 2008,
Andrew said…
- I'll look forward to it. Happy Holidays.
- At 1:58pm on November 24, 2008,
Andrew said…
- Monty - Feel free to give me a call at 646-418-2601. From your profile, I think you may be at a much more advanced level, but I'm always willing to learn!
- At 6:43pm on November 12, 2008,
John Reilly said… - No, that's that Breedlove that has now been turned into a Telecaster sorry i've been so out of touch... we ended up getting the iMac, and soon we'll sit down and send u n Suze a little movie
- At 10:09am on November 12, 2008,
John Reilly said…
- Well hello there...LOL
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Dan,
Going through in detail now, and came to this point again. You diagram on p.67 makes the similarity of the C and D forms clear. Another way I have seen these box patterns named that I also find useful is name them 'string-finger' according to…
I think that his name is "Mike" .. as in Mike -ro - phone.
play 02 - I've Got You
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Vera enjoyable people! Great singing and guitar playing too!
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been awhile since Jed asked the pick question, so probably doesn't care by now, but when i went to a Beppe workshop some years ago, he was using the Dunlop 500 (not the tortex, but the glossy model), pink one... .98 thickness.
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