"Hi William,
Sorry to take so much time in replying. I've seen the Taylor Dan Crary signature model, and was very impressed with it's sound. Every flatpicker should listen to Dan Crary - his tone and musicianship is outstanding. I suspect…"
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Peter Wilkinson replied to Lane Rudiger's discussion OM guitars and flatpicking?"I had a Martin OM21 a few years ago, and it was a great guitar for bluegrass. Bass runs sounded fine and it competed volumewise with other dreadnoughts, although I've heard a few OM guitars lose volume on the bottom two strings. I feel that the…"
Peter Wilkinson replied to William Gray's discussion Heavy Picks Anyone?"I've been using Wegen picks for quite a while now, and I can't imagine using anything else. As you probably know Wegen started out by making very thick picks for gypsy jazz players, and now make a complete range, including bluegrass guitar…"
Peter Wilkinson replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I play a Taylor 510 (1997) for flatpicking, and because I liked it so much I also bought a Taylor 514C (1998) which seems equally adept at both fingerpicking and flatpicking. I suffer from mild arthiritis in my hands and found the Taylor's neck…"
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Norman Blake, Dan Crary, Bryan Sutton, Django Reinhardt (!)
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Whiskey before Breakfast, Blackberry Blossom - too many to mention
- Favorite Guitars
- Taylor 510 (my own), Gibson J45, Martin D28, Lowden F32 (this is a fantastic sounding guitar in many styles).
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- I'm 62 and have recently retired. I'm enjoying the time following a number of pursuits, including spending more time on guitar. I work for a number of local wildlife sites voluntarily. Have started to transcribe Northumbrian pipe tunes for mandolin and guitar. They sound great on a Baby Taylor guitar - have you tried flatpicking on a smaller guitar?
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Tom Faux replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I recently came across a steel string parlor guitar made by P. Benson, in Minneapolis. It's really a nice little instrument--well built, comfortable, very much like an old Martin 00-18 (mahogany, slotted headstock, pyramid bridge, ladder…"
Marc Schlotthauer replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"My gear is much better than my skill - for straight flatpickin', I play a Martin D-18 Authentic 1937. My go-to guitar for just about everything else (and it flatpicks just fine, thank you) is my Huss & Dalton D-RH with a Red Spruce top.…"
Derek commented on Derek's video
Ragtime Annie
"Hey Craig. Thanks for the kind comment. The credit for this version should really go To Steve Kaufman who's arrangement it is. Good luck with your bluegrass studies, it's wonderful music and great fun to play. I look forward to…"
Craig commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Derek: Mike above is teaching me blue grass and showed me this site. Fantastic rendition by you of this great song. Thanks for sharing. I'm off to Mike's to practice!!!!"
Clyde J.Ortego replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I play a Silvertone Acoustic from back in the Sixties."
Mike FlatPickingBuddy replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I have a Guild Bluegrass D40 made in the original factory at Hoboken that has been with me since 1964
I also have a Martin D18 made sometime around 1994 and a 1977 or earlier Yamaha FG336SB"
Derek commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Thanks Mike. I have to prove to myself that I can play the material as written but once I've done that I start to allow myself some leeway to have fun and drop in my own bits. There's not too much space to do that in SK's version of…"
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