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epiphone has several models that ape gibson designs. I your looking for a dread, I'd take a look at their J-45 copy."
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String muting with picking hand?
I'm reevaluating my technique and I'm wondering if it is 'proper' or wise to mute individual stings w/ the picking hand at times. Do you do this? Have you better ideas? For example, I play and open D…Continue
Started May 21, 2010
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Willie Hustad replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"...also, I had a Larry OM09 for several years and it was a great guitar!"
Willie Hustad replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"Hey Yooper,
My mom is from Munising and my grandparents on my Dad's side came to Iron Mountain from Sweden. Spent a lot of time in Munising as a kid. Most x-mases and 4th of Julys +.
Skoal!
Willie"
Willie Hustad replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"Martin 000-18GE but I'm not much of a bluegrasser, more old timey flatpicking (and fingerstyle).
Also have a Gibson J-45 form '04 or '05. I love it, especially the thuddy bass, but am finding D's don't agree with me so well…"
Willie Hustad replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?""I am considering ordering a new neck but its a very pricy exercise..."
You are much better off ordering another guitar or trying to get used to the extra space between strings. Keep in mind, it is not just the neck, but the entire…"
Willie Hustad replied to Bob Minner's discussion Zoom H2 Hand Held Recorder"I have the Edirol 09 (not the HR) as well. Has anyone compared this to the zoom H2? I find the Edirol sound to be tinny and antiseptic. I'm wondering if the zoom would have better sound quality. Other than that, Edirol is small and very easy to…"
Willie Hustad posted a discussionString muting with picking hand?
I'm reevaluating my technique and I'm wondering if it is 'proper' or wise to mute individual stings w/ the picking hand at times. Do you do this? Have you better ideas? For example, I play and open D (4th) sting followed by a fretted note on the G (3rd) string (say third finger, third fret). My tendency in this situation would be to use the upper edge of my picking thumb by the knuckle to mute the 4th string as I am picking the note on the third. This seems to suit me fairly well for the most…See More
Willie Hustad replied to lcarr's discussion campfire guitar"Mind if I pluck one off when it ripens?
;)"
Willie Hustad replied to lcarr's discussion campfire guitar"Martin LXM
I've been real happy w/ mine. keep it at work to play at lunch and have had it on several camping trips. Small enough to travel well, big enough to feel like a guitar (unlike it's predecessor the dreaded 'backpacker')…"
Willie Hustad replied to Dan Geib's discussion New Free Flatpicking Tabs Website"Cool site. Thanks Dave!"
Willie Hustad replied to Doug Lindhout's discussion String life"Almost exactly what I was going to say. New strings sound weird - I hate 'em. I might change them if a recording session was coming up, but a week or so ahead of time."
Willie Hustad replied to Stefan Jadefjord's discussion Doc Watson signaturemodel from Gallagher"snuff, chaw ....we called it "rub". I did it in college, just for a little while, and it is VERY hard to quit. Much harder than quitting smoking for me. Good for you - keep it up! Those urges won't go away completely for a while but…"
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Beaumont Rag
Arkansas Traveler
Old Hickory Cane
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- Martin 000-18GE w/ lp neck
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- Since about 1983 have played bass guitar and guitar in many bands and styles from punk rock to avant guarde jazz/rock. Interest in Old Time and Bluegrass took over in late 1990's. Mostly just an in-home picker these days.
I also have a growing repertoire of ol-timey fingerstyle tunes and am working on my singing. I have battled carpal tunnel the last couple years that has slowed my development. But got that sucker in a holding pattern and I'm not giving up!
I play some mandolin too. I would love to find a fiddle player to back up. ...or open back banjo, or mando.
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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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