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The Gibson Nick Lucas Model Guitar.
http://hubpages.com/_2f6iz9aonqwpc/hub/The-Gibson-Nick-Lucas-Special-a-Twelve-Fret-Beauty
Here's a guitar that falls out of the tradition of flatpickers and flatpicking, but by now probably everyone who loves stormin' Norman Blake like I do knows that Norman Blake is doing lots of great playing, and making lots of beautiful music with one of these. If my memory serves me…
ContinueAdded by Wesman Todd Shaw on January 18, 2011 at 5:25pm — 1 Comment
Any pickers in and around Hilton Head, SC?
Please advise...
Thanks
Lewis Hankins
Added by Lewis Hankins on January 5, 2011 at 6:33am — No Comments
The Amazing Steve Kaufman
Now, I live in Kaufman, Texas; but I doubt Steve has ever been there; but I wish he'd come around sometime. Steve Kaufman, IMO, is the world's leading Contest player and instructor. The only instruction that I know of on the level of…
ContinueAdded by Wesman Todd Shaw on January 4, 2011 at 3:27pm — 1 Comment
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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…"
Mike FlatPickingBuddy commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Nice picking!! I learnt the self same version from Steve Kaufman but like me you put in a few extra bits. Looks like she has made you do your picking the garage teee heee"
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