Jed C's Comments

lol you're learning catharsis! mr. blasus will really like that!

Hi Jed,

I'm out of town and just had a chance to get online for a few minutes ... my laptop battery is about dead. Thanks for your kind comments.

I'm pleased that you learned Boys & Girls ... it always brings back fond memories of Quinn & Jennifer as little children.

Keep with the crosspicking, it's a very useful technique.

Take care.

Dudley

Hey Jed,
love that ending!

sweet man! can't wait to hear it. yeah, i'm planning on coming down on friday for sure and either monday or wedsnday also. i'll prolly be doing a thingymagig on texas style accompaniment on m or w if you're gonna be around. are you guys playing at wooten bros? d'you ever get that guy to send you some strings? can't wait to jam with you guys again! pick hard lol!
jt

p.s. i've made a ning network for the fiddle campers. we'll see how it goes, obviously it's the people who make these network things work. here's the link: fiddlecamp.ning.com

Hi Jed,

I enjoyed your videos ... Salt Creek in open A was a real treat!

Take care,

Dudley

Jed - Yes, my alter ego. A gift from someone who recognized my true cartoonish guitar skills.

Mike

I use Wegen 140 large triangle picks, and the D'addario J17 strings. Usually in the studio, I use tortoise shell picks.

In answer to the pick... i have no idea what kind I use. Somebody gave me one at a festival several years back, and i havent been able to put it down. Its rounded on all three sides... if that helps to ID it...

Well, i had planned on going to winfield all year... practiced like a madman... tore the callouses off my fingers.... you know.... but stuff recently came up, and i cant go. At least not this year.

I play a Collings D-1. I just got it eight months ago. Oh, and fly-by is one of my pieces... I just wrote that a couple weeks ago.

good picking! Talk soon, i hope?

-jake

You going to Winfield?

...no holes... yeah, that makes sense.. the person who gave it to me was a mando player

Hey Jed, Thanks for the welcome. I mainly use a Bluegrass 1.0 white w/ holes. I have also used the 1.2, but went back to the 1.0. Mainly chose it, because it was the closest to the size and shape of my older picks.
BTW, has anyone tried to "rough up" a Wegen to get a better grip? You better have a grinder!
They're tough and last! Art

Sorry I didn't respond sooner. I just saw your comment. I was looking for the TF Shape Pick in a 150 or 1.5 size. I did see them on a website one time but the owner told me they were a special order and he was sold out. I use the TF 140's now in black but would love to have them a little thicker. I have tried to email Wegen recently but I either am not getting through to him or maybe he is too busy. I have been trying the email address on his website. Is there any other email address that you know of?

I just sent him another email. I'll let you know if I get ahold of him. Thanks
Alan

I got an email back from him, so I guess I will try to place an order on his website and see how that goes. Thanks for your help.
Alan

Thanks for the welcome, Jed. I use either a 1.0 or 1.2 Wegan Bluegrass w/ holes and the speed bevel edge.
As far as roughing them up, I have tried everything short of a dremel tool or a grinder...nothing worked. I did try some gorilla snot last year and one time I either used too much or didn't play very long after I used it, because some of it dried on the pick. Now it feels "roughed up" w/ ridges and craters and is definitely not as slick. Sometimes, that's my favorite pick. I may experiment on a couple more and see how it turns out. Art

thank you sir may i have another!

p.s. starvy creek's in missouri. it's great, i almost went last year. maybe i'll go this year

ya, you're on to me... although it doesn't take much :)