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Not unless you are planning on either charging the battery every few days or attaching a car battery to each instrument. Typical current levels are 10's of mA. That 1500 mAh battery in your phone...

There's always shim stock (brass, plastic, or steel) used in machine work. Pretty much any machine shop will have it many thicknesses and the thinner stuff cuts easily with scissors. Precise,...

I really like my em24. It's supposedly 2002 vintage, but when I bought it last year off of reverb the slots in the nut were way too high -- as if it had never been properly setup which made me...

My brothers and I are taking a road trip the end of June and are looking for fun small music venues to sample -- Americanna types of music, not just bluegrass. Any suggestions ? I see Del and...

They aren't that hard to find used. -- search craigslist.org. But more to the point, I wasn't too enamored of the one I sold last year on CL. Turned around and bought a much much nicer used Ryder...

Watch Robert Cray's mouth as he solos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoCHHfkpUs

Thanks Tom -- I have a buddy with Nut files who's going to help me out. Then I'll see how it feels with higher action as you suggest. BTW -- I've really enjoyed your clips with your Ryder 5-string....

How about these http://www.ebay.com/itm/M2-3-2-3MM-x-12-12mm-A2-Stainless-Metric-Slotted-Cheese-Head-Machine-Screw-PK-10-/331361541125

I did as suggested by Andrew Jerman and inserted a thin strip in the neck (I used 1/64 birch ply since that's what I had). That was sufficient to lower the action to where I want it, although a...

What I find amazing is how relaxed Tim O'Brien's hands stay throughout his playing. Right hand completely loose; left hand looks like he's gently massaging the strings.

Thanks for the input -- I'll start with a thin piece as you suggest. That's so quick and easy (and also reversible).

Geoffrey

Thanks for all the input. I'm going to start with a shim -- I glued up some 1/64 ply in stair steps and will sand that to a wedge. Then we'll see how the clearance works out. I agree that some...

Any thoughts on putting in a thin neck shim (1/32 or 1/16 birch ply) ? To get where I want, the action is pretty much bottomed out.
I'm not usually in the habit of disassembling my instruments.
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Thanks Rick. I've been dialing down the action and ran into two issues. The first is that the nut is a bit too high on a couple of strings which also causes some intonation issues (Eb on the D...

I bought a used ryder em-24 and am wondering about string height. The action is currently a bit higher than my acoustics which I like moderately low. It's easy enough to change, but I'm wondering...

I like Marilynn Mair's book and it's great for learning how to use your pinkie along with reading music (and a lot more) but I doubt it's really a good book for a complete beginner. Greg Horne's...

The value of this book would be greatly enhanced by a few mp3 demonstrations. Overall, a good, but somewhat terse book -- more like a great outline for the book I'd like to see.

Even for those of with normal (middle aged) vision, these books are a struggle. I had to scan and blow up my copies to be able to read them at all. But, overall, they are worth the struggle.
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Mike Marshall was playing a Northfield at Swannanoa. I watched/heard Joe Walsh and Darol Anger going at it with several at the Northfield table. They were like kids in a candy store trying out the...

I'm driving down from Bloomington, Indiana on Sunday. No particular distinguishing features other than being pretty tall with (some remaining) silver hair. I had a great time three years ago and...

If you have an ipad or iphone, here's a free app that I've enjoyed:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/play-by-ear-ear-training/id361203621?mt=8

it's called "play by ear". It'll play an interval...

Prejudice -- "preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience."
So no, an opinion based upon experience is not necessarily prejudice. I don't think it is possible to be a...

I think if you take Ron's posts as a group, you'll see he has no prejudice against notation, but rather has expressed the opinion that most students (I would assume likely beginners in music too)...

Yes, but it takes longer to explain things with Yale students :)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4echOq29d0

(not sure I linked correctly)

I found minutes 2-15 of this to be an interesting discussion of the negative side of notation -- before...