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    Re: Distressed Instruments

    Most Baby Boomers didn't play in a band in their younger days, but many wish they had. Instead, they went to dental school or something comparable. While daydreaming about what might have been, they...
  2. Re: And the Winner of the Keystone Bluegrass and Beerfest is ...

    I just heard those guys a few weeks ago. They are all fine players and have a great vocal blend. Nice guys, too.
  3. Re: Top Five Favourite Players/Biggest Influences

    By far my biggest influences are the guys who I played rhythm for when I was in my early twenties. I was jamming and playing pickup jobs constantly with fiddler Al Murphy when banjo player Bob Black...
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    Re: Lloyd Loar F-5's down in price?

    When the pool of bluegrass musicians was much smaller and people were uncertain what mandolins even were, you could pick up instruments from the 1920s and '30s pretty cheap. The down side was that...
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    Re: NonCountry Bluegrass suggestions?

    i'm looking for some jazz that's not so darned jazzy.
  6. Thread: Tab vs ear

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    Re: Tab vs ear

    You'll NEVER hear a musician express regret about having learned to read. I often hear musicians, even working pros, say they wish they had spent more time learning to "wing it."
  7. Re: Is the electric guitar dying, taking Gibson and others with i

    As a Baby Boomer, I can tell you that everything we do is cool and will last forever. (Sorry for the sarcasm. It's a Boomer thing.)
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    Re: Fishman Loudbox by itself or into a board?

    If there is someone running the sound, running your signal through the board will help the sound man's ability to get a good mix. A direct out from the Loudbox sends your EQed signal to the board,...
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    Re: Amplifier for Mando Strat

    A couple of posters have recommended the Fender Blues Jr. as a mandolin amp. This is a pretty good choice and I like the way my four string Mando Strat sounds played through one. As the volume...
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    Re: Ellis F5 Reserve in Classifieds

    Careful selection of premium materials on a high quality instrument just underscores the fact that you are playing the real thing. I don't think anyone has ever demonstrated that figured maple,...
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    Re: New-ish "NewYorker" Mandolins from Gretsch

    Electric guitars are the Gretsch company's bread and butter. I have a couple that I use for western swing and country that I love for their garish eccentricities. Even among die-hard Gretsch fans...
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    Re: Where do you purchase?

    The local store in my town is really good about keeping strings in stock if they know what everyone needs. The owner even gives me a call when he gets a new bunch of strings in that he knows I like....
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    Re: Classic Recordings?

    Herschel Sizemore had a great album on County called "Bounce Away" with a bunch of good tunes. If you can find it, John Purk's album "Flight to D.C." has a bunch of cool fiddle tunes. Just about any...
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    Re: Musicians and hats

    Most of the hat-wearing guys I play with are losing or have lost their hair. I have a cowboy hat that was purchased years ago for some work with a theater company. Haven't worn it since then.
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    Re: custom build - what pickup?

    A T.K. Smith reproduction of the Bigsby pickup on Tiny Moore's five string would be my first choice. Not cheap, but cool as can be.
  16. Re: Estate of Bill Monroe Offers Rare Ownership of Prized Possess

    My first thought when I read this was "James." But--what do I know.
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    Re: Mando vs. Fiddle in Band

    From Iowa City. I think I know who you're talking about in Muscatine. If it's who I'm thinking of, he's an Alabama transplant who is a wonderful fiddler, mandolinist, and guitar man. I've been lucky...
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    Re: Musician's best friend

    Nice playing. When I started to practice with a metronome, I realized my time wasn't quite as good as I had imagined.
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    Re: Mando vs. Fiddle in Band

    If you're sensitive about setting your own time when you sing, it will be lots easier to maintain the drive you want if you play the mandolin. On the other hand, playing the fiddle always looks like...
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    Re: Play for free ...

    I haven't read all the posts in this thread, but I've seen enough to realize that a lot of you are giving it away. Some of us think of this as a problem. First off, you're being taken advantage of....
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    Re: Reasons to avoid jamming

    While opening some shows for the Bluegrass Boys, I was walking to the corner store for doughnuts with Tater Tate and Billy Joe Foster, a couple of great fiddlers I was really hoping to jam with....
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    Re: Come hither to go yonder

    Having played in bands with Bob Black for decades, I can say he never told the half of it.
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    Re: What key is this song in?

    Maybe I take too much for granted, but playing the chords to a three chord song in one key usually means you can play it in any key. To find the right key for me to sing, I just keep moving it up...
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    Re: What key is this song in?

    Key of F. Listen to the first verse. There's a C chord on the word "sad."
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    Re: Festival camping advise

    Folding camp chairs with armrests are terrible for playing a stringed instrument. Find a chair or two with no armrests.

    There was time in my younger days when I played between 12 and 18 outdoor...
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