This certainly works for, too. Mine is a home-made 5-string resonator mandolin (Rich, I can't wait to hear you try it in July at CCMC) - I take the bridge cover off so I can palm-mute it when I don't want to blast your fillings out. The single light strings are also really easy on the fingers - you get hours and hours of extra stamina with this thing, plus bluesy bends and sweet vibrato.
Topher On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Rich DelGrosso <[email protected]> wrote: > Dennis, > > > > I play a National Resonator mandolin, one of their new ones. I call it the > “jaminator.” I take it with me when I work the camps and find myself in jams > with guitar, piano and harmonica. I never have trouble being heard. Think > about it. > > > > Rich > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dennis Fehling > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:17 PM > To: taterbug e-mail > Subject: RE: Loud Jamming > > > > I have a brother in law that has a friend that was a self proclaimed rock > star in the 80's this guy does not know the meaning of the word quiet. He > plays the guitar so loud that my little mandolin cannot compete no matter > how loud I play so I just get up get another beer and wait until he stops or > leaves. As far as the the Banjo players if there is more than one then I > would probably just kill myself and get it over with. > > Dennis > > www.friendsforlifedogtraining.com > > > > > > When will the madness stop. Spay and Neuter your pets > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > Join me > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Loud Jamming > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 21:11:58 -0400 > > John J. > > You need to get a new group! We need to make music not noise-break up into > smaller groups and play at levels that you all can hear each other. > Remember, our objective is to play music not play louder or drown out the > nuclear banjos or fiddles. This can be accomplished by asking your group > mates not to play so loudly. You must not be doing any singing, because you > would be seriously hoarse by now. > > What I really mean by this rant is that you and your picking buddies need to > learn dynamics. Music doesn't have to be loud to be good. Learning to play > backup and supporting the soloist or singer can be just as satisfying as > playing a "hot" break. You need to listen to each other and play off of each > other. Players who understand the subtleties of music are always more fun to > jam with! Save your wrist and broken strings- you don't need a Spinal Tap > amp that goes up to 11. > > I remember Bill Monroe in 1969 at the Philadelphia Folk Festival warming up > to play before they went on-they were really cooking ,but they were playing > at a very low volume so as not to disturb the people who were performing on > stage. Great self control. Try it you may like it! > > To more focused and better jamming. > > RSB > >> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:22:27 -0700 >> Subject: Loud Jamming >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Hey ya'll, >> I've been lurking around for quite a while and enjoying some of the >> discussions but today I would like to get some feed back from this >> great collection of fellow taterbugs. >> Last night night I got in a really fun jam with some good >> pickers . Unfortunately there was 3 banjos , 2 guitars and a couple of >> mandolins.Needless to say it was pretty darn loud.Sooo when it got >> time to take a break one had to bang away to be heard. Unfortunately >> for me , I have a hard time pickin that loud. Consequently it was >> usually pretty ugly. How can we practice for that situation? I tried >> to hint to the group to tone it down some but that lasted one guitar >> break. >> I just got a little frustrated with my crummy pickin so I'm going >> to Tate & get him to teach me some in your face Monroe. >> Thanks for letting me >> vent. John J >> </html > </html > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
