I like the GHS Silk and Steel on my 1918 F4. Bud
> SF ... miss that fog, Tater. I'm in Kansas at the moment, with the > thunder clouds and the lightning and all, about to head to NYC where > there is supposedly an OT session on Wednesday nights. Anyone know > where that is? Also Tater (who was an amazing presence at the Augusta > Heritage Center's Old Time week in WV) suggested I take a wire cutter > to the strings I'm using for my 1924 A-4 Gibson (Thomastik flatwounds) > but I don't know what to replace them with. Any suggestions? I've > tried the D'Addario J74s but wasn't wild about them. val > > On Aug 18, 8:44 am, ljt <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am in two community music groups, one is an old time string band and >> the other a heritage fiddle ensemble, playing traditional dance tunes >> of Tasmania. Both are bidding for a spot at our National Folk >> Festival so we have been participating in making the supporting >> materials to go with applications, recording, picture taking, a bit of >> filming too. We won't know if we are successful until November >> sometime. I will only play with one group...so there is a decision to >> be made if both get an offer. >> >> I am finding time to transcribe some of the fiddle tunes I like, >> working over some recent lesson tunes and playing the banjolin some. >> We have had a lot of rain, days and days of it, so inside, no sun, >> cold - early spring weather. Reading a lot. I have a couple of >> writing projects going to keep things interesting. >> >> Lulo Reinhardt actually came to tour Tasmania, and I managed to make >> it to one of his gigs, it was good. The early spring flowering trees >> are out...and more to come, a hopeful time. I lost my first tater >> pick a couple of weeks ago, so am waiting for the one I ordered, might >> be a while yet..I reckon. >> ljt >> >> On Aug 18, 3:25 pm, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > All well, if too much work and not enough playing making me a dull >> > boy. Have been experimenting with different picks and picking a mix >> of >> > fiddle tunes and TOW's, as well as weaning my daughter off Hannah >> > Montana and onto her new ukulele... cannot think in 'solfeo' though: >> > do, la si, re.... >> >> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:12 AM, diptanshu >> roy<[email protected]> wrote: >> > > alls good in here tater... i am busy sowing the bluegrass seed in >> here. can >> > > i import a fiddler and a banjo player and a bass guy from somewhere >> :p > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
