I agree with Bud. I have become fond of GHS Silk and Steel over the last year or so.
On Tue 08/18/09 10:38 AM , "Bud Martin" [email protected] sent: > > 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 lj...@inta > s.net.au> 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 robin > [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>> roydipta > [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
