Val, Try the 77's. Or, D'addario makes a lighter gauge set of steels. I forget the catalogue number now. Also, GHS makes a silk and bronze set that would sound like a million bucks on that A4, but they don't last very long. Try the 77's(80/20 bronze).
Puhtater On Aug 18, 9:05 am, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
