awesome fun robin... i hope ur mandolin is water resistant. i am reacting to "everyone gets thrown into the pool," bit ofcourse:p
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Robin Gravina <robin.grav...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I'm getting my spark plug feelers out as we speak. I think I'm too > low. 4mm sounds like hard work. > I played for my neighbours yesterday as part of our neighbourhood > fiestas. Lovely experience - our 'urbanización' of 120 houses > organises it's own weekend party: starts on Tuesday with kids games, > then Thursday we have the kids dinner - they have to scavenge for the > ingredients, from house to house, then open air cinema for all. Friday > there is a 'brotherhood dinner' where we all bring food and share it, > then a dance - plenty of Macarena and the kids all up until 2 in the > morning. Saturday, petanca, and other games competitions, single men > against married men football, dance classes, big communal lunch and > after our gig (by the pool, sun going down, everyone wearing cowboy > hats (there was an associated competition) a big fancy dress dance and > everyone from 2 yrs old till 80 hitting the floor. Sunday, tapa > competition, communal lunch, everyone gets thrown into the pool, then > as the sun goes down, everyone dresses in black, with cross dressing, > silly hats and sunglasses encouraged, and we carry the sardine around > the whole neighbourhood, with a trumpet and wailing, and bury it as a > symbol of the end of fiestas, with plenty of cries of Aieee as we weep > for the party that we all created and shared. > > Just wanted to share that - it really is Old Time - love it. > Robin > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:07 AM, diptanshu roy<diptanshu....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > oh yes i am getting there! > > deep! > > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Yessir, I'd say so. If you can play yours at 4mm, you'd be a candidate > >> for Superman's job. > >> > >> Taterbug > >> > >> On Aug 28, 8:12 am, diptanshu roy <diptanshu....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > cool thanks thats 2 mm. i some how need to get mine lower i guess! > >> > > >> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 PM, diptanshu roy > >> > <diptanshu....@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > > >> > > 5/64 inches? > >> > > >> > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, mistertaterbug > >> > > <taterbugmu...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > > >> > >> Deep, > >> > >> I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise > >> > >> height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin > >> > >> will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give > >> > >> you more "pop", but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering > the > >> > >> action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but > >> > >> less whallop when you hit a chop chord. > >> > > >> > >> TBug > >> > > >> > >> On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep <diptanshu....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > hi guys > >> > >> > i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my > eastman > >> > >> > has > >> > >> > quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on > >> > >> > bluegrass > >> > >> > songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... > >> > >> > i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its > >> > >> > about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? > or > >> > >> > is > >> > >> > that what many people are coping with? > >> > > >> > >> > my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my > >> > >> > truss > >> > >> > rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. > >> > >> > still > >> > >> > there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no > >> > >> > set > >> > >> > up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? > >> > > >> > >> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
