Re: mandolin tasting pics

2009-11-23 Thread mistertaterbug
Good Gravy, I hate I missed that. When are ya'll having another one? Taterbug On Nov 23, 9:19 am, johnhga...@aol.com wrote: > We had a mandolin tasting/pickin over the weekend in north Mississippi.  One > of the guys here > in the area got a new Daley Standard so we decided to get a few of the

Re: Thinking more outside of a Jam

2009-11-23 Thread erik berry
So I experienced a few moments over the last weekend relating to the subject of "writing" a solo and also with some of the nifty quotes Tater's been posting on Facebook. We started playing a brand new song that we've already recorded for release. I haven't really worked up a solo, although I "wung

mandolin tasting pics

2009-11-23 Thread johnhgayjr
We had a mandolin tasting/pickin over the weekend in north Mississippi. One of the guys here in the area got a new Daley Standard so we decided to get a few of the mandolin pickers in the area together to check it out and swap mandos around. It turned out great - 11 pickers and about 20 mand

mandolin tasting in North Mississippi

2009-11-23 Thread johnhgayjr
We had a cool mando tasting get together in North Mississippi yesterday afternoon. Lots of fun. Tater - one of your buddies from Meridian - Doug Anderson - was there. Lots of pickin and even several Monroe tunes. See pics on this thread on mandolincafe http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showt

Re: AEAE

2009-11-23 Thread mistertaterbug
Yessir, Dat's some good tunings. Been playing "Post Oak Grove" in that one for a while. Do you play "Dry and Dusty" in that tuning, Mark? p'Tater On Nov 23, 9:08 am, Mark Seale wrote: > Speaking of other tunings, mine is currently tuned DA DD AA DD.  It makes > Midnight on the Water and Bonapart

Re: AEAE

2009-11-23 Thread Mark Seale
Speaking of other tunings, mine is currently tuned DA DD AA DD. It makes Midnight on the Water and Bonaparte's Retreat BOOM! Credit to a workshop at Chef's house for that inspiration. M On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:08 PM, mistertaterbug wrote: > Mike, > Lots of valid comments here, actually, AL

Re: AEAE

2009-11-23 Thread Mando Chef
EGAD strings are made by a a father son company called EEKS N OHMY On Nov 22, 11:08 pm, mistertaterbug wrote: > Mike, > Lots of valid comments here, actually, ALL valid comments. But I did > tune my Gil F4 up to AEAE once for a month with no visible or audible > signs of damage. I wouldn't do som