I am waiting for my Campanella A5 mandolin. It's a gift to myself for turning 30 years old, and I hope it's gonna be awesome! Also I am still trying to teach my wife to play the guitar, and she's getting better. But she hasn't quite gotten the bug yet, so she only plactises when I bring it up.
/Jonas 23 aug 2009 kl. 05.53 skrev taurodont: > > Been busy fatherin' and workin'. My youngest girl just turned one and > is turning the house upside down faster than a burgler. Picking has > been a bit scarce. I purchased an Ajr. via Fleabay and have it in the > shop. Can't wait till it is playable. All those model ones got me > wanting an oval hole so I ignored my wife's advice and bought this 24' > Snakehead Ajr. > I am looking forward to Prof. Tater's Monroe stlye camp in Ky. in a > few weeks. My brain shall be porous and absorbent. Take care, John > > On Aug 22, 9:13 am, Mando Chef <saltydogli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Well I've been trying to set up a band... limited on local banjo >> player that are 1/2 decent 40 min drive with no traffic and for those >> that don't know the 4 largest city carries a load of traffic. >> Feeling >> more and more comfortable with my progress, been playin about 6 years >> now. >> >> Mark's new axe is well beyond my skill level too but I am so grateful >> he let me play that beast... what a killer instrument. 8 months till >> a new mando for me!!! Can't wait to get that rascall. And thanks to >> Mark been workin out Southern Flavor, may need a session with the >> Presiden-tater to fix what I figured out but I think I got most of >> it! >> >> Also been working on singin' harmony and my voice in general. >> >> Other than that workin on life in general, >> >> Adam >> >> On Aug 21, 9:24 am, Val Mindel <vmin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Thanks, Mike. I'm in NYC today and should be able to find those >>> strings somewhere. best, val >> >>> On Aug 20, 3:11 pm, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> 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 <vmin...@gmail.com> 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 <lj...@intas.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.grav...@gmail.com> >>>>>> 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<diptanshu....@gmail.com> 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- Hide quoted text - >> >>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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