Went to an amazing concert on Wednesday night by the respected British Guitarist Gordon Giltrap at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham. It was a kind of career...
PS The stroy behind the Baby guitar is that a number of years ago Rob Armstrong accidentally over-ordered on mandolin cases and rather than send them back...
What I initialy thought the problem was, and what some people suggested, was the problem. There is a burr on the hole thats causing the string to snap. I was...
All you need is a couple of half round rat-tail files - usually available from the market, or an iron-mongers for a few pence. Look for these first. I keep...
Hi, I'm ruminating on the idea of putting together a talk/lecture/presentation on American Folk music, and early this morning, unable to sleep, it occurred to...
Maybelle didn't flatpick, she thumbpicked. Riley Puckett and some others were already doing some good flatpicking at the same time Maybelle was coming up....
1935 Martin owned by Mark Twain... The guitar in question was an 1840 model according to Acoustic Guitar Magazine, where the picture appeared on the last page....
Thanks for this, I realise that Maybelle thumbpicked, but I had thought that she developed the concept of bass line, rhythm, and lead line at once. I was...
Santa Rosa` Fri-4/22-8:PM PM House Concert @ Bob Alman's (Open House/Pot Luck @7 PM) Email bob_alman@... for reservations/directions, etc. Donation -...
Hi All, I've been an AGG member for several months, but so far have been pretty silent. I must say, though, that I'm very impressed with the level of...
Hi folks. I do realize it's been a while, and this is an accoustic guitar club. But as we know, now-a-days, a goodly portion of accoustic guitars come now...
Hi folks I have a Tacoma papoose. mahogany. I guess this is addressed to those who have one or are familiar with it. I've had it for a few years and I still...
The Ultimate King, with the Ultimate Blues culminated into the "Ultimate Collection". In celebration of the King of Blues, BB King's 80th birthday this year,...
The "A" tuning is great for that instrument. I think it's all going to be up to what you can "live" with if you go to any alternate tunings. Other than the...
Thanks Vince Vince Pawless <vince@...> wrote: The "A" tuning is great for that instrument. I think it's all going to be up to what you can "live" with...
Hello everyone, A while back there was a thread about some of us going to theuitar store to purchase a particular guitar and then coming home with something...
Hi! I have a Yamaha FG-412-12 which sounds great when tuned to concert pitch but the action is high. When I took it to the store from which I bought it, they...
Noel- 12-string string sets have gotten very light in response to players who insist on tuning to concert pitch. I think Ovation was the first to say their...
Capo 1st fret and play from there! ... From: Noel Gama To: acousticguitaristguild@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 5:20 AM Subject: [Acoustic...
Hi Noel, They tune it down becuase standard tuning is hard on the neck. On a standard guitar if you were to place it on the floor sittting on it's headstock ...
Hi Noel, you have a lot of helpful responses already, but two things occur to me. I have had 12 strings for a long time, and had little trouble with them. I ...
LOTS of great responses. It comes down to a 12-string is just a big pain in the butt when it comes down to consistency between each one. SO many variables...
