XPost: rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic   
   From: gcmccoury@yahoo.com   
      
   wendy wrote:   
   > In my very limited experience, it's rare that one encounters an   
   > orchestral plethora of guitarists in a bluegrass jam.  It's that damn   
   > banjo that jangles and thrashes about :)  Seriously, a fiddler, a banjo   
   > player, a mandolinist, and a guitar or two- maybe a bassist- is about   
   > it.  I get the impression you are not a bluegrass fan, and that's fine.   
   > I don't care for Madonna, but I will admit she has a lot of talent and   
   > is very good at what she does.  One should take care not to confuse   
   > personal preferences with critical pronouncements.   
   >   
   > As Wade mentioned above, you have to PLAY a bluegrass guitar.  Gentle   
   > ain't gonna cut it- the fiddle is much louder than the guitar, and I   
   > won't bring up that other instrument again :)   
      
   I agree with Wendy with regard to her comments about playing effective   
   Bluegrass guitar. An effective Bluegrass guitar player needs to be heard   
   - he/she is competing for "ears" with the fiddle and the 5-string.   
   Therefore, the volume of the the guitar is important. Unfortunately,   
   many Bluegrass guitar players (particularly beginners) tend the thrash   
   and hammer their guitars in a feeble attempt to garner more volume from   
   their instruments thus producing rather undesirable results.   
      
   Yet another $.02 worth from a Bluegrass music fan since in the womb and   
   proud owner of a Martin D-28DM, vintage D-18, vintage Gibson J-45 and a   
   Gibson RB-3 wreath...   
      
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