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|    George Gleason to John Albert    |
|    Re: Set up for bluegrass    |
|    16 Jan 05 15:27:49    |
      XPost: rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic       From: g.p.gleason@worldnet.att.net              John Albert wrote:       > Bobby McGhee wrote:       > << Look up "finesse" in the dictionary and there is a picture of Doc. Same       > with "style, "talent","picker", and "genius".       > It all starts with this guy. It continues with Rice, Crary, Grier,       > Kaufman, etc etc etc but it began with Doc. He is a true American       > treasure>>       >       > Funny you mentioned that, I was driving home just last night, thought of       > Doc, and the same words - "an American treasure" - came to mind.       >       > Also, regarding "bluegrass guitar setup"... I believe that no less than Mr.       > Rice himself prefers a very low action. I don't think he could pull out the       > extremely measured and balanced note-to-note runs he achieves with a stiff,       > higher string action.       >       > - John       >                     Having played Tonys (clarence White martin)guitar(for about 20 seconds)       i would say your not correct       george              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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