Browncoat Musician's Thread

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STINKINGROSE

Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:05 AM

13- ...Wow....that really really sucks. Sorry. It's probably too far to send it to a luthier near me isn't it..

I go lalala, not so much with the plunka-plunka.

I'm working on it sporadically.
I took about 3 months of fiddle and love it (need to practice).
10 weeks of guitar in college (need to practice)
Pennywhistle that I've tootled on (need to practice).
Bodrhan I bought and noodled on (need to practice), just attended a hand drumming workshop last night which was fun (need to practice on hubby's drum).
Strum Stick (3 strings, no clunkers)I'm trying to learn (need to practice).
Took clarinet for 3 years in elementary school (not even gonna bother practicing).
Kazoo. I can do kazoo pretty reliably. Washboard a little bit.

Then there's son's trumpet (needs to practice) piano lessons (has not practiced today but he's sick so we'll excuse him), and hubby's collection (which you've heard about elsewhere).

So far as I am aware very few (one, maybe a couple more but I doubt it) people have managed to capture me on recording equipment.

Musical family runs in my family.

DJTOES

Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:49 AM

Nice to see another trombonist! What do you play? I have a silver King 3B and a Getzen ( that was my first). Do you play Jazz? or classical stuff? Oh this is fun....Okay anyway...

Well my frist thought was you need more slide grease. You need to make sure you keep water on it. If it feels bone dry (pardon the pun), you need more water and grease. Try this first, put grease on the entire slide, wipe it with a cloth once, then on the slightly raised part, you know by seventh position, put grease on that, then water. wipe clean, and repeat. Keep grease on it and water on it. water every day. If that's not working, check the slide for dents. If the inner part of the slide could have small dents that are screwing up the movment of the slide. the inner slide could be bent out slightly that is to wide to fit into the part you move for positions, so that could be a problem. Do NOT try to fix dents yourself. I'm sure you know that already, but just in case. I knew a girl who put her trumpet through the dishwasher. *shudders* She just didn't get you can't fix things like that yourself. Anyway, if you're renting it take it to the place you're renting it from and see if they have some kind of repair deal. If it's yours, take it to a music shopm, one that sells trombones. I know, in Ohio (in the US...idk where you are) there's a place called Colonail Music, that's where i take mine. Another problem could be there's dirt in the slide. You might need to buy a cleaning snake (can buy at a music store, that has brass instrument supplies). I hope that helps, if that doesn't, tell me. I might have more options for you. I grew up with a household of trombonists, so if I don't know, one of them will. :-D

They ain't cuddly like me.

DJTOES

Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:11 AM

okay i obviously didn't read your question all the way through. If the inner slide is coming off with the outer slide. Then it's got to be broken. It shouldn't be doing that. It's possible that it's too dry. But my guess is, there's something stuck, or it's broken. Does it look broken? if you have a picture of it. I might be able to help you. I really hope i could help. Tell me how it works out.

They ain't cuddly like me.

SHINYSTRAWBERRIES

Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:00 PM

Thanks for the advice, DJTOES. I just started playing in October or November, so I'm relatively new at this. As to what I play, I play a Conn Director. It's from my school, so it's kinda old and there are a few dents in it. Right now, I'm just learning from the piano books in our house and pulling it down an octave or two, but I'm getting some trombone books in the mail some time soon. Hopefully I'll get it fixed by then. Yeah, and I'll just play whatever I can. Lots of pop and country since that's mostly what I own now, and some of the WW2 big band stuff. I'd like to learn some Latin stuff someday and jazz, but I don't think I'm good enough yet.

Girls are bonkers, boys are crazy, and there's only a few sane people in this world.

DBERRIFF

Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:29 PM

I too play bass - with a swing band and soul covers band. I have too many basses for my own good - Fender and G&L with my G&Ls having just that little bit eztra. I use a Euphonics Audio combo. So it is not only great movies that we import from the USA ...

Happy Jack wasn't old but he was a man
He lived in the sand at the Isle Of Man

GOMITHROUS

Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:59 PM

Another bass player cool, can you maybe help explain to me how somebody breaks the E string? I left mine at school for 1 day and when I get back the E string is broken! It must take some sort of power tools to do that!

Oh and I'm $150.00 away from my Ibanez EDB 400!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Scorpion owns all <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DJTOES

Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:05 PM

I played some jazz in high school, in our jazz ensemble. It was fun, but I don't like to solo, so the improv stuff I hated. But Swing (or big band stuff) is fun! Latin too. Try to play St. Thomas, it's a great tune, and fun. Not too hard, but if you're just starting out, it might be a little difficult at first, i don't know. Another trombonist, this is so exciting! hahaha

They ain't cuddly like me.

DBERRIFF

Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:00 PM

I never managed to break any kind of bass string but usually it happens because a sharp edge on the bridge saddle causes a weak point.
I enjoy the supporting role of the bass player - I'm one of the crew rather than the captain, but I can shift some serious air when I need to. That's not cuddly ...
Don't do what I did and stop playing for over 20 years. I had to learn to read music again in my 50s for the swing band and that is no fun. Well worth it though.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:10 PM

Hey man... I finally got around to checking my tabs and it looks like I don't have any tabs by Animotion. You sure chose a hard one to find. I couldn't find any on powertabs.net or mysongbook.com. (You wouldn't have been able to download it from mysongbook.com now because of copyright garbage, but I wanted to see if they ever even had it before). I was kind of suprised about that. I'll keep a look out for you though.

Got some pics of my baby. I call her Vera...

Sure is pretty ain't she?

She's a 1977 Guild D25M Dreadnaught... Got her from my uncle. He had a new Martin and didn't ever play it anymore. She was caked with layers of sweat and cigarette smoke. When I brought that thing around after I spent a whole day cleaning her up my Uncle asked me if I got a new guitar. He didn't even recognize her.

She might not be the sexiest girl out there but she plays like a dream still. She's built like a tank too.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

CEDRIC

Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:50 PM

I play fiddle and mandola, and I sing really loud.

I've also played around on bass, mandolin, guitarron, strumstick, hurdy-gurdy, baby baglama, bowed psaltery, and anything else with strings. Learned a few guitar chords once, but I didn't keep up with it.

My band has three albums. I'm not really sure how many albums I've guest-played on . . .

Sorry, no pics of my instruments, but most of them came from pawn shops and flea markets.

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
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