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  1. Re: Beginners Review of Kentucky KM-140 and Learning to Play

    Well I've had my Kentucky KM-140 for a year now. I'm still using Sam Bush strings and Dawg picks - both of which suit the tone I like and my style of playing. The instrument has been used at many...
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    Re: Tenor tuning survey

    I'm absolutely new to the tenor guitar - I was given an old Regal a few days ago. I like old time tunes and ballads. I have to say that it sort of seemed pretty natural to tune CGcg (the top two...
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    Regal Tenor 1930s? - Strings for CGCG

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    Hi,

    I picked up this Regal tenor at the weekend. I know nothing about tenor guitars!!! This one plays sweetly in tune all the way up the neck, which is dead straight. I think it is...
  4. Re: Will $2,750 get me the right one the first time?

    I have to say that a good bit of advice I was given for any new instrument you take up was to pay as little as you can for your first and as much as you can for your second. Spending $350 on a well...
  5. Re: Beginners Review of Kentucky KM-140 and Learning to Play

    I've had this Kentucky KM-140 for 6 moths now so I thought I would update this review.

    I have changed the tuners for a set of Gotoh M120 and they are much better than the Chinese factory fitted...
  6. Re: Why did bluegrass come to dominate American string band music

    I'm not sure that's so true over here in the UK. I would have to say that the old time fiddle tunes are more well known than bluegrass. For example: I was at a session in our local pub on Friday...
  7. Re: Getting past the frustrations as a mondo newbie.

    Here are some ideas:

    Join a bluegrass band Alan, as early as you possibly can. Even if all you can do is chops and a bit of harmony singing to start with. Nothing will drive your playing on...
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    Re: NMD: Kentucky KM-172. Is it defective?

    That looks like fall-away after the 12th. The neck is set at too steep an angle compared to the wedge under the fretboard after the 12the fret. The height that the bridge adjusters are set to does...
  9. Beginners Review of Kentucky KM-140 and Learning to Play

    Hi,

    This is my first post here. I'm a complete newby player and was given a mandolin by my son for Christmas, a Kentucky km-140, and I thought that my musings on the instrument and on starting to...
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