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Yeah, plus I'm being introduced to the wonderful world of grants. Still, the most enjoyable aspects are in writing and recording.

It's a different market for sure for someone who writes songs in the folk idiom. I decided to create my own dealing primarily with California history and the people, places, and things in it. Sales points are not record stores but museums, bookstores, visitor's centers and historical societies...

What I said was unencombered by commercialism. You have to not give a shit. In regards to writing 'folk music' I suppose there are tendancies; like often using traditional music forms and instruments as tools to create new material. A lot can be learned from listening to traditional songs for...

In the Wikipedia definition of folk music (which is pretty good btw) and I like the quote: Louis Armstrong and blues musician Big Bill Broonzy have both been attributed the remark "All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song." To me it's music of, by, and for the common...

None of the above.

Maybe that would be me. I write and perform music that deals with history/social science and natural history of people, places and things within my state in a style that I suppose would be considered folk music. As to what folk music really is I clearly don't know....and I'd better for I'm...

I've had one since they came out, several as a matter of fact. The first ones were problematic. For me it's an invaluable tool for live work and recording. Just last week we did a 12 song / two camera video shoot where we ran my Variax and headset vocals wireless to a digital recorder and my...

I don't own a baratone as such, I've got a mandocello (low C) and two presets on my Variax acoustic; one takes it down 7 frets and the other, an octave. I love the sound of the lower register and especially the airyness of the mandocello. A couple of things; you have to think about solos a bit...

Had a '64, a white one. Cool sound, and I used it a bit for recording. Stolen along with a lot of other guitars back in 1986.

Sounds like it's not sitting right in the nut or your first fret is high...most likely the former. Could be the nut angle isn't right or it's cut too wide. Try wedging a thin piece of paper in there and see if it goes away. Best repaired by a tech.

I agree, reverb will muddy it up. Personal preference is a thin, bright rhythm and a strat lead with a little wah now and then. Lately I've been using the mandola patch on my Variax acoustic for rhythm....a very cool sound.

No, there's no point. Only UHF diversity will do. However, if you're always close, you may be able to get by with a VHF diversity system. Your best bet is to comb through ebay for something used and in good condition from Sennheiser, AKG, or Shure. I don't think much of Nady or Samson.

For me it depends on a lot of factors. Whenever possible, I use Elixers to avoid changing, plus they're quieter and have a faster feel. I rotate about a dozen guitars in live use and usually go up to six months between changes. Other guitars and instruments can vary, I've had to change nylons in...

Amazing, I should have known better. For the last year I've used my Variax acoustic for scratch recording and sometimes for actual tracks cause setup is so quick, and I'm often blown away at how well it plays back, especially in a mix.

Seems to me like B is the strat. . Dang, I need a strat option on my Variax acoustic.

It kind of depends on where you live. If there's lots of humidity you don't need to consider oils. In any event use a damp terrycloth rag to clean first and see where you're at. Then go to 0000 steel wool for cleaning and polishing. Like any other piece of woodwork in a dry climate a fretboard...

That's too bad, a lesson learned I suppose. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water though. Finish the project and submit it to your client with an agreement for future use. He may want to change his tune (literallly) down the line and having something in the can can't hurt.

Man, it's going back 30 years to an album project with my band but we used a pignose on a couple of tracks for a tighter sound. We opened the case with the pignose standing and used a 57 with a heavy blanket over the whole thing. Got an amazing sound on a pedal steel.

I've heard great things about the software....wish they'd come out with a version for the Variax acoustic. That aside, isn't there a firmware update for the 12 string? Oh well, it's probably only for the electrics too.

Sounds like a great combination. I think I finally hit on a combination that will work for the rare band situations I do, and that would be to use the three channels on the Carvin for Variax, Strat, and Banjo with the strat going through a modeler and a line out to the P.A.