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basilking
Lokahi
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 Posted - 12/05/2024 : 2:44:54 PM
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I'm a long-time slack-key player & sometime singer of old Hawai`ian music, useta enjoy this forum. I do play other music too, as do many.
Goin' on the road mañana, re-strung the guitar I'll be traveling with. Put on a set of D'Add EJ-19 which they term a "Bluegrass" set. I like the lighter-guage higher-pitched strings for my old fingers. I do substitute an unwound .020 for the G and sub a .060 Big E for the .056 that comes in the set. The skinnier G can be bent[ for faux-pedal steel] when one plays lead, the heavier Big E can be dropped to C as I often do. That's for what I call "The Key of L": taropatch with C bass instead of D. L is for Leonard Kwan & Ledward Ka`apana, who both have used this tuning.
I've forgotten how to load a pic of the "gtr du jour", it's a '53 Gibson CF-100 that plays lovely & sound even better to my ears both acoustic & plugged in w/Baggs Anthem p/u system. I have old Martins incl '20 0-18K, but for travel the ruggedly-housed Gibson is perfectly sastifying.
Is anyone out there???
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 12/06/2024 : 08:49:55 AM
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| I've used the Bluegrass set in the past. Good punch on the lower register. Now, I usually use light guage. Gotta love the digital tuners! |
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
545 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2024 : 05:42:00 AM
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| Not dead here, but pretty quiet of late. I too use bluegrass sets or regular mediums for slack key playing. The down-tuned bass strings need more mass to feel "right". The only time that doesn't work is for Atta's C [CGEGCe]. Bringing the middle strings in a medium gauge set up that high makes them feel pretty tight, but I do not recall actually breaking one. |
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rleach
Akahai
USA
99 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2024 : 05:06:01 AM
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Still here too. Heading to Fl tomorrow for the winter. Got in touch with a local group of strummers that I'll get together with once a month. No Ki Ho Alu from them, but I'll press some for them.
Mahalo for everyone still on the Patch. |
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Pupule
USA
4554 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2026 : 06:00:58 AM
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| It has been pretty dead but still here! Miss all of you... |
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2026 : 07:54:56 AM
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| I'm still here although I can't play anymore dur to arthritis in my hands. |
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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2026 : 08:02:12 AM
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I check in every day as part of my breakfast ritual. Thanks for keeping it going, Andy.
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E ho`okani pila kakou ma Kaleponi
Slack Key on YouTube
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
545 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2026 : 12:07:54 PM
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I too browse almost every day, but rarely post anymore.
I almost made a post about our duet performance at the third Idaho Island Festival on July 25. Bass flute and slack key guitar. It went well, and I'm doing my part to represent.
We are looking forward to the Masters of Slack Key show here in Boise on October 03. Uncle George Kahumoku, Jeff Peterson, and Uncle Ledward. The tour skipped us last year. |
Edited by - Earl on 09/02/2026 12:09:08 PM |
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Ouch! Is this forum dead???
