Instruments: 1967 Guild D-40 (Colored Aristocracy)

1995 Martin HD-28 (Turkey in the Straw)

1974 Mossman Flint Hills (Shady Grove)

Recording Equipment: Sony portable minidisk recorder and Microphone Madness “Viper” Binaural Stereo Microphones.

I enjoy using banjo tunings on guitar and adapting clawhammer and 3 finger picking techniques to flatpick style, especially crosspicking rolls, drawing out modal tones and letting the open strings ring. The alternate tunings are open G and D and also DADGAD. It was a little tough recording this time with a band-aid over stitches in my left index finger (fallout from inept guitar repair syndrome). My companion in the picture is a very early, well-traveled Baby Taylor somewhere in the Colorado Front Range. The neat thing with Baby is, if you encounter a nasty airline security guard, you can quickly unscrew the neck. The disassembled parts carefully padded (with a T-shirt) and stuffed into the folded over soft carrying case fit within the limits of the carry-on measuring cage.