Dobro
Jimmy Heffernan - 1983
$15

Jimmy's solo debut.

Includes:
1. Goose Bump/Redwing
2. Bye Bye Blues
3. Scotland
4. You Win Again
5. Cotton Patch Rag
6. Buck's Stumble
7. Westphalia Waltz
8. Opus 38
9. Mr. Record Man
10. Limehouse Blues

My first record, recorded around 1981-83. I think it still holds up although my tone is for the birds. Some great guests on this one: Larry Sparks, Tony Trishka, Orrin Star, Kenny Kosek, Andy May, Russ Barenberg, And the members of the French band "Transatlantic Bluegrass". Some great playing on this one, I'm holding hold for dear life. Get this, if only to use against me.

The music is straight ahead Bluegrass.

Brand new !

with special guest Jim Hurst

Over three hours long.

"How To Play Backup"

With special guest JIM HURST

Over three hours of instruction on the art of playing backup. Learn the tricks and tips your favorite Dobro players use in the background of Country and Bluegrass. You'll be able to play along with JIM HURST as Jimmy guides you through songs like "Head Over Heals", "Another Night", "Darlin Corey", Love Letters in the Sand", "Rollin in My Sweet Baby's Arms"and more (they escape me now). Jimmy will show you they most used scales and how to manuver around inside of them to fit the chord progression. Learn where to play and where to "lay out" as Jim Hurst plays and sings and Jimmy visually guides you. You'll also learn where pockets of notes exist to use at will off the common chords you now use. The DVD starts with simple accessable tricks to make any song sound better and progresses from there in a step by step fashion. You won't be scratching your head wondering what you should learn. Learn Jimmy's secret subliminal methods that cause you to buy all of his products. Thrill as Jim Hurst endures a session called "What Not To Do"

BECOME A BETTER DOBRO PLAYER OVERNIGHT

This new DVD shows you simple techniques that separate the pro's from the herd. Jimmy breaks down a simple tune (Bury Me Beneath the Willow) and step by step transforms it from simple to polished professional arrangement.

It's all done very slowly so that you can not only learn the tune but see how each new trick you learn from Jimmy (me) can transform your playing OVERNIGHT !

If you take each new trick and apply it to your own versions
of tunes you already play, you can really change your playing in short order.

Jimmy also shows how to break apart a hot version of "Fireball Mail" and teaches you how to learn complex tunes with rock solid timing and drive.

Lots of tips and tricks are covered for free also, you just have to buy the DVD to access them. Two hours of thrills and chills.

"This is the best product I've ever seen, Jimmy has really reinvented the light bulb here...." -James Hiffernan The Taliban Good Time Press

Nothing but licks, no filler.

Two Hours,Two DVD's

with Tab book

Here it is!! This is the one you've been hearing about. It's 100 one my "go to" licks and "pockets of notes" in and over the common chords and chord changes in Bluegrass. I use many of these lick's on the "Resocasters" CD and everytime I pick up a Dobro. I spend very little time talking just demonstrating the licks. Each lick is played several times slowly and then at tempo as I explain to you what chords or chord progressions they fit over. There's even the "chromatic" lick that I always get asked about. It fits over any chord, now, how handy is that?

I only ask that if you buy this, you don't burn me with my own licks when we jam sometime!

Contains the songs:

Cripple Creek

I'll be All Smiles Tonight

Nine Pound Hammer

Two Hours, Two DVD's
with Tab book

This is where I recommend you start if you are just getting into the Dobro or feel you skipped a few things in your first couple years of playing. I cover all of the technique you need to learn to start impressing girls with the Dobro. And ladies, nothing says "class" like telling your man to skip the diamonds and get you "Scratch".

Not only do you see what to do but I spend just as much time showing you the wrong way so you see why you have work so hard to get it right. I cover, pulloff's, hammering on, slides, chords, right hand position, pick angle, left hand economy, tuning, string gauges, practice tips, rakes, and more. I tried to make this a resources on everything you need to learn to "do it right".The tunes are NOT watered down versions . They are arranged the way I would play them on stage. To me it takes just as long to learn the slick versions as it does to learn the simplified one's you'll have to relearn later. I took this idea from the Earl Scruggs banjo book. Ask any banjo player about it. They all learned from it. Maybe that's why there are so many hot banjo players out there.

This is the best thing to come along since Josh Graves. An incredible practice tool and a ton of fun to jam with. It's like having the Greatful Dead in your computer. It will play one tune for hours.Type in the chords to a song or load in a tune from the Bluegrass standards disc, pick a tempo, and you have a band backing you up. I recommend turning off the Banjo though. It really helps your timing as you practice. Why not discover your timing issues at home before you have to step up to the Opry mike and kick off "Rawhide"

I use this everyday and so should you.

MORE BAND IN A BOX INFO FROM JIMMY
AND PG MUSIC

Top quality leather, detachable headstock loop, comfortable, and a great ice breaker at Dobro parties. Mike, Jerry and a host of other great players use these straps. If you can think of it, we can get your strap customized to most anything you desire. Better pictures soon
as I can.

Best Strap on the Market!
"Bar" none !!

E.G. SMITH BARS
UNAVAILABLE For the time being, STAY TUNED
(Photo taken by a UFO watcher in the 60's)

This is the bar that I use. Contoured to fit in you hand for maximum control. Stainless steel, with non slip finger channels for a much better grip. This bar will give you the sharpest pull off known to man. Compare the price to the other stainless bars out there. "More bar for your bar dollar". If you don't drop it, it will last a lifetime.

There are two different cuts for the finger grooves on the side. Most people favor the larger side to place their thumb in. After you have it a while, you'll feel it without looking.

Buy your Gold Tone from someone
who needs the money!

I'm offering the Gold Tone line, set up at Paul's shop
(the only ones you should buy). These guitars kick butt!!

Best Dollar to Dobro buy on the market. I wish Paul was making these when I was starting out. This guitar has the volume and the tone to last you many years before you'll want anything else. RECOMMENDED

Order a complete starter package !

"PBS" Gold Tone Mahogany Squareneck guitar,TKL Hard case, EG Smith Bar, getting started DVD "Resophonic Guitar From Scratch", includes shipping.

Ask me about other
Beard guitars !

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Peterson Flip Strobe Tuner
$199

Available now!

Best tuner on the market for Dobro players. It comes already preset with two different Dobro "tempered" tuning settings for "G" tuning, half tempered or full.
Get in tune like the pro's and stop guessing on how to tune your "B" strings.
Also has tempered tunings built in for Pedal Steel. Killer product, I offer this for the lowest price on the internet...
Read more here from Peterson.

Pro's have been using highly accurate strobe tuning in studios for decades. They are 10 times more accurate ! The problem was that they were HUGE and VERY expensive. Now Peterson has come up with a compact affordable version full of features that will fit in your case or gig bag. Battery operation for pickin sessions.This tuner comes with an array of goodies , like a power supply for at home or studio use, a pickup clip to tune directly into the Peterson Flip skipping the built in mic while "tuning out" that Banjo. In comes with an attachment to mount it to a mike stand for on stage tuning.

And every Peterson Flip tuner you buy will bring me closer to making my car payments on time or at all.

This is a real breakthrough !!!!!!!
The last word in tuning.

INTELLI- IMT- 500

$24.00

INTELLI- IMT-500 CLIP ON TUNER

So now you're in tune with the Peterson Flip tuner, but what about tuning on the run ?? For tuning on stage and on the fly I use this dynamite little clip on tuner that works like a champ. This tuner works alot better than the other clip on tuners and at half the cost. The clip on application means that you'll never have to worry about tuning at a crowded jam, this tuner only "hears" you. Tune right next to a Banjo player if you want, no problem. You really should get some different friends though.The screen is backlit and folds down flat on the headstock so it won't look as bad on your Dobro as it does in these pictures .If you want to take it off between tunings it will fit easily into your pocket.

I use this and recommend it highly ! It's inexpensive and it works.I even bought 2 of them for my friends.