Tim O'Brien Downloads

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Hoss Race Remix (3:55)
Danny Barnes Remix of Hoss Race from Chameleon. MP3 128 kbps/44 khz, 3.68 meg

First Snow 09/16/2005 (2:19)
Dana Wortham Theatre in Asheville, NC
Tim with John Doyle, Dirk Powell, and Casey Driessen
Recording/Mix by NashPhil
MP3 128 kbps/44 khz, 2.18 meg

You Are My Flower 05/19/2005 (2:56)
Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, TN
Tim with Chris Thile
Recording/Mix by NashPhil
MP3 128 kbps/44 khz, 2.75 meg


Corrado Bouzouki

Corrado Giacomel, of Genoa, Italy, built this octave mandolin. I call it 'The Turtle.' Corrado makes great guitars and mandolins, as well as these fine octave mandolins. The scale length on this one is 20 inches from nut to bridge saddle. While many octave mandolins have a longer scale, which provides for tighter string tension and more volume, this one compensates by having a greater neck angle. The shorter scale also enables me to use mandolin fingering than I can't use on my other bouzouki/octave mandolins. Unlike my Nugget bouzouki, on which I string the two low pairs of strings in octaves, I string the courses on this instrument in unison. You can reach Corrado Giacomel at: Via Zamperini 48, 16010 S.Olcese-Genova, Italy. His website can be found here: www.corradogiacomel.it




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