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Old Time Music - Finger Pickin' Good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTM Concerts, Workshops and Jams
 
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Coming soon!!!!!

Beppe Gambetta

guitar virtuoso



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Beppe Gambetta is an Italian musician born in Genoa in 1955. He defines himself an acoustic guitarist and singer, his passions include folk songs and acoustic music. He is a composer, teacher, and researcher of traditional music and instruments
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About or Workshops, Clinics and Seminars

  

          Chris Stuart

Bluegrass

     Rhythm Guitar

           &Songwriting

                  Workshops


• Saturday, Sept. 11

  Open to all levels!


10:30am-noon:
Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar

1:30-3pm:
Bluegrass Songwriting

$20 per workshop
$30 for both


Chris Stuart is an award-winning songwriter and bluegrass singer/guitarist, as well as a veteran instructor who is always in demand at bluegrass workshops across the country. For more info on Chris and these classes please go to the OTM workshop page.

www.chrisstuart.com

Call OTM today to reserve your space in class! (619) 280-9035


 



Phil Boroff's

Traditional Folk Guitar

Workshop Series


• Three weekly classes

  starting in August!


1) Beginning Folk Guitar
     8 Sundays, Aug 1 - Sept 19th
     11am-1pm, $120
For real beginners - learn basic chords, Carter Family style strumming, bass runs & simple leads.

2) Intro to Country Blues
     8 Wednesdays, Aug 4 - Sept 22
     6:30-8pm, $120
Learn two-finger style acoustic blues à la Memphis Minnie, Lightnin' Hopkins, & Mance Lipscomb.

3) Intro to Country Flat Picking
     8 Wednesdays, Aug 4 - Sept 22
     8:30-10pm, $120
Class starts with the ground-breaking solos of Maybelle Carter & concludes with some tasty Doc Watson leads.

Call OTM soon to reserve your place in Phil's classes!  (619) 280-9035


 

Kev's Quickstart Guitar

Workshops will start

again in September!




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Beginning Blues Guitar and learning Beatles tunes.



 
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About our Jams and meetings

NEW! San Diego Branch of the Ukulele Society of America

Hosted by Ronnie Seno.  Free lesson and play along. It's free, and it's fun.  Aloha!

Every Monday • 6:30 - 9pm

Come play Ukulele! Play along, sing along. Every Monday.

3rd Tuesday
Bluegrass Jam

Sponsored by Old Time Music and the San Diego Bluegrass Society.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME to this free monthly event!

• 7-9PM

San Diego Bluegrass Society Jam
meets here at OTM every third Tuesday each month. Slow jam meets 6:30-7:30 pm and is free for SDBS members, $5 for non-members.

Bands on stage, open mike, open bluegrass jamming...come and join in the fun!

Old Tyme Fiddlers

biweekly jam

1st & 3rd Thursdays • 7PM

Fiddlers, old time music, non-stop playing. Visitors welcome.

free

San Diego Songwriters Meet-Up

Free Songwriter Meet-Up Group

every other Wed • 7-9pm

This group meets every other Wednesday, click on our calendar for dates. Guest speakers, networking, song sharing. A great group for any one who loves song writing.

Free

Mountain Dulcimer Jam

biweekly jam

2nd & 4th Thursdays • 7 PM

Visitors welcome!

free

San Diego Folk Song Society


Second Sunday of the Month •
2 - 6pm



Free

Honky Tonk Jam

The place to come if you  love  Classic Country, Hillbilly and Honky Tonk music.

Third Sunday of  the month •

2-5 PM

All acoustic and fun, this is one of our longest running jam sessions. Now open to all..

Free
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Featured Banjo
   
New Huber Lancaster
Vintage flat-head tone!

This is the gold standard for new professional quality banjos! Punchy bass, sweet creamy-sounding mids, bell-like highs.

A strong even presence everywhere on the neck!

$4050

NBB32064 OTM
 
 

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The Lancaster is modeled after some of the most prized banjos of the pre war era. The neck and resonator are made from choice mahogany in a natural wood finish. The resonator features twin concentric rings in the back and the neck and resonator are both trimmed with white binding. The parts, including the highly praised Huber "vintage flat-head" tone ring are all nickel plated. For the player with that pre war tone in mind, it is obviously found here. Crisp ringing highs, solid 4th string, and so much clarity that you could slice bread at 100 paces. When we were little baby banjo pickers, this is the tone we dreamed about! With hard shell case.
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Featured Guitar
   

Used Santa Cruz

H-13 Custom

Dazzling combination of
tone & punch!

$4500
UGB26354 OTM
 
 
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If you've ever wondered what a new guitar will sound like after it has been played for a while, this is the answer: terrific!! This is a carefully maintained version of the custom Santa Cruz deep bodied, 13 fret comfortable feeling guitar that we contracted Santa Cruz to build for us. The Spruce and mahogany combination has that dazzling combination of tone and punch that the ragtimers will appreciate, the folkies will love and the jazz cats will immediately take to as well. A uniquely great guitar. With hard case.

 
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COME IN AND SEE OUR NEW LINE OF

BADEN GUITARS!
   BEAUTIFUL & AFFORDABLE!

 

 
 
 
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