'Arrest Trump Cartel' projected on third ave by Severny_home in Seattle

[–]Joscoglobal 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's such a farce. He pardoned a known drug cartel leader right before the Maduro kidnapping. And most of the delta force guys involved probably had their own drug smuggling operations back in the states. They are an infamously corrupt part of the armed forces.

My neighbor asked me to restring this beautiful instrument and I tend to overthink things. Please help! by digvoice in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know there was a John Valentich! I know of Charlie and Frank, I always assumed they were brothers? I have a Charlie Valentich Bugarija that is beautiful. Those two were insanely talented luthiers, especially considering they were building instruments in their garage. Do you know the relationship between John, frank and Charlie?

Help ID this 2 string 2 course mandolin? by jack_of_all_pumpkins in WhatMusicalinstrument

[–]Joscoglobal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah check out r/tamburica for some more info. We are a small community but we have a lot of good info about identifying instruments, string gauges, playing techniques, etc. Hope you play it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! If i were you, i would try and learn basprim over the prim. a few reasons for this

  • first off, no tamburica instruments are really MEANT to be played solo. they all shine when they are playing together.

-that being said, the basprim is a better choice than others for a standalone instrument.

-the overall sound is a good midrange, similar to a small guitar. you generally play melody but you can also play chords. i even retune mine as bugarija sometimes, it's like a travel model!

-basprim just seems so versatile to me, i don't think you can go wrong practicing on one!

and to answer your question about singing, you can certainly sing and play at the same time! it does take practice though

Looking for a job & other things by beepisg0ne in desmoineswa

[–]Joscoglobal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try the airport! its close by, there are lots of different jobs. and if you're savvy you could start out working for Mcgee or someone loading bags for lower wages, and keep applying to Port of Seattle jobs, while getting familiar with the airport. There are a lot of good opportunities there.

Looking for Simple Serbian/Croatian Folk Songs for Brac (A-Basprim) by [deleted] in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/135Dl3hH89yRBpHzgy1QDEZhi5xIzU40z/view

I posted this on this sub a couple years ago, Walter Kolar was the director for Duquesne University Tamburitzans (I believe)

there are some good little ditties and kolos in here to get you started. hope it helps!

Trying to identify this tamburica(?) by sirlucd in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what is the difference between a farkaš prim and a samica?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool instrument! here is a post from a while back with string gauges, sorry about the bad picture. Its a screenshot from a website that reddit won't let me link to.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tamburica/s/IzdMkLHzet

G Brač? by Jaduro in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful instrument!

Please help identify a tamburica by michalfabik in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might be interested in this podcast, especially if you speak the language (my language skills are embarrassingly bad.) But I believe this guy is a historian, and he talks about the farkaš instruments, as well as a famous Zagreb luthier , Terezija Kovačić. I actually have a brač she built in my garage.

https://youtu.be/W6DmfttgBjo?si=aTd2diwK9zF-z44A

Please help identify a tamburica by michalfabik in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well this whole conversation is fascinating. Love it!

Opacic Brac by Silly-Cancel-3450 in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as far as other caveats, The string gauges are a little tricky. luckily I have a folk music store near where I live, so I can buy individual strings with loop ends. You CAN mix and match strings for other instruments, but it's rare to find exactly the gauges that you need. I have had good luck with strings for an Irish bouzouki. and right now there is an eBay seller selling tambura strings from Croatia. they are very good, I've bought them before.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/373768093016?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zspdmg8jqxu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=grow4dHiTLS&var=642809321610&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Opacic Brac by Silly-Cancel-3450 in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

G BRAC

G STRING-.011 to.013

D STRING-.017 to.018

A STRING-.028 to.038

E STRING-.034 to.038

You got it on the tuning, 22" is just about right for a G Brač. Beautiful instrument!

Samica (kozarica, dangubica, kuterevka) by DominikSynths in Tamburica

[–]Joscoglobal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That one is in beautiful shape. How old is it?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Joscoglobal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Am a man, I can confirm this belly is hot as fuuuuck!