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NOW YOU CAN FOLLOW TIM ON TWIITER! Click  HERE to follow Tim on his travels.

Tim is featured in the May 2009 issue of Banjo Newsletter, in a great interview by Danny Barnes. Click here for more info.

Check out the multimedia feature on Tim at FolkAlley.com

Here's Tim with his new Martin 00-18 Tim O'Brien signature model guitar. You can have one too! Details here.

 

Welcome! This is the place to find out...well, not everything about me, but all you probably need to know. This site will keep you up to date on what's happening with recordings, gigs, and the latest news. I encourage you to visit the store, participate in the forum, explore the links - be a part of the story! When I'm on tour, I'll be staying in touch with a new road journal and I'll check in regularly at the bulletin board to discuss music, gear, festivals, and everything else you want to talk about. If you'd like to become an official member of the family, sign up to receive the newsletter, emailed to an in-box near you.

So come all ye fans of the roots and the branches, the new and the old, the singer and the songwriter. I like to view the big mountain of music from every angle, and I hope you'll check back often. As my buddy Charles used to say, "Now that you know where I live, don't be a stranger!"

	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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