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I'd say take that book money and spend it at Artistworks or Peghead Nation for beginners lessons. More bang for your buck than books. If you want notation on paper, you can also download notation for...

Gorgeous music video. Thanks for posting!

Propranolol is rarely prescribed for blood pressure. It crosses the blood/brain barrier better than metoprolol and is the drug of choice for performance anxiety. However if already on a beta blocker...

Amen to what Lou Reed said.

Started my Covid mandolin project with Sharon and Marla at Peghead and graduated to Ms. Hull at Artist. I would recommend all of them highly. I now grab specific tunes from The Session and Barron....

Which one? The Collings MT amber I'm selling.

"Master Luthier" would be the next step up from "Pretty Good Luthier," or "Not Bad Luthier."

A favorite. Thanks for sharing.

For a clean, bright high end, easy playability and low pick noise I am liking my Wegen 1mm the best.

There have been a couple recent Nickel Creek, Punch Bros threads recently. Just got an email announcing an album of a new bluegrass group, Mighty Poplar, with a couple of the Brothers, sans Thile....

Not sure if I got a thumbs up emoji, here, but now I see where you are coming from.

Didn't see anyone else comment yet on this, but I just ordered Elixir mando strings from JustStrings. Seems like they are now available after a long hiatus. My favorite strings.

Venta! You pay more up front but they just go one and one year after year. Easy to clean. No mist. No fuss.

These are lovely! Well done and thanks for sharing.

Wow! Yes, very nice piece, Paul. My one different "essential" would be Punch Brother's, "Julep." Not a virtuoso piece, but haven't heard any song as loving, haunting and lush as this in a long time....

Amazing accomplishment. A thousand thanks for sharing these.
And yes, SDG!

Thanks gentlemen. Should have thought of The Session. Impressive.

Thanks to all! A rich thread.

This one is living at my house now. Very pleased with this very clean and sweet sounding instrument. Only thing I can find as an issue is it gets a bit sharp as you work your way up the fretboard.