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I wholeheartedly agree.

Welcome and congratulations! And Sharon Gilchrist is a great teacher, I've taken her class too. Good on you to be enthused to practice so diligently, it's great fun.

If you're not playing today,...

I learned to read tab when I started to play mandolin about 10 years ago, but I learned to read notation when I was 8, which is a very long time ago. And I've learned tunes by ear as well. But now...

Worth either or both trips.

This seems like an ad in the wrong section of the forum.

Those people already have shoes.

That's a very interesting comment about Art, given that everything that's made is a form of human expression. The hierarchy of 'utility' versus 'ART' seems challenged by better machines. And many...

SGW is the cool kids shorthand for ‘shop goodwill’.

It baffles me that so many people are so attached, emotionally or otherwise, to this thing, Gibson, that has so little impact on their life.

On an acoustic with a pickup, I like the ability to be louder while maintaining a lite touch. But on the hollow body with a humbucker, I like the soft, sustained jazzy tone that is so reminiscent of...

It (Gibson) is a triumph of branding, like many companies in many industries that fail to innovate.

Interesting. That hand shaper for the neck was like one I worked with raising door panels, friction clamped knife head, not for an unskilled hand or the faint of heart. And the lack of respirators...

Emando.com, Cafe’s own Martin Stillion. NFI, but a happy customer.

I share your despair and I'm not really a newbie, just not a fast player. The discipline to work on the mechanics of picking, the 'zen' of relaxing and the confidence of performing are three...

I’ve only played 1 Loar, and it had a very lovely sound. Of affordable instruments, there’s a Duff and a Sullivan I lust for, although neither are for sale. I’ve played several very nice mandolins...

Wow!

My guitar playing wife had this surgery on her right thumb in 2021. Prior to that she had extreme pain in her pick holding thumb after 15 minutes and had had steroid injections every 3 months for...

My take is people become familiar with the keys that are frequently used in the genre(s) they play. Most folksmusic is not done in flat keys, as horns were typically not used. Swing and jazz...

I have no use for one of these, but I really want one..........

It looks like he's playing with a thumb pick. Is that correct, and is that typical of the period?

They think they're selling themselves rather than the instrument.

Back when dirt was new, my classical guitar teacher illustrated the resonance of instruments by playing the open strings in...

I remember those days with a bit of sadness. Now its a 2 drink maximum.

Depends. Is it a Rogue or a Gilchrist?

I wouldn't want the Mando to sleep any colder than me. Will it get lonely and perhaps go with a passing stranger? I've heard they sometimes do that.

While I heartily agree, too stiff or too floppy picks won’t help with either of those. Gear is important, so setup is paramount. Then finding what works in your hands is the task, and that may...

Can’t argue with that outcome, sounds great. Nice playing too.

The color down the center is broken up, which changes the aesthetic for me. Nice contrast to the walnut, which I think is really...