Moved to a small village in Mexico years ago and fell into a jam with a group of ex-pats. Same old story, too many guitars on the porch. The host had an old bowl back mando which had been neglected. I restrung it, learned two finger G C D chords (almost Am) and fell in love with its voice combined with the guitars. One day a guy showed up with an old Stad-o-lin and it had THAT sound, loud, woody chop and better action than the bowl back. Enter MAS, bought a Gibson A-50 learned a couple fiddle tunes and chop chords. Played off and on for a few years. Sold the Gibson to finance an amp or a guitar, or a ukulele, maybe a banjo, possibly a wash tub bass, coulda been a triangle or wood block, who knows?!? Decided to get serious this year, played catch and release for a bit, bought a Northfield, trying to learn a thing or two. I think my guitar misses me, it's been awhile. I agree with what was said earlier, it's better to be a mediocre mando player than a mediocre guitar player. Non musicians are easily impressed with intermediate playing and you tend to be desirable to more musicians since there are less mando nerds out there than there are guitar nerds.
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