Re: What Sensation Should You Feel for "The One?"
Perhaps my experience is somewhat different from some others. Approaching retirement I decided it was time to go for the really nice instrument I had always wanted. As my late mother used to say when she bought herself a well deserved indulgence "Who better than me?" I already had a couple nice instruments but I wanted next level. With a budget somewhat predicated on my end of the year bonus (think Clarke Griswold) I found a brand new Ratliff R5 that had just arrived at Charles Johnson's and I pounced. Granted this was a somewhat impulsive purchase but .... Quite honestly when I first started playing it I wasn't overwhelmed. But a good friend said give it time to open up and break in. It's still an infant. Be patient grasshopper. I kept playing it and very slowly it got better. About six months in I can remember playing it one night and hearing the epiphany. And it's only gotten better. Had it for for ten plus years as its a lifer.
Ratliff R5 2007, Capek A5 2003, Washburn M5S-SB Jethro Burns 1982, Mid-Mo M-2, Epiphone MM 30 Bk mandolins, Harmony Batwing 1970's, George Bauer bowlback early 1900's Philadelphia.
"Don't cloud the issue with facts!" Groucho Marx
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