Did something I never thought I’d do
So this last Saturday was my monthly Barn Jam. The last two Barn Jams I brought my guitar and my mandolin. This last Saturday I brought just my Eastman 514.
So we go around the circle and take turns calling songs. Someone calls a song I don’t know. I ask what key it’s in and the caller, a guitar player, says “E, but capo 2.”
So I start doing the math in my head - “If I is F# that the IV is…”
Before I know it I’m reaching into my gig bag and I grab the special mandolin-size capo, the one that I never thought I’d ever use, the one that I thought I was an idiot for buying, just a stone-cold sap, and the next thing I know I’m strumming my Mel Bay open chords along with the rest of the group with my capo on 2.
Never thought I’d do that, but I was glad I had it when I needed it.
Eastman MD-514 (F body, Sitka & maple, oval hole)
Klos Carbon Fiber (on order)
And still saving my nickels & dimes & bottle caps & breakfast cereal box tops for my lifetime mandolin.
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