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We all must find our own path. Without pleasure, whether from practice, playing, or just sounds. Each has it's own reward.

I have been playing the bass exclusively for months now. Last week I...

Among the people I play with I am the best mandolin player because I am the only mandolin player, I am a 10.

Among mandolin players.... I mostly suck.

Neither of those ratings inhibits my...

I'm sorry...banjo?

Sometimes I think that having "something to fall back on" was the worst advice I ever got.

In my youth I played for money. That usually meant waiting till 4 am for some surly club owner to give me 50.00

Today I would rather play for free and get home before midnight....or at least 2.

I could be wrong but I believe Mike Marshall had the fret board replaced with a wider nut on his loar.

For myself that extra 16th of an inch makes a huge difference.

1200 grit sandpaper will work. If you go to much lower it removes the material too aggressively.

It amazes me how a pick can sand so quickly yet doesn't seem to wear at all on strings.

The only constant in life is change.

If it doesn't get dicey, you aren't stretching enough. You never know where the edge really is until you go over it.

I have a Martin D-15. 2 weeks ago I noticed the heel pulling away from the body. I was prepared to take it in and have the neck reset until I researched it a bit. The neck joint on Martin 16 series...

It Bluegrass static then? It there no place for change?

I am not being contrary, I really wish to know.

Jazz didn't stop with Louie Armstrong. The Blues didn't stop with Robert Johnson and...