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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...

its the 'common wisdom' that the majority of folks on the cafe are bluegrassers. The common wisdom has been debunked many times, most effectively by the one person with data, Scott, the site owner....

Pete,

Very few rants are as informative as that one.

Thanks .

Worth either or both trips.

I have a gorgeous two point with a beautiful backside. I do love to hold that mandolin. :whistling:

I saw the band last summer. They were great but I tired quickly with all the bass solos. Ymmv.

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...

Webers were made in Montana until they moved to Bend with the sale to TOH. Never anywhere else.

If it sounds good, it is good.

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

I think the competition ante was raised when Crossrock added carbon fiber cases to their lineup. Two small makers facing a larger competitor perhaps.

Love my 2 Hoffee cases.

Oh boy, creeping guitar infusion is probably better than creepy guitars. Please, no b*****.:crying:

Looking forward to the concert.

Great design and look! Hats off to your luthier working with purpleheart, it’s a bit of a bear.

We’re patiently waiting for a sound sample.

Congratulations.

Kerry Char in Portland has done very fine work on the busted up instruments I’ve seen in my travels to his shop. Charguitars.com. NFI of course.

There’s sheet music available from a variety of sources. Google may be of help.

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.

And Evan Marshall. Dave Apollon.

Two years on strings is at least 18 months too long, assuming you actually play the instrument regularly, imho.

Advice worth the price:)

At one show I saw in the early 70’s, he was opening for David Bromberg, which severely jilted my sensibilities even though I was a big Bromberg fan. And after Doc’s set, Bromberg came out about 35...

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...