I’ve been a daily guitar player for years, typically playing at least an hour a day. I got a mandolin about a year ago. I upgraded my mandolin recently and have been devoting more and more of my guitar time to learning songs on my mando, to the point where I just realized that I haven’t picked up my guitar in two weeks, probably my longest break ever. I’m always fighting to retain my guitar repertoire, so I was worried about how rusty I’d be tonight.
On the contrary, I felt more fluent than ever, ripping through clean versions of my favorite Travis picking tunes. I really believe taking up the mandolin has strengthened my guitar playing.
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