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I agree. A great, modular concept for a travel guitar. But I have to think that most looking for a travel guitar don't want to invest that much. @Oldjock, I think that you are correct, "Someone will buy it." But enough to sustain their business? I 'm doubtful. I just think there are too many less expensive alternatives, like the Treveler or the MArtin Backpacker. I think those are the names and I think they are in the $300 range.

@Triple-o, thanks. This song brings back such fond memories, A long time ago I had posted here about the band I was in in High School. When we did it, our drummer and I (i played bass) left the stage. Just our two guitar players stayed and did an electric version. The two guys had beautiful voices and did a great job with the song. Memories of a great time.

Nice, Randy! Congrats on the gorgeous news Taylor. And that case IS something.

@Shenandoah beautiful guitar! Enjoy. Let's hear a recording with it! 😎 Using your comparison terms the "booming cannon" may be partly due to the dreadnought size of the Martin? I know nothing of sizes of Maton. Using Martin terms, the only sizes I understand, would an 808 be comparable to a dreadnought or 000 or which? Thanks for sharing with us your NGD!

Thanks, @Triple-o. I agree. If you are fairly early in your learning and looking for a song to play and build confidence this is a good candidate. Of course, I haven't seen my jam buddies for months. But just before we had to quit this was a song we jammed. A lot of fun. And it is one that if you're wanting to either comp or solo it is a good candidate. Rhythm it has a very standard strumming pattern, down down up up down up. And chords are C, D, Em , G. Ok, it also has a D/F#, but with a little practice........ And the solo is not that tough. At my jam one of the guys suggested I play lead. My response was, of course, WHAT?!?!? but I practiced it the week before we came back and then didn't butcher it too badly😉 Such fun! In addition to Musicnotes, I know Ultimate Guitar has tabs.

This is what introduced us to Gary Moore. My wife and I were driving somewhere and this came on. Almost simultaneously we commented to each other about how awesome it is. Gary Moore's death wass such an untimely tragedy.

I don't know about my guitar. I think that my spine is torrefied🤔

Congratulation on the beautiful new guitar, Greg! I have never heard, or heard of, Myrtlewood. Enjoy it a long time.

@Mike McCourt Thank you for adding to the thread and for support for a good cause. They are great straps.

Triple-o and Greg, so very true. It has been right at 100 and humid here the last several day. And, of course, I did profuse complaining. Thanks for reminding me how fortunate I am.

Sorry! Anyone else now feel old?!?!😡 There are quite a few albums on here that were hugely important to me. Allman Brothers- Idlewild South, Beatles- Let it Be, Clapton- Self Titled, Van Morrison - Moon Dance, The Who - Live at Leeds. But my all time favorite album from that year, and close to favorite of all time, and most of you know what I'm going to say. Drum Roll Please. Santana - Abraxas!!! Who else!?!?!?!?!? What albums on here were influential in your musical upbringing. For you youngsters on here😉, have any of you gone back to any of these after developing some influences?

@Ionut, very definitely move on. Whenever you are working any session, if you have all the criteria of "You are Ready to Move On" met, except one, I think Steve would agree to move on. Especially since you are close on the lacking criterion. It's my opinion that the first few sessions are primarily about single notes. The attention that you dedicate to chords should be largely about just memorizing the chord forms and getting them to ring out clearly. About session 5 you are going to get lots of practice perfecting those chord changes!😉 As far as the order of the fingers in forming chords, I think the ideal, eventually, is that one form the chord with all fingers landing simultaneously. I can't remember the session but I suspect that Steve shows the chord being formed with 1st finger first just to show the chord being formed in numerical finger order. One exercise that I have seen Steve show for practicing is, as follows: Form the chord and hold it for a few moments.. Then completely take your hand off the fretboard and hang your arm at your side. Then form the chord again trying to, as much as possible, position all fingers about the same time. Repeat. I'm really shocked and disappointed you didn't get a response to your question earlier. We are normally much better about this and I promise we'll be more responsive in the future. Good luck to you and keep us posted on your progress.

@Dave White thank you for finishing the story. That is one gorgeous guitar. And I'm sure it sounds as great as it looks. I hope we hear a recording with it soon to confirm that.

@Dave White what a great, fun trip, a mini-conference, this had to be. I am appropriately envious. Since it made me so envious, I'm not sure that I'm appreciative. But I'll say it as a formality, "Thanks for sharing". 😉 🤣 (Of course, kidding) One part of your story was left unfinished however! "I think Collin and I played about every sinker OM in the store." What were the sinkers like? And, far and away most importantly, did anyone go home with one?!?! The concept of making a guitar from wood that had been submerged for nearly a century is just fascinating to me. And I have heard multiple raving about how the sinker guitars sound amazing. For anyone not familiar with the "sinker" guitars story, a lot of mahogany from Central America sunk in rivers on the way to sawmills. Mr. Gruhn somehow acquired all of this "sinker" wood. The full story is here. So Dave?!!? Are we going to soon see a NGD post for a sinker guitar?🤔 If not, can you give us more details about your impression of them?

thanks for sharing this Maria. Ron

I'm sorry. I should have given more than 30 minutes notice. I got the email about this earlier but didn't think to share until now. Jeff McErlain's weekly "Brooklyn Lockdown" YouTube lesson today is titled "Peter Green - Playing the Changes Pt 1". The Part 1 perhaps indicates there will be another part next week which you can catch live. For now you should be able to catch Part 1 on the replay. Beyond a nice tribute I suspect it will be educational.

There was a really nice tribute article in Premier Guitar. "Green’s catalog of ’66 to ’70 remains a necessary touchstone for any guitarist seriously interested in exploring foundational British blues—or, simply, blues. Examined chronologically, it illustrates his evolution from hard-core traditionalist to a composer capable of both deep introspection (“Man of the World”) and psychedelic experimentalism (“The Green Manalishi”)."

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday, Steve. Thank you for how much that you have taught me and all of us.

Mandy, after you have worked with it for a while give us a review, please. I heard lots of grumbling on some other forums about the shipping delays. But the ones that have received it seem to sing very positive praise.

I hadn't heard of his passing so thank you for posting this. His playing was always so soulful and moving. Probably no song of his demonstrates that soulfulness more than "Supernatural". It will always be my favorite of his. Wim, very well played and just a nice tribute.

Yep, Henk. And this is reflected in the fact that I have never heard of a few on here!😮🤔😬

I'm not sure how to answer you as far as how it's different. but someone above mentioned, I think, a Snark tuner, which has somewhat become the standard for a "clip on tuner". A very cheap alternative to the Snark, and the phone app mentioned is a Reverb tuner. Really cheap. $5. Although I don't know what the shipping will be for you. I have one clipped on my guitar right now.

I think there are quite a few of us on here that accurately describes! Including my self in that group🤣☹️ Yep, "there's an app for that"! It is an economical solution and from my very limited observation seems accurate. I use one called Guitar Tuna. It's a handy little tuner and also has a metronome and a chord library.

Steve is teaching a guitar training workshop for band directors and so there will be no Live Lesson tonight. But he said we would be back next week. So let's all use this time tonight for practicing! No slacking off!!😮 No TV!😉 I'm going to be working on this one really cool blues rhythm. Kind of a funky thing. And I've gone back and am re-working on pentatonic scales. What about everyone else?

Mandy! Nice playing. Nice singing. Nice percussion. You did make it look simple.