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@Oldjock, I need hearing aid but keep putting them off. Your audiologist makes me sound like Carlos Santana and I am making an appointment with her and buying an airline ticket same day😮😄😎

^^^^ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys, thanks for adding to the thread. I should have mentioned in my op, and you guys probably know, Charlie is famous for playing his fiddle. But he definitely knows his way around the fretboard on his Les Paul!

How many times did I listen to "The Devil Goes Down to Georgia"? It's hard to say; but a lot! Coincidentally, I just watched part of a concert with him last week on AXS tv. 'What a hero': Charlie Daniels mourned by Luke Combs, Meghan McCain, Luke Bryan, more stars

Really nice job Neil. Great playing.

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Beautiful, Mike! That is one of my favorite PRS finishes. Enjoy that guitar a long time.

I didn't know how to title this post or even how to describe them. I wasn't even sure whether to stick it here or in the "Technique" subforum. His weekly YT videos aren't about technique. There is no discussion about how a flattened 7th gives the groove a blues sound or such theoretical or technique points . No, in fact the title of this video is probably representative of his discussions, "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Don't Swing". His videos are always, what I will call, fun, philosophical, historical rants. He calls his videos "nerdy" and they probably are, to an extent. Every one is filled with names that I wish I had the time to purse. This one is no exception. Billy Preston, Cornell Dupree, James Gadson, Mike Landau, Wah Wah Watson are just a few he references this time. This time he stresses the importance of becoming a "crate digger" and you'll have to watch this to find out what that means. I don't need to convince anyone what a monster player he is. Joe Bonamassa calls him one of the greatest players he has seen and had him on (I think) the Three Kings Tour. I got a chance to meet Kirk and talk with him on two of the Keeping The blues Alive at Sea cruise. We had even talked about a possible lesson on the ship but, for reasons I won't go into, I backed out. He always is as jovial and happy as he seems on here. These videos are always short, 10 or so minutes, so not a huge time investment. And I think you will enjoy.

Mike, congratulations on the new PRS. I hope the information provided by a few of us here helped with your decision. And looking forward to the NGD post and "real" photos.

Mandy, thank you. I don't know anything about Vicki other than I have seen her name as an artist over at Truefire. She has some number of acoustic courses there. I, from time to time, think about trying some open tunings and she has a course or two on that. If I ever proceed with trying that I'm going to seriously look at her course.

@pkotof and @NeilES335, thanks for resuscitating this thread. I don't have the DVD so I didn't get to see the interviews. but I watched it, probably on YouTube, and really enjoyed it. And yeah, Neil, Tal was sensational. Showtime has a documentary about him, "Jeff Beck: Still on the Run". It is really interesting. Lots of interviews with Tal, and his other bass player, (I can't remember her name), and Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Slash, and Joe Perry. The doc also spends time about his passion for American Hot Rods. If you're a Beck fan it is an hour and a half really well spent.

Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged Guitar just sold for over $6,000,000. According to the article this is now the newest record for a guitar sold at auction. But it did come with a half full pack of extra stings and 3 Dunlap picks! It is a Martin D-18E. Some of you have probably seen a post or two of mine about my looking for a Martin acoustic. The article states that Juliens will not disclose who had the winning bid. I will tell you that is was not me.😎😄

Great job @Linders! Thanks for reporting your progress.

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I saw that video about Carter's this morning also. I love his attitude. He loves collecting guitars, or just loves guitars in general, and his store gives him the means of doing it. I definitely plan on hitting it and Gruhns one day.

I'm glad you kept this in the forum rather than going the pm route. Thanks for info guys. good information, Doug.

Phil, thanks for bumping. Yes. Great straps and revenues to a great cause. Win. Win.

I will send you a pm

As a follow-up, the July issue of Guitar Player Magazine has a review of this. I wouldn't buy it solely for the review but itlooks like some other interesting articles. Layla, Joe Bonamassa ( @Eracer_Team-DougH ?), Robbie Krieger, etc.

Very impressive singing and playing @rockinrickard. Thank you for sharing both it and the motivation behind it. And we are going to hold you to your commitment to more involvement here.

You're right, Greg! About time you posted your contribution to your theme!!!!!😉😄 And great job in doing so. Some really enviable singing and playing on this. Thanks for sharing it. Somewhat off the topic of member recordings, and you "love Cheryl Crow" so my guess is you are already aware of this, but her new album is awesome. I'm not a huge fan but there is a song on it, and I can't remember now which one, that my wife really liked. So I bought her the album, called "Threads". Every song is a collaboration and it is a very diverse, interesting list of collaborators. Eric Clapton, Gary Clarke Jr., Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards, Joe Walsh, Lucius, Brandi Carlisle, just to name a few. I really like the album. Thanks again for contributing to the thread.

Mike, if you are still thinking about the PRS this video will, I think, be very useful to you. It is a huge time investment, at over an hour in length, but it will be very educational about the PRS product line. He spends a lot of time discussing the McCarty 594, the S2 line and the Silver Sky. Had I not gotten a really good deal on my new Santana I would have seriously considered the McCarty 594. It is still on my radar should there ever be another guitar. (Don't tell my wife I am thinking about this!) And I had always thought the S2 line was an economical line because they are machine made. I now know that isn't true. Bryan goes into great detail about how the S2's are still handmade, but because of the shape of the guitar there are economies in building them. Keep us posted on how the shopping is going.

Fretless, I have no doubt this music room is going to be awesome. Be sure and share some photos "when playing guitar, flute, drums, bass and keyboard as soon as the room is ready. " Please!