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Likewise Gary, until next year Greg

This has been a fun summer for my band. It began with an invitation last October to bring the group to my high school class of ‘ 69’s 70th birthday party and morphed into 6 other outdoor gigs throughout the summer months. We played the birthday party gig a week ago and finish up playing at a street party charity event this weekend. Our 4th of July gig for a closed neighborhood was particularly special. No fireworks this year because of the NW drought conditions, so the fireworks money went to the band…$1200. Hope others here had a chance to get out also and play or watch some music this year . This pic of the party, a great venue, is at The Summit Lodge in SW Washington. Me in blue. Our first encore! Greg

Breedloves are very good guitars. Living in the NW, I've had ample opportunity to play several at local shops, bought a concert model myself. I play it weekly with an acoustic jam group, cuts through nicely on leads. Greg

Sweet! Congrats, plenty of space to fill up. Greg

Awesome Neil. What a great collaboration! Looks like a lot of fun putting that together. Greg

Great photos Dave!! Thx for sharing. Greg

Thanks Diane for articulating so well , good memories for me and and other attendees, as well as for the whole of The Guitar Gathering community. It is such a special time for those that can find opportunity to visit Nashville and share treasured moments with so many like-minded and wonderful enthusiasts of all things of guitar learning. Every year I expand my friendships with more and more faces and names to look forward to seeing again in 12 months. It is a joyous time for me as I hope it is for others who attend as well. I thank Steve, Paulette, their family and Trevecca University for giving so much of themselves to make this happen . As I do every time I go to the annual event, I encourage anyone who wishes to spend an uplifting , entertaining and inspirational musical experience and fellowship to consider attending the GG conference. It is one of life’s highlights for me. Greg

Congrats on the new addition to the family. I am sure it sounds as sweet as it looks. Greg

I am guilty of too many amps, digital and tube, including boutiques. That said, the Yamaha lunchbox is my "throw in the suitcase when I go out of town" amp. It's been to the Gathering 3 times . It is a fun little practice amp and is so convenient to traveling with. It also gets more playing time than most of my tube amps. My throw in the car for a quick jam amp is a Roland Cube 60 watt, that I bought used. It is a workhorse, seemingly indestructible and actually desirable from some of my musician friends for these reasons. Knowing its versatility, I would think the Roland Street Cube would be a similar type amp for a beginner. I currently use a Kemper or Fractal Ax8 for band play, not advised for beginners. I have also been exposed to the Sharp amp and my conclusion is that it is the absolute best beginner amp for features, tone and cost. It is not on this years top 14 amp list , but I will bet it easily make next years. Greg

Look forward to meeting you!😀 Greg

You deserve it Mike! A beautiful addition to the stable. You will make sweet music with it, no doubt. Greg

Nice video Diane. Very informative Greg

I have the Yamaha, a jam friend of mine has the Spark. The Spark is way more versatile. I don't need another amp but the Spark wins my vote absolutely hands down, tone and features. I do use the Yamaha when I am traveling ( i have taken it to several Guitar Gatherings, packs well in a suitcase) , the one significant advantage over the Spark, but the latter is very, very cool in helping to work out songs etc., jamming and sound quality. Also very loud for a little box. Greg

Very nice Nairon. The notes are cleanly played with some real stylistic feel added, not the typical first recording we hear here. I would say you have some musical gifts to share with a big upside. Greg

To underline your last point, there are a lot of things I do slower now😀 Greg

I live in the Pacific Northwest, southwest Washington state

You snooze, you lose....Lost opportunity. Greg

Awesome. Wim! Nostalgia captured so well .Great Listen Greg

It's been a good while since I've been able to spend time in person playing music with others, certainly like many others. Last weekend I met a couple of friends in the park outdoors, distanced and we shared a couple hours trading songs on a warm sunny afternoon. It felt great, and we may have talked as much as played but having in-person social contact again with other players was a joy. Sunday my jam group will begin to meet again as well. We take turns leading songs, everything from bluegrass to Pink Floyd, alternating electric and acoustic weeks. Great musicians all, I manage to hang in on most songs well enough. Regardless, a great learning time with plenty of laughs and fun. Lastly, my garage band hopes to gather in 2-3 weeks to begin to prepare for a gig in August, my high school 70th birthday party. Ouch...that is hard for me to grab hold of age-wise. Oh, and July has me flying to Nashville for another Guitar Gathering. Life-on-hold is beginning to unfold again for me. I hope it happens soon for all of us..... Greg,

Nice Neil, I really enjoy your jazz chops. I've spent too much time in the country and rock genres of late...need to pull out my jazz lessons and reboot some studies. Thanks for sharing. Greg

Wow, sweet looking jazz machine for you. Congrats and make some sweet music with it. Greg

The one amp I wish I had purchased along the gear acquisition way, was the Princeton Reverb. A bandmate has one....very, very versatile , clean or driven. I can certainly empathize with your spinal condition. SRV. I am doing everything I can to prevent, forestall a second surgery and spinal fusion. Best of wishes. Greg

Great to see you back! You have a couple sweet guitars to guide the way forward and inspire your learning. Greg

How cool is that, collaborating for the first time. Well done friends!. What a great learning experience and hopefully the first of many. Greg

Awesome Mike. You have fantastic fingerstyle technique, and this is a great rendition of this song. What a treat!. Greg