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Wow! Really awesome. Love how the old and new mix.

Yeah, Charlie was a fiddlin' fool. I just listened to a long, live version of Orange Blossom Special on Youtube. The band is having fun! The only casualty was a shredded fiddle bow!

Congrats Steve. I'm working on chords too. I started the Song Hits package and first of all it's fun. It also helps with both chord practice and playing notes. The full version songs are too much right now, but a fun long term project. I warm up practicing "You Got It" and then on to L&M chord practice. Rock On!

When I read the news earlier today I listened to "Long Haired Country Boy" and "The South's Gonna Do It Again" on Youtube. Those were my favorite CDB songs in the seventies while I was in high school. I had the Saddle Tramp and Nightrider albums on cassette. Over the years, the songs "Franklin Limestone" and "Saddle Tramp" seem to come back to me most often along with the other two songs. Thank you and rest in peace, Long Haired Country Boy.

First off, that's an ingenious adaptation twisting your hand like that. :-) With any change in a motor skill, incremental change often proves most effective. When I started learning with L & M (as a total beginner) my pinky was sore due to how much I was leaning on the guitar. I relieved this by using the next finger as well. I gradually began using the fingers on the guitar as a reference rather than a place to rest my hand, so now the pinky is fine. Try resting the pad of your pinkie on the guitar rather than the tip to avoid slippage. When I'm learning one of these positions I constantly return to watching Steve playing in the videos. The most challenging and most watched positions so far are the barre chord lessons. Hand and finger positioning is so subtle and important to avoiding hand and arm strain. Steve obviously had a great teacher and his technique is the best I've seen so far. It just makes sense. Good Luck!

One of my favorite things in life is to find a trail or path I haven't taken. I wandered the world for years while in the army and locally wherever I happened to be. Woods, desert, mountains, shoreline, suburbs or city, I love it all. While listening--repeatedly--to Roy Orbison sing You Got It, youtube listed the usual assortment of follow on temptations. I noticed "Amy - Pure Prairie League (Cover)" with a cute girl singing. I've always loved that song, not so much the covers I've heard. But hope springs eternal. I enjoyed the cover! The band was called "Foxes and Fossils." Well, why not try the Crosby, Stills and Nash song listed next: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes? I never gave a hoot about artist or song names, much to my current dismay, but I instantly recognized this one. I listened and almost fell off my chair. Outstanding! Fantastic harmony, soloing and and some rippin' guitar. I guess Graham Nash emailed Tim, the cover band's creator and organizer and said: Great job. https://foxesandfossils.com/project/suite-judy-blue-eyes-crosby-stills-and-nash-cover/ Foxes and Fossils have a website at https://foxesandfossils.com I ended up listening half the night since I was off work. Everything sounded good. I listened to many I didn't know. I still don't know who Adele is, but now I know Rolling in the Deep. This didn't fit the new guitar music topic, so I started down another trail. Rock On (Rolling in the Deep)

Hi Randy Breeding: Congrats on hanging in there. I stopped the first attempt in session 4. Glad I gave it another try. I concur with the more experienced players above. Reading music has already paid dividends for me. For example, the Song Hits full version songs have chord blocks, but only music notation for the melodies and any other notes played. When I started L & M I set my music at a distance where I could see the notes, but not the tab. I kept at it and now I don't care for tab. Reading only tab is like only being able to access stories available as audio books. It's all good, but if one has the option... Rock On!

That's a beauty Mike. Congratulations! I have an SE 24 that came quite unexpectedly in one of those Sweetwater closeouts. It plays so easily and feels so sweet. I plan to eventually investigate Fenders and Gibsons, but only because I'm adventurous. My two PRS guitars are sweet. Enjoy.

Recently a friend told me about this. Jeff Beck wasn't new to me, but this show certainly was. The dvd also has good interviews with Jeff Beck and his band members. I usually don't spend too much time on instrumentals, but wow. I had no trouble listening to the entire show, with some great singers adding "spice" as Jeff calls it.

I started using a strap last week. It makes a big difference!

I found out about these straps on this thread, so bumped this thread in case somebody else is interested. I just got my first. It is super soft and comfortable. I am so glad I waited. I'm not going to bother with other brands. Thanks y'all for posting!

rkl312: Awesome! Hang in there. i attempted awhile back, then last year decided that no matter what happened, I would learn to play guitar. I've had life getting full and missing a lot of practice, but this time I keep picking away at it. I'm working on chords too.

It's fun when the changes start coming quicker. I love chords. What an amazing sound out of this small instrument. I hear you on the parlor. A dread fits me fine. I've been watching for a jumbo twelve string. I'm going to start playing every twelve string I can find. As soon as I get each one in tune. I was surprised at being interested in the smaller bodies. I'll have to check out the Furch!

You are not alone. I'm in the 5-8 zone myself. The chords are a matter of repetition. It's interesting which ones are getting second nature. It seems that most people lurk. I was looking at some parlor guitars a month or so ago. I am intrigued. Congrats on your collection. Rock On!

I've missed many days of practice, at times an entire week. Work requires a lot of energy and first priority is staying healthy. I was doing well being able to go across lessons 5-8, but lost that with so many days off. I'm hanging in there though. For the first time in months I did a six-day stretch of practicing and a day off, followed by practicing again today. Also, I haven't listened to the Tuesday and Wednesday live lessons in awhile. Over the years I learned that a long nap before work in addition to earlier sleep is the optimal pattern for working overnights. I look forward to rejoining the live sessions soon. I'm grateful to be working and keeping the bills paid. The guitars are ready to play when I am and that fuzz pedal puts a smile on my face with surprising sounds.

Thanks for the advice on the strings guys! Strings are the most active part of our guitar "user interface." I am most intrigued. I also want to learn to set up guitars myself. Phil

That's good to know, Six String. I bought a set of eights after watching Rick Beato's string diameter comparison. I plan to string them onto my Squire Mod '59. Lots of work and being too tired to even practice many days has delayed the string experiment here. I'll report back on the results. Rock On!

That was great gotto! It is so different from your other material from whenever ago. Maybe keep playing with that fuzz? I thought it sounded good. After watching Rhett Shull explain how to use fuzz--i.e. for the most part not with strummed chords--I decided to buy a fuzz. I'm working on speed and accuracy with chords, but I figured that I can play single notes. Fuzz is such a hoot! And yeah, fuzz sounds lousy with strummed chords. Thanks for sharing. Rock On!

Awesome! So a nylon string too...

Great job Wim. You set an inspiring example of where we can go if we are willing to do the work. Year-after-year. I listened to some of your earlier stuff when I went through the site last year. Fine then and now, wow. Wow! :-)

Thanks Ladies. THis is what we need. Let's add BASS with GASS. :-) Sounds fun.

Hi Mandy, That was right on point for me right now. Thanks! Pete Thorn has a lot of clear, useful youtube vids.

Nice Mandy! Great to hear you again. Si, muy bien. Gracias!

Hi again. Yes. Healing work relates to guitar playing for me, because after a back operation in early 1998, I could only stand and walk so long. Forget working a physical job or even sitting up long enough to drum, or picking up a heavy drum. I'm grateful and enjoying. I'm fine with my drumming and didging, which is more inspiration to practice guitar. Rock On!

What a beauty! Congratulations. I love how PRS guitars play!