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  1. I sure wish I could join everyone there again this year, but while you are jamming away in Nashville we will be awaiting our first child, we have a little boy on the way who will be due any day. 😀 Have a great time! I hope to see you for my third Gathering next time!
  2. Joe seems to acquire lots of things on the road, buying them to support local music shops or just for fun, then selling them later. Perhaps they appreciate due to their association with him as well.
  3. I think the answer is both, they will probably go back to normal over time and you will get used to it. Callouses build up in the fingers and they just seem to become tougher. Feeling the callouses in my left hand now, I don't think I have seen them scaly in a while but it can happen if I play a lot of acoustic (I mostly play electric guitars). It might just take some time for your fingers to get used to it.
  4. Welcome Eduardo! I believe that what you are describing would be a good way to learn the fretboard, but there are as many ways to learn it as there are people :) One of my teachers taught me to make up games, like playing a certain scale on a random part of the neck and reciting the notes out loud as I played them. I think the "3 note on a string" exercises are good ones too, that break you out of the shapes we usually see in our practice. Another thing that's really helpful for me are the triad courses on the Guitar Gathering YouTube channel. There are Major, Minor, and Seventh triad videos with links to worksheets. I have been using these recently and they have definitely helped me know the fretboard better. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress!
  5. It's fun to see this thread again! I've actually had three Princetons. I had a blackface Princeton that sadly died and would have been too costly to fix, then I had the '68 Custom Princeton that is in the opening post. I liked that amp but I traded with someone on Craigslist who had a Deluxe Reverb and wanted something smaller. I also liked the Deluxe Reverb but it was too much for my living situation at the time, so I ended up selling it and getting a Princeton again. I now have had the '65 Princeton Reverb for a while and I like it a lot. I mostly play clean sounds and it works well for that, it doesn't break up too early but it sounds good with a pedal in front of it. It doesn't sound exactly like the Deluxe Reverb did but it still has that cool 3D sound that tube amps give you. I think these are great amps, and they are plenty loud enough for me.
  6. Looks beautiful! Those are definitely classics for a reason!
  7. I really like Josh's truefire materials, he's good at teaching and is obviously a really amazing player.
  8. I know some of our friends here are fans of blue chip picks. In experimenting with thumbpicks I just started off with the plastic Dunlop ones and they work pretty well, but it can be hard to find one that fits you exactly right. I would recommend ordering a couple of different sizes if you have to buy them online so you can figure out which size is right for you.
  9. Still looking forward to this! Can't wait, it will be the first fun thing I've been able to do in a while ;)
  10. That looks amazing, @Fretless ! Can't wait to see and hear about it when you've finished!
  11. So how are things going for everyone now that this post is 2 months old? Have you made a lot of progress in the past 2 months? For me, I've been focusing on rhythm a lot recently and I feel like I've made some good progress there. Spending a lot of time just with a practice amp and a metronome. Simple is good
  12. Great article, Randy! Thanks for sharing it!
  13. Thanks, Neil! Joe Pass' Virtuoso and Intercontinental are two of my favorite albums. I've listened to Wes Montgomery's "The incredible jazz guitar..." some too. I'm listening to a lot of the classics now, Miles, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bill Evans, etc.
  14. For me, I've got some anxiety issues especially around health topics, so this has been a rough season. I've been listening to a lot of straight ahead jazz lately, it seems to fit the moment and it can be really calming and chill, so I've been studying that on the guitar as well. There are a lot of great resources online about jazz guitar, but mainly I'm poking around with my Real Book and the app iReal Pro, which Mel Deal told us about at the Guitar Gathering - it's a GREAT app if you're interested in jazz. We'll all get through this, and for me it'll be by my faith and a big assist from music. (as Miles' "Blue In Green" plays on Spotify in the background...)
  15. Are you getting a lot of playing in? What are you working on? Have you chosen this time to get into something new? How are you spending this time? These are strange days, I know they have been personally quite stressful and anxious for me - it's been difficult for me to want to go pick up the guitar at times. But it is a great mindfulness activity, and it does allow us a way to escape for a time and continue to learn and grow. Just wanted to say hello and that I hope all of the friends here are finding time in our lives for guitar.
  16. I think there will always be a place for communication like we have here - when you need a longer form of discussion, a tweet or a facebook post just won't cut it.
  17. What sort of guitar are you planning to bring? An electric would travel by air a lot better than an acoustic, I would think. Even so, almost everyone attending the Gathering will have an acoustic. I have seen a few people there with something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Gator-Acoustic-Dreadnought-Approved-GTSA-GTRDREAD/dp/B01BGX82G8?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1 Of course if you want more protection there are Hiscox cases and even better available - depends on how much you want to spend. That being said, if I were flying with an acoustic I would definitely gate-check it. Then it's carried from the jetway down to the cargo hold and back again at your destination, and should avoid a lot of the handling that checked bags get. I have heard of some people getting guitar cases onboard the plane due to a kind gate agent or due to it being summer and there being ample space for the guitar in the coat closet. It might be worth asking. I'll be driving, but for me I would buy the best case I could and then gate-check the guitar if I were made to check it.
  18. I think it's important to have some comfortable seating that puts you in a good position to play the guitar, too! I have a nice office-type chair with no arms in my space along with a small sofa, which works well depending on what or how I'm playing.
  19. I only met Paul at one Gathering, but he was very kind to me and I enjoyed talking with him. It sounds like my experience with him was typical, he was loved by many people.

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