Always keep a pencil and a rubber band in your instrument case. Just in case you forget to take your capo with you.
What are y'all up to?
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Better yet, always keep your capo in your case when not playing…
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That’s why I really like the Elliot/Paige style capos… you can always store them above the nut when not in use. @D_HRRFan7303 Were you able to borrow a capo for the songs?
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One thing I like about visiting south Africa is that all milk is subsidized by the government (bread too, long story) so it’s super cheap, like less than a dollar for a half gallon. I love milk, I wish we could get it here…
We been packing like crazy, leaving tomorrow for the land of milk and ho… mo… fu… ok just milk lol.
I’ve learned wayfaring stranger, red river valley, nine pound hammer, and John Henry for camp. I’m not doing the amazing grace lesson because it’s basic, and I already know red haired boy, so that leaves four songs to learn.
Also I wrote a tune on new years eve (a jig) and I wrote a waltz on mandolin the day before yesterday
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Yes, Dave, our electric guitar player had an extra.
Long story, but I didn’t come from home, and someone else brought my guitar…
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This morning I woke up to our Christmas tree laying on my banjo, electric guitar, and amp. Nothing broken, a small scratch on the guitar.
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Do you think Santa Clause and the Christmas Tree were maybe playing Duelin Banjos?
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Fret not! Santa is listening. 
I noticed one on mine too lately, a nail mark like, but mine is old and cheap so no worries here.
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That was a close call. Glad all is well.
I recently noticed a spot on my guitar that doesn’t have a scratch.
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ha…Mike beat me by a keystroke with that one!
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Lots of guitar work yesterday & today. Results are coming very slowly.
Strange how this was once my main instrument (and the one I started on)…now it’s behind the rest by a long shot.
Happy to be getting back into picking it again though…It’s been years.
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Good for you Dave. I gave up the guitar to focus more on the banjo. Passed it on to my grandson hoping he might make better use of it.
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Same here, I really enjoy banjo, and I guess I just don’t work on guitar much anymore.
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I finally got to a jam last night, it was just the Librarian/banjo player, a guitar player/songwriter, the guitar player for my “band”, and myself. It’s good practice for me, because there will be a song i’ve never heard and I’ll be asked to take a break.
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Well, we’ve been in nelspruit for two nights, yesterday we had the tires changed on our truck because they were all old and at risk of popping, especially one which had a sidewall puncture with a plug in it.
So my dad dropped everyone off at a mall while he got the tires done, except for my mechanic brother (Colt, he’s 11 and very good mechanically) who went with him, and me, who he dropped off at a guitar store…
Aa far as guitar stores go it’s pretty well rounded, they have a few more acoustics than electrics, which is strange, and they have a good selection of keyboards, pianos, drums, and even several violins, though most are 3/4.
This is the store where I bought my first fiddle also.
I was very surprised by two guitars there:
The first was an Alvarez ABT-60E which is an acoustic baritone! I picked it up just thinking that Alvarez guitars are usually good for the price, and then I realized that it was a baritone, which excited me greatly; I’ve wanted to play an acoustic baritone for a long time. It was great, I really love the sound…
The other guitar that surprised me was a Cole Clark guitar with the most beautiful spalted maple back and sides, most guitar stores in SA don’t stock high end acoustic guitars because of the exchange rates.
This guitar had a 40,000 rand price tag, which is about $2500. It sounded great.
I was also very impressed by a Sigma hummingbird copy, and surprised because most Sigma guitars I’ve played have been meh. But this one was really great! If you don’t know, Sigma is Martin’s budget company, and the hummingbird is a Gibson dreadnought design.
That guitar was the best set up guitar in the store, and it had a great sound too, awesome for flatpicking.
I stayed in the store for about three hours… and as usual it took a while for my dad to get me out…
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Supposed to be a big storm coming in… Power co. suggests planning for three days w/o power.
I’m all prepared…instruments are in tune oil lamps all prepped, and enough batteries for about 5 years on the metronome 
Only things i don’t have is groceries, propane, Brakes on the truck, small space heater & jugs of water. 
But I have tons of strings!
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Hahahaha!
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Last night we had our bluegrass for the next generation meeting. There was only a few people there, mostly the better players. I got a really good mando lesson, and lost my banjo picks…
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Ouch. Hope they weren’t expensive.
Funny story. At camp last year Katy mentioned how old she was. I said “Oh man I’m old. I have picks older than you.”
She said “how have you managed to keep pucks for longer than 33 years?”
Later, we were at Carter’s and she mentioned maybe I should think about buying 2 sets of picks I was looking for, then thought and said “What am I saying? You keeps picks for over 33 years.”
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They were the cheap Dunlop ones. The only problem is, I need them tonight at church, and the only other ones I have are those weird Ernie Balls.
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