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  • 100 Days and only 2 sessions missed

    Posted by Moonhare on July 30, 2021 at 7:12 am

    Woke up this morning at my friend’s house and I thought I was going to miss my TAC practice on day 100 of all days! Thankfully Kelly’s boyfriend had just bought her a Taylor Academy 12 so in return for restringing it for her I was able to do my 100 days TAC practice on it – my first experience of playing a Taylor. What a beautiful little guitar – so easy to play and I love the cutout for your strumming arm.

    • This discussion was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by  Moonhare.
    Sands replied 3 years, 6 months ago 6 Members · 9 Replies
  • 9 Replies
  • andy_e

    Member
    July 30, 2021 at 12:47 pm

    Congratulations, @Moonhare! 98/100 days is really impressive!

  • Sands

    Member
    July 30, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    That’s awesome! I like that cutout for the strumming arm too. Great feature!

  • Cadgirl

    Member
    July 31, 2021 at 3:46 am

    Good Job, 100 days and still rocking. Love the cut out. I never thought about that making it easier to strum.

  • Al.E

    Member
    July 31, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    congratulations Moonhare!

  • dr_dave

    Member
    July 31, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    According to William “Grit” Laskin, he is the originator of the “Laskin” bevel or armrest, though few people seem to give him credit for it. Here are some web pages from a couple luthiers who do:

    http://www.berkowitzguitars.com/bevel-01.shtml

    https://www.wingertguitars.com/detail-spfeatures.htm

    If you are not familiar with Grit Laskin’s work, you should be. In addition to building gorgeous lute family instruments, he plays Northumbrian smallpipes, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, concertina and fiddle too. He has written and recorded some really nice tunes. I have several of his albums and met him once at the Group of Seven Guitar exhibit at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. He is a class act all around.

    https://williamlaskin.com/about/

    • Moonhare

      Member
      August 2, 2021 at 2:15 pm

      I will definitely check him out, sounds amazing. I love the Northumbrian pipes – we have an amazing piper from NE England called Katherine Tickell who does some amazing stuff with those too. Her band, The Darkening – are superb.

      • dr_dave

        Member
        August 2, 2021 at 10:04 pm

        My introduction to the Northumbrian pipes was c. 1980 – either Ged Foley playing with Battlefield Band or Grit playing with Stan Rogers. I honestly can’t remember which was my first experience, as they happened around the same time. I also got to see Ged later on a number of occasions when The House Band played at our local haunt, Godfrey Daniels.

        That is such an expressive instrument. I have seen a few YouTubes of Kathryn, and she plays them wonderfully!

  • Moonhare

    Member
    August 2, 2021 at 2:17 pm

    Thanks @andy_e @Sands @cadgirl and @AI.E – it has been a great experience. also some interesting info from @dr_dave on the cutout in his comment above.

    • Sands

      Member
      August 3, 2021 at 7:42 am

      Thanks for the call out! I will be checking out the info from Dr. Dave. Good info!! Much appreciation!!

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