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  • Compliment while shopping for a new guitar

    Posted by Cadgirl on May 9, 2021 at 7:22 am

    My son and I went shopping for another guitar yesterday. After the sales person unlocked the Taylor GS for me. I sat down and started picking, lots of buzzing strings, wrong notes and then it all started to come together for me and started playing Alice Restaurant (one of the only songs I can pick without sheet music). My son turns to me and says “Wow once you get going, you play really well”. He is the first person I had ever played in front of and really made me feel good to hear the compliment.

    Cadgirl replied 3 years, 8 months ago 17 Members · 31 Replies
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  • JohnV

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 7:50 am

    That is awesome! Especially when a comment doesn’t come from a salesperson trying to sell you a guitar. It shows true recognition for your efforts. Keep it going!

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 9, 2021 at 10:10 am

      Your right. I feel much more confident about my playing now.

  • dr_dave

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 8:50 am

    Hey, that’s a great that your son shared that. It’s a real nice touch on Mother’s Day weekend .Happy Mother’s Day. It doesn’t sound like you took the plunge on the guitar, though. Still shopping?

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 9, 2021 at 10:08 am

      I just got back from the music store. I wanted to think it over if I wanted to trade in my Cordoba or not. Decided to keep in and ordered a new Taylor GS Mini – Rosewood. It will take 3 to 5 days for it to come in. Super geeked. Now…. I’ll have a full size, 3/4 size, 1/2 size and 1/4 size. It a family of guitars 🙂 Your right great for a Mother’s Day Weekend.

      • CharlesB

        Member
        May 20, 2021 at 6:58 pm

        Nice! Does your son play?

      • Cadgirl

        Member
        May 21, 2021 at 2:01 pm

        No, @Charles B ,my son doesn’t play. I asked him if he wanted to learn and he told me his dad tried to show him numerous times and he just isn’t getting it. He’s a lefty which doesn’t help. I might take my classical and restring it for a lefty and see if that helps? Of course…. I would be without my practice guitar then.

  • AttyTJ

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 9:29 am

    👍👍👍

  • Michelle-PSL

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 10:00 am

    WooHoo @Cadgirl ! That’s great! Like @dr_dave said – great gift for your Mother’s Day!

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 9, 2021 at 10:12 am

      Yep, a great Mother’s Day gift to myself! I had to order it (Taylor GS mini – rosewood) because it seems all the music stores near me are out of the acoustic. But, it should be in by the end of next week.

  • Terry6422000

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 11:21 am

    Happy Mothers Day…and what a great compliment!

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 11, 2021 at 5:18 am

      Now that I have 4 guitars there isn’t any reason why I can’t get together at least one song to post. 🙂

  • markvguitar

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    very nice! 🙂

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 11, 2021 at 5:19 am

      Thanks, My GS-mini comes tomorrow (or should come tomorrow) can’t wait!

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 11, 2021 at 5:21 am

      Thanks, now I have to find a place to hang another guitar.

  • Sharon_T

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    That is awesome.. a testament to your growing skills. Sounds like you are building quite the guitarsenal.

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 10, 2021 at 1:53 pm

      Thanks, I was beaming when he said that I sounded good! I was going to trade in my Cordoba but it works so well if I’m playing a long time. Those nylon strings are so easy on the finger tips. Well, at least easier. Now 4 guitars. I never thought I would do such a thing.

  • campfire

    Member
    May 9, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    What a wonderful Mother’s Day gift!

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 11, 2021 at 5:20 am

      I never thought of it being a Mother’s Day gift. You are absolutely right!

  • David_Leo

    Member
    May 10, 2021 at 3:45 am

    So now “You can get anything you want”. Congrats

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 11, 2021 at 5:17 am

      I’ll be happy with the 4 guitars I have now. What’s nice about having all the different sizes is if someone is over to my house they can get a feel of what a smaller guitar feels like. I never would have thought anything about sizing down till Tony was talking about the GS mini on his Tuesday Acoustic shows.

    • sdr73

      Member
      May 20, 2021 at 6:32 pm

      That was funny and clever

  • Loraine

    Member
    May 10, 2021 at 11:32 am

    What a very cool win @Cadgirl . Family are the most challenging and important audience, and when they finally acknowledge our progress it is like being on cloud nine. Keep up the great work!!

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 11, 2021 at 5:15 am

      I never play in front of anyone. My son was my first live audience. I can’t believe how much his comment built my confidence up.

  • wilchappell

    Member
    May 20, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    This post made me smile a lot. 😃

    Sounds like you are a guitar player to me.

    I hope to get there one day. – Wil

    • Cadgirl

      Member
      May 21, 2021 at 2:04 pm

      It’s tough just doing the daily challenges sometimes. You’ll get there.

  • N-lightMike

    Member
    May 20, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    This is a wonderful thing @Cadgirl. And it shows all of us that we should stop worrying that others will judge us harshly if we play in front of them.

    MG 😀

    • the-old-coach

      Member
      May 20, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      Mike- but what if I play harshly?😃

      Sorry- I took a smart-aleck pill this morning– couldn’t pass it up!

      MJ

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  • Moonhare

    Member
    May 20, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    To be honest anyone brave enough to play anything in a guitar shop gets two thumbs up from me! 👍👍 Just a lovely small win to hear about. Onwards and upwards @Cadgirl!

    • the-old-coach

      Member
      May 21, 2021 at 9:28 am

      Yeah– talk about a “tough crowd”! Tried it…… once….. walked out way humbled…….

      • Cadgirl

        Member
        May 21, 2021 at 2:08 pm

        @Moonhare and @Mark ,I actually feel I’m getting somewhere now. I have a song I’m to learn for my 90 day goal. I think that will be sometime early July. I can play it, slowing down in a lot of spots , but maybe, just maybe I’ll be able to post a song.,

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