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You are an inspiration! It came out very well and just plain awesome. Gives me a push to try something unique myself. Good job.

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@Loraine ! Great job
on finger picking. You did a great job
and all those picks flowed together.

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Good job with starting off the Christmas spirit for me!!

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I have never heard of the song before and had to google it. It’s beautiful and I also want to learn how to play this song now (with dry eyes if possible). You are just thinking too hard about playing. It takes a while to get your fingers conditioned and not hurt. It’s natural for the blisters and pain. If it was easy, everyone would be a guitar player. I think everyone gave good advice. Practice everyday to get those fingers conditioned. Good luck with your journey. I am sure I am speaking for everyone that we would love to hear you play this song. 🙂

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I have a Martin d-28. I thought the same thing, with plenty of practice reaching the strings will be second nature to me. Ha! My fingers never grew longer to adjust to the guitar and it’s still a pain to use. Just keep in mind It’s a combination of things. The width of the neck is one and the shape of the neck is another (I’m sure there are more). I tried out a Resonator guitar, the nut width was a good size but the shape of the neck made it impossible for me to fret! I go to a guitar store that has a return policy of 45 days. In 45 days I should know if it’s a comfortable guitar to use. I have 5 guitars. My Taylor GS mini (3/4 size) and Cordoba 1/2 size are my absolute favorites and a fraction of the cost of my Martin.

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Good luck David, I hope all goes well with your guitar journey. I started in Feb of 2021, and I was sold on the the connection of everyone. It changed a lot after the upgrade. I still look forward to the comments of people on the site but it has lost a lot of the spark.

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I agree with you @Loraine. Those spaces between the frets get smaller as you go down the neck. You might think you are holding down a string and actually are on top of one of the metal frets instead.

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I have to agree with everyone . It’s just a quick exercises. For a blues run or a tribute / tribulet (?). I found them beneficial when I start learning a new song, and it has something in it that I remember from a challenge. I would recommend saving the challenges to a folder on your computer and naming them something you can search for. Tony makes up a lot of names for his challenges that have nothing to do with what the challenge was, so they are hard to find. Todays challenge is ‘Triple Threat’. rename it to ‘Triple threat – blues shuffle’. Then you can do a search and pull up all those challenges that have a blues riff. Just a suggestion.

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@Moonhare , here it is. Guitar stretches . Thanks @Davefive for all the work you put into it.

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I found it @Moonhare! It’s nice to have it taped to your playing area so you can do a couple of quick exercises. I believe this came from @davefive. He didn’t want to have it shared outside the group. So just for the TAC family. He did a great job on it.

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Just found the glue I used It’s Gorilla Wood Glue, so I hopefully won’t have a problem.

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You are correct, I should have used a wood glue. I just read that ‘titebond, is a very good glue.

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Ha ha ha…. We are on vacation and will be back home in a couple days. The glue will have dried by then. I’m hoping it works also. But, gluing and clamping was pretty easy so if it pulls up again. Soon, we’ll know soon.

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I haven’t put the strings back on yet, so we will see. I’m afraid that I didn’t get enough glue between the pieces and it will pull up again. Mine wasn’t pulled completely off so that was a big help. Everything was still lined up perfectly. I used Gorilla Glue and watched a couple of YouTube’s and bought the equipment they used. Ha ha ha… I’m a retired Product Designer so I understand the frustration when something doesn’t go together the way it should. Did you toss the guitar out? If not , clean it off and try again.

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Thanks, it is an rewarding experience. At the very least when the Luthier goes into a song and dance about the difficulties of the fix, I’ll know what he is talking about. I would have never tried this on my more expensive guitars. But…. We are on vacation right now , so I have a Washburn Rover travel guitar with me. It seems there is a little too much distance between the fretboard and the strings. Might be a new project in the future.