ChuckS
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There was a week of Drop D exercises back in June culminating with the Friday “Father & Son Reunion”, but it was not wrapped around a song or artist.
Like others mentioned, “She Talks to Angels” theme week was in Open D or slap a Capo on the 2nd fret to make it Open E where the song is actually played.
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You could always take your old Fender in for a setup adjustment and that should fix the buzzing. Also, assume it is in a humidity controlled environment as this can and will have an effect and could cause the buzzing.
I have no experience with the Zager guitars, but you may also want to check out the older Seagull S6 models ( I see someone else mentioned Seagull S6 – great guitars for the price). I just sold a Seagull S6 because it had a 1.8″ nut width which was just too much for my short fingers to bite off. The person who bought it had just the opposite problem of larger hands.
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Real nice job there @Philb. You nailed it – sounds real good
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@KayMesser That is really good after only 1 year on TAC!! Great job. I have been struggling with Blackbird (lots of different approaches for this one floating around on YouTube) for some time now and just have to keep at it.-
What impresses me about your playing at this point is the clarity and smoothness of your chord transitions – really good for only being on board for 1 year.
Enjoy
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Here is a Martin site where you can enter your Martin Guitar serial # and it will give you the year. It also has all kinds of other great info wrt specs, etc. on Martin guitars.
http://martinrep.com/serial.html
So, I entered your serial # and it came up as 1928 which we know is wrong as they didn’t start making the D-41 until 1969. So, the serial # is legit, but it does not belong to this guitar, or some part of the Serial # is missing. It all sounds quite suspect.
Just for fun I entered the serial #s for my D-35 and D-16 and the years were spot on.
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Suggest you contact Martin directly and ask them if this is legit
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Nice job – smooth transitions
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Nice job. Sounded great
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Great job @Marisa Old Neil has a ton of really good acoustic stuff to chose from, this being one of them. You nailed it! Enjoy
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Wow! – That is really good there @Moonshare. Sounded great – smooth and clean with no miss steps (at least none that I could discern🙂). Was not really familiar with this tune, but it will now be added to my list of songs to learn thanks to your great performance.
Just 2 years into TAC? Looks like your were probably well on your way prior to TAC.
Great job.
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Welcome to TAC @Stryder. As most said already, 30 days is a good place to start. A word of caution though, don’t get frustrated if you can’t seem to do all the 30 day stuff. It is just a start. I have jokingly posted before that Tony should change the name to that to something like 90 Days to play😀
I have been hard at TAC for 3 years. I have not looked at the 30 day thing in a while, but my guess is there are probably still things in there that I can’t do seamlessly.
Enjoy the ney.
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In my opinion nut width does indeed make a difference. All my guitars are 1 11/16” nut widths with once exception. I have a Seagull S-6 that with a 1.8” nut width. That is a bit too much to bite off for my rather short fingers, thus it is up for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
So, the difference between 1 11/16” and 1 ¾” is only 1/16 of an inch. If you amortize that across 6 strings (5 spaces between the six strings) that shakes out to a difference of only .0125” between the strings. Hardly even measurable, but if you have bigger fingers, it may still make a difference.
I also think that you must look at the neck design (e.g. – standard C shape, modified low oval, V neck, et.) coupled with the nut width as the two together make a difference.
At the end of the day, you just have to try each one out for yourself and see what you think.
Oh, I also have a 12 String and there the wider nut width is painfully obvious as soon as you give it a try, but that is a different animal.
Hope this helps.😀
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Wow, that was really nice.
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@Maydog – I have a question wrt those “in-the-sound-hole” guitar humidifires that I have never received an answer on, so perhaps you can weigh in – When using an “in-the-sound-hole”guitar humidifier, do you need to keep the guitar/case laying flat vice the normal standing on its side.
@Deirdre, I use a Vornado EVAP40 Room humidifier and it works very well with all the guitars hanging on the wall. Holds 4 gallons which is nice. When I am going to be away for more than a day or two, all the guitars go in the case with an in-the-sound-hole humidifier.
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Good luck @Kitman. Always looked at you as one of the foundational go to guys here for insight, etc. Hope you return someday.
I started here in May 2020 as well, and subsequently signed on as a lifer. I am also exploring other venues that have a different focus and add to my guitar journey, but I look at TAC as the keystone place that enables me to explore the others, and so will continue using TAC daily as the start for everything else
Enjoy