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KayMesser,
100 sessions is great!!!! 👏
That’s great to hear.
Ten minutes is better than not at all. The fun part is when you start working on something and get so in to it, that you suddenly realize it’s been 30, 45, or even 60 minutes.
When you get around to it, Fretboard Wizard will shed a lot of light on your journey, too.
Keep up the great work!!
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Good job, Ash1969!! 👏
I was hit and miss when I first started the Daily’s. I’m more consistent now, but still bounce around on occasion.
Keep up the good work!!
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Thank you all.
Realizing that you have made progress is a good feeling. FBW lit a couple of light bulbs, too.
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Sweet, stevieblues!!
That is awesome! 👏
Keep up the great streak.
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I agree with you, Dave. The trip-e-lettes we learned this week were a lot of fun. And, yes, it actually makes us sound like we can play. That’s what I like about this journey.
Play on!!
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Thanks Bill & Marty.
I appreciate the congrats and well wishes.
Off on another year’s journey.
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Thanks, Kitman & albert,
I have enjoyed it and look forward to learning more. Sometimes I feel like I should know more by now, but I guess I’m still just a kid at heart ie. I want it now! 🙂
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I guess I didn’t really do what I was supposed to do, my journey…….
First off, it’s my TACiversary, not anniversary. I don’t follow directions well.
I started from scratch last October with a brand new guitar and no direction. I started looking around online for instruction and after reading/listening to a lot of hot air, I came across Tony’s video. He seemed genuine enough and it sounded like offered a lot of different types of instruction, so here I am. The fact that he wears hockey sweaters didn’t hurt. I knew he had good taste if he follows hockey. 😉
I didn’t think I would be interested in finger picking, but I like it. I’m not good at it………yet, but I like it.
I never thought I would get some of the basic chords without forever muting other strings, but I’m not doing too bad. Still not perfect but getting much better.
I watched a couple of the Daily Challenges and didn’t think I’d ever be able to learn anything like that! I was wrong. Most of my Favorites are from Daily Challenges. There are so many that I don’t remember most of them, but there is one that I always finger pick when looking at a new guitar.
Looking at a new guitar is another thing. I wish Tony would give me some kind of a “refund” towards all of the guitars I’ve purchased or built in the last year. Tony, my good sir, you’ve created a monster. I now have more guitars than a long time friend of mine owns and he’s been playing for 45+ years. 😬
Anyway, I got distracted from TAC for a couple of months, took some in person lessons to help me with a few issues and questions I was having. However, the cost of that was not something that I wanted to keep up for very long. Yikes!
So, I’m back. Went through Foundations of Fretboard Navigation again. Now I’m going through Fretboard Wizard again. I went through part of it earlier but got away from it. I wanted to learn how to play, but now I realize how important the theory part of this game really is and how much it can help. So, I started the Wizard from the beginning and taking my time to absorb it as best as I can. This fretboard business is actually starting to make some sense.
I know I’ve learned more than I think I have over this past year, but I want to learn a lot more this year. I know I can do it.
Something I did learn recently that makes me very happy because I always liked the song, and bought the CD because of it. I learned the finger picking (that I wasn’t interested in learning) of the song Silent Lucidity.
OK. Enough rambling. Thanks again to all of you that have encouraged me and have helped me stick it out.
Year two. And so it begins.
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Good for you, Geni.
I understand. Some things just can’t be replaced. Glad it worked out for you.
Keep on pickin’. 😉
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Thanks for the replies. I understand, Phil. I just started this past October and I’ll be 65 in June. Not old, but not as nimble as I used to be. 😉
Just finished today’s challenge and I finally started messing with the speed. I usually don’t because I’m just happy to get the challenge down pretty well. I made it up to 2x speed this time. Sometimes a little choppy but I’m happy with what I managed. Woo hoo!!
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OK, Mike. Here it is.
The total is 24 plus 2 that I built from bodies, necks, pickups, etc I purchased separately, AND I have 2 kits that will eventually get stained, sprayed, buffed, & built for a total of 28.
Hmm. I wonder if I have enough, yet. 😆
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I honestly don’t know the exact number at this point, Mike.
I know it’s over 20 now. I recently contacted my insurance people to ask about a rider on my homeowners policy. I need to make them a list with serial numbers and cost/value. After I get the list made, I’ll give you an updated number.
Tony did my guitarsenal a several months back, but I think that was only 3 or 4 guitars. I’ll have to take some new pics and write up a description. When Tony does it, I hope he has some water with him cuz his mouth is gonna get awful dry talking about them. 😄
Have a great weekend.
Randy
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$599. I didn’t think it was bad considering 3 years of annual would cost you that.
The thing that threw me is, to sign up for it, you have to sign up like you don’t have an account. Fill out the information (you can use your current sign on, password, etc) then click Lifetime instead of Annual. If you paid for Fretboard Wizard when you originally signed up, you don’t have to pay for it again. Just skip past it when signing up for Lifetime.
I kept signing in and looking for a renewal or upgrade link. There isn’t one.
Hope this helps. If you have issues, email customer support. They were very helpful and got back to me quickly.
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Thanks, Chuck.
I appreciate it.
Randy
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Oh, Mike.
The divorce was over 20 years ago. I just like to revel in the little perks of being single. 😀
But, there is a certain satisfaction to building your own.
Thanks for the reply.
Randy