Guitargeezer
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Ask your Physical Therapist if you can start some of the “Stretching to Play” exercises Tony details in the skills section. I developed my own outline summary of each (I will send you as a message if you ask me to) but @davefive did a wonder pictorial of it: https://bit.ly/tac-tonys-daily-stretches-pdf that can be downloaded. I look at it each day before I stretch (had to laminate it since used so much).
With the physical restrictions it would be a great time to exercise mentally by going through the skills courses that interest you for the knowledge they provide even without holding a guitar. Have a successful and speedy recovery @Janet C !!
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Enjoyed hearing your rendition. Very mellow!
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Good for you @johnny67 ! Good for us junior TACers to know we could have such success in the future with persistence and practice, practice, practice
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Another nicely done tune, enjoyed it Omar. Excellent picking technique with the long version!
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Hello @Michelle-PSL – Yes, Larrivee OM’s have been recommended to me. Will have to try them. Looking forward to seeing and hearing you play your new CEO-7 on Play For Us! I am sure that guitar will be a dream come true!
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The whole process of recording and posting a video should get easier with your next one. Took me forever to get the video recording on my I-Phone to transfer correctly to my computer, until I used airdrop. Let’s hear another from you @Whibs . Hope you will be able to join in for the October 6 live TAC party!
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Thanks Ron-N for the follow up. I am a OM-sized guy myself. At some point I would like to have a Zager, likely the 900ce-R OM. There is clearly a 50% mark up from manufacture to retail outlets on the cherished brands. From comments like yours and the many positive ones in reviews about Zager (negative ones are very rare), the Zager shines bright with the quality and playability features. I’ve gotten a lot of useful responses from my recent post under the Community Support Forum under my heading “Looking to Add to Arsenal” posted September 10, 2021. Regardless, it is nice to have a wish list of guitars to dream about!
By the way how are your barre chords and those B shapes going for you? They are a challenge for me but I keep trying.
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Thank you Kristin1. Both how it feels and how it sounds will be important attributes.
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I thank you again for enlightening me. Have to see how that neck fits in my small hand. There is an awesome non-chain guitar shop in Charlotte, NC that likely has it or can get one.
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Thanks for your comments Mike. Years ago I bought a Boss Looper for my daughter (my son in law uses it now). There is a used but “like new” Boss amp I am looking at for about one hundred less than usual cost. Early Christmas? If I get it I will let you know if it lives up to the hype. Jack
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Keeping several in there makes for a nice shaker instrument too! I figured the retrieval technique out but find it interesting there are actual instructions available online for various methods of removal. Thanks @SoCal_Ian for your comments.
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Wow! Real-Vic-G – your response is just what I needed. I actually got the Gibson and Martin models listed as suggestions from my son in law who is a very accomplished guitarist. I told him it was time for me to look beyond Taylor for an instrument in the $1600 price range. He has an impressive guitar arsenal and we go to guitar shops to try various brands and types (much to our wives’ dismay). You may have seen a fellow TACer thinks highly of the Martin CEO-7 as worth considering (is $1000 more). I figure whatever I get I will enjoy until passing it on to my grandsons so do want a quality instrument. Watching the many Zager videos I get it they don’t use vendors so they have the nice features at my original price point (discount offers periodically) and reported easier playability for those us with older hands. Very much appreciate your thoughts. Very helpful. Thank you!
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T<i class=””>hank you! This is the 1.0 version. Over time my goal is to revisit and upgrade to a 2.0 using additional TAC instruction of new techniques. Just starting to incorporate riffs.
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Watched Tony’s Acoustic Letter review from 7 years ago for the Martin CEO-7. That guitar looked and sounded great in Tony’s hands. It is $1000 more than what I budgeted. Just might need to stretch the bank account when I find one to try then run fast when my wife finds out. Thank you for the recommendation @Marty69 !
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Thanks Bill for the advice. I experienced that “this is it” sensation when I first played my Taylor 414ce-r at a guitar store. I am sure I will discover another guitar that sounds and feels right for me (regardless of brand). There’s a special one out there somewhere to adopt into my family. Jack