[Bill_Brown]

Well done @Marty69 👏👏👏 Excellent pickin’🤩 I miss the hat (lol)🤔

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Happy 2nd TACiversary @Al.E 👏🎂👏 I wish you many more👍👍

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Nice work @Jonathandavid 👍👍 Simple and sweet🎼 I enjoyed listening🤩

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Nice work with that improv @CamCan 👏👏👏 That was good stuff👍👍

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That’s awesome @stevieblues 👏👏👏 Keep that streak going, I’m pulling for you!👍

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @Joemama , happy NGD🎼🤩🎼 Sounds like you have things the way you want. I’ve always been told that the “rule of thumb” is 3/32″ from the top of the 12th fret to the bottom of the strings. That works out to 0.09375 inches digitally, or 93.75 thousandths of an inch – I have no idea what that converts to millimeters.

Enjoy😎

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Love it @Moonhare 👏👏👏😱 That was an awesome performance👍🤩👍 Great playing with such clever and witty lyrics🤣 had me laughing and tapping my feet at the same time😎 Would you care to share the lyrics🤔 I’d love to play that for my wife🎼 Thank you Darren for the time and effort to post, I “Really Truly” enjoyed listening👍

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Wonderful flat pickin’ @BethL 👏🤩👏 Excellent writing too👍👍 I enjoyed listening Beth, thank you for taking the time to post😎

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Hi @Donnie_1020 , I believe you need to look at “nut width” to find a guitar that suits you. You definitely want to look at ones below 1.69″ (1 11/16″) width – the narrower the better, perhaps for you. Then you’ll also want to pay attention to the “neck profile” too.

My 2 cents about a guitar model might be counter to everyone else, but have you thought about an electric? The Fender Squire models are inexpensive and are made for smaller hands – just my 2 cents😱

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Glorious rendition @Marisa 👏👏👏 “Really Truly” fabulous vocals and playing👍👍 The acoustics in your new music room are working well🤩

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Great work @RudyB 👍🤩👍 I wonder if it has more to do with your understanding of scales, as opposed to this scale being easy🤔? Progress shows up in many forms😱 Congrats on your small win😎

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That was really nice @KevinZ 😎👏👏 I’d not heard that one before, but I think your picking pattern sounded awesome🤩, particularly in the break portion of the song. I believe you set a goal and achieved it👍👍 Some days are diamonds!

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Great improv @charlie_d 👏🤩👏 I like how you opened with a Howlin’ Wolf lick – quite appropriate with your background lighting🤔 – made me feel like I was in a pre-covid time at a night club, having some drinks and listening to some blues while chatting with friends👍👍 Great work Charlie, thank you for taking the time to set this up and post for us – very enjoyable😎

[Bill_Brown]

Yes @Joemama , I had to download the photo to view it, but it only showed the strings and bridge, not the fretboard. From that photo, I can see the spacing between the strings looks excellent. What I’m referring to the height of all the strings above the 12th fret. I use a 6 inch metal machinists rule that is graduated in 1/64ths of an inch to check my guitar’s action. You could also use a dial caliper for an exact number, if you have one. The target is 3/32nds of an inch between the top of the fret and the bottom of each string. You can be slightly higher (or a lot higher if you use the guitar exclusively for bottle neck playing), but lower could cause the vibrating string(s) to hit another fret(s) and create that dreaded buzzing noise.

Hope this helps clarify what I said earlier👍

[Bill_Brown]

Thank you @Moonhare 👍👍