LOL, very true and well said, Duke.

My current way of playing is to give each of them a week, so they don't get lonely, and I don't forget how cool they all are.

Well Bruce, As BB King said. You can only play one at a time! Duke

I'm thinning down - like DaddyRay says, the right guitar for the material. Also trying, finally, to become a better guitar player (thanks for the inspiration, Duke, and that Zephyr Regent!) and not hide behind the GAS as a way to rationalize my playing level.

However, in this golden age of boo-teek pickup winders and titanium bridge saddle makers, it's easy for me to get lost in the "trees" and forget you can play the blues with any old (or new) guitar.

Having a wife that gives me the Sicilian Look when I come into the house with a new acquisition helps keep the herd thin too. :-)

Hello & Thanks ,

I would like to learn "Pops Staples" style guitar .

It is a minimalist style and I like it a lot .

Here are three songs that I especially like:

    StapleSingers-Uncloudy Day   youtube.com/watch?v=i7V7OMw7tg8 

    StapleSingers-Wade In The Water  youtube.com/watch?v=_g4sDSpW9Uc  

    StapleSingers-Will the Circle Be Unbroken  youtube.com/watch?v=1UagEgEp2ok 

Is there someone out there who teaches this .  

Thanks..Vernon

Mike, my daughter is smiling with pride over your complimentary comment.  (Thank you). I play steel on Mele Kalikimaka only...never did it before.  The volume pedal became my best friend for covering poor technique.  And my sons are on upright bass and uke.  I'm using a Martin acoustic and palm muting just for rhythm, the 3rd song is the Gretsch. Thanks for making the link "clickable"  I couldn't figure out how to do that on the site.  Wishing everyone a guitar-filled new year!

Thanks Larry. Merry Christmas.

Hi Steve --- that's awesome!!  I like the upright bass / ukelele combo on the first video.  

Is that you on pedal steel for the second tune?  It's very cool.  Has a great feel. 

Who's singing with you on that tune?  She has a great voice.  Thanks for sharing.

Here is a great concert featuring the "Honored to Have You School Me" dude...

If imbed code doesn't work, here is the direct link....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ltLHsD_A9I4

Hi Boyd --- good question.  

For existing members, we refund the remaining money on your current subscription if it is over $5.00.

If i was to sign up now would this would add on to my membership. 

Merry Christmas to my friends on SonicJunction!

Here's our personal Christmas card (via the link below) I thought I would share with my fellow guitar junkies.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

http://www.marinakchristmas.com 

@Maurizio -- Thaks for the suggestion. I will try and learn the Fishing tune and add it in the future.  All the best.

Greetings Maurizio - Try starting with  Catfish Blues and then Everybody Got to Change Sometime.  These are both simple blues songs in common keys.  Welcome!

That's a good one Michael! Duke 

How about "I'll Always Be In Love With You?"

Thanks, Robert. Hope you get a lot out of these lessons!

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What do you guys think of all the different price points these days?

People speak so highly of cheaper guitars - Korean, Mexican... Japanese isn't so cheap nowadays! Then you've got the USA made ones. Then you've got a whole other breed of $5000+ guitars! Masterbuilt Fenders, Custom Shop Gibsons, guitars from people like John Suhr. It's hard to imagine that the guitars made back in the 50's/60's would have had as much consistency as even the current Mexican Fenders for example.

What do you think - do you get what you pay for? Or is it just the case that a market exists for very high end guitars just because some people have the money and want to spend it?

My own experience is... I got really in to Japanese guitars for a long time, and they were good value for money. Now not so much as the old ones are going for such high prices! I've had 2 relatively high end Korean guitars (a Peerless and an Ibanez) but I wasn't crazy about them - they felt a bit "dead" to me. But then I don't know how much of this is in the mind! I have a friend who recently got a Suhr and it's stunning, plays and sounds amazing.

Hey Duke!

I feel a little hesitant to ask for some reason but I've got to know more about your playing with Bob Dylan. I searched the forums assuming somebody may have grilled you on this already but apparently not! Unless of course there is a rule somewhere forbidding the question... :P

I am a huge Dylan fan - having seen him every time he's visited the UK since the mid 90s, I expect that I have had the privilage of enjoying your playing live too! And Time Out Of Mind is just a sensational album, full of such sweet guitar tones and layers.

Can you tell me/us about it? How did you get the gig? What was it like doing the album and touring with Bob and the band? What's the process like for the new arrangements of old songs?

I'd love to know more, to me that would surely be the dream gig.

Thanks dude!

Joe

Hey Duke!

I'm looking forward to at some point particularly enjoying lessons on your rockabilly style and Charlie Christian as discussed elsewhere but there's another thing I thought I'd throw into the mix - Louis Jordan. He's got such great songs with fantastic horn parts... I'd love to see how you'd arrange one of his classics onto the guitar :)

Many thanks for the wonderful lessons.

Jerry,

My wife gave me an early Xmas gift and I'm touched to be able to learn from you.

We talked briefly a few years ago at the Double Door in Charlotte,NC.

You stunned me with your rendition of Misty.

Someday I may snatch the pebble from your hand.

Smokin' Rob Dayton

Hello Jerry, It will be nice to read about you experiences and how you learned the harmonica....

best regarsd,

Preston.

Hey Robert,

I actually started a book a while back but have stalled and need to get back to it.

Hi Tim, We'll do one of each. Duke

Charlie Christian -> blues and/or rhythm changes I'm looking forward to that lesson(s).

Thanks Duke!