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Tom Margulies

 

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Oregon, USA
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 8:41 am    
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I keep snagging my earing on the strings...especially trying to play lobe harmonics.
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Tom Snook

 

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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 10:45 am    
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I was having trouble with my G string......................
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 10:55 am    
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...just keep your nose to the grindstone.
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Ken Campbell

 

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Ferndale, Montana
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 1:21 pm    
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I slipped on the elbow grease.....
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 2:18 pm    
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I lost my keys....all twelve of 'em.
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Paul Arntson


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Washington, USA
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 3:49 pm    
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I have trouble coordinating my bar ear and my picking ear...
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 6:26 pm    
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Why use a bar at all? It's so much cheaper to drink at home..
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Edward Meisse

 

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Santa Rosa, California, USA
Post  Posted 17 May 2014 6:44 pm    
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This belongs in humor, eh?
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Frank Welsh

 

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Upstate New York, USA
Post  Posted 18 May 2014 3:49 am    
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You shouldn't play until you've studied string theory.
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Don McGregor

 

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Memphis, Tennessee
Post  Posted 18 May 2014 4:41 am    
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Sometimes, I fall asleep, and mute with my face.
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Ronald Sikes


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Corsicana, Tx
Post  Posted 18 May 2014 5:31 am    
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I play by ear , although sometimes I find it really piercing. Very Happy
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Sam White R.I.P.

 

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Coventry, RI 02816
Post  Posted 18 May 2014 6:34 am    
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I tryed to play with tab but I like the ears.Now they are starting to get long and if I'm not careful they will be hitting the Strings.I will then be in big trouble.
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 18 May 2014 10:04 am    
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Some people are better equipped to play by ear.


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Tom Margulies

 

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Oregon, USA
Post  Posted 18 May 2014 10:42 am    
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Maybe that's why my skills wax and wane.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 18 May 2014 11:08 am    
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I hear ya.
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 18 May 2014 11:37 am    
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What?
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Jason Putnam


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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 19 May 2014 8:14 am    
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If I could just figure out how the three picks go on.
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Gary C. Dygert

 

From:
Frankfort, NY, USA
Post  Posted 27 May 2014 12:05 pm    
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I think the picks have something to do with your nose.
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Steve Hamill

 

From:
California, USA
Post  Posted 27 May 2014 3:37 pm     How bout this duo?
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The Earverly Brothers

Doug Beaumier wrote:
Some people are better equipped to play by ear.

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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 27 May 2014 7:38 pm    
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You guys are way too funny.


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