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Thank you. I have posted this tune before, but I am thinning the herd right now. this guitar sold in less than an hour. I probably underpriced it. With any luck, My Vikings will see your Chiefs in the SuperBowl. The Eagles, Packers, Rams and Lions all need to play along for us. Too may good teams in the NFC. Merry Christmas and Happy new Year!

@@fingerpickerguy Merry Christmas. Dont tell my friends but Im ok letting the Vikings win. Kc has won a lot! Several good teams so it will be a great playoffs. No surprise you sold that guitar. It sounded beautiful. All the best

I was hoping that you are still out there. Hope you are doing well. I will go looking to see what I missed from your posts today to check out what you have been up to, always good stuff. I have this fall event that I am a part of every year, bands for the brave in Stillwater, MN, that takes me away from my acoustic. So, I go dormant every summer while I prepare for that with what time I have available. Oh yes! The Vikings are on fire. I won't jinx it by thinking that far ahead. As soon as we started to play well last year, we lost our QB and some key defensive players in our secondary and that basically ended our year. But, I feel great about the Vikings. Really deep on defense this year and tons of talent on offense. But, just like last year, if we lose our QB to injury, it is over. What is even more exciting is that from what I saw at training camp, JJ McCarthy will be even better than Darnold. We will have a cheap QB contract for 3 more years. We can load up on talent around JJ for the next three years and see if we can't get past your pesky Chiefs just one time.

@@fingerpickerguy I formed a blues band back in spring so I have shifted my playing style. Having a lot of fun . WE have around 30 songs. Most covers but a few I made up. Fun to play with a harmonica player/ singer. Gonna be another exciting NFL season. I'm ok with Vikings doing well. I grew up north of you. Keep picking!

Sorry. I replied with my phone, but it didn't stick for whatever reason. Firstly, thanks for watching and commenting. Secondly, it is an Emerald X10. I really like it. It is very ergonomic, impervious to humidity changes and plays like a dream. It took a minute to get used to, but once I did, it became one of my favorites quickly.

I was on the west coast earlier in the week; San Diego. It was beautiful. Thank you. No bad days where there is sunshine and ocean. have a great day.

@@fingerpickerguy If you ever make it up to Victoria Canada, come by for supper ,beer and some guitar playing!

@@GuitarguyRichard56 - Sounds like a good plan. Can't say that I have been up that way before, but my job takes me many places so it is possible. Likewise, if you make it to Minnesota for any reason.

@@fingerpickerguy Its very beautiful here in the summer! Ive been to Minnesota when I was young because I grew up in southern Manitoba on the border with Ontario Canada. Cheers

Sorry to wake you up! :) Thank you so much for listening and taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it. Hopefully this comment isn't similarly timed. Have a great day.

Thank you! Very kind of you to take the time to watch and comment.

Agreed. Helped me discover the blues. I just wanted to see Steve Vai at the time. Win win. I love that movie.

@@fingerpickerguySteve Vai. I was obsessed with him and shred guitar for many years! "O Brother where Art thou" is a great music movie as well

Here is an example: ruclips.net/video/TwwFhrL9Fqs/видео.htmlsi=snu6V1aX5k4hitSc

@@fingerpickerguy Well that explains where you get your style from. I can see the influence. Great player. Thanks

It is all carbon Fiber. Doesn't care at all about our winters.

Thanks, Nephew (assuming that you are keeping your name private). Your channel is doing great. Good job!

Thank you, Joe. Much appreciated.

Thanks Richard. Yeah. It was a good game. I know you are a Chiefs fan. Good time to be one of those. Someday, before I die, hopefully the Vikings will go on a run like the Chiefs have. One can only dream. If they do, my life will be complete.

Thank you! It probably looks more complicated than it is. I use a lot of chord fragments so it may simply be that my fingers aren't in recognizable shapes, though the sounds are recognizable. I do like to alter them a bit here and there. Love playing notes outside the scale and resolving them to a chord tone. The jazzer in me. This is the second newish guitar that I didn't vibe with the first time I played it. It was being sold locally here by a guy who switched to a Taylor. I checked it out, liked it, but didn't love it. So, I left without buying it. Turns out, I forgot my airpods at his house. He told me that he would reduce the price if I came back, picked them up and bought the guitar. I went back with a proper acoustic amp to listen to it plugged in. That made the difference. If you get the chance to play an Emerald, I recommend it. It is one of two carbon fiber guitars that I have. I have a CA Cargo that I travel with as well. I have had a rainsong in the past, but I didn't like it. The other newish guitar was a Bedell Bellisimo parlor guitar. OMG. I love that little thing.

@@fingerpickerguy Hard for me to find many guitars because Im a lefty.

Thanks. I don't usually do so many arpeggios during breaks, but seriously, this guitar kinda plays itself. Still getting to know it, but the reduced friction makes me do things I normally just do when playing an electric. Thanks for listening. :)

I was playing basketball and lost a fight for a loose ball to a dude a good bit bigger and stronger than me. I did whoop his butt in the game though. So, there is that. ;)

Hope you are having as tame of a winter as we are having. I don't get up that way very often. beautiful country.

Thanks, Richard. I really appreciate that. The cabinet was made by Joel Sahlstrom who also made several of my guitars. As for the runs, I played electric guitar first so I can't help myself. ;)

Thanks Richard. That was a rough 6 weeks! hard to play a guitar without an index finger, but I had to do something. You know how it is.

Thank you, Richard. Greatly appreciate your support.

Thank you!!!

Thank you for listening, Richard. Great stuff you are posting.

@@fingerpickerguy thanks Chris. Definitely great to connect with fellow guitar lovers around the world. Keep making great stuff

I use a Rode Mic Pro+ plugged into my camera. Then, I add a touch of reverb and EQ. But then, I drop the audio into a service called eMastered on-line and have it automaster the audio. Drop that back onto the video and it is done. The first time I did this a few months ago it took hours to figure out through trial and error. Now, the process takes 15 minutes once I get the video recorded. Still a lot of room to improve, but good enough for what I am doing. The dude who has this nailed is Joe Robinson. His videos sound outstanding. He is a pro though. Thanks for asking and for the support. I really appreciate it.

@@fingerpickerguy Thanks for taking the time to share

@@fingerpickerguy Its great to have online guitar friends! I don't have a lot of people to talk to that play acoustic. Keep the videos coming!

Thank you, Math Guy! I appreciate your support.

Thanks. I am really just busy recording the material I have made up since my solo recording I put out a couple years back. There are 26 or so of these little ditties I want to put up here instead of the streaming services. Then, I will take the best 12 or so and record them properly. That is the plan. I can't tell which people may like better so I put them up here in hopes of figuring that out. I really appreciate the feedback and support that you have been leaving.

@@fingerpickerguy Great stuff. I comment a lot on many guitar players acct . Too many of us get so few likes. Try to support our small group of talented guitar lovers. You've got some great ideas. Well done and best of luck form Canada. Again sorry for my earlier comments seeming repetitive but I was thinking about what chord ideas you use and not inspiration from around you.

That is a great thing that you do. I should follow suit. Chord Ideas? We can chat about that. I don't think so much in terms of chords as I do voicings. I can still hear my music theory teacher in my head from 35 years ago talking about voice leading, deceptive cadences, song structures, etc. Though I am a HUGE Chet and Travis fan, I try to do something different with my arrangements. So, I look at it more like a piano player. What is the nearest voicing that will create the right tension or release, depending on what gives. When I do play actual chords, they are usually some sort of jazz shape. Truthfully, I use some chords that I don't even know what they are. They just sound right because they set up whatever comes next.

@@fingerpickerguy Thanks for sharing. Happy playing!

Hmm. My replies don't seem to stick. No idea why. Anywho, I tried to say that I like to think that Mahomes is a Minnesota guy since his dad pitched for the Twins. So, I can root for KC when they aren't playing the purple. They are also in the AFC so we don't cross paths often. They have the beginnings of a dynasty though, so that makes them borderline unlikeable. :) As for my approach, I am not sure that unique is good . . ., but I prefer to make up my own tunes on acoustic since I essentially just play covers when I play electric. I am in a couple cover bands. As for approach, it depends on the tune, quite frankly. Sometimes i am just playing something that represents how I am feeling at the moment. Other times, I am trying a harmonic or melodic idea out and taking it for a spin. I really appreciate you watching my tunes. Thank you. This is niche music. I started watching your videos as well. Good work.

@@fingerpickerguy Sorry I mean from A technical stand point how do you write stuff? Chord progressions. Thanks. I play niche music as well. I guess If I had a fancy hat or a special dance I would get in the millions of likes but just playing old school high quality music. I do it for the enjoyment as you must as well

The good old days. Still gets me moving though. :)

Could have sworn that I replied to this last week. Yes, I made this up while hanging out at my sister's house in Colorado a couple of weeks ago. This is my newest tune. I was trying to start with something that sounded very dissonant and then resolve it and then make it kind of funky.

@@fingerpickerguy opps. you did .sorry

Math Guy, you are too kind. I really appreciate the encouragement. Have a great day.

Thank you! I appreciate that.

Thank you Math guy. I really appreciate that.

Thank you! Very nice of you to say.