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Quite, although I have always enjoyed changing strings. Ho hum.

That's what Guy Clark used to say.

@@SillyMoustache Haha, I got it from John Denver - who most likely also got it from Clark!

Thanks for the kind thoughts, Appreciated, Andy

Hi, yes, there are at least three fingerings for 1st position G. Use the option with ring finger 3rd fret 6th string, middle finger 2nd fret on 5th, , and pinky on 3rd fret 1st string. Hope that helps, Andy

I'm jealous, but he has left us some great recordings, Best, Andy.

Hi, Ian, I agree, and I'm jealous of your Martin !!! I don't think one can compare the Fender with a Martin, so, I'm not surprised by your summation.

Hi Tex, well said. Thanks, as always.

Hi, I didn't intend to show the book, but, yes, I think it an excellent item and well worth having to better understand the subject.

Hi, I think they are just differing versions of C from the first position to the 2nd position (A shape) played two ways. Hope that helps.

@SillyMoustache hi , not really but thanks for replying, I do a different ending that sounds ok to me ! I just love the embellished chordal style that you play ,I guess you'd call it bluegrass but what sort, I would like to learn more like this

Good choice! You are most welcome!

Many thanks! Were there birds? Sadly at my advanced age and a bit too long in the world of rock music, I have lost te ability to hear birds unless wearing my hearing aids, which i tend to avoid when playing my guitars. It is nesting time and there are trees around our back garden so highly likely.

Certainly beats the barking dog that I would have

Some of us are not blind

Actually I see a bit. As long as I get a proper start I am usually okay. E and Am throw me sometimes

Yeah, I don't know what this means.

John, maybe I could help you ? One-to-one mentoring etc.?

@SillyMoustache Perhaps you could, but I do not foresee that happening. I do quite fine typically, but I have moments (going to a C shaped E at the fifth fret,especially after an A or such takes thought and practice. I have had to develop my muscle memory and I do open my eyes for up the neck. ) I don't think I can operate the computer well enough. Fortunately I have played nearly as long as you, just a different style of playing.

Glad it helps and I welcome further comment, queries etc,

Also works but there is still some optical stimulation - with closed eyes, (I believe) one creates a mental muscle memory.

Hi, I also had trouble seeing the patterns of "CAGED" but once it "clicks, it can be very useful. thanks for watching.

Haha! - actually, they didn't mine - both came without, but I added them, although not to guard the top from picks! Thanks for watching.

Hi doesn't apply to all of them. It was a very fine establishment and an excellent sales guy.

Thanks, but did the demo help you?

Thanks, you are most welcome. Please browse my other videos, your comments are always welcomed and read, best, Andy

Hi Ke, we've had our first day of high temps here on the south coast of England. Wifey decided it was too hot to go to her beach hut !!!!

Hi, I understand. It took ages for the penny (or five pence - five chord shapes), to drop for me. We need to separate the difference between the moveable 1st position "shapes" and the chords they can make, up the fretboard. However, I'm grateful to you for telling me that maybe I should try (even) harder to share this concept. Best, Ol' Andy

There are some vids on Y/T. I don't plan to investigate them any time soon as I don't favour nickel based strings on flat tops, and I really like D;add NBs on archtops. Best, Andy

Hi Frank, I agree - I call myself a singer who plays guitar!

Well it wasn't about entertainment. I was attempting to explain the options -but if you "want" to understand it - then it is good value for what you paid for it.

If you have a better method of explaining this, I'd love to hear/see it. I#ve tried to make it as simple as possible.

Yes, but I'm not great at barre chords, so I used the capo to make a point.

@@SillyMoustache Thanks for the great explanation!

Sorry about that. Try again - five shapes is all.

Excellent!, but actually guitars don't REALLY go out of tune unless there are structural issues - the STRINGS go out of tune as they are affected by temperature, humidity or usage.

Hi, I have a copy of that article. That one, and mine (the first shipment of new Collings into the UK ??) I believe that they had corresponding serial numbers. I believe that the sales guy that sold it to me ended up buying the other one. As it happens, I tried EJ16s on my 2003 DS1 recently and played it (in public!) last night. I did this because I'm having hand issues at present. It was a tad easier to play of course, and a little less strident. I'll be restringing it soon with XS mediums like I've done on my two other Collings dreads. BTW I stopped putting light 1st and 2nd strings on ages ago. Thanks for watching.

@@SillyMoustache thanks Andy, I also remember the fabulous Acoustic Centre at Wapping. Mr Brady was enthusing about a new acoustic, a small model by the name of ‘Collings’, he was blown away by it. I purchased a Lowden 035 but should have taken more notice of the new kid on the block, needless to say I’ve since caught up 😎

Sorry, I don't know.

Thanks, will do!

Hi Shawn, Thanks to you , I've been doing my one-to-one zooms for some time now, although lock down time was the busiest. Maybe we should hookup via zoom for a chat?

Glad it was helpful!

Hi, it is unintentional, but I've been told this before. My voice changed quite a bit when I had some radio therapy treatment on my throat in 2017.

@@SillyMoustache you sound great!

Well, guitars are different, players are different, it's a matter of whatever works. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Chris,

Ah, but it doesn't have to be. My thunmb doesn't bend over the edge of the fretboard, it just turns e3noungh to press down enough on the 6th string.

Happy to help, thanks for watching.

Hi, I bought this guitar in 2006. I was awaiting heart surgery, and asked thee seller if he would hold it for me 2in case" I didn't make it. Surprisingly, He kept it aside for me until I contacted him again to say I was still alive. When I contacted him again, he offered to bring it to me - nearly three hundred miles - for free. Lovely, kind chap who had a room full of Harmonys and Stellas which he was seloling off to help his daughter. I don't play it much but I like the feel. Thanks for watching

Well caught. I'd kinda like one myself, but I'd need to buy a bigger house first!

Hi, no, I just checked, both had D'addario PB light gauge XS strings. both put on the same day about 12 days earlier. I must say that I suspect that the Collings bought in October '23 has not been used for some time by the original seller.

Hi Ziraffe My apologies for my poor diction - god, didn't I ramble! In my humble opinion Rosewood is warmer (a little more bass?) than mahogany, which is more balanced, whereas Maple is neutral - resonating well, but having little "colouration" to the tone. It is most often used in violin family instruments and archtops, and mandolins, and has been for a very long time. Hope that help, Andy

Thanx SMou ^ Warmest tonewood ? 3:58 is still unclear, but apart from that your observations are followed. Like your films. Acually saw this before some years ago and the 'opening up phenomenon' remains an intriguing riddle. So does the ear/woods dillemma. Just remember that guitars DO change - and that you can check your psycho-sonic-perception simply by taking another guit or 2 and sense what they tell compared to the doubt-maker. Best Thoughts from Copenhagen

@@Ziraffe2 Yes, it is about perception. Fond memories of Copenhagen back in the '70s..

Hope you heard yourself some decent folk-music back then. It would have been possible. And the city-vibe wasn't all bad in that decade. Hi

Ah ! and there's the rub. I only use Bm as a VI chord when playing in G so I confess, I don't use the barre version!

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

Yup, it does help a lot, thanks for watching .

We must all find our own way. It has been suggested that I can only use one finger because I am left handed, so my picking hand is less nimble than my left.

Hi, you are correct of course - and I'm delighted that my earlier video helped you -but as this issue comes up so frequently I thought it merited a reprisal and modified approach. Comments and questions always welcomed, and answered.

@@SillyMoustache thank for the prompt reply. I got in touch about picks and strumming awhile back. Your help there has made my up stroke infinitely better. Thank you.

Hi, delighted to have you aboard! Comments and questions always welcomed!!