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Every guitar player should have an acoustic in their arsenal IMO.

I was going to ask about the Katana, but I've just seen your ad on BC, so that answers that question.

Practise and flux. My soldering skills were definitely sub obtimal until I decided to build an amplifier. I bought a decent iron, solder and station, a third hand tool and a tub of flux. Lots of pre tinning of wires and components. It was a whole lot of soldering. Now I think I’m pretty OK at it.

Dave Clark Five springs to mind.

Just changed the strings on my classical guitar, after the D string randomly went ping, I wasn’t even in the house when it went, let alone playing it. This is the first time I’ve changed nylon strings in decades. Man, oh man, what a royal PITA! Took ages ad now I have days of retuning whilst they stretch in. That said, the Augustine Imperial Reds I fitted are really nice and a definite improvement, feel and tone-wise, on the D’Addarios that were on there (at least that’s what Alvarez said they were). I don’t use a capo much, when playing, but for changing nylon strings, it is almost indispensable.

Gibson have also brought out a Johnny Marr signature Les Paul, another player I don’t really associate with an LP.

I’ve just recalled a Washburn Woodstock electro-acoustic that I should never have let go. Played many gigs with it and it always shone. How could I forget it?

That was my thought too.

I’d like my old customised ‘75 Aria Les Paul (lawsuit era) back and my Yamaha SA2000. Both went to pay for other things and both were a mistake to let go. ‘Twas ever thus .

The problem here is that you're stuck with the YT replay speeds. Now that you've got the notes under your fingers, use a metronome or drum machine set just a bit faster than the 75% playback speed. Get that down and then go a little faster. It'll come, but you can't expect to make that 33%(ish) jump in speed in one go, at least not accurately. It's annoying, but 'twas ever thus.

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