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Re: Le Support Voyager
@Blaise Laflamme I had a friend that actually put her new Ramirez 1A on the floor (it was carpeted and she was sitting on the floor next to it) but then she knocked the steel music stand over,…
- John_Mardinly
- 6 days ago
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Re: Le Support Voyager
@Blaise LaflammeToday I looked at the Le Support web site, and it does not say anything about not shipping to America, but I suspect you are correct.I wrote to them just to be sure.…
- John_Mardinly
- 7 days ago
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Re: Le Support Voyager
@joosje France! France! France! Now that Le Support is no longer available due to trump tariffs, what will happen to Savarez strings? Should I buy a 3 year supply right now?
- John_Mardinly
- 7 days ago
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Re: Le Support Voyager
@Barney For just a moment, I leave it attached and put it on a padded chair in a room where I know there is no chance that someone will try to sit there.…
- John_Mardinly
- 8 days ago
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Re: Le Support Voyager
@Barney I bought mine with an extra set of suction cups and an extra foam rubber end piece because I was afraid something crazy like this might happen. I'm spoiled now that I have a Le Support.
- John_Mardinly
- 8 days ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Steven Bornfeld I have used gabapentin for neuropathic pain due to a spine problem that turned me into a zombie. I could not remember the music! Another neurologist tried me on cymbalta,…
- John_Mardinly
- 2 wk ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Steven Bornfeld Wine works well also, and tastes good, but you have to balance the dose just right, and maybe you should not drive home yourself. Benzodiazepines? No way.
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- 2 wk ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
@Michelle Roper If it is non-medicated, the only way it will help you is through placebo effect. You might as well eat a cup of yoghurt. My experience is don't worry about adverse side effects,…
- John_Mardinly
- 2 wk ago
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Re: Performance Anxiety
Got you beat. I have been playing for over 60 years and always had performance anxiety, although not in front of my teachers. At age 75, I got my first prescription for propranolol. It works.…
- John_Mardinly
- 2 wk ago
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Re: What is the longest you've ever gone without your guitar?
@Blaise Laflamme I should add that long time high dosage use of anti-inflammatory medication, starting with aspirin, then ibuprofen has left me with tinnitus,…
- John_Mardinly
- 2 wk ago
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Re: What is the longest you've ever gone without your guitar?
@Blaise Laflamme 50 years later, it still lingers, plus I abandoned music as a career and got my Ph.D. in Materials Science. Retired now, all I want to do is play, but I still have my limits.…
- John_Mardinly
- 2 wk ago
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Re: What is the longest you've ever gone without your guitar?
@Blaise Laflamme I went 4 years without playing due to tendinitis, but I did have my guitar and lute with me the whole time.
- John_Mardinly
- 2 wk ago
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Re: What is the longest you've ever gone without your guitar?
I went to Spain last summer. No guitar for ~12 days, but I was very inspired when I got home.
- John_Mardinly
- 2 wk ago
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Re: Le Support Voyager
When I bought it, there was only one size. I have used over the years just my knee (terrible), the cushion (better but wobbly), Ergo play (better yet, but the suction cups destroyed the French polish…
- John_Mardinly
- 1 mth ago
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Re: Le Support Voyager
I got one a few months ago. Best guitar support I have seen in 63 years of playing. More stable, and it seems to make the guitar sound better because the human body is isolate from the back of the…
- John_Mardinly
- 1 mth ago
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Re: What is your favorite guitar practice hack?
imamima Segovia scales
- John_Mardinly
- 3 mths ago
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Re: What was the last concert you attended?
Phoenix Classical Guitar Society open mic.
- John_Mardinly
- 3 mths ago
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Re: What was the last concert you attended?
@joosje Marko Topchii. And Wow, was it great.
- John_Mardinly
- 6 mths ago
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Re: What's your favorite movie soundtrack?
Black Orpheus! Music by Luis Bonfa (Manha de Carnival) arranged for guitar by Baden Powell, and Antonio Carlos Jobim (Felicidade) arranged for guitar in the incredible masterpiece of Roland Dyens.…
- John_Mardinly
- 11 mths ago
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Re: Which guitar player from the past would you love to meet?
@Michelle Roper John Williams. It was in a party after an astounding performance. He was very calm, quiet and gentlemanly.
- John_Mardinly
- 11 mths ago
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Re: Which guitar player from the past would you love to meet?
I have met Andres Segovia, Julian Bream and John Williams.
- John_Mardinly
- 11 mths ago
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Re: What is the longest you've ever gone without your guitar?
@Mark de Beer I went on a 9 week trip around the world 25 years ago and got a Soloette. It was easy to carry, but I hated it. My wife wants to go on more trips, so I got the Yamaha and yes,…
- John_Mardinly
- 11 mths ago
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Re: What is your favorite time of day to practice and why? ☀️🌙
I start reading my email and news after breakfast with my hand in an electric glove to warm it up. I am a long-time tendinitis sufferer. Then I will have another session after dinner.
- John_Mardinly
- 1 yr ago
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Re: What Nail Products Do You Use?
I use Stew-Mac brush-on superglue to reinforce just the corners of my nails:…
- John_Mardinly
- 1 yr ago
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Re: Dupuytren's Disease and Trigger Fingers
Sad to hear of you troubles. I have struggled with tendinitis for decades plus chondromalacia (bruising of cartilage) in my right index finger. Heat therapy has been a huge help.…
- John_Mardinly
- 1 yr ago
- General Discussion
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