[dmz]

I’m with you - I’d never pick it up. Certainly never flatpick it, or use a thumb or finger picks. But to be honest, give me a vintage instrument that has been well played, with the finish checking to boot - to me that is every bit as pretty.

I had the chance to hold David Grisman’s mando a couple of months back at a benefit he did for a local musician. Scared the hell out of me.

You play ‘em, you are not the subject of my rant. The non player collectors are.

Cheers.

[Walmartian]

I was at a guitar show in Orlando last month where I saw 3 "dealers" from France buy at least 25 guitars - none less than a grand I'd estimate. They packed them in newspaper, duct taped the cases and loaded them onto a pallet to ship back to France. I never once saw them play the guitars they were buying.

I had the chance to hold David Grisman’s mando a couple of months back at a benefit he did for a local musician. Scared the hell out of me.

I shook hands with Eric Clapton a couple of years ago at the Crossroads Concert in Dallas.I didn't wash my hand for a week.:)